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Rape by American Soldiers in World War II France
The soldiers who landed in Normandy on D-Day were greeted as liberators, but by the time American G. ...
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Obama Tell Italys Leader U.S. Wants to Help
The United States wants to help Europe beat its economic crisis while respecting budget discipline, US President Barack Obama said Monday in a telephone call with Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta. Both the European Union and the US were badly affected by the global financial crisis that started in 2008, but in the first quarter of 2013, the US economy grew at an annual rate of 1.8 per ...
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European Medicines Agency Starts Review of Combined Use Of Drugs That Block The Renin-Angiotensin System
The European Medicines Agency said last week that it was initiating a review of the combined use of agents that block the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). The three classes of RAS-blocking drugs ...
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Business leaders including Sir Richard Branson warn over cost of European Union exit
The Virgin Group founder was among 20 business leaders who signed an open letter claiming Eurosceptic MPs are putting 'politics before economics'.It claims being a member of the EU is worth up to £92 billion a year in income gains, which equates to between £1,200 and £3,500 per household.The letter was also signed by Sir Win Bischoff, the chairman of Lloyds Banking ...
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EU draft bank rescue law would not shield big deposits
* EU law to shield small savers in bank rescues * Deposits over 100,000 euro may be affected * Deal establishes national resolution funds * Needs approval of EU finance ministers By Claire Davenport STRASBOURG, France, May 20 (Reuters) - A draft law that a group of European Union lawmakers voted for on Monday would shield small depositors from losing their savings in future bank rescues, ...
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European cinema in crisis
The fizz has long come off the European Film industry, even if the champagne corks are popping in Cannes. The financial crisis of 2007 has hit the business hard, subsidies being cut, even in countries which previously feather bedded the industry. Spain for example has seen state aid go from 124 million euros down to just 55 million. It’s not just the present that is the concern. The ...
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Syrian Rebels Suffer Setbacks From Fighting in Town Near Lebanon Border
TRIPOLI, LEBANON -- Syrian government troops backed by fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah movement have been in fierce battles in the rebel-held town of Qusair after weeks of fighting. Many wounded rebels are being treated across the nearby border in northern Lebanon. Eighteen year-old Obeida Abdel Nabi is recovering from a shrapnel wound to his lower abdomen. He was hurt several days ago ...
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Nigerian Military More Than 200 Boko Haram Captured
A woman and two children stand along the Jos-Maiduguri road as they wait to board a vehicle, after the military declared a 24-hour curfew over large parts of Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigeria, May 19, ...
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Explosions in Russia kill four injure nearly 50
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — 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 said.The first bomb exploded in a parked car and the second went off in a trash bin about 15 minutes later after police had arrived on the scene in Makhachakala, the provincial capital, ...
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At a camp on the Syrian–Turkish border talk of the past and present - and the future
At Bab Al Salama camp on the Syrian-Turkish border, Raya talks about when her husband was killed and how she feels her children are "going backwards". Her son Aysa, 11, talks about his life before and after the family fled their ...
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Greece’s big economic recovery – for investors
A year ago, Greece seemed on the verge of leaving the euro zone. Depositors were draining their savings from Greek banks and a radical left coalition that advocated a halt on debt repayments - default, in other words - seemed sure to win the election.You wouldn't recognize Greece today. Its credit rating has been upgraded, the Athens stock market is on fire and 10-year government bond ...
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Council of Europe tells Putin of concern over Russian NGO law
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - The head of the Council of Europe told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday he was concerned a law requiring non-governmental organisations which received funding from abroad to register as foreign agents could have a "chilling ...
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Turkish Peace Initiative with Kurds Meets Resistance
ISTANBUL -- The Turkish government's initiative to explain its peace moves with an outlawed Kurdish rebel group is facing increasing resistance from Turkish nationalists amid criticism over the handling of the peace process. Members of the Turkish government’s "Wise People" initiative are facing growing protests from Turkish nationalists. For the last month, groups of ...
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BusinessAviationVoice BizJet Manufacturers Upbeat In The Face Of Europes Downturn
With its static display located steps from the PalExpo convention center, EBACE offers perhaps the most convenient opportunity for showgoers to see the aircraft up close.(Photo: AIN) Tomorrow, Europe's largest Business Aviation confab opens in Geneva Switzerland. Despite global economic gloom, business jet manufacturers from Europe and North and South America will woo corporate buyers ...
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Ryanair profits at record high and aims to double short-haul European flight numbers
The target was revealed as the budget carrier brushed off higher fuel costs to post a record annual profit of EUR569 million.The carrier wants to take customers from "legacy" rivals such as British Airways, Lufthansa and Iberia and grow its passenger numbers by more than 50 million a year by 2018. It has about 12 per cent of Europe's short-haul traffic now.Ryanair's post-tax ...
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Brit father admits killing children in France
French police said a British man involved in a custody dispute with his ex-wife admitted slashing the throats of his two young children. Julian Stevenson, 48, allegedly attacked and killed his two children, Matthew, 10, and Carla, 5, during what police said was his first visit with the children since a custody dispute arose out of allegations he had attacked his wife, leading to their divorce. ...
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Jardim replaces Ferreira as Sporting coach
Leonardo Jardim spoke of his joy at "fulfilling a childhood dream" after signing a two-year contract as Jesualdo Ferreira's replacement at Sporting Clube de ...
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Ginger helps alleviate asthma asthma
Spicing up asthma medications with ginger may make them more effective, a study has shown.Scientists found that components of the peppery root interacted with medicines called beta-agonists which relax the airways.Adding the ginger compounds to the drugs increased the relaxation of airway smooth muscle (ASM) tissue samples in laboratory tests."These compounds may provide additional relief ...
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Russia foils terror attack on Moscow
Russian security services say they have foiled a terror attack on Moscow, killing two of the plotters and arresting another."Our forceful actions prevented an attempted act of terror in the capital," the National Anti-Terror Committee said in a statement.The men, all three of them ethnic Russians, were detected on the outskirts of Moscow on Monday.A gunfight erupted during their ...
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Terror suspect Qatada denied bail in UK
Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada has been denied bail in his latest legal skirmish with British authorities, who have been trying to deport him for a decade.The radical cleric has been in and out of British prisons since 2002 as he fights successive government attempts to send him to Jordan, where he has been convicted of terror charges in his absence.To ministers' horror he was released ...
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Russian Security Thwarted Attack in Moscow
Moscow, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Two dead terrorist, one detained and one slightly hurt agent was the result of a shooting when ...
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Spain Links Between Spanish Banking Scandal and Anti Cuban Groups
Havana, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Spanish banker Miguel Blesa, former president of Caja de Madrid, accused of fraud, might be associalted to illegal businesses with former Spanish president Jose Maria Aznar and leaders of anti Cuban groups based in Miami, said the local press here Monday. An article was published Monday in Cuban newspaper Granma by journalist Jean-Guy Allard, in which it is said ...
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Europe Offers Remarkable Investment Opportunities Big Data Means Big Offerings Enron II Electric Boogaloo in Oil Pricing
YahooFinance ) Today's record high for the German DAX, along with the recent two-year high for the FTSE 100, proves without a doubt that Europe still offers some remarkable investment opportunities. One of the key indicators for a renewed time to buy in Europe has been the pace of net downgrades for earnings reports. And according to Citigroup's Jonathan Stubbs, "The last five ...
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Church of Scotland votes to allow gay men and women to become ministers
The parents of a 17-year-old girl who was killed in a car crash that also left her best friend dead and three young men fighting for their lives have paid tribute to their "beautiful" ...
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Giro dItalia win not impossible Evans
Cadel Evans hasn't given up hope of overthrowing Italian race leader Vincenzo Nibali to win this year's Giro d'Italia.Evans, the 2011 Tour de France champion, is second overall at 1min 26sec sec behind Nibali heading into the final week of the race which features key mountain stages including an uphill time trial.Given he was only slated to compete several weeks before the May 4 ...
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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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