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Russia Gay Rights Activists Arrested At Rally
Dozens of activists at a gay pride march in Moscow have been arrested by Russian police. Authorities said at ...
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Sweden Riots Unrest Spreads Beyond Stockholm
Rioting in Sweden spread to towns outside Stockholm as youths took to the streets for a sixth successive night. A car and school were set on fire and a police station attacked in the central town of Orebro, about 100 miles (160km) from the Swedish capital on Friday night and early Saturday morning. And in the southwest town of Linkoping, groups of youths clashed with police. Meanwhile, ...
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Sweden unrest Stockholm police ask for reinforcements to quell ongoing riots
Police in Sweden have appealed to residents to photograph and film people they see rioting in the streets, as they struggle to bring under control the violent unrest that has spread throughout the capital city of Stockholm for more than a ...
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Board of Italys ILVA steel group quits after asset seizure
ROME (Reuters) - The management board of Italian steel group ILVA has resigned, the company said on Saturday, following the seizure of 8 billion euros of assets from its controlling company in connection with allegations of ...
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Terror warning in Germany ahead of tonights soccer match
Radical Islamist terror groups could use new, computer-based technology or even drones, the office, known in Germany as the Bundeskriminalamt (Germany Federal Police) or BKA, said. "For western countries airlines and airports there is a credible threat that can manifest itself at any time in an attack," the BKA said in a confidential reported entitled "The situation in aviation ...
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Pirates release German ships 4 crew members
BERLIN -; A German shipping company says four crew members from one of its vessels have been released a month after being kidnapped by pirates off Equatorial Guinea's ...
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Syria fight rages amid pressure for talks
The Syrian rebels are in a crucial fight for the city of Qusayr as pressure mounts on the opposition to form a united front and accede to peace ...
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Murphy sails to gold in Netherlands
Annalise Murphy won gold today at the Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, Netherlands. She led the medal race from the first mark finishing with almost a one minute advantage. This victory is the second for Annalise this month, having also won gold on 12 May at Italian Olympic Week. Murphy went in to the medal race in third place, two points behind Alison Young (GBR) and the London 2012 silver ...
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Ukraines gay rights activists hold countrys first gay rally
25 May 2013 ABOUT 100 Ukrainian gay rights activists held the country's first gay rally today helped by police who arrested 13 people for trying to break up the ...
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China Switzerland sign MOU on concluding FTA talks
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L, back) and Swiss President Ueli Maurer (R, back) attend a signing ceremony after their talks in Bern, Switzerland, May 24, 2013. Photo: Xinhua China and Switzerland here on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on concluding negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).The MOU was signed during a meeting between visiting Chinese Premier Li ...
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Turkish PM blames Syria over twin bombings
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan greets his supporters as he visits the town of Reyhanli in Hatay province near the Turkish-Syrian border May 25, 2013. REUTERS/Umit ...
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Meqdad ends Russia visit returns to Syria
United States are seeking to broker an international peace conference on Syria in an effort to end the more than two-year-old crisis that has claimed at least 94,000 lives. No date has been set for the conference to be held ...
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China-Switzerland FTA to benefit both sides
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - China and Switzerland on Friday announced the completion of talks concerning a new free trade agreement (FTA), the first to be signed between Beijing and continental Europe. A memorandum of understanding was signed during a meeting between visiting Premier Li Keqiang and Swiss President Ueli Maurer. The two sides also announced the establishment of a financial ...
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China-Germany ties play leading role in China-EU ties
/enpproperty--> BERLIN - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is scheduled to start a visit to Germany on Saturday, the last stop of his first overseas trip after he took office. The fact that Germany is the the only European Union (EU) member included in Li's ongoing four-nation trip evinces the importance of China-Germany ties in the China-EU relationship, said Shi Mingde, China's ...
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EUROPE MARKETS Europe Stocks Head For 1.8 Weekly Loss
LONDON – European stock markets added to the prior day's sharp losses on Friday, tracking stock futures lower in the U.S,. where investors grew cautious ahead of the long weekend, offsetting better-than-expected economic data.The Stoxx Europe 600 index lost 0.3% to 303.18, on track to close out the week 1.8% lower.Shares of BT Group PLC dropped 1.7%, after J.P. Morgan Cazenove cut the ...
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Aid groups urge EU to fulfil commitments to Palestinians
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A group of 80 international aid agencies urged the European Union on Saturday to follow through on pledges it made last year to back Palestinian communities seen as vulnerable to Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West ...
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China premier criticises EU for telecom probe
View Photo Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks during a news conference in Islamabad on May 22, 2013. Keqiang has slammed the European Union for plans to probe the country's telecom products and impose taxes on its solar panels, Chinese state media ...
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Marrying a white man to elevate status is risky Swedish man wants his Kenyan ex-wife deported from Sweden without their baby
Sweden and the baby's Kenyan mother should be deported. He will take good care of the baby in Sweden, adding that the woman has been very cruel to him during their short-term ...
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Peng Kanepi in Brussels Open final
Eighth-seeded Peng defeated Romina Oprandi of Switzerland 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in the semifinal on Saturday. Kanepi moved into the final by edging Jamie Hampton of the United States, 7-6 (6), ...
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Kerry US Working with AU to Reduce SudanSouth Sudan Violence
ADDIS ABABA -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he is working with the African Union to end violence along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. America’s top diplomat met separately with Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Ethiopia. Kerry says Sudan and South Sudan "are in a very delicate place right now" and it ...
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Obama Calls on Americans to Remember Military Families
As Americans observe Memorial Day weekend, U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on his fellow citizens to remember the men and women who have given their lives in service to the country, and to remember the military families who make sacrifices of their own. In his weekly address Saturday, Obama noted that members of the U.S. military often risk their lives without seeking the limelight or ...
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European media review ahead of Wembley final
UEFA.com correspondents Andy James and Andy Brassell wade through the European media at the UEFA Champions Festival in Stratford, building up to the final at Wembley ...
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Germanys Kion ready for IPO but not in a rush - report
, the world's second biggest maker of fork lift trucks, would be ready for an initial public offering but is not in a rush, German paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported, citing Kion's chief executive.Kion, together with its owners Goldman ...
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Interpol rejects Russias political case against fund manager Browder
By Jason BushMOSCOW - Interpol has refused to include UK-based fund manager William Browder on its international search list after deciding that Russia's tax evasion case against him is "of a predominantly political nature".The decision is the latest twist in a long-running battle between the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Browder, whose investment company ...
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Europe must get its head down
Panels are installed at a solar park in Waldpolenz, Germany. The EU is urging its members to reinforce efforts to meet targets of a 20 per cent share of energy from renewables by 2020. Waltraud Grubitzsch / picture-alliance / dpa / AP ...
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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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