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Isco and Thiago called up by Spain U-21s
Isco and Barcelona midfielder Thiago means they are now extremely unlikely to be included in Vicente del Bosque's senior squad for the Confederations Cup in Brazil later in ...
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China Switzerland get more to cooperate on
/enpproperty--> ZURICH, Switzerland - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming visit to Switzerland is not only expected to be a great push for bilateral economic exchanges, but also a demonstration of China's resolution in further opening up and participating in multilateral affairs. Switzerland is the third leg of Li's first overseas trip as premier. He's currently on an ...
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Obama Putin exchange letters amid troubled US-Russia relations
USA US President Barack Obama has received a personal response to his letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin: Moscow and Washington must work to overcome antagonism and deal with global political issues as partners, not foes. The response was delivered by Russian National Security Council head Nikolay Patrushev, who has been on a two-day visit to Washington, DC. Patrushev delivered the ...
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Youths riot in Sweden for fourth night
Unrest in Stockholm's suburbs continued for a fourth night as rioters showed their anger over a police shooting a week ago by setting fire to cars and buildings and pelting emergency workers with ...
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Kill Mittal French video game lets players attack Indian billionaire Lakshmi amid factory battle
A French video game is offering players the chance to become a virtual employee of steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal battling to keep a factory ...
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Europe wants to be big in chip manufacturing
Europe is not particularly known as a major hub of the semiconductor world, but - if the European Commission gets its way - it will be. The Commission has launched a major seven-year drive to stimulate investment in the microelectronics and nanoelectronics manufacturing sector, aiming to ramp up to a fifth of global production by the end of the decade. The news of ...
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EU starts ball rolling on 2030 green goals
The European Union needs to start looking at how to provide incentives to boost clean energy measures beyond 2020 targets, a lawmaker said. The European Parliament passed a non-binding resolution by a vote of 465-177, with 46 abstentions, that calls for a bloc-wide system to promote renewable energy with 2030 targets in mind. German lawmaker Herbert Reul, who helped pushed the measure through ...
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Volatility rocks Europe following Tokyo tumble
(59 mins ago) European stock markets slumped dragging down most indices by more than 2 percent after Tokyo shares plunged at the close today. Analysts said small investors headed for the exit in Tokyo as a result of weak daya from China and signs that the US Federal Reserve may soon taper stimulus. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index sank 1.82 percent to stand at 6,715.83 points in midday ...
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Father of man shot in Boston probe shares regrets
GROZNY, Russia (AP) -- The father of a Chechen immigrant shot dead by U.S. law enforcement agents while being questioned about his ties to a Boston Marathon bombings suspect said Thursday that he regrets allowing his son to go to the United ...
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Cannes NonStop Takes Selfish Giant Stone Roses Trip to Italy
Swedish distribution indie NonStop Entertainment returns from the Cannes market with a full suitcase of titles, having picked up Scandinavian rights for a dozen titles, among ...
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European Commission shelves olive oil jug ban after outcry
The European Commission has shelved a proposed stricter rule on how restaurants can serve olive oil amidst public outcry and accusations of meddling bureaucracy. Commissioner Dacian Ciolos, responsible for agriculture and rural development, said today at the mid-day press conference at the European Commission that he was withdrawing the proposition. ';I’ve decided to withdraw this ...
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Riots in Sweden enter fourth day
A restaurant and police station were burned as rioting in Sweden, in its fourth day, spread to at least 15 suburbs around Stockholm, officials said. The unrest began Sunday in Husby, northwestern Stockholm, where officials said rioters set cars on fire. Violence spread to Hagsatra as rioters, largely youths, threw stones at police officers and firefighters. Police said a restaurant in Skogas, ...
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STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps fall 1.8 percent
* FTSEurofirst 300 down 2.1 percent at 1,229.58* Bernanke spooks markets saying stimulus may end* Weak China, euro zone data adds to investor anxiety* Banks, miners top the fallers* Dividend concerns hit HalfordBy David BrettLONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Doubts over the Federal ...
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Berlin and Warsaw to Stage European Finals in 2015
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Massimiliano Gioni of Venice Biennale
Massimiliano Gioni, the artistic director of this ...
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Bulgaria Ex-PM fails to form new government
SOFIA, Bulgaria -; A former prime minister whose party won Bulgaria's May 12 election says his party doesn't have enough seats in parliament to form a stable ...
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Russias commitment to new budget rule already in doubt
By Maya DyakinaMOSCOW (Reuters) - Just last year Russia's government reimposed a rule meant to restrain spending and borrowing and channel substantial amounts of the country's energy revenues into its wealth fund.But the economy is weakening and budget discipline is already slipping.Finance Minister Anton Siluanov's inability to hold the line, in contrast to his predecessor Alexei ...
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Amnesty International Report Slams European Asylum Policies
Millions are fleeing from war and violence, but Europe is sealing itself off to those in need, a new report from Amnesty International alleged on Thursday. The human rights organization urged EU countries to act and save ...
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Riots in Sweden Cars Burn in Fourth Night of Youth Violence
Youth in several Stockholm suburbs have rioted for four nights in a row, throwing stones at police and setting cars on fire. Leaders have appealed for calm, but the violence has spread to the southern city of ...
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Woman hailed for heroism in London attack
A British woman who confronted a man suspected of hacking a British soldier to death on a London street has been praised for her courage after an attack that officials described as an act of terrorism.Cub Scout leader Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, 48, was on a bus heading through Woolwich in southeast London on Wednesday when she spotted the bloodied soldier on the road and thought he had been injured ...
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Spain pays higher rates at latest bond auction
Spain has had to pay higher interest rates to auction off €4 billion in governments bonds as investors were unnerved by a sharp drop in global stock markets. Spain's borrowing costs have been falling for months as investors gained confidence in the government's management of its finances and fears of a bailout receded. The Treasury said it sold €1.2 billion in 15-year bonds ...
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Turkish Airlines open flight to Lankaran
Turkish Airlines plans to expand cooperation with Azerbaijan opening the Istanbul-Lankaran air flight. "We are negotiating with the Azerbaijani side on the opening of a flight to Lankaran. It will presumably open in summer of 2014", head of the company Temel Kotil told Azerbaijani journalists as part of the International Transport Forum in Leipzig. Lankaran will be the fourth ...
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Russia Serbia may sign military-technical cooperation agreements this year - Shoigu
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Jury retires again in footballers sexual assault trial
23 May 2013 A jury has retired for a second day to consider verdicts in the retrial of four footballers accused of sexually assaulting a teenage ...
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Police raid houses in search for clues in soldiers murder
23 May 2013 Anti-terror police investigating the "barbaric" murder of a soldier in London have searched a property 150 miles away in ...
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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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