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France legalises gay marriage
France's official journal announced on Saturday the bill had become law after the Constitutional Council gave it the go-ahead on Friday.The bill, a campaign pledge by the Socialist president, has been for months hotly contested by many conservatives in France, where ...
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EU Leaders To Pledge Tax Evasion Fight With Savings Pact
European Union leaders in the coming week will pledge to step up efforts to fight tax evasion and conclude work by year end on an updated savings-tax pact that covers how countries share data, according to draft conclusions for their May 22 summit. The EU leaders' commitment comes after finance ministers failed to reach a deal on the savings pact last week because of reservations ...
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Cannes loses sparkle after €300000 hotel jewel raid
Robbers made off with a haul of jewels worth more than EUR300,000 (250,000) today during a raid on a Cannes hotel, hours after the screening of a film about a gang who stole luxury goods and cash from the rich and ...
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Wenger relieved to ‘control’ Euro fight
Arsene Wenger insists he would have been happy to see Arsenal's Champions League hopes go to the final day when his side appeared out of the race for a top four finish earlier this ...
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Sweden Eurovision Song Contest
Loreen of Sweden performs during the dress rehearsal for the final in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena Hall in Malmo. REUTERS/Jessica ...
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Abe leaves for Russia on four-nation trip
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left for Russia on Sunday for talks with President Vladimir Putin. Abe will become the first Japanese premier in 10 years to officially visit Russia, local media reported, saying the summit with Putin on Monday will highlight their efforts to restart stalled talks on the bilateral territorial dispute, which has prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty ...
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France a no-Fly zone for Mullins
Willie Mullins has decided against a bid for the French Champion Hurdle with Hurricane Fly. There was speculation after the 16-time Grade One winner won at the Punchestown Festival that he may bid to emulate Dawn Run by winning the English, Irish and French Champion Hurdles in the same season, but Mullins has now ruled out the idea. Hurricane Fly regained his Champion Hurdle title at ...
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New Technique to Boost IVF Success Developed
London, May 17 (Prensa Latina) A new technique for selecting proper embryo development could increase the success rate of in vitro fertilization procedures, journal Reproductive BioMedicine Online published. British fertility experts have devised a new IVF technique that takes thousands of snapshots of a developing embryo that they say can help doctors pick those most likely to implant ...
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Denmark tipped to win Eurovision
William Hill which it says is the biggest price ever for a UK entrant, such is the lack of faith that she will pull off a win.The bookmaker says it will face a six-figure payout if Denmark pulls off a win in Malmo, Sweden, in the pan-Europe spectacular being televised by BBC1 and broadcast by Radio ...
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Russia Seeks New Arms Deals on Growing Latin American Market
MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will actively seek new deals on the Latin American arms market, which it expects to reach a value of $50 billion in the next ten years, the head of a Russian Technologies (Rostec) high-tech state corporation delegation said on Saturday. "According to our expert estimates, the volume of the Latin American arms market will reach about $50 billion ...
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France signs gay marriage into law
French president Francois Hollande has signed a law authorising gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching ...
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European Union Accuses Chinas Huawei and ZTE of Violating Trade Policies
China tech firms Huawei and ZTE Corp have allegedly violated the European Union's anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines, according to a Reuters ...
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US criticises Russia over missiles to Damascus
The US has criticised Russia’s recent delivery of anti-ship missiles to President Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria. With a range of 300 km, the Yakhont missiles could threaten warships in the Mediterranean reducing the capacity of a possible Western intervention. It comes just 10 days after Washington and Moscow agreed on plans to hold a peace conference. Top US military ...
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Denmarks Hoyer wins presidency of badminton body
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -; Former Olympics champion Poul-Erik Hoyer has pledged to improve the image of badminton after winning the presidency of the sport's world governing ...
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4 arrested in Russia for killing Chinese women
Police in Russia's southern Siberian republic of Khakassia have arrested four suspects in connection with the killing of three Chinese women, a Chinese diplomat said ...
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EU To Ban Olive Oil Bottles From Restaurants
Traditional olive oil jugs are to be banned from restaurants across Europe following a decision in Brussels. The European Commission has declared that only non-refillable, pre-packaged factory bottles with tamperproof lids can be used from 2014. It will end the practice of restaurants sourcing their own artisan products to be used in bottles and dipping bowls. EU spokesman Olivier Bailly said ...
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Cuban parliament leader says ties with Russia under full expansion
The relations between Cuba and Russia are under full expansion, Esteban Lazo, president of Cuban parliament, said on Friday. Lazo made the remarks after signing an agreement with the visiting leader of Russian Senate, Valentina Matviyenko, to boost the parliamentary cooperation between the two countries. The delegation of the Russian Senate arrived Thursday in Havana, headed by Matviyenko. ...
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Prince Harry visits Aussie gardeners
AUSTRALIA'S gardeners preparing for the Chelsea Flow Shower received a timely boost as Prince Harry dropped by and gave their entry a ringing endorsement. With only two days left to finish the garden, Wes Fleming and his team were shocked when Harry requested to see the exhibit on Friday after he'd inspected the entry he's involved with this year. Harry spent time discussing the ...
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Afghan Police Chief Assassinated
Officials say Police Chief Abdul Ghani was near his home late Friday when gunmen shot him. No one has been detained in the case. The Associated Press quotes a local official as saying Ghani had led a crackdown on insurgents in his district of Khaki Safad that resulted in the killing and capture of several Taliban leaders. The spokesman said that made him a target for Taliban ...
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Denmark favorite to win Eurovision Song Contest
Emmelie de Forest of Denmark performs her song "Only Teardrops" during a rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden, Friday, May 17, 2013. The contest is run by European television broadcasters with the event being held in Sweden as they won the competition in 2012, the final will be held in Malmo on May 18. (AP Photo/Alastair ...
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Emirates inks new sponsorship deal with Frances PSG
The announcement was revealed by Thierry Antinori, Emirates executive vice president, Passenger Sales Worldwide and Nasser Al-Khelafi, president of Paris Saint Germain in ...
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Eurovision Can Tyler Beat Favourites Denmark
To have a chance of winning this year's Eurovision Song Contest, British hope Bonnie Tyler will have to outperfom the hot favourites from Denmark. Sky Bet rates Only Teardrops by Emmelie de Forest as 4/6 to bring the bacon home to the Danes, way ahead of the chasing pack. Sky makes Norway's I Feed You My Love by Margaret Berger second favourite at 5/1, while Ukraine is at 8/1. Tyler ...
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Why Im Fed Up With Austerity EUs Olli Rehn
The European Union's top economic policy maker and scourge of debt-fueled budget deficits, is fed up with austerity. Or at least with being tarred by a term that "is clearly used to label somebody as an unworthy person who is almost eating children." With more than 26 million Europeans out of work and the economies of the 27-nation bloc shrinking over all for six quarters in a ...
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David Cameron ally brands anti-Europe anti-gay marriage Tory activists as mad swivel-eyed loons
A close aide to David Cameron has dismissed party activists as "mad swivel-eyed loons" in an outburst set to infuriate grassroots ...
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Eurovision 2013 Denmarks Emmelie de Forest is bookies favourite to win
'You can do it Bonnie': Englebert Humperdinck hands on Britain's Eurovision baton to 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' ...
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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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