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Tour across Africa without leaving the Netherlands
Besides the permanent outdoor exhibition that, within one square kilometer, leads visitors across the continent’s different landscapes and community architectures, the museum’s various halls are filled with traditional and modern African art. In this edition of Africa in Progress, we visit the museum and meet its curator. This show ...
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China Russia face sanctions in wake of US world human trafficking report
US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during an event releasing the Annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) Report at the State Department in Washington, DC, June 19, 2013. The United States on Wednesday downgraded China, Russia and Uzbekistan to the bottom of a US table for failing to make greater efforts to combat human trafficking, a move that may spark sanctions. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ...
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US Human Trafficking Report Downgrades Russia to Lowest
WASHINGTON, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - In a move that opens the door to sanctions, the US Department of State named Russia and China among the world's worst countries in terms of forced labor and sex trafficking in its 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report. This year’s report states that the Russian government "does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of ...
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Obama’s Modest Goals Obscured by Conflicts on Europe Trip
Barack Obama traveled to Europe with his expectations set low. He met them. Obama and other western leaders were unable to move Russian ...
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Sports Briefing | Soccer Italy Bests Japan at Confederations Cup
Italy rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat Japan, 4-3, on Wednesday and earn a spot in the Confederations Cup semifinals. The first-half substitute Sebastian Giovinco scored the winner. After Japan scored twice in the opening 33 minutes, Daniele De Rossi pulled one back with a header in the 41st minute. Japan defender Atsuto Uchcida scored an own-goal in the 50th and Mario Balotelli ...
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Kerry calls Karzai twice to smooth waters over Taliban talks
Hamid Karzai twice to try to mend fences over the U.S. outreach to the Taliban. The phone diplomacy occurred after Karzai said the Afghan government had suspended security talks with the United States in Kabul "in view of the contradiction between acts and the statements made by the United States of America in regard to the peace process." "The secretary spoke with President ...
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Russia invests heavily in ecological innovations
The grounds are more than tangible. Up to 15 percent of Russia reside in cities and industrial agglomerations. Billions of tons of garbage and wastes have been accumulated, more and more garbage arrives daily, whereas separate collection and recycling - the basics of modern waste processing technologies - still remain a non-Russian phenomenon. Landfills, including unauthorized ones, poison ...
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Turkish delight served right on time to Mr. Erdogan
The standoff between the secular part of the Turkish people, brought up in the spirit of Ataturk and the Turkish government has been going on for several days already. It all started because the authorities of Istanbul wanted to destroy one of the few parks in the city to build a shopping complex there ...
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Yau Yau Ready for Peace Talks Murle Delegation
United Nations troops protect civilians in Jonglei state, where David Yau Yau's rebels have finally called for peace talks with the South Sudanese ...
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US Scrambles to Salvage Afghan Peace Talks
Top U.S. diplomats scrambled Wednesday to salvage plans for preliminary peace talks with the Taliban, after Afghan President Hamid Karzai refused to participate in the U.S.-led talks in Qatar. Mr. Karzai, apparently irked by the opening of a Taliban political office in Doha, Qatar, also canceled negotiations with Washington on a troop pact governing U.S. presence in the country after NATO ...
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Chinese vice premier in Russia to strengthen ties energy cooperation
Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli arrived here Wednesday to strengthen ties and energy cooperation with Russia, aiming to give a new impetus to the unprecedented high level of relations between the two neighboring giants.Zhang's visit, a swift follow-up to the successful summit in Moscow between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in March, is designed to ...
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Russia loses $25b due to shell firms
The network of the fly-by-night companies has illegally funneled 760 billion rubles (about $25 billion) from Russian economy in the past three years, the outgoing chief of the Central Bank said Wednesday."This May, we received an official inquiry from the Interior Ministry about some organizations that were used for the illegal financial transactions by suspects in one of criminal ...
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Italy edge spirited Japan to seal final-four spot
Second-half substitute Sebastian Giovinco scored a dramatic 86th-minute winner on Wednesday as Italy defeated Japan 4-3 in a pulsating Confederations Cup Group A match.The result secured Italy and Brazil a place in the semifinals while eliminating Japan and Mexico from the tournament, considered a warmup event for next year's World Cup.CSKA Moscow midfielder Keisuke Honda and Manchester ...
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European patent still pending
This microsite has been made possible by support from the European Patent Office (EPO). The sponsor has no control over the content for which European Voice retains full editorial responsibility. EPO maintains a sponsored content section on this microsite. EPO articles are labelled as sponsored ...
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Russia rejects Obamas nuke cut proposal
US Navy guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (background) and a Russian diesel submarine take part in a naval parade at the harbour of Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok in this July 25, 2010 file photo. Russia marks Navy Day on Sunday. US President Barack Obama said on June 19, 2013, he will pursue a new reduction in deployed nuclear weapons by up to a third below the level ...
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Italys Prandelli Sweats Over Players Fitness
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Italy kick Japanese to touch
(35 mins ago) Italy booked their place in the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup in Recife, Brazil with a thrilling come-from-behind 4-3 win over Japan that also sent Brazil into the last four. The Italians looked to be heading for a shock defeat after going 2-0 down to Japan midway through the first half, with Keisuke Honda slotting a 21st-minute penalty before Manchester United star ...
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Italy Overhaul Japan to Reach Confederation Cup Semis
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Human Rights Film Fest Highlights Abuses Conflicts in US and Abroad
NEW YORK -- Ninety-nine Percent--The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film, a portrait of the protest movement that began in 2011 in New York’s financial district, is one of the more unusual of 20 new offerings at this year’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York. It was shot by teams around the United States, and anyone who wanted to participate could do so. "We thought ...
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Euro ministers to decide direct bank recapitalisation rules on Thursday
By Jan StrupczewskiBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers will decide on Thursday when and how their bailout fund can invest in a bank to save it from failure, laying a cornerstone of the banking union seen as vital to restore economic growth.Ministers from the 17 countries using the euro will also set guidelines for how much a government would have to contribute to such a bank rescue, ...
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World Briefing | Europe British Court Rules Against Sanctions on Iranian Bank
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Italys highest court rejects Berlusconis legitimate
Italy's highest court on Wednesday rejected an appeal of former premier Silvio Berlusconi who argued that a 2010 hearing of a trial which convicted him of tax fraud should never have taken place due to his right to "legitimate impediment" that was denied.According to the highest court, in 2010 the then premier, who did not appear in a Milan court hearing the Mediaset case, set a ...
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Greek coalition leaders fail to reach compromise over
Greece's coalition leaders failed to reach a compromise over the rift regarding the fate of the state broadcaster ERT which has shaken the government over the past week, triggering scenarios of snap elections, during talks on Wednesday.Consultations will resume on Thursday evening, the ruling coalition's junior partners said after a meeting with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, noting ...
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Czech ODS nominates Nemcova as new prime minister
Czech Chamber of Deputies chairwoman Miroslava Nemcova is nominated by the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) as prime minister after the resignation of Prime Minister Petr Necas, ODS acting leader Martin Kuba said after a meeting of the party board on Wednesday.Necas resigned due to the scandal involving his closest aide Jana Nagyova on Monday. The ODS has already informed TOP 09 leader Karel ...
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Romania to sell state-owned nuclear power corporation
The Romanian government on Wednesday passed a decision concerning the privatisation of the national nuclear power corporation Nuclearelectrica, announced Minister-delegate for Energy Constantin Nita."After the decision, all the other steps have to be taken, namely convening the general shareholders' meeting, publishing the prospectus and the decision," explained Nita, adding that ...
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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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