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A former French local election candidate for the far-right National Front (FN) has been sentenced to nine months in prison for comparing the country's black justice minister to a monkey.
      

Kosovo: Parties reject Self-Determination's demands

PRIŠTINA -- Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) leader Isa Mustafa says his party will not accept the conditions put forward by Albin Kurti's Self-Determination.

Mexico said on Tuesday it had rescued 458 children from a vermin-infested refuge for abandoned boys and girls, some of whom it believes to have been sexually abused.
   
The attorney general's office said authorities raided a home known as "La Gran Familia" (The Big Family) in the western city of Zamora, following at least 50 complaints about its operators.
  

Croatia urged to respect free speech in social media

VIENNA -- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović last week called on the Croatian authorities to respect free speech on social media platforms.

The statement came following a case where an individual was fined for offending the police on Facebook.

AGERPRES and Thomson Reuters Foundation, in the period July 14 - 17, continue the series of courses organised with the Social Media and Digital Journalism module, in Thessaloniki, Greece.

"The South Stream [gas pipeline] is not a Bulgarian project, and the whole project does not depend on us," Bulgaria's Prime Minister wrote on Facebook.

He also added Sofia might be forced to make amendments in sections disapproved by the EU Commission.

BELGRADE - Indian Ambassador in Serbia Narinder Chauhan announced the opening of India Serbia Photography Contest 2014 at the EXIT festival in Novi Sad on Friday, the Indian Embassy in Belgrade released.

Facebook has thanked Greek Police for its help in taking down a little-known spamming botnet called Lecpetext.

“We would like to thank the Head of the Greek Cyber Crime Division and the police officers involved for the professionalism they showed while investigating this malware,” the California-based company said in a statement posted on its website.

The Syrian National Coalition, the main exiled opposition group seeking the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, on July 9 elected Saudi-based Syrian opposition figure Hadi al-Bahra as its new president.

British prog rock legends Pink Floyd are set to release a new album called "The Endless River" in October, their first for 20 years.
      
The surprise news came in a posting on Twitter by author Polly Samson, who is married to the band's guitarist David Gilmour and has previously written lyrics for the band.