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The Interior Ministry has been seeking a renter for the fascist dictator's home in Braunau for three years

The Interior Ministry of Austria is having a hard time finding a renter for Adolf Hitler's birthplace in Braunau. The rent for the 8,600-square-foot home where one of history's worst villains was birthed in 1889 has become hard to keep up–at 4,600 Euros-per-month–since the building's last tenant left in 2011, Agence France-Presse reports.

The Austrian government has been renting the building since 1972, but hopes to have a new occupant by 2015. There are stipulations for occupying the building, however—the rental contract says the house cannot be used as a museum, in an effort to prevent neo-Nazis from occupying the space. According to AFP, the space must be used for "social or educational purpose."

http://time.com/3510805/austrian-rental-hitler-birthplace/

["Over the course of this last week we have made some regrettable errors on air regarding the Muslim population in Europe – particularly with regard to England and France]

This evening, Fox News formally apologized for a false claim about Muslims that was so egregious, even the Prime Minister of Great Britain and all of French television had to step in and call them out for it.

"Over the course of this last week we have made some regrettable errors on air regarding the Muslim population in Europe – particularly with regard to England and France," anchor Julie Banderas said during tonight's newscast. "This applies especially to discussions of so-called 'No Go Zones' areas where non-Muslims allegedly aren't allowed in and police supposedly won't go."

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-formally-apologizes-for-claiming-muslims-have-taken-over-european-cities/

[Germany's anti-Islam PEGIDA march cancelled due to 'assassin' attack threat from Islamic State]

Germany's anti-Islam PEGIDA march cancelled due to 'assassin' attack threat from Islamic State

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Germany's anti-Islam PEGIDA movement says it has cancelled a planned march, citing a death threat against organisers from the Islamic State group.

The march was planned in the eastern city of Dresden on Monday, however local police said there had been a "concrete threat" of an attack against one of its leaders at the weekly rally. Police cited information they had obtained from Germany's BKA federal crime office and the Saxony crime office.

"Assassins have been called up to mingle among the PEGIDA protesters and murder one of the individuals leading the rally," police said.  The intercepted appeal was "similar to a tweet in Arabic calling PEGIDA demonstrators the enemy of Islam".

The cancellation was also confirmed on the Facebook page of the group, whose name is a German abbreviation for "Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West". "Unfortunately we have to cancel our 13th rally due to security reasons," PEGIDA wrote.

"An 'abstract threat', as it is called in police jargon, has been switched to a 'concrete murder threat' against one of the people in our organisation team." A spokesman for the Dresden police said that they had placed a "general ban" on all public gatherings on Monday.

Last Monday's PEGIDA rally - the 12th - attracted a record 25,000 people. It followed the Islamist attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. The cancellation came after German security authorities said on Friday they had specific warnings of a risk of militant attacks on central railway stations in Berlin and Dresden.

The Dresden rallies began in October as a local protest against new shelters for refugees and have attracted growing numbers of demonstrators. Counter marches have taken place across Germany with far larger numbers.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-19/germany-anti-islam-march-pegida-cancelled-is-threat/6024078

["You're not welcome,"]

(Reuters) - Palestinian protesters heckled and threw eggs at Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird during a visit to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, denouncing Ottawa's diplomatic support for Israel.

Baird was not hit, but one of the eggs smacked onto the roof of his car after a meeting with his Palestinian counterpart at the Foreign Ministry in Ramallah.

Several dozen Palestinian special forces armed with machine guns and riot gear made no effort to confront the egg-throwers among a crowd of about 100 protesters.

"You're not welcome," the demonstrators shouted at Baird.


http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/01/18/uk-israel-palestinians-canada-idUKKBN0KR0A420150118

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Fh56hVuEw

[School will teach 40 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students who are struggling in mainstream education.]

School will teach 40 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students who are struggling in mainstream education.

The first school in Britain for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people could open its doors within the next three years. Based in the centre of Manchester, the specialist state school plans to take 40 full-time students from across the area and will offer up to 20 part-time places for young people who want to continue attending a mainstream school.

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jan/16/school-for-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-pupils-manchester