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Fighter jets escort after men claim to plane to UK airport have bomb on board
25 May 2013 Two men claiming they had a bomb attempted to burst into the cockpit of a flight bound for the UK, triggering fighter jets to be scrambled to intercept the ...
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Germany tour to enhance bilateral ties China-EU ties
/enpproperty--> BERLIN -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is slated to start an official visit to Germany late Saturday, the last leg of his first overseas trip since taking office in March. Li will meet with German President Joachim Gauck and hold talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel on further cementing China's relationship with Germany and Europe at large. The premier will also deliver a ...
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Row on arming Syria rebels divides EU
The 27 EU nations, which have split into three groups over the question of whether to arm Syrian rebels, must agree a joint position by ...
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MI5 tried to recruit London suspect
A man claiming to be a friend of Michael Adebolajo has been arrested after telling the BBC that MI5 had tried to recruit the Woolwich murder ...
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Wait there are riots in Sweden
The riots, which have shattered Sweden's image abroad as a peaceful and egalitarian nation, have sparked a debate in Sweden about the assimilation of immigrants, who make up about 15 per cent of the population. ...
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Chinese premiers visit to enhance partnership German ambassador
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming visit to Germany will enhance the strategic partnership between the two countries, German Ambassador to China Michael Schaeffer said.The nature of their strategic partnership extends to all areas, including the economic, political and cultural sectors, Schaeffer said.Political dialogue has been elevated to an unprecedented level through mechanisms like ...
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Aussies bow out of British Open squash
Australia's chances of winning the British Open ended on Friday when Kasey Brown and Cameron Pilley bowed out of squash's showpiece event in the English city of Hull.Brown met her match against a red-hot Alison Waters and a badly cramping Pilley fell short in a five-game 107-minute marathon against third seeded Englishman James Willstrop.A day after completing a superb comeback to beat ...
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Stockholm unrest may spread across Europe warns Red Cross chief
Speaking ahead of hosting the Champions League final tonight, the ITV presenter Adrian Chiles said that the biggest English clubs cannot match the vocal support produced by fans in other parts of Europe and appealed to clubs to consider lowering ticket ...
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Russia Gay Rights Activists To Defy Rally Ban
Activists will attempt to hold a gay pride march in Moscow despite being banned by authorities and warned they will be breaking the law. City officials have promised the action will be "thwarted" and protesters face being arrested and fined. But they say they are determined to make their voices heard. The torture and murder of a young man in Volgograd has focused attention on the ...
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Chinese premier criticises EU move on trade measures
SHANGHAI, May 25 (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang criticised the European Union over its plans to investigate alleged anti-competitive behaviour by Chinese mobile telecom equipment makers and to impose punitive import duties on solar panels from China, state media reported. The official Xinhua news agency reported late on Friday that Li had told business leaders in Switzerland such ...
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Russia nabs US envoy for bid to recruit CIA spy
Russia expelled a United States diplomat yesterday after saying he had been caught red-handed with disguises, special equipment and wads of cash as he tried to recruit a Russian agent to work for the Central Intelligence Agency. The announcement came at an awkward time for Washington and Moscow as they try to improve ties and bring the warring sides in Syria together for a peace conference. ...
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Plane skids off runway at Bulgarias Varna airport injuring two
An airplane skidded off the runway at Varna airport in Bulgaria on Friday, injuring two people. The incident happened at 10:19 am local time (GMT 0719). The plane, with 172 people on board, was a flight of Air Via from Leipzig to Varna. All passengers have been evacuated from the aircraft. Two women, one Bulgarian and one German, had their legs injured when they got out of the plane. They had ...
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China Switzerland to announce conclusion of FTA talks Chinese premier
China and Switzerland will announce the conclusion of talks over a free trade agreement (FTA), visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here Friday.In a speech delivered at a luncheon with business and financial leaders, Li said he will jointly make the announcement with Swiss President Ueli Maurer.The China-Switzerland FTA would have special significance, as it will be the first one to be ...
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Russia welcomes DPRK willingness to resume talks
Moscow welcomed Pyongyang's willingness to return to the negotiating table over the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, a senior Russian diplomat said Friday."Pyongyang deserves a positive mark for its readiness to return to the negotiating table following weeks of nuclear threats, orders to prepare for missiles strikes and other belligerent rhetoric," Interfax news agency ...
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China Switzerland sign off on preliminary free trade deal
China China has signed the framework for a free trade deal with Switzerland - a deal which could become Beijing's first with a major Western economy.China's Premier Li Keqiang said the landmark agreement underscored Beijing's growing openness to the world."This free trade deal is the first between China and a continental European economy, and the first with one of the 20 ...
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Russia’s Birth Rate up 5.6 in 2012 - Health Minister
MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - The birth rate in Russia grew by 5.6 percent year-on-year in 2012, Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said on Friday. "In 2012, birth rate increased by 5.6 percent - from 12.6 to 13.3 [births] per 1,000 people," she said. She added that the number of abortions fell by 5.5 percent, or by 53,900, due to state measures to support pregnant women ...
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EU eyes tax residency law change
VMware 'not in Ireland for tax reasons' From the old barracks in Ballincollig VMware is plotting to become one of the world's largest companies by annexing a large portion of the $50bn (EUR38.8bn) cloud and virtualisation markets in the near ...
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Family row sparks UK plane emergency
A Pakistan International Airlines source says an incident which led to a plane being diverted by fighter jets outside London was sparked by a family ...
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World Briefing | Europe Turkey Legislation Would Limit Sales of Alcohol and Ban Advertising for It
The Turkish Parliament passed legislation on Friday to ban advertising of alcohol. The measure also bans the sale of alcoholic drinks between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., except in tourist zones, and prohibits alcohol sales near mosques and schools. The measure requires presidential approval before it can be put into ...
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New horizon for China-Germany ties
Editor's note: Premier Li Keqiang wrote a signed article, titled "Open Up New Horizon for China-Germany Relations", in German-language newspaper Zeit on Thursday. Following is the full text of its English translation. I will soon be visiting Germany again to boost China's cooperation with Germany on all fronts. People may want to learn more about the visit, and I believe ...
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Georgia Ready to Assist Russia in Sochi Olympics Security
TBILISI, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia is ready to provide all assistance that Russia needs to ensure security during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said on Friday. "The Georgian side will provide maximum assistance; we should ensure that no incident takes place during the Olympics," Ivanishvili told journalists. The first Winter Games in ...
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US Human Rights Abuses Continue in N. Nigeria
A U.S. official said Friday the State Department has been monitoring the situation and concludes that human rights abuses are continuing. The official says Secretary of State John Kerry plans to meet with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Ethiopia. Nigeria has declared a state of emergency in the north, where Boko Haram extremists have launched ...
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Rigby family pays tribute to slain son
The mother and stepfather of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, Lyn and Ian Rigby and his wife Rebecca Rigby, grieve as his stepfather reads a family statement. ...
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UK arrests two men on Pakistan flight
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain, rattling the UK just days after a British soldier was killed on a London street in a suspected terror attack. A fighter jet was launched to divert the Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying nearly 300 passengers to Britain's Stansted Airport, ...
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Chaotic end as Giro hit by snow
With Friday's stage of the Giro d'Italia cancelled because of snow, cycling organisers have been forced to change Saturday's stage for the same ...
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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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