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Witnesses describe crazy attack in London
Witnesses to the killing in London of a man reported to be a British soldier say the attack was "crazy" and have described the men suspected of the attack as "animals". Two men are believed to have attacked the man in the street in the London suburb of Woolwich with machetes, knives and a gun. Eyewitnesses say the two men attacked the man in broad dayligh, then remained ...
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Obama at meeting with Patrushev calls for strengthening US-Russia relations
WASHINGTON, May 23 (Itar-Tass) - U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed the intention to strengthen U.S.-Russian relations, including economic relations, as he talked with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev. The White House press service reported on Wednesday that Obama had joined Patrushev's meeting with Thomas Donilon, the national security advisor to the U.S. ...
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Strong indications Southeast London attack by terrorists
Police forensic officers investigate a crime scene in Woolwich, southeast London May 22, 2013. A man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital in London neighbourhood of Woolwich on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Yin Gang) Related:Strong indications SE London attack by terrorists: British PMLONDON, May 22 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron said there are strong ...
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One killed two injured in Southeast London attack
Two men attacked one man in Woolwich in Southeast London on Wednesday afternoon, leaving one dead, and two injured, Britain's Metropolitan Police (MPS) said.The two attackers were carrying weapons and were shot by police arriving on the scene. They have been taken to separate hospitals for treatment, MPS Commander Simon Letchford said."At approx 1420 we were called to reports of an ...
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France owes EU more than empty words
Francois Hollande, the president of France, stood in the Elysee Palace last Friday (17 May) and declared that he would lead an initiative to inject new life into the European Union. It was, he solemnly announced, his duty as the leader of a founding nation of the ...
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Pope lands in exorcism row
A dispute over whether Pope Francis performed an exorcism intensified with a well-known exorcist insisting that Francis helped ';liberate'; a Mexican man possessed by four different ...
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French workers’ struggle triggers ‘Kill Mittal’ game
Lakshmi Mittal to keep a factory open. Players throw barrels and beams at police in the "Kill Mittal" game inspired by the long-lasting -- and ultimately unsuccessful -- struggle in France's northeastern town of Florange to stop the closure of steel blast furnaces owned by Mittal. "This game is not an incitement to violence or to beat up the big bosses. I purposefully chose ...
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Obama Reaffirms Hope for Stronger Ties with Russia
WASHINGTON, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – US President Barack Obama reaffirmed on Wednesday his desire to strengthen the bilateral relationship with Russia during talks with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, National Security Council Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said. Obama briefly joined a meeting between Patrushev and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon in Washington. ...
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Soccer-European Cup final results since 1956
LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - European Cup/Champions League final results since the competition began in 1955-56: Date Venue Winners Runners-up 1956 Paris Real Madrid 4 Stade Reims 3 1957 Madrid Real Madrid 2 Fiorentina 0 1958 Brussels Real Madrid 3 AC Milan 2 (after extra time) 1959 Stuttgart Real Madrid 2 Stade Reims 0 1960 Glasgow Real Madrid 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 3 1961 Berne ...
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EU sets deadline for bank data sharing
EU leaders have agreed that the automatic sharing of individuals' bank account data, a key measure to prevent tax evasion, should become law across all member states by the end of the year, European Union President Herman Van Rompuy says.At the close of a one-day summit, final conclusions flagged by Van Rompuy at a press conference called on member states to complete adoption of regulation ...
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Soccer-Previous Wembley European CupChampions League finals
By Mike Collett LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Saturday's Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund will see the European Cup presented at Wembley for a record-extending seventh time. The old Wembley hosted five finals, in 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978 and 1992. The new stadium hosted the final in 2011. After Wembley, the Heysel Stadium in Brussels has staged five final ...
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Pay your taxes Europe warns multinationals
Starbucks Corp. have been objects of wrath in Europe in recent months for creative accounting methods that appear to allow them to pay as little into the public purse as possible. This week a Senate subcommittee released a blistering report that detailed how Apple used an elaborate web of offshore subsidiaries to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes. By keeping profits in other ...
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Reports Paris Hilton has record deal with Cash Money Records
Paris Hilton is recording her second album, Showbiz411.com reported Wednesday. The entertainment news website said Hilton divulged her new business relationship with Cash Money Records while in France for the Cannes Film Festival. The album will feature many hip hop performers such ...
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Europe Pushes to Shed Stigma of Tax Haven With End to Bank Secrecy
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Stockholm riots spread PM slams hooliganism
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt blamed the violence on 'hooliganism' and appealed for calm after the riots spread from northwestern to southern Stockholm. ...
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More courses in English at French universities Storm brews
English at universities, amid a storm of controversy in a nation fiercely protective of its identity. The measure, which would also introduce lessons in other languages as part of a wider bill ...
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Man Linked to Boston Suspect Is Shot Dead
One lingering mystery in the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings is whether the dead suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, played a role in the unsolved murders of three men, one of them his best friend, in a Boston suburb in 2011. That question deepened early Wednesday when a man in Orlando, Fla., who was being interviewed by at least one F. B. ...
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Three nights’ rioting in deprived areas of Stockholm shocks placid Sweden
rioting in immigrant suburbs of Sweden's capital, shocking a country that has dodged the worst of the financial crisis but failed to defuse youth unemployment and resentment of asylum ...
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EU Gets 310 for Handling of Eurozone CrisisSchulz
Tax Evasion Dangerous for Europe: Schulz ) "Angela Merkel will not change the message, which has been a successful one until today in Germany, before the election," he said. But Schulz warned that if the euro zone crisis were to worsen, Germany would not be able to escape its impact. "If the EU goes more-and-more in the direction of a deeper crisis, sooner or later the crisis will ...
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Brutal attack in London blamed on radical Islam
LONDON (AP) -- Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime - shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver. Soon after, arriving police shot and wounded the unidentified assailants and took them into ...
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Met Museums European paintings galleries will reopen on May 23
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's galleries for its world-renowned collection of European Old Master paintings from the 13th through the early 19th century will reopen on May 23 after an extensive renovation and reinstallation. This is the first major renovation of the galleries since 1951 and the first overall reinstallation of the collection since 1972. Increased in size by almost ...
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Human rights group Migrants face harsher treatment in Europe as economic turmoil stokes bias
FILE - In this March 8, 2013 file photo, a Syrian refugee tries to put out a fire as black smoke rises in the sky over the Zaatari refugee camp in northeast Jordan. A report on human rights issued by Amnesty International on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, the London Based human rights group said worldwide indifference to the plight of political and economic refugees is making the world a much more ...
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The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession Spain France Italy Finland Netherlands Portugal Cyprus Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German govern
The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession: Spain, France, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German government of Angela Merkel is sinking Europe. Eurostat data was released on Wednesday (15th) and are relative to GDP in the euro area in the first ...
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British PM London Killing Appears to be Terrorism
British Prime Minister David Cameron says the daylight killing of a man on a south London street near an army barracks appears to be a terrorist ...
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Fola Esch seal long-awaited Luxembourger title
CS Fola Esch are celebrating their first Luxembourger title in 73 years thanks to an emphatic derby win against AS Jeunesse Esch which means they have an unassailable four-point ...
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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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