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Comment Is Turkeys economy about to crash
expand the powers of the police." The prime minister's speech came just days after he dispatched riot police to clear demonstrators from Istanbul's Gezi Park, sparking renewed clashes in cities across the country. The violence has since subsided and demonstrators have taken to standing silently in public to express their discontent, but weeks of unrest have taken their toll on ...
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As Europe Debates Hezbollah Question Burgas Probe Called into Question
JTA On a continent led by Western capitals with diminishing sympathy for Israel's problems, Jerusalem has come to rely on Eastern European allies in its drive to have Hezbollah placed on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations.In February, Israel seemed to score a breakthrough on this front when the Bulgarian government implicated the Lebanese group in a deadly bus ...
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Serial rapist Adrian Bayley jailed for life in Melbourne over murder of Irish woman Jill Meagher
A serial sex offender has been sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of an Irish woman that outraged Australia's second-largest ...
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European stock index futures signal slight gains
LONDON, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:11am EDT LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - European stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Wednesday, with investors positioning for no changes in the U.S. monetary policy and the continuation of stimulus measure for a while longer. At 0608 GMT, futures for Euro STOXX 50, Britain's FTSE 100, Germany's DAX and France's CAC ...
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Obama to renew calls for nuclear reductions
View Photo Associated Press/Evan Vucci - President Barack Obama listens to French President Francois Hollande during the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, June 18, ...
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Netflix to Launch in Netherlands Later This Year
Netflix said late Tuesday that it would launch its streaming service in the Netherlands later this year as the company continues to expand into international ...
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Analysis French EU-wariness complicates life for Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) - A feeling in France that the European Union no longer works in its interest is fueling tensions between Paris and Brussels and adding pressure on President Francois Hollande to be more assertive in ...
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Sufouh Tram test run held in France
Trials of Al Sufouh Tram to be operated in Dubai were held in France on a 700-km-long test track.Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), watched the technical test in the facilities of Alstom Company in France. During the trial run, which was done at various speeds, tests on the safety system, electric propulsion of the coaches, ...
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Sweden raises size of share sale in Nordea
STOCKHOLM, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:51am EDT STOCKHOLM, June 19 (Reuters) - The Swedish government said on Wednesday it was increasing its sale of shares in Nordea , the region's biggest bank, to 260 million ordinary shares from 230 million due to strong investor demand. The finance ministry said in a statement that the revised size of the sale was equivalent to 6.4 percent of ...
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Advocacy Groups Welcome New US Great Lakes Envoy
Nineteen advocacy groups and Congo experts are giving the thumps up to President Barack Obama’s appointment of former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold as the new U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Feingold is a former chairman of the Africa Subcommittee in the Senate and co-author of several legislations on the Lord’s Resistance Army ...
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Greece set to seal natgas deal with Azerbaijani company
Greece is set to agree the sale of its natural gas grid operator DESFA to Azerbaijani state energy company SOCAR, a senior official directly involved in the talks said on Tuesday, APA reports quoting Reuters. SOCAR has improved its offer to buy a 66 percent stake in the company to 400 million euros ($536 million), a price that Greece's privatization agency HRADF finds satisfying, the ...
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There is a good exchange of views between Germany and Azerbaijan
Between the government and the society of the Federal Republic of Germany and Azerbaijan, there is a good exchange of views, values, and interests in mutual cooperation. This was stated by Foreign Minister of Germany Guido Westerwelle on 18 June during an international media forum. He also noted that Germany's foreign policy takes into account the interests of both countries, including ...
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Azerbaijani veteran judo fighters claim six European medals
Azerbaijani veteran judo fighters have claimed a clutch of six medals, including two golds in the European championship in Paris, France. Zaur Pashayev weighing in at 100kg and female fighter Zulfiya Huseynova at 78kg climbed on to the winner`s rostrum. Another Azerbaijani fighter Vugar Huseynov weighing in at 60kg won silver after losing to British Winfield Graham in the ...
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Poland Germany probe Nazi-led unit commander in Minneapolis
The June 3, 1944, photo provided by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum shows Heinrich Himmler, centre, SS Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister of the Interior of Nazi Germany from 1943 to 1945, as he reviews troops of the Galician SS-Volunteer Infantry Division Michael Karkoc a top commander whose Nazi SS-led unit is blamed for burning villages filled with women ...
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Iceland P.M. cites EU fishing dispute as case for independence
Iceland's new prime minister this week cited the country's mackerel fishing dispute with the European Union as a prime example of the value of sovereignty. Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, speaking to Reykjavik crowd Monday during the Iceland's National Day marking its birth as an independent nation in 1944, said the EU's demands that Iceland reduce its mackerel catch shows why ...
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The European currencies and yen are consolidating
The appetite for risk is limited by the Fed meeting ending later on Wednesday. The equity markets have been in a seesaw recently while trying to gauge the Fed's pace of tempering its quantitative easing. The European currencies and yen are consolidating, and the commodity currencies are trading lower, essentially preserving Tuesday's pattern. The Asian stock markets are rising in line ...
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Zaccheroni prepares to lead Japan against native Italy
Edward Snowden, the fugitive former CIA employee and NSA contractor who leaked secrets about America’s spying operations, often hung out online with foreigners in Japan who shared his interests in anime, video games, martial arts, the stock market and the expat lifestyle. Snowden, who ...
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Barack Obama to invoke call of history in Berlin speech
Barack Obama will invoke the Cold War history of German-US solidarity in a speech he will give today on his first visit to Berlin as ...
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Greece to Participate in European Solidarity Brigade with Cuba
Athens, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) A group of Greek people will be part of the Jose Marti European Solidarity Brigade with Cuba, who will arrive in the island soon. promoters of the initiative in this capital told Prensa ...
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Ecuador Hosts Journalism Summit
Quito, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Delegates from 10 countries will attend the First International Summit for Responsible Journalism (CUPRE), said the organizers. Near 10,000 delegates will arrive in Guayaquil city, from Brazil, Venezuela, United States, Spain, Mexico, Great Britain, Iceland, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia and Colombia. The Guayaquil Historical Park will be the venue of panels, forums, ...
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Four Female Cuban Judokas to University Games in Russia
Havana, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will take four athletes to the female judo tournament of the 27th Summer University Games in Kazan, Russia, from July 6 to 17, said Cuban weekly Jit Tuesday. The Cuban female team, second place by teams in the Grand Prix in Miami, US last week, is headed by 78 kg Olympic Champion Idalis Ortiz. The other athletes are: Yanet Bermoy, Olympic runner-up in the 52 ...
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Netflix to expand to Netherlands later this year
LOS GATOS, Calif. -- Netflix is going Dutch.The online video giant says it will expand into the Netherlands, its 41st country, later this year.Subscribers will be able to stream Hollywood fare, local TV series and Netflix originals like "House of Cards" and "Arrested Development" on TVs, game consoles, computers and mobile devices. Netflix Inc. didn't offer details ...
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Hectic week in Asian markets amid Europe’s worries and concerns
Asian markets witnessed a hectic week full of important data from the region’s economy, where Europe’s debt crisis continued to weigh on the outlook and the market, the week of heavy data was very critical, but the star remains China with the surprise rate ...
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Eyes to focus on European economic data Eurogroup meeting and G8 summit
This week, the main focus will be on economic data as investors try to get clues regarding central bank stimulus which rattled markets over the previous few weeks. Meanwhile, we are at an important phase as central banks will decide on their non-standard measures according to the improvement they see at their economies. ...
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European stocks gain Fed policy outcome in spotlight
European stocks opened higher on Monday, rebounding from last weeks losses as investors were waiting for clues on whether the Federal Reserve might exit its quantitative easing program this ...
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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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