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Thousands march against extremism in northern Britain
Nearly 2,000 people from around Britain took to the street on Saturday in Newcastle in northern England to demonstrate against the killing of a serving soldier in London on Wednesday.The participants were carrying placards and chanting slogans: "extremists off our streets" and "support our troops," while walking along the streets in the city center under heavy police ...
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Suicide bomb attack hits Russias Dagestan
Nine people, including four policemen, have been injured in a suicide bomb attack near Russia's Dagestani Interior Ministry headquaters on Saturday, the Interfax news agency ...
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EU Says China Solar Trade Talks Have Not Broken Down
China-E.U. solar panel trade not as broken as it looks...yet. The European Commission said that trade talks between them and the Chinese solar industry have not 'broken down' as cited this week by an industry trade group in Beijing. The China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products, a trade association authorized to represent domestic solar ...
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Cannes Directors Hollywood Reporter Interview Creates Prostitution Backlash in France
French filmmaker Francois Ozon has been blasted by local politicians for telling THR, "it's a fantasy of many women to do prostitution" and "there is kind of a passivity that women are looking ...
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Three Arrested in Soldiers Killing in Britain
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Fake Psy Party Crashes in Cannes
CANNES -- A man pretending to be South Korean rapper Psy talked his way into glitzy parties at the Cannes film festival and posed with fans until he was spotted drinking champagne by the real Psy's manager. Psy, in Singapore on Thursday night to perform at the inaugural Social Star awards, said that Scooter Braun spotted the imposter, took a photo and sent it to ...
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Rogers Signs Multi-Year Contract with Los Angeles Galaxy
Former U.S. soccer international Robbie Rogers has joined Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy, the team said on Saturday, making him the latest openly gay male athlete in an American professional team sport. Rogers, who came out in February on the same day he retired from the game, will be on the Galaxy's roster for Sunday's home match against the Seattle Sounders if his ...
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Correction France-Cannes Notebook story
CANNES, France - In a May 24 Cannes Notebook item about jewelry at the Cannes Film Festival, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Swavorski earrings Milla Jovovich wore cost $321,000. They cost $321. A corrected version of the story is below: Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival At the Cannes Film Festival: Swavorski not worried about thefts, Baldwin criticizes press By ...
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Sany seeks large and localized European presence
/enpproperty--> Sany Germany GmbH - the German arm of Changsha, Hunan-based Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd - aims to surpass 100 million euros ($129 million) in sales in 2015, after it acquired a German company last year, the company's executive told China Daily. In 2012, the Chinese company announced it had bought German concrete pump maker Putzmeister for about $470 million, the largest ...
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China closes the gap with Europe
Premier Li Keqiang concludes a historic free trade agreement with Switzerland that promises to tighten ties with Europe, China's largest trade partner. The free trade agreement between China and Switzerland will benefit both nations and bring the second largest economy in the world closer to Europe, Premier Li Keqiang said during his visit to Bern on Saturday. Both countries can tap the ...
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Chinas Bronze Age antiquities exhibit in Sweden
/enpproperty--> STOCKHOLM - China's Bronze Age Antiquities from central Henan province started to be exhibited in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm of Sweden on Saturday, marking the 50th anniversary celebrations of the ...
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2nd LD Writethru Chinese premier arrives in Germany for official visit
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Saturday for an official visit to Germany, the only European Union country included in his first overseas tour since taking ...
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1st LD Writethru Police nab three more suspects over London soldier murder
Scotland Yard said in a statement that two men aged 24 and 28 were arrested at a residential address in London while a 21-year-old man was arrested in the ...
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Westwood closing in on Canizares at European PGA Championship
England England's Lee Westwood believes he is perfectly placed and primed for a final day assault on the European PGA Championship after finishing round three just a stroke behind leader Alejandro Canizares of Spain.Canizares' strong finish enabled him to steal a one-shot advantage over Westwood with his 68 putting him on 9-under as sunshine and warmth made a welcome return to a ...
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France probes Woolwich terror link
President Francois Hollande said the identity of the attacker who stabbed the French soldier in the throat ion Saturday was unknown and warned against jumping to conclusions about the assault in the busy La Defense shopping area. The 23-year-old soldier's injury was not life-threatening, the Interior Ministry said.British soldier Drummer Rigby, 25, was hacked to death in broad daylight in ...
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Turkey seeks to strengthen Eastern ties
Egemen Bagis, Turkey's minister for European Union Affairs and chief negotiator, values the strong Saudi-Turkish economic relations and said yesterday that it's committed strengthening ties with its Eastern neighbors.Bagis described Turkey as a bridge that has always connected East and West politically, economically and culturally and that while it is communicating with the West, it ...
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Europe struggles to redefine its role in UNESCO
Europe has more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than the rest of the world. The small continent is closely tied to the cultural organization, or so you would think. Has Europe lost its role in ...
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Uniformed French soldier stabbed in neck while on patrol in Paris
A French soldier stabbed in the neck Saturday while on patrol in Paris was expected to survive, said authorities, who had yet to make an arrest in the attack. Sky News reported the 23-year-old victim was with two other soldiers when his assailant approached from behind in a busy underground train station about 6 p.m., cut him with a knife or box-cutter and fled. Sky News said CCTV footage ...
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Kanepi beats Peng to win Brussels crown
Estonia's Kaia Kanepi secured the fifth WTA title of her career as she overcame Shuai Peng to win the Brussels Open on Saturday.The world number 40 took just over 80 minutes to dismantle her Chinese counterpart on the clay, easing to a 6-2 7-5 triumph at the WTA Premier event.Both players will have felt fatigue, having to play their semi-finals on the same day as the final, with inclement ...
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Flash Flood Warning Issued in San Antonio Texas
The city of San Antonio, Texas is under a flash flood warning with more heavy rain expected Saturday night in the already flooded area. As much as 39 centimeters of rain has fallen in some parts of the city since early Saturday. At least one person was killed when floodwaters swept away her car. Rescuers have spent much of the day pulling more than 100 people from their flooded cars and ...
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Obama to Console Oklahoma Tornado Victims
U.S. President Barack Obama makes a poignant visit Sunday to the city of Moore, Oklahoma which is just starting to recover from last week's deadly tornado. President Obama will meet with and console residents of the midwestern town where 24 people were killed and more than 200 others hurt. Some people lost everything they owned when the twister obliterated entire neighborhoods. The ...
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Cambodian Documentary Wins Cannes Prize for Innovative Cinema
CANNES -- A documentary using small clay figurines to tell the story of how Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's family perished under the Khmer Rouge regime won the top prize in the second most important competition at ...
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British Police Arrest 3 New Suspects in Soldiers Killing
British police have arrested three new suspects in connection with Wednesday's murder of a British soldier in London. Scotland Yard issued a statement saying three men in their 20's were arrested Saturday, two of them at a residential address in southeast London and one on a London street. Officers used stun guns in two of the arrests, but no one was hospitalized. All three were ...
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Robben For a footballer this is the peak
"It's difficult to describe all the feelings [I] have at the moment," Arjen Robben told UEFA.com after his goal swung the final for FC Bayern Mnchen against Borussia ...
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Heynckes hails exceptional Bayern
Jupp Heynckes said FC Bayern Mnchen's Wembley win was reward for an "outstanding" season at home and abroad, while Jrgen Klopp's sadness was soon replaced by ...
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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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