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France seeks to brand Hezbollah as terrorist group
Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday. "Because of the decisions that have been taken by Hezbollah and the fact that they are fighting very harshly the Syrian population, we have decided to ask that the military branch of the Hezbollah would be considered as a terrorist organisation," Fabius told reporters in English. The United States has long designated the Lebanon-based militant group, ...
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Pussy Riot member goes on hunger strike in Russia
A jailed member of Russia’s Pussy Riot punk band is said to have gone on hunger strike. Maria Alyokhina is protesting over not being allowed to be in court for a parole hearing. She was jailed after performing a ';punk prayer'; in a Moscow cathedral against Vladimir Putin, during his re-election ...
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UK hotel rates strong among mixed European results
Statistics from the Hotel Price Radar show a general increase in average room prices in the UK in the first few months of 2013. This increasing trend has not been seen entirely throughout Europe however, with hotel rates in Athens, Milan and Warsaw all showing double digit reductions in price comparison changes over the last year. The average rate of a hotel room in Warsaw is down 16% compared ...
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France wants Hezbollah on terror blacklist
FRANCE will call for the military arm of Hezbollah to be added to an EU terror blacklist due to its backing of the Syrian regime, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says. "Because of the decisions that have been taken by Hezbollah and the fact that they are fighting very harshly the Syrian population, we have decided to ask that the military branch of the Hezbollah would be considered as ...
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Wozniacki dumped out in Brussels
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki was bundled out of the Brussels Open by China's Jie Zheng on Wednesday.Wozniacki's preparations for the French Open - which starts at Roland Garros next week - took a blow with the surprise defeat, which came in straight sets at the WTA Premier event.The unseeded Zheng was dominant throughout the contest, which lasted exactly 100 minutes, winning herself 15 ...
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Iraqi Police Gunmen Kill at Least 12 in Baghdad Brothel
Civilians gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Kamaliyah neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, ...
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Opposition Groups Call for Swaziland Election Boycott
King of Swaziland Mswati III (Front) and one of his 13 wives disembark from a plane after arriving at Katunayake International airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 13, 2012. ...
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Transitional Justice Elusive in Arab Spring Nations
Egyptian riot police take up positions outside the building where former president Hosni Mubarak is being tried in connection with the killing of Arab Spring ...
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Vatican releases first report of financial watchdog
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Under pressure from global financial circles, the Vatican has published its first annual report from its financial watchdog agency.It also announced new regulations to fight money laundering and terror financing.The Vatican created the oversight agency in 2010 in an effort to shake its image as a secretive tax haven and improve its reputation in global financial ...
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Hajduk halt Lokomotiva to capture Croatian Cup
Dubbed relegation candidates by some last summer, HNK Hajduk Split rounded off an impressive season with a title after edging out NK Lokomotiva Zagreb in a thrilling Croatian Cup ...
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UEFA Champions Festival ready to welcome fans
The UEFA Champions Festival- a free four-day football celebration- opens its doors to the public on Thursday at the The International Quarter, close to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, ...
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IAEA report Iran expands nuclear technology
Herman Nackaerts, left, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, shakes hands with Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, after their talks at the permanent mission of Iran in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. U.N. nuclear agency officials are meeting with Iranian counterparts in a renewed attempt ...
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Man Booker prize goes to one liner
An author who pens stories the length of a sentence has scooped this year's Man Booker International Prize.American writer Lydia Davis has written some short stories of conventional length, but most range from one to three pages, while others are just a paragraph or sentence long.Davis was picked from a short list of 10 names to win the fifth Man Booker International Prize, which is ...
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President Mujica Begins Tour to China Spain Italy and Vatican
Montevideo, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, on Saturday will begin a four-day official visit to the Republic of China. Accompanied by a government and a business delegation, the president, who left here at 14:00 hours (local time) to Paris, where he will make a stop over for Beijing, he will Sunday travel by train to the city of Tianjin to hold meetings with Chinese ...
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Religious groups condemn barbaric act
Britain said the killers' use of "Islamic slogans" indicated they were motivated by their faith.A statement from the council said: "This is a truly barbaric act that has no basis in Islam and we condemn this unreservedly. Our thoughts are with the victim and his family."We understand the victim is a serving member of the Armed Forces. Muslims have long served in this ...
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Readout of Secretary Hagels Meeting with the Netherlands Minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel hosted the Netherlands' Minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert at the Pentagon today. Secretary Hagel strongly emphasized the importance of the Netherlands as both a bilateral partner and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ally and, on behalf of the Department of ...
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PSGs Ibrahimovic misses Italy
."All the times [in the past] that I have said that I would be staying, at the end I changed clubs. This time I am not going to say anything."I still have two more years left on my contract but anything can happen. I have changed teams several times and then I planned to stay at a single club for a long time but it did not happen."I miss Italy. It's my second home. The clubs ...
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US Lawmakers to Visit Russia to Probe Boston Bombings Mend Relations
WASHINGTON, May 22 (RIA Novosti) –A group of US lawmakers is set to travel to Russia to investigate the Boston Marathon bombings, and try to boost cooperation between the former Cold War rivals, the office of Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, who is leading the delegation, said Wednesday. "As Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, ...
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Russia Hosts European Security Conference
MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – An international conference on European security opens on Thursday in Moscow with Russia hoping to discuss approaches to the new pan-European security architecture in an open dialogue with the European Union and the NATO. The two-day conference, titled Military and Political Aspects of European Security, brings together senior defense officials from Russia, ...
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Sweden to summon former Saab chairman in tax inquiry -report
STOCKHOLM | Wed May 22, 2013 5:28pm EDT STOCKHOLM May 22 (Reuters) - A Swedish prosecutor wants to question Victor Muller, former chairman of bankrupt carmaker Saab, for an inquiry into suspected tax offences, a Swedish newspaper reported on Wednesday. Swedish prosecutors on Tuesday questioned Saab's former Chief Executive Jan-Ake Jonsson and two other executives as part of its tax ...
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London terror attack leaves 1 dead near barracks
LONDON (AP) -- In a brutal daylight attack which raised fears that terrorism had returned to London, two men with butcher knives hacked another man to death near a military barracks Wednesday before police wounded them in a ...
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UPDATE 1-UK France to join resource transparency initiative
Wed May 22, 2013 5:22pm EDT * Britain accused of hypocrisy for not signing up * Body agrees tougher disclosure measures in Sydney By Emma Farge and William James GENEVA/LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - The UK and French governments will join a global initiative that will require oil and mining firms to comply with new disclosure measures aimed at tackling corruption, British Prime Minister David ...
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France boosting security at facilities abroad amid shifting terrorist threats
PARIS - France's Foreign Ministry says it is strengthening security measures, hiring more guards and buying new equipment to help protect French facilities abroad amid shifting threats. Ministry spokesman Philippe Lalliot said Wednesday that the measures are being applied primarily in Africa and the Middle East, but did not name a specific threat as a reason for the move. France has been ...
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Turkish-American relations to grow in trade
US Ambassador to Turkey: "Turkish-American relations to grow in trade, too" ISTANBUL - US Ambassador to Turkey, Francis Ricciardone pointed out on Tuesday that the accustomed strong Turkish-American relations will grow in the trade sector, too.Ricciardone, attending 11th International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF' 13) and opening the American booths there, stated that the booths ...
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European center to coordinate hunt for asteroids near Earth
The European Space Agency says a new research hub will strengthen Europe's contribution to the global hunt for asteroids that may strike Earth. Located at the European Space Research Institute near Rome, the center will take part in the search for Near-Earth Objects, or NEOs, asteroids or comets that orbit the sun and whose orbits come close to that of Earth. The NEO Coordination Center ...
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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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