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    Parts of a story written by an investigator from The Sun who claimed to have travelled from Turkey to Paris without having to show his passport were made up, the Croatian Interior Ministry has said. In an article billed as "a damning exposure of Europe's lax borders", Emile Ghessen says he smuggled himself 2,000 miles in six days without showing his passport once. The story says the path he took was similar to the route used by some of those responsible for the terror attacks in Paris, and by many refugees. However, the Croatian Interior Ministry said it had proof parts of the story were made up - and published a scan of his passport that it said it made during border checks. The article said Mr Ghessen evaded border police by hiding in a toilet when his train was stopped ...

    At least 16 people have been killed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, after firebomb was thrown into a res-taurant, reports BBC. The attack happened in the Agouza area, in the city centre. The Cairo Post newspaper said three masked men threw the device into the venue before fleeing. Re-ports say the target also contained a nightclub. Reuters news agency quoted an unnamed security official as saying one of the suspects is a disgruntled ex-employee. The agency said the restaurant was in the basement of the building, making it harder for people to es-cape. The victims died from burns or the effects of inhaling smoke, it said. At least five other people were injured. Cairo has previously been rocked by a series of attacks on security forces and civilians carried out by suspected...