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Latest news from: The Local in Italy » Italian PM Renzi to join Paris rally on Sunday Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said he would go to Paris on Sunday, when a mass rally will be held in the wake of the massacre at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. READ »		Latest news from: The Local in Spain » Real Madrid's poor 2015 down to 'mental state' Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti on Friday blamed his side's poor start to 2015 on a problem with their "mental state". READ »

Latest news from: The Local in France » Profile: the most wanted woman in France Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, suspected of involvement in this week’s shooting of a policewoman in Montrouge and the siege at a kosher supermarket, remained at large on Saturday. She has been linked to a disciple of London cleric Abu Hamza. READ »		Latest news from: The Local in Germany » PEGIDA expects record rally on terror fears Germany's new anti-Islamic PEGIDA movement plans to rally again on Monday, with analysts expecting its ranks to swell by thousands following this week's bloody jihadist violence in France. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in Sweden » More commuting by bike could save lives in capital Increased cycle commuting in Stockholm could save at least 80 lives a year through reduced air pollution and increased physical exercise, according to the interim report from a major new research study. READ »		Latest news from: The Local in Norway » Norway security service: No change in threat level Norway's terror threat level remains unchanged after the attacks in France that have so far left 13 people dead, the country's security service (PST) said on Thursday. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in Switzerland » Out-of-work foreigners boost Swiss jobless rate The Swiss jobless rate increased in December to 3.4 percent from 3.2 percent the previous month as the percentage of foreigners out of work took another big jump , according to a government report issued on Friday. READ »		Latest news from: The Local in Austria » Gender identity all in the head Are you male or female, or something in between? A new study from the MedUni of Vienna reveals that brain structure is significantly different between males and females - and that trans-gender individuals are something different too. READ »

Latest news from: The Local in Denmark » Westergaard's Charlie Hebdo piece selling fast A drawing done by Kurt Westergaard, the man behind a Jyllands-Posten cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed that outraged Muslims, is bringing in orders from around the world. READ »

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