It was the European Parliament's first reading of a draft tobacco directive which could become law in 2014. It would then take two more years to become law in each of the 28 EU member states.
Two people were electrocuted in storm-related incidents and another was killed after being struck by lightning, according to officials. Seven others were reported injured.
This may help explain why, according to the New York Times, Chancellor Merkel told US President Barack Obama that Mr Putin had seemed like he was "in another world".
Chancellor Merkel has involved herself in the politics of the region. She has maintained links with heads of state, including President Putin, but also with dissidents in both Russia and Ukraine - remember that the jailed Russian oligarch and Putin opponent Mikhail Khodorkovsky flew straight to Berlin when he was freed from his Russian prison.
Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case, regarded the pursuit of happiness as anything other than an aberration of the human spirit.
It's also true you worked in a brewery. But life there was not as dull as you pictured it.It got less and less dull, until your boss's wife had your boss followed by detectives.
Senin bir bira fabrikasında çalıştığın doğru.Ama oradaki hayat hayal ettiğin gibi sıkıcı değildi. Patronunun karısı patronunu detektiflerle takip ettirmeye başlayana kadar yavaş yavaş sıkıcı olmamaya başlamıştı.
-Don't be too worried.
- But it's gotten worse recently.How could I not ?I was wondering..What if the donor had heart issues?Can I meet the donor's family?
-Çok endişe etme.
- Ama son zamanlarda daha da fenalaştı. Nasıl endişe etmeyeyim ki?Ben düşünüyordum da.. Ya donörün kalp problemleri vardıysa? Donör’ün ailesiyle görüşebilir miyim?
