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Riots spread outside Stockholm Sweden in sixth night of violence
Rioting spread beyond the Swedish capital Stockholm, with youths torching vehicles and buildings on the sixth straight night of street violence, officials said. Specially trained police from Gothenburg and Malmo backed up local officers in Stockholm, the BBC reported Saturday. The disturbances began Sunday in Stockholm, but spread Friday to Orebro, where about 25 masked youths set fire to ...
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Three killed in Spain plane crash
An investigation was under way Saturday into the crash of a small plane in Spain that killed three of the four people aboard, authorities said. The pilot of the single-engine plane was seriously injured and taken to a hospital in Palma. A firefighter and a bystander suffered minor burns while trying to get the victims out of the flaming wreckage, ThinkSpain said Saturday. The crash occurred ...
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Priest killed by Mafia one step closer to sainthood
A priest killed by the Mafia in 1993 has been beatified in a ceremony in Italy attended by more than 50,000 people, Catholic Church officials said. The Rev. Giuseppe Puglisi is the first victim of organized crime to be declared a martyr, the BBC reported Saturday. A cardinal representing Pope Francis, 40 bishops and government ministers were present at the ceremony in Palermo, which is the ...
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Georgia will cooperate on Sochi Olympics security
The prime minister of Georgia said his country is willing to "provide maximum assistance" with security during the 2014 Winter Olympics in neighboring Russia. Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili told reporters Friday Georgia would do its part to ensure the safety of the games, which will be held in the resort city of Sochi, a few miles from the border between Russia and the disputed ...
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Putin Business amnesty bill needs changes
Russian President Vladimir Putin said a bill that would free thousands of jailed businessmen required revisions. RIA Novosti reported Saturday the office of Russia's business ombudsman Boris Titov estimates 110,000 businessmen could be directly affected by the bill. Andrei Nazarov, who co-authored the bill with Titov, said it would be ready for consideration by lawmakers "within ...
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Russia 8.2 earthquake is big but no deaths
Russia 8.2 earthquake: The USGS says it was even bigger, an 8.3 earthquake, and felt as far away as Moscow. But the Russia earthquake caused no ...
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Clashes at Moscow gay rally 30 arrested
MOSCOW: Gay-rights campaigners and their opponents clashed at an unsanctioned rally in the Russian capital on Saturday, but a heavy police presence in Ukraine kept the two sides apart at that country's first-ever gay pride march. Russian police said they arrested at least 30 gay rights campaigners and Christian Orthodox vigilantes in Moscow. The campaigners tried to unfurl banners ...
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Shurat HaDin Arrest France 2 bureau chief in wake of al-Dura report
[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: In response to question from IMRA if Nitsana Darshan-Leitner plans to file a complaint herself with the police, Shurat HaDin responded that: "There are many victims of the second Intifada who would be willing to file a complaint against him, and indeed this may prove to be the case as a result of this development." ] Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center ...
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UK zookeeper dies from tiger attack injuries
"For some unknown reason, an inexplicable reason, because there is no reason for why she did it, she opened the door and went into the tiger enclosure and straight into the tigers, and now we'll never know why," Gill ...
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Russian police detain activists foes at gay rally
Police detain a gay rights supporter, left, and an opponent, right, who scuffle during an unsanctioned gay rally near the City Hall in Moscow, Saturday, May 25, 2013. The Kremlin initiated a bill banning "propaganda of homosexuality" and routinely banned gay rallies and parade. Russian police say they detained at least 30 gay rights campaigners and their opponents at an unsanctioned ...
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Putin Warns Obama on Missile Shield
Moscow, May 25 (Prensa Latina) The secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, said today that a message from President Vladimir Putin to his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, pays special attention to the missile defense system (DAM) of the Pentagon in Europe. Another issue particularly focused on the president's letter is arms control, told to Interfax the expert on ...
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Another Attack in Dagestan Injures More than a Dozen
Moscow, May 25 (Prensa Latina) A suicide bomber activated a bomb outside the headquarters of the Interior Ministry of Dagestan in the North Caucasus, injuring at least 11, among thme policemen and civilians, government sources corroborated today. Two policemen were reported in serious condition, while the Emergency Situations Ministry gets a plane ready to move to Majashkal, capital of Dagestan, ...
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Champions League Terror Attack Alarm in Germany Downplayed
German police have sought to mitigate earlier reports that there is an increased risk of terrorist attacks in public areas during Saturday's UEFA Champions League final. "Germany has stood in the cross hairs of international terrorism for a long time. At this time, there are no indications of plans to attack or targets within Germany," said German Interior Minister Hans-Peter ...
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Russia Gay Rights Activists Arrested At Rally
Dozens of activists at a gay pride march in Moscow have been arrested by Russian police. Authorities said at ...
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Sweden Riots Unrest Spreads Beyond Stockholm
Rioting in Sweden spread to towns outside Stockholm as youths took to the streets for a sixth successive night. A car and school were set on fire and a police station attacked in the central town of Orebro, about 100 miles (160km) from the Swedish capital on Friday night and early Saturday morning. And in the southwest town of Linkoping, groups of youths clashed with police. Meanwhile, ...
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Sweden unrest Stockholm police ask for reinforcements to quell ongoing riots
Police in Sweden have appealed to residents to photograph and film people they see rioting in the streets, as they struggle to bring under control the violent unrest that has spread throughout the capital city of Stockholm for more than a ...
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Board of Italys ILVA steel group quits after asset seizure
ROME (Reuters) - The management board of Italian steel group ILVA has resigned, the company said on Saturday, following the seizure of 8 billion euros of assets from its controlling company in connection with allegations of ...
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Terror warning in Germany ahead of tonights soccer match
Radical Islamist terror groups could use new, computer-based technology or even drones, the office, known in Germany as the Bundeskriminalamt (Germany Federal Police) or BKA, said. "For western countries airlines and airports there is a credible threat that can manifest itself at any time in an attack," the BKA said in a confidential reported entitled "The situation in aviation ...
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Pirates release German ships 4 crew members
BERLIN -; A German shipping company says four crew members from one of its vessels have been released a month after being kidnapped by pirates off Equatorial Guinea's ...
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Syria fight rages amid pressure for talks
The Syrian rebels are in a crucial fight for the city of Qusayr as pressure mounts on the opposition to form a united front and accede to peace ...
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Murphy sails to gold in Netherlands
Annalise Murphy won gold today at the Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, Netherlands. She led the medal race from the first mark finishing with almost a one minute advantage. This victory is the second for Annalise this month, having also won gold on 12 May at Italian Olympic Week. Murphy went in to the medal race in third place, two points behind Alison Young (GBR) and the London 2012 silver ...
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Ukraines gay rights activists hold countrys first gay rally
25 May 2013 ABOUT 100 Ukrainian gay rights activists held the country's first gay rally today helped by police who arrested 13 people for trying to break up the ...
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China Switzerland sign MOU on concluding FTA talks
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L, back) and Swiss President Ueli Maurer (R, back) attend a signing ceremony after their talks in Bern, Switzerland, May 24, 2013. Photo: Xinhua China and Switzerland here on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on concluding negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).The MOU was signed during a meeting between visiting Chinese Premier Li ...
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Turkish PM blames Syria over twin bombings
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan greets his supporters as he visits the town of Reyhanli in Hatay province near the Turkish-Syrian border May 25, 2013. REUTERS/Umit ...
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Meqdad ends Russia visit returns to Syria
United States are seeking to broker an international peace conference on Syria in an effort to end the more than two-year-old crisis that has claimed at least 94,000 lives. No date has been set for the conference to be held ...
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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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