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Italy chefs roast junior minister who snubbed national cuisine
junior minister who dismissed the country's cuisine as a poor copy of trendy French cooking, poking a sore spot in a long-held kitchen rivalry between the two nations. "I have a negative judgment of the skill of Italian ...
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Can David Cameron Achieve EU Reforms Via The Chunnel
British Prime Minister David Cameron addresses the Global Investment Conference in London on May 9, 2013. Cameron lashed out at 'pessimists' in his own party demanding immediate withdrawal from the European Union as he made an address at a global investment conference in central London. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via ...
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Ruby says her sworn testimony was lies
Karima el Mahroug appeared for a second day of testimony Friday at the trial of three former Berlusconi aides charged with procuring prostitutes for the media mogul's infamous `'bunga bunga" parties. The trial is separate from the one charging Berlusconi with having paid for sex with a minor - el Mahroug - and then trying to cover it ...
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UN nuke agencys Iran probe driven by US-led intel
VIENNA (AP) -- The U.N. nuclear agency responsible for probing whether Iran has worked on a nuclear bomb depends on the United States and its allies for most of its intelligence, complicating the agency's efforts to produce findings that can be widely accepted by the international ...
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EU risks too big to cooperate bank supervision
Former Bank of France and IMF director Jacques de Larosiere, whose recommendations to tighten financial supervision in Europe were largely endorsed by the European Commission, reacts to the G20 Pittsburgh summit outcome during an interview with Reuters in Paris September 28, ...
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Letter from Europe Qatari Hopes for Paris Saint-Germain Meet Reality
On May 12, the Paris Saint-Germain soccer team clinched its first French championship in 19 years to the wild delight of its players, its fans and its owners, Qatar Sports ...
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IHT Rendezvous Riots Dent Image of Sweden’s Classless Social Model
Five straight nights of rioting in the suburbs of Stockholm, the Swedish capital, have dented the country's international image as a haven of tolerance, prosperity and tranquility. As the unrest spread from the outlying district of Husby, where it was apparently triggered on Sunday by the fatal police shooting of a local man wielding a knife, gangs of youths have torched schools and other ...
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EUROPE MARKETS Europe Stocks Fall With U.S. Futures Ahead Of Data
LONDON – European stock markets dropped on Friday, adding to the prior day's sharp losses, as investors looked to the U.S., where stock futures pointed to a lower open ahead of durable-goods orders data that are expected to show little improvement.The Stoxx Europe 600 index lost 0.5% to 302.41, after sinking 2.1% on Thursday.Shares of BT Group PLC dropped 2%, after J.P. Morgan ...
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NPP Acid Victim Undergoes Successful Operation In Germany
Reports from Germany in indicate that Mr. Peter Mensah, the Techiman North Constituency Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who endured an acid attack on October 21, 2012, is doing well. The 27 year-old communicator of the NPP, and student of the Valley View University, was attacked by unknown persons after he represented the NPP at apeace programme organised by the local Ebenezer ...
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Russia welcomes North Koreas readiness for dialogue
North Korea's declaration of readiness to return to talks with world powers, a senior Russian diplomat was cited by the Interfax news agency as saying on Friday. "The fact that Pyongyang has declared its readiness and desire to return to the negotiating tabledeserves a positive assessment," Interfax quoted Russian Foreign Ministry special envoy Grigory Logvinov as saying. A ...
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Austria urges EU to maintain Syrian arms embargo may withdraw UN peacekeepers otherwise
VIENNA - Austria is urging an extension of the EU arms embargo for Syria, saying it may rethink its U.N. peacekeeping role in the region otherwise. Austria's 377 soldiers make up the largest continent of the approximately 900 U.N. peacekeepers posted to the Golan Heights separating Syria and Israel. Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said Friday they could be targeted by Syrian ...
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Sweden riots Cops seek help US citizens warned
By Simon Johnson and Patrick Lannin, Reuters STOCKHOLM - Police in the Swedish capital are to seek reinforcements after youths again set cars ablaze and threw stones at police for a fifth night running, officials said on Friday.The unrest has led the United States embassy to warn U.S. citizens this week not to go to areas hit by rioting."I can confirm we have sent out a Warden ...
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Bad loan writedowns at Italy banks seen at 19 bln euros in 2013-think tank
MILAN | Fri May 24, 2013 8:08am EDT MILAN May 24 (Reuters) - Writedowns on bad loans held by Italian banks will total 19 billion euros ($24.51 billion) this year and 48 billion euros in the three years to 2015, according to a report by think tank Prometeia released on Friday. Despite the hefty loan losses, the Italian banking industry is expected to return to profit this year after ...
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European Commission confirms December 1 neonicotinoid ban
THE European Commission has confirmed that restrictions on the use of three neonicotinoid pesticides will come into force in December. The restriction will prevent the use of three neonicotinoid products - clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiametoxam - in seed treatment, soil application (granules) and foliar treatment on plants and cereals (with the exception of winter cereals) that are ...
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Europes Largest Economy Picking Up Steam
German business morale rose far more than expected in May, rebounding after two consecutive falls and suggesting Europe's largest economy is picking up steam after posting anaemic growth in the first quarter. The Munich-based Ifo think tank said on Friday its business climate index, based on a monthly survey of some 7,000 firms, rose to 105.7 in May from 104.4 in April. That compared with a ...
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Britain to Debate New Security Powers After Attack
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Strong earthquake shakes Russia
A powerful earthquake on Friday hit Russia's Far East with tremors felt as far away as Moscow, about 7,000 kilometres west of the epicentre. Marina Kolomiyets, spokeswoman for Obninsk's seismic station of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told The Associated Press the epicentre was in the Sea of Okhotsk, east of the Russian coast and north of Japan. She said the quake registered a ...
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EU summit highlights need to further diversify regions energy supply
EU leaders have agreed it is crucial to further intensify the diversification of Europe's energy supply and develop indigenous energy resources to ensure security of supply, reduce the EU's external energy dependency and stimulate economic ...
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Huge earthquake hits Russias east coast with tremors felt as far away as Moscow
A huge earthquake has hit Russia's Far East resulting in tremors being felt as far away as Moscow, about 7,000 kilometres (4,400 miles) west of the ...
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Top Swiss negotiator in tax disputes steps down
The move comes at a crucial time for Switzerland, which is trying to reach a deal with the U.S. to save Swiss banks and their employees from prosecution for aiding U.S. tax ...
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EU approves better bee protection rules
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union has approved restrictions on three pesticides to better protect dwindling bee populations, to enter into force by ...
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RPT-Fitch affirms Russias Eurasia Drilling Company at BB outlook stable
Fri May 24, 2013 7:50am EDT May 24 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Fitch Ratings has affirmed Eurasia Drilling Company Limited's (EDC) Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'BB' with a Stable Outlook. Fitch also affirmed the 'BB' senior unsecured ratings of the RUB5bn domestic bonds due in 2018 issued by EDC's ...
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European Shares Slump Amid C-Bank Worries
World share markets looked vulnerable to further falls on Friday, with better economic news from Europe doing little to encourage investors who are worried that central bank stimulus may curtailed. MSCI's world equity index, which shed 1.4 percent for its second biggest daily loss of the year on Thursday, was virtually unchanged, with losses in Europe cancelling out a rise of nearly one ...
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German Soccer Rules Europe Can It Conquer the World
Murdoch's Sky Deutschland Scores Big With Bundesliga Rights For the 200 million viewers who will watch the first-ever all-German Champions League final on Saturday, the message is clear: European soccer now speaks with a German ...
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Germany tops Japan in popularity poll
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
Turkey Digest
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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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