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European investors remain cautious over equities
The financial crisis has changed the attitudes and practices of European institutional investors with a notable shift away from equities and towards fixed income and cash, according to a survey supported by Invesco. The 2009 European Institutional Asset Management ...
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Italy edges China 10-9 to get quarterfinal berth at FINA worlds
A slim lead over host China 10-9 ensured Italy a quarterfinal berth at Swimming Worlds women's water polo here on Thursday. China trailed 7-3 after first half and almost completed a fully comeback, which being held off by Italy at the crunch time in the final period. In Group B, Canada trounced New Zealand 11-4 to claim first after taking all three matches. Australia was second with 4 ...
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Lithuanian closes her grip on European women chess championship title
Three-time European runner-up Viktorija Cmilyte on Monday moved a step closer toward the highest of the medal podium at the 2011 European Individual Women Chess Championship by winning one more of her games.The ninth-seeded Lithuanian beat twice and defending champion from Sweden, Pia Cramling, to claim the full point for 7.5 points out of nine games so far.On Tuesday Cmilyte plays black with ...
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Solar Decathlon Europe exhibits of 20 participants in 2012 edition
This Monday saw models of the 20 houses that will compete for the Solar Decathlon Europe competition exhibited in Barcelona.As many as 20 universities from 15 countries, including Germany, Spain, China, Egypt, Norway, the United Kingdom and Japan are competing in the event, which will conclude in Madrid in the summer of 2012.It will be the most international edition of the event ever to be held ...
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Netherlands to keep producing top players
Dutch specialists believed that the Netherlands will keep producing top soccer players in the foreseeable future, based on the country's efficient youth training system. Just one year ago the Netherlands advanced to the FIFA World Cup final in South Africa. Wesley Sneijder, Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie are the names of the current stars of the national team. They are the successors of ...
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Letter From Europe In Litvinenko Case Secrecy Wins Out Over Inquiry
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Rizzoli to referee UEFA Champions League final
Nicola Rizzoli will referee Saturday's UEFA Champions League final at Wembley between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Mnchen, assisted by Renato Faverani and Andrea ...
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Azerbaijan and Turkish company to jointly produce thermal weapon sight
APA that relevant technologies on the production of the thermal system have already been handed to the "Optika" production unit of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense Industry. Currently, under the license of ASELSAN, Azerbaijan is producing "Tekgoz" optical system. ASELSAN also said that at present the Azerbaijani Armed Forces are widely using the company-produced ...
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Bulgarias Hot Top Sprinter Lalova Ties the Knot on Sept 21 in Italy
Ivet Lalova, Bulgaria's top sprinter and one of the hottest athletes in the world, is to tie the knot with Italian colleague Simone Collio on September 21, the happy future bride has revealed."The wedding will take place in Italy because Simone has a really big family," Ivet told 24 Hours daily. During her previous rare public statements about her intimate relations with the ...
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Islamist Terror WarningGerman police warn high-tech Islamist attack Europe News
Radical Islamist terror groups could use new, computer-based technology or even drones, the office, known in Germany as theBundeskriminalamt (Germany Federal Police)or BKA, said. "For western countries airlines and airports there is a credible threat that can manifest itself at any time in an attack," the BKA said in a confidential reported entitled "The situation in aviation ...
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Briton to face court after confessing to slitting his two childrens throats in Lyon flat
20 May 2013 A BRITISH man yesterday confessed to killing his two children, aged five and 10, by cutting their throats, police sources ...
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The Netherlands is one of Europes most gay-friendly nations
Alongside Belgium and the Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands is the most gay-friendly country in Europe, a European Union investigation has ...
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Digitimes Research Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
The European Union (EU) plans to announce the details of its anti-subsidy tariff against China-based solar firms on June 6, 2013. The tariff is expected to be 30-67.9% with the average as high as 47.6%. The anti-dumping tariff rate will be announced in August. Both tariff rates will be finalized at the end of ...
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Majed Al Mohandes can now “Lord” his way through Europe
Already known as the "Prince of Arab Song", the songster now has the title of "Lord" as gained by one of the most prominent Arabic magazines "The Gulf Flower" thanks to his current career boom.August will be getting even hotter from Dubai to France as the "Lord" himself will be touring his way across the region and Europe. On the ...
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EU Eurosceptic MPs Warned By Business Leaders
Some of Britain's most successful business leaders have accused eurosceptic politicians of abandoning the national interest to push for an EU exit. Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP Group, told Sky News that the business community felt "very uncomfortable" about talk of Britain leaving the European Union and that the anti-European rhetoric was "fundamentally a ...
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European SMEs plan €412bn capital expenditure in next 12 months GE Capital EMEA research finds
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GE Capital's latest European SME Capex Barometer shows an improving appetite for capital expenditure ('capex') across European SMEs, despite the uncertain European economic environment. The research also highlights a disparity in confidence among SMEs - with German and UK SMEs most optimistic about growth in their sector, whilst SMEs in France, ...
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RLPC-European leveraged loan market under threat from USHY
By Claire Ruckin LONDON | Mon May 20, 2013 5:26am EDT LONDON May 20 (Reuters) - The European leveraged loan market has suffered from diminishing deal flow as financings opt to go to the US or high-yield bond markets, calling into question the significance and relevance of European syndicate desks and their ability to withstand the loss of business. Animal identification company Allflex, ...
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Europe shares at new 5-yr high on economy outlook
Although inflation-indexed bonds prove beneficial during times of high inflation, they underperform when the economy goes through a deflationary ...
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Li Keqiang makes India first stop on his foreign visit
China's official media, in its extensive coverage of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's Indian visit, sought to play down the Asian neighbors' border disputes. Li, who made India the first stop on his first foreign tour since becoming the China's No. 2 leader, arrived in New Delhi Sunday on a three-day trip. The visit comes after last month's tense situation resulting from a ...
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France We can start bombing Libya tonight
The French Defence Minister has confirmed that military action against the Ghaddafi regime can start only hours after the UN Security Council approves of ...
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Africa Europe set out cooperation priorities
The Action Plan 2011-2013 was adopted at the recent Africa-EU Summit held in Tripoli, Libya. It replaces the First Action Plan 2008-2010 that was approved at the last summit three years ago. Both plans of action are based on eight partnerships defined as "strategic". These focus on energy, climate change, peace and security, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), trade and ...
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Assad talks Russia walks
exclusively , to Argentine daily El Clarin (there's a huge Syrian diaspora in Argentina, as well as in neighboring Brazil). Cutting through the fog of Western hysteria, he made some valuable points. The record shows that, yes, the regime has agreed several times to talk to the opposition; but myriad "rebel" groups with no credible, unified leadership have always refuted. So ...
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Suicide Bomber Kills 11 in Afghanistan
Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck outside government buildings in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 11 people, including a local senior politician. Police said Monday's blast outside the Baghlan provincial council building killed the head of the provincial council, Rasoul Mohseni. Some of his bodyguards were among those killed or the several people wounded. The ...
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Georgia relishes the spotlight
The recent UEFA Futsal Cup finals and the 2015 UEFA Super Cup are putting Georgia in the spotlight - and UEFA President Michel Platini wasgiven a full briefing during his visit to the capital ...
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Russia prove clinical victors in Slovakia
Russia lifted the 2013 UEFA Under-17 Championship crown in Slovakia after winning both semi-final and final on penalty kicks, with goalkeeper captainAnton Mitryushkin proving the ...
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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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