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EU summit to tackle tax fraud and energy
European Union leaders want to make tax and energy policy the focus of Wednesday's special summit. But the current debate in the European Parliament shows how thorny both topics ...
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European stock index futures signal mixed open
PARIS | Wed May 22, 2013 2:06am EDT PARIS May 22 (Reuters) - European stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wednesday, with the market's month-long rally taking a breather ahead of U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before Congress. At 0603 GMT, futures for the Euro STOXX 50 were up 0.18 percent, for UK's FTSE 100 up 0.21 percent, for ...
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Russias slowdown – another domestic demand story
Russia's economic growth continued to slow down for the fifth consecutive quarter posting its weakest figures since 2009: Q1 13 GDP expanded 1.6% y/y after 2.1% growth in the previous quarter. Yet, it exceeded consensus expectations of 1.2% (DBM: 1.3% y/y). Private consumption is still doing well despite a slowdown in growth, but we are worried about fixed investments in the long run. On ...
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Russia Offers Turkey S-300 Project
MOSCOW [MENL] -- Russia has offered to develop an advanced variant of theS-300 long-range air defense system. Officials said the Kremlin has been discussing defense and militarycooperation that would include a partnership in the development of advancedair defense systems. They said the state-owned Rosoboronexport submitted aproposal for a joint project to produce an enhanced variant of the ...
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Japans crocodile tears over Russias Kuril Islands
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a short time has demonstrated his capabilities and lack of fear in tackling problems using non-trivial methods. Abe likes Russia - it's in his genes. The Russian President said he was ready for a dialogue on the peace treaty with Japan on the principles of a draw. Did he decide to give the Japanese two of the four South Kuril Islands? Japanese Prime ...
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Afghan Interpreters to Receive British Visas
The British government says about 600 Afghan interpreters who worked with the British troops in Afghanistan will be allowed to settle in ...
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Azerbaijan awarded Russia no points - Jon Ola Sand
"The millions of viewers in Europe and the contestants, who have put heart and soul into their performances, deserve a fair and transparent result," said Jon Ola Sand, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, in response to media reports that question the integrity of the ...
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Pope carries out exorcism in public
The act was carried out in St Peter's Square after Mass on Sunday, according to a religious TV channel.The channel reported that Pope Francis placed his hands on the young man's head for 15 seconds.The pilgrim convulsed briefly and emitted a long sigh before his body went limp and his mouth fell open.Full ...
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Pop star George fell from car – eyewitness
The injured star was airlifted to hospital with a head injury following the accident last Thursday, although his publicist passed his injuries off as "superficial cuts and bruises".But another driver who was behind the 49-year-old singer's vehicle was quoted in reports saying that she saw him lying on the road smeared with blood.Katherine Fox (23) said Michael (pictured) was ...
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Oettinger EU studying fracking as it seeks to cut energy prices
The European Union will carefully weigh the risks of shale gas development this year but also needs to stem high energy prices, the EU's energy chief ...
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NATO to Conduct Maneuvers in Poland and Baltic
Warsaw, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) plans for next November one of its major maneuvers in Poland and the three former Soviet Republics with coasts in the Baltic, informed the media. The war games, with participation of thousands of soldiers, 50 combat aircrafts and at least 15 warships is carried out near Russia, opposite to NATO efforts to get close to ...
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Aleksei Balabanov Russian Film Director Dies at 54
Aleksei Balabanov, a Russian director whose films fused grisly violence, sardonic humor and rock music to convey a darkly compelling vision of his chaotic society after ...
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Heinrich Rohrer Physicist Who Won Nobel Dies at 79
Heinrich Rohrer, who shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing a microscope that made it possible to see individual atoms and move them around, an achievement that led to vastly faster computing and greatly advanced molecular biology, died on Thursday night or early Friday morning in Wollerau, Switzerland. He was 79. His family said he had died of natural causes. ...
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Miliband takes on Google over tax
UK Opposition Leader Ed Miliband is going to take Google to task on claims of tax avoidance, planning to use one of their own lines: "don't be ...
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Japan outlasts Denmark in thriller at Sudirman Cup
/enpproperty--> KUALA LUMPUR - Japan outgunned Denmark to top Gruop D after a nail-biting final group match at the 13th Sudirman Cup team badminton championships on Tuesday, while China overpowered Indonesia 5-0. The Japan-Denmark tie see-sawed with Denmark taking the lead after the first and third matches, only for Japan to equalize. After Denmark's mixed doubles pair of Joachim ...
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Oil Prices Have Been Rigged For Years European Union Just Now Starting To Investigate
they’re launching an investigation into the rigging of oil prices. It’s long been known that much of what drives the price of oil, and therefore gasoline, food, and other products, is not the free market, but rather, the biggest players in the oil market, and yet this has largely gone untouched while people throw blame here, there and everywhere for the high price of gasoline. The ...
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Incoming Bank of England chief sees more dark days for Europe
(13 mins ago) Europe faces a ';decade of stagnation’’ if it does not move on momentous reforms to put its fiscal house back in order, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney warned yesterday. He will head the Bank of England from July 1. ';Europe remains in recession, with economic activity constrained by fiscal austerity, low confidence and tight credit ...
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At least 40 killed 100 injured in blasts on Turkish-Syrian border
Photo taken on May 11, 2013 shows the site of an explosion in the town of Reyhanli, in the southern Turkish province of Hatay. At least 40 people were killed and 100 others injured after explosions shook a Turkish town on Saturday near the border with Syria, Turkish Interior Minister Muammer Guler said. (Xinhua/NTV) At least 40 people were killed and 100 others injured after explosions shook a ...
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US Senate Committee Approves Immigration Reform Bill
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a massive immigration reform bill, voting to send it to the entire Senate for debate. Tuesday evening's vote was 13 to five. It came after one of the bill's eight sponsors, Democrat Patrick Leahy, withdrew an amendment that would have given same-sex couples the same legal protections in immigration questions as heterosexual ...
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Afghan interpreters to get British visas
About 600 Afghan interpreters who served with British forces fighting the Taliban in southern Afghanistan will be allowed to stay in Britain, the government has revealed.Prime Minister David Cameron initially opposed calls to allow interpreters and their families to settle in Britain but backed down following a campaign.He is now preparing to offer five-year visas to those who served on the ...
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French far-right writer dies in Notre Dame
A far-right writer and activist has killed himself at the altar of Paris's famed Notre Dame Cathedral, after calling for "spectacular" action to protect France's identity.Police confirmed he was Dominique Venner, 78, an essayist and activist linked with France's far-right and nationalist groups.In a final essay on his website on Tuesday, he railed against France's ...
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Taekwondo team get visas leave for Germany
The Nigeria taekwondo team will depart for Germany of Wednesday for a training tour of the country after obtaining visas to travel from the German ...
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France expresses solidarity with U.S. after tornado struck
French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday expressed solidarity with the United States after a powerful tornado attacked Oklahoma leaving dozens of people killed.In a statement issued by the President's office, Hollande paid tribute to "those who face it (the tornado) with courage and determination on this exceptional situation," and at the same time, "address our ...
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Air France And Cyprus Airways Enhance Their Cooperation
Air France and Cyprus Airways are enhancing their cooperation to offer a total of 20 daily code-share flights on departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Cyprus and Greece. This new agreement offers customers a wider choice of seamless travel solutions. Thanks to this new code-share agreement, Air France will now offer flights operated by Cyprus Airways: Larnaca-Paris, Larnaca-Athens, ...
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Russia opposes forced Syria regime change
Hezbollah in Syria and the potential regional fallout, Zasypkin also assured that Russian missiles supplied to Syria will not reach Hezbollah. "I don’t know the details of the contracts [for supply of weapons to Syria] but I can confirm that the contract states those missiles must not reach a third party," he said. "Our utmost priority is stability and security in ...
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Denmark's Russian relationship
Danish relations with Russia have existed for several centuries, with the first recorded diplomatic relations dating from 1493, when King Hans and Ivan III signed a treaty aimed at planning an offensive against Sweden and Lithuania. Since then the relations between the two countries have grown closer, frayed, become tense, reconciled and stagnated at different points throughout the history of their respective political development.
Denmark and Russia have always been economically and politically important to one another though. Denmark, since the end of the Cold War, has acted as a bridge between the east and west, and during much of the tumultuous politics of the post-war and Cold War period, remained largely neutral in many affairs concerning Russia. In 1939 the country refused to support measures to expel Russia from the then-League of Nations, and resisted attempts by Nordic countries to set up a defense alliance for the region. Read more
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