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US lawmakers seek limits on Russia cooperation
WASHINGTON -; Republicans are trying to block Obama administration overtures to Russia on missile defense, creating a potential obstacle to arms control ...
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Iran Bars Election Candidacies of Rafsanjani Ahmadinejad Aide
Iran says a conservative body has barred two prominent figures from competing in next month's presidential election - moderate former president Hashemi Rafsanjani and a leading conservative allied to current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Iranian interior ministry said Tuesday the Guardian Council of clerics and jurists excluded the two politicians from a final list of eight ...
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Iconic Clubs Team Up to Grow US Soccer League
Major League Baseball's New York Yankees and English Premier League football club Manchester City are joining together to enter an expansion team in U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS). The new team will be named New York City Football Club and expects to begin play in 2015 as MLS's 20th franchise. MLS Commissioner Don Garber said "this is a transformational development that will ...
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EU leaders look to end Apple-style tax avoidance schemes
Reuters © Men are silhouetted against a video screen with an Apple logo as they pose with an Apple iPhone 4 smartphone in this photo illustration taken in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Dado ...
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Top Spain store chain juggles 5 bn euros debt
MADRID (AFP) - Spain's top department store chain El Corte Ingles must restructure five billion euros ($6.5 billion) of debt, the company said Tuesday, citing economic conditions as Spaniards shop less in the recession.El Corte Ingles, whose green logo is a familiar sight on Spanish high streets, employs 98,000 people, selling a variety of products including clothes, food and travel ...
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Algerian president leaves Paris military hospital
PARIS -; Officials say Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has left the French military hospital where he has been treated for nearly a month and transferred to another ...
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France Tel to invest up to 50 million euro in Dailymotion report
PARIS | Tue May 21, 2013 2:43pm EDT PARIS (Reuters) - France Telecom plans to invest between 30 and 50 million euros ($64 million) in its video-sharing website Dailymotion and begin a fresh search for a partner in the autumn, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Stephane Richard also said in an interview with RTL radio that "the door is not closed" to Yahoo Inc, which had been ...
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Microsoft unveils next Xbox games console
Microsoft Corp has given a first look at its new game console, hoping the newly named Xbox One will build on a solid core of gamer fans and become a hub for living room entertainment. The third-generation console, coming eight years after the Xbox 360, was unveiled by games unit chief Don Mattrick at an event at the software company's campus near ...
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Effective Measures vs Tax Evasion Urged in Europe
Brussels, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The European Commission (EC) reaffirmed today the importance of adopting effective measures to fight tax fraud in the European Union (EU) despite the reluctance of some members to eliminate the secret banking tactic. Head of the EC Jos Manuel Durao Barroso urged States in the group to encourage the exchange of data on all income as a means to fight that crime. ...
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Italian Prime Minister Demands Europe Assists Growth
Rome, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta demanded today that the European Union (EU) prioritize regional growth and employment instead of focusing on austerity policies. During his speech to the Senate, before attending the EU Summit to deal with tax evasion and other current topics, Letta insisted on the need to agree on policies to fight unemployment, especially among ...
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Russia- Rostelecoms net profit down 49 in Q1
(MENAFN) Russia's Rostelecom announced that its net income plunged by 49 percent in the first quarter from a year before to USD205 million, reported Reuters.The state-controlled telecoms operator added that the decline resulted from one-off gains in 2012's same period when the government ordered live video surveillance at polling stations during elections, in addition to higher ...
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Sorrentino Bruni Tedeschi bring Italy to Cannes
CANNES, France -- La dolce vita came to Cannes on Tuesday, thanks to a pair of films set in Italy exploring lives of affluent ennui.Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty" and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's "A Castle in Italy" both feature wealthy characters whose lives have an emptiness at their center.Bruni Tedeschi - the only woman among the 20 directors competing for ...
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The European dream finally fading away
(MENAFN - Arab News) The European Union has asked its citizens to brace for further economic misery. In a report on European economic prospects released on May 3, the European Commission said that further deterioration is expected to last at least until 2015. But, as every such report says, things will then get better! Unemployment in the euro area is expected to climb to 12.2 percent this year, ...
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Enemalta paid BWSC €8 million extra for Delimara services never carried out
Energy minister reveals that Enemalta never pursued EUR4 million claim against BWSC for turbine damage because legal consultants felt legal grounds were too ...
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World Brief | Europe Right-Wing Writer Kills Himself in Notre-Dame in Paris
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Japan edges Denmark 3-2 at Sudirman Cup
Japan edged past Denmark 3-2 in Group D at the 13th Sudirman Cup team badminton championships here on Tuesday in a thrilling encounter which lasted more than five hours.Matsutomo Misaki/Takahashi Ayaka defeated last year's Malaysia Open champions Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl 22-20, 21-16 in the women's doubles to deliver Japan's winning point.Denmark took the lead first ...
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North Caucasus Russia kills 2 suspected militants
In a house raid turned gunfight Russian security forces killed two suspected militants outside the capital of Ingushetia, west of Chechnya, on Tuesday. A spokesman for ...
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Xbox Ones Exclusive Content For FIFA Could Be A Gamechanger In Europe
's reveal of the Xbox One could have broad implications for what happens when both the PS4 and the Xbox One hit the market this fall. EA Sports announced a vague "special relationship" with Microsoft, and said that the Xbox One would receive some sort of exclusive content for FIFA -- arguably the most popular game in the world. This could have make a real difference when these ...
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UPDATE 1-Gazprom pushes for concessions in sale of Greeces DEPA
Tue May 21, 2013 2:28pm EDT * Binding bids for DEPA due May 29 * Sintez, SOCAR to bid for DEPA's gas grid unit DESFA (Adds meeting between Gazprom chief and Greek Prime Minister) By Harry Papachristou ATHENS, May 21 (Reuters) - Gazprom is squeezing Athens for better terms to buy DEPA, Greece's sole retail gas distributor, a Greek official said, as the Russian gas export monopoly ...
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No swimming Britain has some of the worst quality bathing water in Europe
Britain has some of the worst quality bathing water in Europe, with six per cent of its beaches and other swimming spots failing to meet the minimum EU ...
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Biebers monkey becomes property of Germany
Mally the Monkey was seized by German customs March 28 when Justin Bieber failed to produce required vaccination and import papers for the animal after landing in ...
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Letta tells EU to change or implode
(By Christopher Livesay) (ANSA) - Rome, May 21 - Italian Premier Enrico Letta said Tuesday that the European Union risks imploding if it does not do more to address people's problems in the midst of the economic crisis. "I have the impression that the EU cannot keep going as it has up to today, with timidness or a lack of decisions," Letta told the Senate one day before ...
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Research and Markets Rubber Seals European Union Market Outlook 2012 and Forecast till 2017
"Rubber Seals (Gaskets, Washers, Etc.): European Union Market Outlook 2012 and Forecast till 2017" report to their offering. The report provides a complete overview of the rubber seals (gaskets, washers, etc.) market in EU countries in a comprehensive and easily accessed format. Market current state, historical figures and future development are in the ...
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Ukraines European Choice is Irrevocable - Head of EU Delegation
KYIV, Ukraine, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The powerful pro-European civil movement in Ukraine made the country's European choice irrevocable, stated the head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jan Tombinski at the celebration of Europe Days in Kyiv. The diplomat highlighted that the signing of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement required efforts from both - authorities and the civil ...
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UPDATE 1-Bank of Canadas Carney says Europe needs big reforms
MONTREAL, May 21 (Reuters) - Europe could face a decade of stagnation unless it makes big reforms and should heed the lessons of Japan, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said on Tuesday as he highlighted Japan's bold moves to bolster ...
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US nuclear missles in Europe remain poised for a war that will never come
The United States and Russia recently signed a new landmark nuclear non-proliferation treaty called START in March and the US in early May followed up its non-proliferation goals by making the unprecedented step of publicly declaring how many nuclear weapons it had – just over 5,113 in total, though many of them are in storage and would take time to be deployed.
That is a vast reduction compared to the total arsenal the country possessed at the height of the Cold War in 1967, the number at that time was 31,225, according to reports by European news media. Read more
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