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European Solidarity Brigade to Arrive Cuba Soon
Havana, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) More than one hundred members of the Jose Marti European Solidarity Brigade will soon arrive in Cuba, to complete an intensive program to promote awareness of the reality of this country, the ICAP announced. According to the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), the 43 contingent of the group, whose agenda will run from July 1 to 19, is composed of ...
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Gardai in bid to trace Berlusconi €100000
Gardai said last night that the lodgment had been listed as a suspicious financial transaction and, under legislation, these must all be fully checked to establish if there has been any attempt at money laundering."We get a lot of these transactions to check out and most of them eventually turn out to be genuine," said a source. "But because this particular account belongs to Mr ...
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Moors murderer Brady says killings are petty
Ian Brady believes the Moors murders to be "petty" compared with the behaviour of "politicians and soldiers", a judge was told as the child killer made his first courtroom appearance for 47 ...
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BBC star Hall jailed over sex assaults on young girls
Hall (83) had initially issued an impassioned public denial of any wrongdoing before he finally admitted his guilt at Preston Crown Court in April.The disgraced former 'It's A Knockout' presenter was labelled an "opportunistic predator" of his victims, who he targeted between 1967 and 1987.Sentencing him, ...
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It was a playful tiff says Saatchi as he accepts police caution
The millionaire art collector was interviewed yesterday by police about the incident after attending a police station voluntarily yesterday.He has, however, sought to quell the growing furore about pictures, claiming the couple were just having a "playful tiff".The millionaire art collector admitted that photographs of the argument outside a fashionable London restaurant looked ...
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Czech premiers lover told me to tail wife says spy
A former head of Czech military intelligence has admitted following the wife of the country's prime minister on the orders of a female aide at the centre of a sex and corruption scandal that threatens to bring down the ...
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Turkey too harsh on protesters says Merkel
Despite the German chancellor's strong criticism, Bulent Arinc, Turkey's deputy prime minister, said "elements of the armed forces" could be deployed to quell the anti-government protests. Mrs Merkel said yesterday she was "appalled, like many others" at the tough response to the protests by Turkey, a candidate ...
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Turkish leaders may call on army to subdue protests
ISTANBUL - Turkey’s deputy prime minister Monday raised the possibility that the army could be called in to help quell continuing civil unrest, the latest sign of the government’s impatience and officials’ hardening stance against a nearly 3-week-old protest movement. The comments by the deputy prime minister, Bulent Arinc, followed days of intensifying street violence and ...
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France We havent mentally departed NZ
video The French rugby team insists it hasn't mentally departed New Zealand, after returning to the training field in Auckland today two-nil down in the three test series. The final test in New Plymouth on Saturday marks the end of a lengthy season, with reserve flanker Antonie Claassen estimating he's clocked up around 35 appearances alone. Claassen says it'd be too easy to ...
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UK spying claims anger SA and Russia
Russia, Turkey and South Africa have expressed outrage after revelations that Britain and the United States spied on foreign delegates at G20 meetings in London in 2009. File photo: ...
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Abbas praises Russias progressive stance
"The destination of my first international trip was to Russia because the country has historically maintained since the time of the Soviet Union, cordial relations with Palestine and has always defended our interests," said Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestinian National Authority, on the eve of his visit to Moscow. Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, appreciated the ...
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Theft from S. Sudan Presidents Office Inside Job
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN -- A spate of alleged thefts from the office of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir may have been an inside job, officials investigating how tens of thousands of dollars went missing from Kiir's office said Monday. Some $70,000 U.S. that was kept in the president's office to pay staff who do not have bank accounts, along with two laptops, went missing from ...
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G8 leaders look for consensus on Syria
British Prime Minister David Cameron is hoping to forge a consensus on Syria as the US and Russian leaders acknowledged sharp differences on the ...
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Jet pact with European carriers
India's domestic carrier Jet Airways yesterday announced that it has entered into codeshare agreements with European carriers Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to enhance connectivity between India and Europe. Jet Air has already started selling tickets from today under the new arrangement to passengers for travel with effect from June 19, it said. The codeshare agreement will ...
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Russia US agree to push for Syria talks
/enpproperty--> LOUGH ERNE, Britain - Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama on Monday held face-to-face talks on Syria on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Lough Erne, Britain. At a press conference after their two-hour talks, the two leaders admitted they had big differences on Syria, but they agreed to push for a summit in Geneva, Switzerland. "Our positions ...
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G8 Leaders World Economic Prospects Still Weak
After the first day of their annual summit in Northern Ireland Monday, the G8 said significant policy actions taken by the eurozone, U.S. and Japan have reduced the risk of an economic downturn. The leaders said promoting growth and jobs remains their priority. They called the fight against long-term and youth unemployment critical. Earlier Monday, the United States and European Union said ...
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G8 challenges Russia to sign up to Syria peace plan
ENNISKILLEN, United Kingdom (AFP) - World leaders were to fight for a consensus on Syria on the final day of the G8 summit Tuesday, after challenging Russian President Vladimir Putin to get on board or be left out in the cold.The meeting of world leaders in Northern Ireland was also due to seek a deal on tax evasion but it was the divisions over the civil war in Syria that threatened to ...
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Why Spain’s tiki taka is very much alive and kicking
Spain's domination of Uruguay in their opening Confederations Cup match suggested that reports of tiki taka's demise are premature, regardless of what happened in the Champions League this season.First half goals from Pedro and Roberto Soldado put Spain in complete control and the final 2-1 scoreline, after Luis Suarez pulled one back with a stunning free kick in the 88th minute, ...
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U.S. Russia still dont agree on Syria
>Read a version of this story in Arabic.(CNN) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says he still doesn't see eye to eye with the United States on Syria. But "all of us have the intention to stop the violence in Syria and to solve this situation peacefully," Putin said Monday after a meeting with US President Barack Obama at the Group of Eight Summit in Northern Ireland. Putin said he and ...
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Spains finance minister says Spain close to overcoming crisis
The Spanish Minister of Finance Cristobal Montoro said that Spain is close to overcoming the economic crisis the country is suffering since 2008, local media reported on Monday.Montoro made this statement at the opening of the courses organized by the Association of Journalists of Economic Information (Apie) and the University Menendez Pelayo in Madrid.Montoro pointed out that the state revenue ...
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Italy shows interests in new investments in Albania
Italian entrepreneurs from sectors such as renewable energy and infrastructure have shown interest in increasing investments in Albania.The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Tirana, in cooperation with the Italian Ministry for Economic Development, organized in Tirana on Monday a conference with Italian and Albanian entrepreneurs to increase cooperation between them, and present the best operation ...
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Greek coalition leaders postpone public broadcaster
Exactly one year after the last general elections in Greece, a crucial meeting between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his centre-Left partners on Monday evening aiming to diffuse tensions over his shock decision to shut down the state broadcaster ERT last week ended inconclusive.A new meeting is to be held on Wednesday, socialist PASOK party leader Evangelos Venizelos and Democratic Left ...
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Europe to pay the price for arming Syria rebels al-Assad
Europe will "pay the price" if it sends arms to Syrian rebel forces, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned on Monday in an interview with a German newspaper."If the Europeans deliver weapons, then Europe's backyard will become terrorist and Europe will pay the price for that," the Syrian president said in the interview with Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ...
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Norwegian Elyounoussi joins German side Hoffenheim
Norwegian international of Moroccan descent Tarik Elyounoussi moved from Rosenborg to Hoffenheim until 2017, the clubs announced on Monday.The striker scored since 2005 overall 49 goals in 149 appearances in Norway. In 2013 he made twelve goals in 22 games to lead the list of the goal scorer in the Norwegian professional league, the Tippeligaen.The 25-year-old new arrival is since 2008 part of ...
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US Russia able to overcome differences on Syria
Despite disagreements on the Syrian crisis, the United States and Russia are expected to reach at least "minimum consensus" on ways to overcome the obstacles facing the Geneva peace conference likely to take place in July, analysts said.US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are meeting Monday on the sidelines of a G8 summit in Northern Ireland and the ...
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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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