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Turkey has called on the Israelis to halt actions which, it says, have put the Middle East in danger.

Speaking in the Lebanese capital Beirut, the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country would not remain silent if Israel used aircraft, tanks and cluster bombs against the people of Lebanon or Gaza.

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Prosecutors in Poland say a Swedish neo-Nazi leader has confessed to ordering the theft of a sign from the World War II Auschwitz death camp, which was stolen in February. Three Poles have already been convicted over the theft, and two others have been charged. The infamous sign with the German phrase "Work Sets You Free" was found shortly after the theft cut into three pieces.

President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia wants to set up new foreign naval bases to extend the navy's global reach. Mr Medvedev said Russia currently supported its fleets with supply ships, something he said was expensive and completely inefficient. He said Russia would need to assure any partner countries that a new base would also enhance their own security.

The European football authority Uefa has charged the coach of Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho, with unsporting conduct amid allegations that he ordered some of his players to get themselves deliberately sent off. Four players have also been charged.