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European markets edge cautiously higher
Even though the emails were never sent, govt prosecutors argue that they help establish a pattern of Apple serving as a "ringleader" in a conspiracy with the publishers to force the retail book industry to adopt higher prices of ...
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UN says 45.2 million refugees displaced globally
GENEVA (AP) -- The Syrian civil war contributed to push the numbers of refugees and those displaced by conflict within their own nation to an 18-year high of 45.2 million worldwide by the end of 2012, the U.N. refugee agency said ...
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Who pays puppets without borders to slander Russia
Reporters Without Borders Calls Putin a Predator and Control Freak - Mikhail Doubik, Publisher at Vedomosti is the director of the Moscow Times. Vedomosti was conceived by Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal, the One Percent. The "news" outlet which calls itself the Moscow Times today published an article with this ...
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Sweden raises $3.0 bln in Nordea stake sale
STOCKHOLM, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:42am EDT STOCKHOLM, June 19 (Reuters) - The Swedish government said on Wednesday it had sold 260 million ordinary shares in Nordea , the region's biggest bank, raising 19.5 billion crowns ($3.01 billion). The finance ministry said in a statement that it sold shares at 75 crowns per share, a 4.8 percent discount to Tuesday's closing ...
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European shares turn red in jittery pre-Fed trade
LONDON, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:38am EDT LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - European shares reversed early gains on Wednesday to turn red, with traders saying investors were adjusting positions ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve policy decision which may shed some light on the duration of stimulus. The FTSEurofirst 300 was down 0.4 percent at 1,178.80 points by 0735 GMT, retreating from a ...
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Season review Czech Republic
FC Viktoria Plzen reclaimed the title they lost last season at the expense ofAC Sparta Praha whileFK Jablonec prevailed on penalties to take the cup in the Czech ...
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Pirons plan pays off for Belgium
Not only are Belgium making their finals debut on Tuesday, they earned their place by eliminating Germany who had never failed to qualify. Coach Jolle Piron speaks to ...
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Proud Bonner beaming about England inclusion
Terming her call-up to England's UEFA Women's EURO 2013 squad as a "massive achievement", uncapped Gemma Bonner will go to Sweden eager to "make the most of the ...
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Letter from Nicosia Cyprus Says It Needs More Help from EU
In a letter to euro-zone leaders, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has asked that the bailout package for his country be revisited. The effects on the island nation's economy have been much greater than expected, he writes. EU leaders are ...
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First Ghana France Higher Education Conference opens
Accra, June 18, GNA - Professor Naana Jane Opoku- Agyemeng, Minister of Education on Tuesday said Government welcomes discussions on the need for a Council for Higher Education and Research solely dedicated to the core business of Universities and Research institutions in ...
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Europes Herschel space telescope decommissioned and sent floating
Astronomers using the Herschel Space Observatory discovered that a suspected ring at the center of our galaxy is warped for reasons they cannot explain. The Herschel was retired on Monday. (NASA/Courtesy) Europe's deep-space Herschel telescope was decommissioned Monday and will be free to float around the Sun for eternity. Herschel, the largest and most powerful infrared telescope, ended ...
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Thousands Evacuated in Central Russia Ammunition Depot Explosions
Moscow, June 19 (BNA) - Over 30 people sought medical help, 11 were hospitalized and more than 6,000 local residents were evacuated from a village near an ammunition depot in central Russia where a fire caused massive explosions of stored artillery shells, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said. The fire at the Volga Federal Ammunition Testing Site in the Samara Region broke out late Tuesday, ...
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Gazprom closes in on deal over Enels Belgium power plant-source
MOSCOW, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:11am EDT MOSCOW, June 19 (Reuters) - Russia's Gazprom is set to sign a letter of intent to acquire a generating plant in Belgium from Italy's Enel, a Gazprom source told Reuters on Wednesday. The letter is to be signed this week during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Russia's answer to Davos forum. Gazprom's interest ...
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European Stock Futures Little Changed Asian Shares Gain
European stock-index futures advanced as investors awaited the conclusion of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting for indications on stimulus measures. U.S. futures and Asian shares also rose. Kabel Deutschland Holding AG may be active after Vodafone Group Plc was said to have raised its preliminary offer for the German company. Alcatel-Lucent SA might move after announcing plans to ...
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Europe Shares Open Higher Fed in Focus
European shares opened higher on Wednesday as investors looked ahead to the keenly-awaited policy statement by the Federal Reserve as it wraps up a two-day ...
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King Albert of Belgium summoned to court in paternity case
A Belgian aristocrat is taking King Albert II of Belgium, Crown Prince Philippe, Princess Astrid and her own father to court in an attempt to prove that Albert is her father. Artist Delphine Boel, 45, wants to force them to provide blood samples ...
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Obama to call for U.S.-Russia nuclear arms cuts
Barack Obama 's foreign-policy speech in Berlin Wednesday will call for additional U.S.-Russia nuclear-arms cuts, administration officials said. He is expected to say Washington and Moscow can shrink their nuclear arsenals by up to one-third beyond cuts mandated under the 2010 New Start, or Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, without hurting deterrence or capabilities, the officials told The ...
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Obama wants to cut U.S. nuclear arsenal if Russia will do the same
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama plans to use a speech in Berlin on Wednesday to outline plans for further reductions in the U.S. nuclear arsenal if Russia agrees to pare back its weapons at the same time, administration officials said Tuesday.Resuming a drive toward disarmament that he had largely shunted aside over the past two years, Obama will propose trimming the number of strategic ...
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Turkeys standing man to join ranks of icons
The image was stark (AP) -- a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister's demand for protesters to clear Taksim Square in central ...
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European Factors to Watch-Shares to edge higher focus on Fed
LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - European shares were likely to open slightly higher on Wednesday, with investors seen staying cautious ahead of the end of the U.S. Federal Reserve's meeting that could provide hints about the future of its stimulus programmes. Focus will be on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's news conference, half an hour after the central bank's post-meeting statement due at ...
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Russia may sell Rostelecom stake to domestic rivals - report
MOSCOW, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:41am EDT MOSCOW, June 19 (Reuters) - Russia is considering selling its 53 percent stake in state-controlled telecoms operator Rostelecom to the company's domestic rivals MTS , MegaFon and Vimpelcom, Kommersant reported on Wednesday. "We wanted to create another player in addition to the big three," Kommersant quoted a government source ...
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Comment Is Turkeys economy about to crash
expand the powers of the police." The prime minister's speech came just days after he dispatched riot police to clear demonstrators from Istanbul's Gezi Park, sparking renewed clashes in cities across the country. The violence has since subsided and demonstrators have taken to standing silently in public to express their discontent, but weeks of unrest have taken their toll on ...
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As Europe Debates Hezbollah Question Burgas Probe Called into Question
JTA On a continent led by Western capitals with diminishing sympathy for Israel's problems, Jerusalem has come to rely on Eastern European allies in its drive to have Hezbollah placed on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations.In February, Israel seemed to score a breakthrough on this front when the Bulgarian government implicated the Lebanese group in a deadly bus ...
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Serial rapist Adrian Bayley jailed for life in Melbourne over murder of Irish woman Jill Meagher
A serial sex offender has been sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of an Irish woman that outraged Australia's second-largest ...
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European stock index futures signal slight gains
LONDON, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:11am EDT LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - European stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Wednesday, with investors positioning for no changes in the U.S. monetary policy and the continuation of stimulus measure for a while longer. At 0608 GMT, futures for Euro STOXX 50, Britain's FTSE 100, Germany's DAX and France's CAC ...
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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