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Russia hopes to expand presence in African region
ST PETERSBURG, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - Russia hopes to expand the presence in the African region, presidential special envoy for cooperation with African countries Mikhail Margelov said. Speaking at a panel discussion on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Thursday, Margelov said Russia returned to Africa and intends to increase investments into the ...
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Russia might increase allocation to ensure security at FIFA World Cup 2018
MOSCOW, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - Russia might increase financing of security measures at the FIFA’s World Cup in 2018, Russian Minister of Sport Vitaly Mutko said on Thursday. "As of now, a total of 30 billion roubles have been allocated to ensure security during the football World Cup in 2018," Mutko said. "But the sum might be adjusted. The concept of security will be very ...
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Video Man wrestles 200kg runaway bull to the ground
THIS dramatic footage was taken in Spain, and shows a runaway bull charging into moving cars before a man in a red shirt wrestles it to the ...
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Children seriously injured after collision outside primary school
South Wales Police described the accident near Rhoose Primary School in the Vale of Glamorgan as "very serious".A spokesman said: "A car has overturned near Rhoose Primary School and there are a number of casualties - including adults and children."The ages of those involved are not yet known. The road has been closed."The accident happened in Fontygary Road, Rhoose, at ...
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Asamoah lands €9M Juve Deal
Kwadwo Asamoah and have purchased the midfielder for EUR9 million. The co-ownership deal with Udinese has been terminated, while a deal regarding Mauricio Isla has been renewed The Old Lady bought 50 per cent of the midfielder’s contract from their Serie A rivals in the summer of 2012 in a deal also worth EUR9m and have now chosen to buy out the remaining half. With the deal between ...
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Russia to press ahead with missile delivery to Syria
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov straightens the headphones during a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 11 (Vanderlei Almeida / AFP) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that it will continue with the sale of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to the Syrian government."We respect all our contracts and are honoring all our contractual obligations," he ...
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Sky defender Russia unveils S-300 SAM replacement
Security Russia has for the first time demonstrated the short-to-mid-range air defense platform 'Vityaz,' which will replace older variants of the S-300 system due to be scrapped soon. The army will begin testing the new hardware later this year. The new surface-to-air missile system is made by Russian weapons manufacturer Almaz-Antey. The company demonstrated the system at the ...
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Spain make ten changes ahead of Tahiti tie
Spain not underestimating Tahiti Vicente del Bosque is to make ten changes for Spain's second Confederations Cup game against minnows Tahiti on Thursday ...
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Russias Glonass satellite navigation system
Former executives of M2M Telematics, a subsidiary of the Russian Systema conglomerate, are under investigation over alleged embezzlement of nearly 400 million rubles ($12.3 million) from the Glonass satellite navigation system program, Kommersant daily reported on ...
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France warns Google of privacy fine
The legal action accelerates a Europe-wide fight against Google over its use of personal data. While the fines threatened are small by the standards of one of the world's richest companies, the move puts new pressure on Google as it smarts from recent criticism over providing customer data to US government surveillance efforts. The French agency that regulates information technology says ...
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Russia says it will fulfill Syria missile system contract
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country will honour its contract to sell Syria advanced S-300 air-defence missiles. (REUTERS/Sergei ...
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European Military Industry Left Behind as Euro Hawk Drone Project is Scrapped
http://www.worldreview.info The European military industry will fall behind the rest of the world thanks to the scrapping of two large-scale drone projects. 'Europe should have learned lessons from its experience in the Libyan civil war in 2011,' says World Review author Dr Uwe Nerlich, founding director of the Centre for European Security Strategies (CESS) based in Munich, Germany. ...
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Croatia joins the European Union
Croatia will become the 28th member of the European Union on July 1, a decade after it first launched its membership bid. Originally a six-nation bloc created in 1957, the EU family has been growing ever since. Croatia will become the 28th member of the European Union on July 1, a decade after it first launched its membership bid. Originally a six-nation bloc created in 1957, the EU family has ...
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Obama’s speech fails to sway France
Paris - France is not ready to reduce its nuclear arsenal for now, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Thursday, a day after United States President Barack Obama offered to cut deployed weapons as part of a global push to lower ...
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Euro-zone manufacturing PMI rises to 16-month high
An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated in the headline that the manufacturing PMI rose to a 15-month high instead of the correct 16-month ...
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Euro Zone Better than expected PMI surveys in June
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Euro area PMI Weak growth driven by domestic demand
Today's flash PMIs signal that the euro area is slowly returning to growth. Euro area manufacturing PMI increased to 49.5 from 48.3 and service to 48.6 from 47.2. Although still below 50, the historical relationship indicates ...
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Euro almost reached our first targets at 1.3430
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China euro zone threaten U.S.-led economic recovery
LONDON (Reuters) - Factory output in China, the world's second largest economy, weakened to a nine-month low in June, combining with a continued recession in the euro zone to threaten a global recovery led by the United ...
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France Google to change privacy policy
04/06/2013 16:18 CET France’s data protection watchdog ordered Google on Thursday to change its privacy policy or face fines, heading an EU-wide push to get the Internet giant to better spell out its intentions and methods for collecting user data. ...
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Iraqi oil pipeline planned to Turkish border
An oil pipeline planned from the Kurdish region of northern Iraq to Turkey may go to, but not cross, national borders, a Turkish official said. Turkish energy company Genel Energy said earlier this year it expects to convert a natural gas pipeline in Iraq to an oil pipeline by the end of the year. Genel said exports of oil by truck over the Turkish border began in January. It said it expects ...
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3-mth euro Libor fixes at 0.13429 pct dlr at 0.27255 pct
LONDON, June 20 | Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:55am EDT LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - The British Bankers' Association released the following London Interbank Offered Rates (Libor) for dollars, euro and sterling at its daily fixing. The spread of three-month Libor rates over three-month OIS rates, calculated from Reuters' data, expresses the three-month premium paid over anticipated ...
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ICC to probe abuse allegations against ex-staffer
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The International Criminal Court has ordered an independent inquiry into allegations that a former staff member in Congo sexually assaulted four people in the court's victims and witness protection ...
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What a joke USA to sanction Russia for human trafficking
The USA may single-handedly introduce sanctions again certain countries over the growth in the volume of human trafficking and the failure of many countries to successfully deal with the problem. Russia risks to find itself on the "black list" as well. The U.S. State Department described Russia highly negatively at this point in its latest report on modern human trafficking. Russian ...
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Warburg Pincus touts minority partnerships to clinch Europe bank deals
By Anjuli Davies and Sarah White LONDON/MADRID | Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:48am EDT LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Warburg Pincus is trying to persuade European banks to sell it more of their businesses by buying minority stakes that allow them to share in any future upside, a senior executive told Reuters on Thursday. Banks are reluctant to sell assets at knock-down ...
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Italy heavily involved in multi billion euro South Stream project
Italy’s natural gas company ENI is a major investor in the South Stream natural gas pipeline project, but the infrastructure development is being held up by a number of trans-national issues, which the Italian government believes is detrimental to the country’s energy security.
South Stream is the name of the transit pipeline that is intended to transport natural gas from Russia to Southern Europe, bypassing Belarus and the Ukraine. It has been highlighted by Prime Minister Berlusconi as important for the energy needs of Italy as it will eliminate the so-called ‘middle man’ and enhance the security of our energy supply, an issue that was underscored in 2005 when ongoing business disputes between Russia and the Ukraine spilled over into trans-national political issues. Read more
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