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Netflix to offer services in the Netherlands later this year
Reed Hastings, Founder and CEO of Netflix, participates in a panel discussion about entertainment in the digital age at the Motion Picture Association of America's conference "The Business of Show Business" in Washington on February 6, 2007. (UPI Photo/Alexis C. ...
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Last seeds Stanislas Wawrinka Jeremy Chardy move on in Netherlands
Jeremy Chardy each won Wednesday, advancing to the Topshelf Open quarterfinals. Second-seeded Wawrinka moved on with a 6-3, 7-6 (10-8) win over Italian Paolo Lorenzi. He'll next face Chardy, who bested Romanian wild card Marius Copil, 7-5, 6-4 to gain the quarterfinals at Autotron Rosmalen. Their meeting will ensure only one seeded player will make it through to the final four at the ...
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Mass for Europe to Be Held in Strasbourg
Celebration Honors Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Patrons of EuropeSTRASBOURG, FRANCE, May 30, 2013 (Zenit.org) - A "Mass for Europe" will be celebrated on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at 6:30 p.m., in the Cathedral of Our Lady in Strasbourg. The celebration is in honour of Sts.Cyril and Methodius, patrons of Europe, on the occasion of the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of these protagonists ...
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How Russia views nuclear disarmament - and why it may resist
In his speech today in Berlin, President Obama called for the US and Russia to cut their strategic nuclear arsenals by a third. But the proposal may meet a chilly reception in ...
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Italys first black minister greeted with death threats
Minister for Integration Cecile Kyenge attends the confidence vote at the Chamber of Deputies on April 29, 2013 in Rome, Italy. (Franco Origlia, Getty ...
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Uncapped Asseyi takes injured Tonazzis place
Uncapped Montpellier Hrault SC forward Viviane Asseyi has been drafted into the France squad for next month's finals to replace Latitia Tonazzi, who has not recovered from a calf ...
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Emergency Panel decision – Anji Makhachkala
FC Anji Makhachkala are asked to propose an alternative venue for 2013/14 UEFA Europa League home ties after a UEFA Emergency Panel decision on the local security ...
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Designers Dolce and Gabbana convicted over €200 million tax evasion
MILAN // A Milan court yesterday convicted the designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of tax evasion. The men were found guilty of failing to declare EUR200 million (Dh984m) through a Luxembourg company to authorities and given a one year and eight months suspended jail sentence. They were ordered to pay a penalty of EUR500,000 to tax authorities. The court, however, acquitted them of ...
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Latin Americans in France Express Support to Venezuela
Paris, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Dozens of Latin American residents in France gathered at centrical La Concorde Plaza Wednesday in this capital, to express their support to the Venezuelan Bolivarian Revolution in occasion of the visit of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Flags, posters and images of Simon Bolivar, Ernesto Che Guevara and Hugo Chavez appeared in the hands of the attendants, who ...
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IAAF Confirms Jamaican Campbell-Brown Tested Positive for Doping
Monte Carlo, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) today confirmed the doping case of the Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown, but described it as a lesser offense. We confirm that there is a case, but according to the evidence so far seems to be a minimal violation of our rules, said IAAF spokesman Nick Davies to the German press. The official noted ...
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Egypt and European Union Study Dispute with Ethiopia
Cairo, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi welcomed today Catherine Ashton, vice-president of the European Union (EU) and high representative for foreign affairs, and talked to her about the dispute for the construction of the Ethiopian super-dam, according to the official media. In the meeting, they talked about the opening of communication channels between Cairo and Addis ...
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News Summary Greece in talks to end TV crisis
THE TALKS: Greece's governing coalition parties met for the second time in three days to try and end a political crisis triggered by the closure of state broadcaster ERT.THE TRIGGER: Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras decided to switch off ERT's signal and fire its 2,700 employees as international pressure grows on Greece to speed up long-term cost cutting reforms.THE CRISIS: The ...
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Tahiti with it all to do against Spain
Spain impressed with a dominant 2-1 victory over Uruguay in their Brazil 2013 opener, which eases the pressure slightly ahead of their second group game. And with one eye on the rest of the tournament, coach Vicente Del Bosque may choose to rest his preferred starting XI. But with the likes of Santi Cazorla, Fernando ...
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Obama defends US snooping in uneasy Germany
USA US President Barack Obama has defended the actions of his government's spying on Germany and its citizens on his Wednesday visit to the country, shortly after NSA revelations exposed that Germany was the US's most spied upon European nation. The codenamed 'Prism' operation instigated an outcry in a nation which still remembers the East German secret 'Stasi' ...
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European hedge funds struggle to break into U.S. market
By Laurence Fletcher MONTE CARLO, Monaco, June 19 (Reuters) - European and Asian hedge fund firms are finding the potentially lucrative U.S. market impossible to ignore, but as tough as ever to negotiate. Delegates at the annual GAIM conference in Monaco this week talked about the difficulties, particularly for small funds, in attracting new money to an industry once at the top of ...
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Southern Europe poses a unique set of challenges for e-retailers
Overall European e-commerce continues to grow, with total web sales across the region growing 16% in 2012 to an estimated $302.20 billion from $260.41 billion in 2011, according to the Centre for Retail Research in the United Kingdom. But selling online in southern Europe-home to some of the Continent’s fastest growing e-commerce markets such as Greece, Italy and Spain-is an entirely ...
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Italys Five Stars lose their twinkle as ejection of MP sparks ugly row
Five Star Movement (M5S) was a movement that respected Italian constitutional law," she said. "This is fundamental. I respected my rights to express my opinions."Dramatic though it may have been, Gambaro's parallel between internal party discipline and basic human rights was understandable in the circumstances.the 48-year-old former business consultant from Bologna, who was ...
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France hit by weather chaos floods claim two victims
A flooded house is pictured one day after the village of Saint-Beat was submerged by flash floods on June 19, 2013. Flash floods in southwestern France claimed two elderly victims in the space of 24 hours as unseasonal storms caused havoc across huge swaths of the country on ...
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Italys 5-Star expels rebel Senator who criticized leader
Leader of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement Beppe Grillo (C) gestures as Grillo's Senate leader Vito Crimi (R) and Roberta Lombardi, 5-Star leader in the lower house, stand near during a news conference in Rome April 21, ...
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Italy court setback wont affect support for government Berlusconi
Italy's constitutional court on Wednesday that rejected his bid to block a tax-fraud conviction would have no effect on his support for Prime ...
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Eight people were killed in flood disasters caused by torrential rain in central Europe…
Eight people were killed in flood disasters caused by torrential rain in central Europe ANKARA - Eight people were killed in flood disasters caused by torrential rain in central Europe. Flood killed six people in Czech Republic where state of emergency was declared due to strongest rain of recent years.Also in flood-hit Austria, two people were killed and two others were reported ...
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Turkish president receives acting premier
Turkish Acting Prime Minister Arinc said he would hold press conference at noon to evaluate latest developments, especially Taksim Gezi Park protests ANKARA - Turkish Acting Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said Tuesday he would hold a press meeting at noon on the latest developments in Turkey about the ongoing Taksim Gezi Park protests.Turkish President Abdullah Gul received Arinc at the Cankaya ...
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Turkish Ambassador to United States Tan stated world continues to watch massacre…
Turkish Ambassador to United States Tan stated world continues to watch massacre although many Syrian people had died WASHINGTON - Turkish Ambassador to United States Namik Tan stated Tuesday that the world continued to watch the massacre although many Syrian people had died, calling on the United Nations Security Council to help put an halt to it.Speaking at the "32nd annual ...
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Dollar gains against the euro and the yen in Feds wake
NEW YORK, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:11pm EDT NEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar reversed earlier losses and rose against the euro and yen on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee said it sees the downside risks to the outlook for the economy and the labor market as having diminished since the fall. . The FOMC also said it would keep up its ...
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France We can start bombing Libya tonight
The French Defence Minister has confirmed that military action against the Ghaddafi regime can start only hours after the UN Security Council approves of ...
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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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