European equity funds ride recent market rally

The Globe And Mail - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The debt and banking crises in Europe have contributed to volatile markets in the region over the past few years, and that has weighed on European equity funds. But while the region is still unstable, market performance has improved somewhat recently. We took a look at fund returns over the last six ...

Georgian Officials React Slowly to Anti-Gay Attack

International Herald Tribune - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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Russia Mice return from space most of them dead

Global Post - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Most of the mice, gerbils and other animals Russia sent to space a month ago died in the flight meant to test the effects of extended periods of time in ...

Bayern thrilled Dortmund worried before Euro final

China Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

/enpproperty--> Borussia Dortmund must wait on Mats Hummels' ankle injury for next Saturday's Champions League final, while Wembley opponent Bayern Munich finished the Bundesliga season with a seven-goal thriller. Centerback Hummels is an injury doubt for the London final after damaging ankle ligaments in Dortmund's shock 2-1 Bundesliga defeat at home to Hoffenheim on ...

Putin to Meet with Council of Europe Secretary General

RIA Novosti - Sunday 19th May, 2013

MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will on Monday meet with Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland, the Kremlin reported. Jagland arrived in Russia on a three-day working visit on Sunday. The visit's program will start Monday when the Council of Europe chief meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. The ...

British skier falls to his death in French Alps

The Independent - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The man, who has not been named, was out with another skier when they were caught in a storm as they descended the challenging Vallee Blanche near Chamonix.He plunged down the north face of the Aiguille du Midi mountain after the pair decided to return to the cable car because of dangerously high winds and blizzards.Mountain rescue teams have yet to recover his body.Captain Patrice Ribes, of ...

European data plan labelled ‘demented’

Yahoo - Sunday 19th May, 2013

European Commission data protection plans are the biggest threat currently facing the UK economy, a senior Downing Street figure said this week. Rohan Silva, the senior policy adviser behind the government's Tech City initiative, described the draft European data protection plan as 'a completely demented set of regulations'. The new regulation, designed to update and harmonise ...

Washington Week Focus on Burma US Government Scandals

VOA - Sunday 19th May, 2013

WASHINGTON -- A groundbreaking visit by Burma’s president and continuing probes of U.S. government scandals highlight a busy week ahead in Washington. Six months after President Barack Obama visited Rangoon, President Thein Sein reciprocates Monday with a visit to the White House. Last November, Obama hailed democratic reforms in Burma. "A dictatorship of five decades has ...

Turkish bond yields reach record lows

The Punch - Sunday 19th May, 2013

But there are problems associated with economic growth and Erdogan, who is visiting Washington, is concerned that investor enthusiasm is attracting money into the country too quickly, and is artificially boosting the value of the Turkish ...

Henrik Sedin leads Sweden to gold at Worlds with 5-1 win over Switzerland

Vancouver Sun - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Team USA's Alex Galchenyuk scores the winning shootout goal against Finland goalie Antti Raanta during bronze medal final action at the world hockey championship in Stockholm, Sweden, on Sunday, May 19, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques ...

Reprisal heat on EU for carbon levy

Yahoo - Sunday 19th May, 2013

New Delhi, May 19: India is gearing up to retaliate against the European Union's plan to slap penalties on two domestic airlines ' Air India and Jet Airways ' for failing to pay carbon emission fees. India has made it clear that it will oppose the EU measure. "We have not received any information regarding the fines. As far as we know, the scheme has been postponed," ...

Soccer-European roundup-Arsenal Milan qualify for Champions League

Yahoo - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Arsenal beat North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur to England's fourth Champions League spot, their 1-0 victory over Newcastle on the final day of the Premier League season enough to ensure their place in Europe's showpiece competition. In Serie ...

HM Led Labor Breakthrough by European Retailers

New York Times - Sunday 19th May, 2013

the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed in one of the worst industrial disasters in history, a brash human-rights ad went viral. It paired a smiling photo of the chief executive of H&M, the Swedish retailer that is world's largest buyer of clothes from Bangladesh, with a picture of an anguished woman at the Rana Plaza ...

Switzerland goes after Indian tourists from smaller cities and towns

eTN - Sunday 19th May, 2013

NEW DELHI, India - As summer holidays beckon, Switzerland is wooing first time Indian travelers from smaller cities and towns offering the experience of snow clad mountains like Titlis and Jungfraujoch. Switzerland Tourism, responsible for promotion of the country's tourism, is looking beyond the affluent Indians from metros, as it looks to increase the number of tourists by moving to tier ...

European Roundup-Arsenal Milan Qualify for Champions League

New York Times - Sunday 19th May, 2013

(Reuters) - Arsenal beat North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur to England's fourth Champions League spot, their 1-0 victory over Newcastle on the final day of the Premier League season enough to ensure their place in Europe's showpiece competition. In Serie A, AC Milan scored twice in last six minutes to snatch a place in the Champions League qualifying round while Porto clinched their ...

Relief for Milan and Arsenal joy for Porto

UEFA - Sunday 19th May, 2013

AC Milan grabbed a UEFA Champions League place in thrilling circumstances and Arsenal FC also did what was required, on a weekend when unbeaten FC Porto were crowned in ...

Wolfsburg win maiden German Womens Cup

UEFA - Sunday 19th May, 2013

VfL Wolfsburg remain in the hunt for a historic treble after defeating 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 3-2 to clinch the German Women's Cup for the first time in their ...

Switzerland take silver at world championships

Swiss Info - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The European Court of Justice could settle differences between Switzerland and the European Union over their future bilateral relationship, a top Swiss diplomat has told the NZZ am Sonntag ...

Pedrosa wins in France takes MotoGP lead

ABC Australia - Sunday 19th May, 2013

France Honda's Dani Pedrosa won the French MotoGP at Le Mans on Monday morning from Cal Crutchlow to take the lead in the world championship standings.The Spaniard, following up his win in Spain last time out, made light of the tricky early wet conditions to cross the line five seconds clear of Crutchlow.The Briton manfully shrugged off a fracture to his right shin in a crash in ...

US-Russia 2013 Spy Row

RIA Novosti - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Ryan Fogle, the man Russia's security services claimed to have captured last week as he tried to recruit a Russian to spy for the United States, left Russia on Sunday, NTV television ...

EU criticizes Russia’s human rights record

Yahoo - Sunday 19th May, 2013

EU commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva gives a press conference on the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the region, in this May 14, 2013 at the EU Headquarters in Brssels. ...

Indian Chinese Leaders Discuss Border Dispute

VOA - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his visiting Chinese counterpart Sunday discussed efforts to resolve a decades-old border dispute between the world's two most populous ...