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As Europe struggles the Franco-German alliance turns testy
The relationship between France and Germany undergirds postwar Europe - and some worry the countries' increased sniping over economic woes is threatening the EU's ...
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Russia Two Militants Planning Terror Attack Killed Near Moscow
Russian officials said Monday that security forces killed two suspected militants and detained another, in a special operation near Moscow that thwarted a terrorist attack on the ...
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Coffee May Protect Against Liver Disease
Coffee lovers have another reason to rejoice as a new study claims that regular consumption of the popular beverage can reduce the risk of a rare but serious liver disease. According ...
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Syria tops agenda in talks between Hagel Turkish defense chief
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON -- Turkey and the United States have conducted a review of defense and military cooperation. The two countries discussed existing and new projects during a meeting in Washington on May 17 between Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his Turkish counterpart, Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz. Officials said the meeting was dominated by the war in Syria, ...
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Merkel Offers a Peek Into Her Private Life
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Vilotić seals Swiss Cup success for Grasshoppers
Milan Vilotic struck the decisive penalty in the Swiss Cup final after FC Basel 1983 had twice struck the woodwork as Grasshopper Club ended a ten-year wait for a ...
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Explosions kill 4 in Russias restive Dagestan
MAKHACHKALA, Russia -; Two bombs exploded outside a court building in Russia's restive province of Dagestan on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding dozens of others, officials ...
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Three more teams caught up in Italys racism crisis
The three racism incidents have underlined Italy's serious problem with discrimination in football, which shows no sign of being eradicated despite renewed efforts from the ...
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Prime Minister Denies Economic Crisis in Russia
Moscow, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev, discounted an economic crisis in Russia similar to that of 2008, due to the world economic situation, but called for overcoming the stagnation of recent months by pushing for increased growth. Medvedev expressed his certainty that the country will avoid an economic recession like the one that took place from 2008 to 2009, ...
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U.S. and European Union Set to Negotiate Settlements in Chinese Solar Panel Cases
Hong Kong -- The Obama administration and the European Union have decided to negotiate settlements with China in the world's largest anti-dumping and anti-subsidy trade cases involving China's roughly $30 billion a year in solar panel shipments to the West, officials and trade advisers in Beijing, Brussels and Washington ...
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Russias independent Levada pollster threatened with closure for political activity
Russia's Levada Center, an independent polling agency, has been forced to stop work unless it registers as a "foreign agent" as required by a restrictive new law aimed at non-governmental organizations ...
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Russia foils terror strike on Moscow
Russian security services said Monday they had foiled a terror attack on Moscow, killing two of the plotters and arresting another. The National Anti-Terror Committee said all three of the men were ethnic Russians. ...
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Brazilian dies in balloon crash
A hot-air balloon flying over Cappadocia, a tourist destination in central Turkey, crashed after colliding with another balloon on Monday, killing a Brazilian passenger and injuring 24 other people, the Anatolian news agency said. ...
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Russia Delivers First Lada Cars to Venezuela
MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has delivered a first batch of 450 Lada cars to Venezuela, said Sergei Goreslavsky, head of Russian Technologies (Rostec) high-tech state corporation's international economic cooperation department. Russia's biggest automaker AvtoVAZ, which is part of Rostec, agreed a deal with Venezuela in April 2010 for construction of a Lada assembly plant ...
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Ryanair propels European shares to five-year highs
news ) outperforms, IBEX lags on technical signals * Miners drag as metal prices weaken By Alistair Smout LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - European shares reached new five-year peaks on Monday, supported by strength in the autos and travel sector, where budget airline Ryanair's stock hit a record high on the back of strong earnings. Travel and leisure stocks gained 1.1 percent, led by a ...
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EU arms second front in China trade war with Huawei probe
The European Commission is poised to launch an anti-dumping probe against Chinese mobile companies Huawei and ZTE, opening a second front in its escalating trade clash with ...
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Germany to Back EU Progress for Serbia Kosovo If Accord Enacted
Kosovo if the nations show progress in implementing their April 19 political agreement. It's important "that an implementation agreement is found and that the first achievable implementation steps are made," German Foreign ...
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U.S. Lawyer Booted From Russia for Refusing to Serve as Kremlin Spy
There are at least two fail-safe ways to get yourself kicked out of Russia, apparently. One way is getting caught spying on Russia. The other way is being asked to ...
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Successive Car Bombs in Russia Kills Eight and Wounds Several Others
By Alexandra Sandacz Impunity Watch Reporter, Europe MOSCOW, Russia - On Monday, two car bombs, which occurred in Russia’s North Caucasus region, killed eight people and left 20 injured. Officials believe the incident was aimed towards law enforcement officers because the explosion occurred outside a local marshal’s ...
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Turkish dailies covered on Monday the celebrations of May 19 the Commemoration of Ataturk Youth and Sports Day Turkish PM`s visit to Silicon Valley and the death of an air cameraman Ozturk during an airshow
Turkish dailies covered on Monday the celebrations of May 19, the Commemoration of Ataturk Youth and Sports Day, Turkish PM`s visit to Silicon Valley and the death of an air cameraman Ozturk during an airshow ANKARA - The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.All Turkish dailies covered the celebrations of May 19, the beginning of Turkish War of ...
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Turkey has begun 5th Mavi Marmara flotilla trial of 4 top Israeli commanders blamed for a deadly 2010 clash on a Turkish flotilla ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza
Turkey has begun 5th Mavi Marmara flotilla trial of 4 top Israeli commanders blamed for a deadly 2010 clash on a Turkish flotilla ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza ISTANBUL - A Turkish court has launched on Monday fifth trial of Mavi Marmara flotilla trial of four top Israeli commanders accused of a deadly 2010 raid on a Turkish flotilla ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza.The accused ...
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STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps close up 0.4 percent
* FTSEurofirst 300 up 0.3 percent* Travel and autos the top sectoral gainers* DAX outperforms, IBEX lags on technical signals* Miners drag as metal prices weakenBy Alistair SmoutLONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - European shares reached ...
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Three More Teams Caught Up in Italys Racism Crisis
(Reuters) - AS Roma and Inter Milan have been fined 50,000 euros after fans chanted racist abuse on the final day of Serie A on Sunday, hours before Fiorentina supporters heckled AC Milan's black striker Mario Balotelli. The three racism incidents have underlined Italy's serious problem with discrimination in football, which shows no sign of being eradicated despite renewed efforts from ...
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Brit to face charges in France over deaths
A BRITISH man is to face charges over the killing of his two children in France, prosecutors say. The 48-year-old man admitted to having slit the throats of his daughter, aged five and his 10-year-old son, the prosecutors said, adding there was currently no evidence of premeditated murder. The man's ex-wife found him covered in blood on the street when she went to pick up the children from ...
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Twin Bombings Kill 3 in Dagestan
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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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