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2 September 2010 Last updated at 20:25 ET

EU critical of France over RomaMembers of the Roma community hide their faces as they arrive at Sofia airport, Bulgaria, after being expelled from France - 25 August 2010

The European Commission criticises France over its expulsions of Roma (Gypsies) and requests more information about the crackdown.


Thilo Sarrazin at a news conference in Berlin to launch his book Deutschland Schafft Sich Ab (Germany Abolishes Itself) - 30 August 2010German banker 'should be fired'

The German central bank calls on the country's president to dismiss one of its board members over comments he made about immigration and Jews.

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