Italy's far-right, anti-euro Northern League party on Wednesday submitted more than 82 million computer-generated amendments to a draft constitutional reform in a bid to trump the bill.
The immense list could still be rejected in one clean sweep by the Senate president.
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A Danish anti-immigration lawmaker left radio listeners baffled after she was unable to explain the concept of economic growth and suggested GDP should be cut to help more refugees.
Pernille Bendixen of the Danish People's Party (DPP) was asked how the country's right-wing government would be able to keep its pledge of helping more refugees in areas bordering conflict zones, while at the same time reducing foreign aid.
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Kosovo opposition lawmakers on Tuesday pelted the prime minister with eggs, preventing him from addressing parliament over the ongoing dialogue with Serbia.
Isa Mustafa could not even begun speaking when opposition deputies started hurling eggs from their benches, prompting his bodyguards to rush to open umbrellas in a bid to protect him.
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The Routard travel guide that has led generations of French travelers through foreign lands has published a special version to help refugees navigate daily life in France.
"The idea was to make a Routard guide using only illustrations, which show problems which may arise in daily situations," said Philippe Gloaguen, the founder of the company who came up with the idea.
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A Malaysian woman was charged on Wednesday with insulting scandal-tainted Prime Minister Najib Razak by dropping balloons bearing pro-democracy messages near him during a public event, her lawyer said.
The case against Bilqis Hijjas -- dubbed "Balloongate" on social media -- has drawn public ridicule as an example of government overkill in pressuring its critics.
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Practitioners of the card game bridge are appearing in London's High Court this week to argue that their pastime deserves to be considered a sport.
The English Bridge Union (EBU) took legal action after British funding body Sport England refused to recognise it as such, preventing the EBU from taking part in international competitions.
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A Turkish policeman missed his own wedding party after being denied permission to leave his station in the southeast, where Kurdish rebels have killed scores of security force members, local media reported Monday.
Ahmet Karavelioglu, 25, had received the green light from his paramilitary police unit to attend the celebration in southern Osmaniye province on September 18, Dogan news agency reported.
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An Australian marketing campaign that lets people personalize their jars of chocolate spread has not gone to plan, with participants designing labels and posting them online that read "diabetes" and "poop".
The "Make Me Yours" promotion for Nutella, which began last week, asked Australians to avoid creating labels which were "obscene, offensive, inappropriate or unsuitable for minors".
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Police are searching for a shotgun-wielding robber who told a Pennsylvania pizza shop clerk he was having a "bad day."
State police say the man entered Fox's Pizza in Hibbs at about 8:15 p.m. Friday carrying the gun and a camouflage bag.
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A Hawaii spear fisherman who was bit in the leg by a tiger shark off the coast of the Big Island swam to shore and then filmed a video of his deep wound as he was being carried away on a gurney.
"I just got attacked by a tiger shark," an exasperated Braxton Rocha, 27, of Kapaau, Hawaii, said in the shaky video posted to Instagram. The footage pans down the man's body to a gaping gash in the middle of his left leg.
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