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Labour deal saves UK gay marriage bill
A bill to legalise gay marriage in Britain passed a crucial hurdle in parliament on Tuesday, despite efforts by lawmakers from Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party to wreck the ...
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Czech Police Seized 1 Million Liters of Illegal Alcohol
Prague, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Czech Police discovered and seized one million liters of illegal alcohol hidden in underground reservoirs of various parts of the country, reported Robert Alachta, head of the Department for Combating Organized Crime. According to the source, alcohol was found in cities like Hrobice and Ostrava in Moravia, as well as in the village of Hj, North Bohemia, where tanks ...
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Secretary General Meets with Spain’s Secretary General for Defense Policy
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, met today with Spain’s Secretary General for Defense Policy, Alejandro Enrique Alvargonzález, with whom he discussed issues related to hemispheric security; drug policy, the Ibero-American agenda and the cooperation between the hemispheric institution and the Spanish government.Secretary ...
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Canada Targets Both U.S. And Europe In Effort To Get White House Approval For Tar Sands Pipeline
doubled its spending on advertising to promote the Keystone XL pipeline and the production of tar sands oil. The effort to sell the pipeline to the U.S. and the resultant tar sands oil to Europe comes in spite of increasing revelations about the destructiveness of tar sands oil. ...
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Europe’s Trash ETFs Become Treasure Troves
If a poll had been conducted among investors at the start of the year regarding Europe ETF choices for 2013, chances are popular responses would have included a diverse fund such as the Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF ( ) or the iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund ( ) , the biggest ETF tracking the Eurozone's largest economy. Some investors may have opted for the perceived safety of non-Eurozone ETFs ...
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Best Buy reports loss amid plans to sell European venture and close stores
planned to sell its stake in Best Buy Europe and worked on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores.The company's adjusted earnings beat Wall Street expectations, as cost cuts helped offset tough pricing competition during the quarter. Nonetheless, shares fell 5% in midday trading.Best Buy has been working ...
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Russia moves closer to jail terms for offending religion
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian lawmakers on Tuesday took a step toward imposing jail terms for offending religious feelings, approving legislation proposed after punk band Pussy Riot performed a raucous protest song in Moscow's main Orthodox Christian ...
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Colombian officials seek missing Spanish couple Spains foreign minister reports kidnapping
BOGOTA - Colombian authorities say a middle-aged Spanish man and woman are missing in a northeastern border region where a car they rented three weeks ago was found. Spain's foreign minister said Tuesday in Madrid that two Spaniards had been kidnapped in Colombia. But Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo did not provide any additional details, including their names. Maj. Cesar Gonzalez of ...
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Greek PM invites China to join Greeces success story
China's Premier Li Keqiang (r.) and Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras talk during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing last week. Mr. Samaras is hoping to convince the Chinese to invest in Greece, which could help ease the country's debt ...
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Stoke and Pulis part company after seven years
After seven years at the helm in his second spell in charge, Tony Pulis has "mutually agreed" to part company with Stoke City FC, who finished 13th in this season's Premier ...
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Europe’s New Olive Oil Law Seen by Many as Meddling
The European Union has banned traditional, unlabeled olive oil flasks like this one in Spain from restaurants starting in 2013. (Photo: Gerry ...
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World not ready for mass flu outbreak WHO
The world is unprepared for a massive virus outbreak, the deputy chief of the World Health Organization has warned, amid fears that H7N9 bird flu striking China could morph into a form that spreads easily among people.Keiji Fukuda told delegates at a WHO meeting that despite efforts since an outbreak of another form of avian influenza, H1N1, in 2009-10, far more contingency planning was ...
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Britains gay marriage bill to pass hurdle
A bill to legalise gay marriage in Britain has passed a crucial hurdle in parliament, despite efforts by MPs from Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party to wreck the plans.Members of the House of Commons voted by 366 to 161 in favour of the same sex marriage bill, a majority of 205, and it will now go to the unelected House of Lords for consideration.There was applause as the ...
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Spain to Support Shipment of Arms for Syrian Opposition
Madrid, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Spain announced today to partners in the European Union (EU) that it will support sending weapons to the Syrian opposition, a position which is shared by other countries in the bloc. In a press conference, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jos Manuel Garca-Margallo, confirmed that he will defend the proposal during a meeting held EU foreign ministers next Monday in ...
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Gay marriage protester shoots himself in mouth at Notre Dame
Nicolas Bertin - 21 May 2013 A 78-year-old French far-right activist committed suicide at the altar of the Notre Dame cathedral on Tuesday by shooting himself in the mouth, three days after a law ...
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Applause as gay marriage Bill clears House of Commons despite Tory revolt
There was applause in the House after MPs voted by 366 to 161, majority 205, to give the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill a third reading. The legislation will go to ...
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Visa-free travel between Russia and the EU
The visa requirement for travel between the European Union (EU) and Russia should be scrapped as soon as possible, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland said ...
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Depardieu Newly a Russian Will Play a Chechen in Films
MOSCOW -- The French-born actor Grard Depardieu, who renounced his French nationality and became a citizen of Russia as a protest against high taxes, said Tuesday that he would turn into a Chechen, in two new films to be set in Moscow and in ...
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Russias Putin out to silence independent voices pollster
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting on shipbuilding industries in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, May 21, ...
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Algerias Bouteflika convalescing in France
Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika listens to the speech of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi at the start of the third European Union-Africa summit in Tripoli November 29, ...
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US lawmakers seek to block transfer of missile defence data to Russia
WASHINGTON - Republicans are trying to block Obama administration overtures to Russia on missile defence, creating a potential obstacle to arms control talks. Lawmakers are proposing a measure that would bar the administration from sharing classified missile defence data with Russia. That would undercut a path that arms control advocates have urged to restart nuclear talks, which have been set ...
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Russia to scrap Cold War-era nuclear submarines
Russia will decommission and scrap two Cold War-era nuclear submarines, a navy official said Tuesday. The official told RIA Novosti the submarines, among the largest ever made, are too old to remain on active duty and too expensive to retrofit. The Typhoon class vessels both carry nuclear missiles and are based in the White Sea. The Russian navy said they would be withdrawn by year's end ...
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Marmoset stolen in Spain identified on social media sites
Police in Spain said they arrested a man accused of possessing a stolen marmoset after he posted pictures of the pilfered primate online. Investigators in El Coronil, Seville province, said the marmoset, dubbed Paintbrush, was stolen months ago from the Guillena Zoo and was located in the possession of a man identified only as V.I.F.D. after he posted pictures of it on various social media ...
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Denmarks Pandora says shareholder to sell 10 pct of its shares
COPENHAGEN | Tue May 21, 2013 4:30pm EDT COPENHAGEN May 21 (Reuters) - Danish jewellery maker Pandora said on Tuesday its majority shareholder would offer about 10 percent of shares in the company to institutional investors. The offering by the shareholder, Prometheus Invest ApS, would be run by J.P. Morgan Securities plc and Nordea Markets and would constitute up to 13 million existing ...
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Turkey remains bridge between civilisations in railway plans
Turkey is often described as the gateway between two great civilisations, this is a theme employed commonly in our promotional material to encourage tourism and it has been invoked as part of the rhetoric used in ongoing efforts to join the EU, but the fact remains that Turkey is a key player in the world of geopolitics and this is seen most clearly in two major railway projects currently being planned between three regions of the world.
Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, is famous for being the only metropolitan region in the world that spans two continents, sitting as it does in both between Asia and Europe. This idiosyncrasy of the city has made it a popular tourist destination due to the diversity of culture and architecture, but on a wider scale, the geopolitical significance of Turkey is growing and will indeed grow further if two major infrastructure plans in the Middle East and Asia take shape in the next few decades. Read more
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