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Russias Putin out to silence independent voices pollster
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting on shipbuilding industries in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, May 21, ...
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Algerias Bouteflika convalescing in France
Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika listens to the speech of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi at the start of the third European Union-Africa summit in Tripoli November 29, ...
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US lawmakers seek to block transfer of missile defence data to Russia
WASHINGTON - Republicans are trying to block Obama administration overtures to Russia on missile defence, creating a potential obstacle to arms control talks. Lawmakers are proposing a measure that would bar the administration from sharing classified missile defence data with Russia. That would undercut a path that arms control advocates have urged to restart nuclear talks, which have been set ...
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Russia to scrap Cold War-era nuclear submarines
Russia will decommission and scrap two Cold War-era nuclear submarines, a navy official said Tuesday. The official told RIA Novosti the submarines, among the largest ever made, are too old to remain on active duty and too expensive to retrofit. The Typhoon class vessels both carry nuclear missiles and are based in the White Sea. The Russian navy said they would be withdrawn by year's end ...
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Marmoset stolen in Spain identified on social media sites
Police in Spain said they arrested a man accused of possessing a stolen marmoset after he posted pictures of the pilfered primate online. Investigators in El Coronil, Seville province, said the marmoset, dubbed Paintbrush, was stolen months ago from the Guillena Zoo and was located in the possession of a man identified only as V.I.F.D. after he posted pictures of it on various social media ...
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Denmarks Pandora says shareholder to sell 10 pct of its shares
COPENHAGEN | Tue May 21, 2013 4:30pm EDT COPENHAGEN May 21 (Reuters) - Danish jewellery maker Pandora said on Tuesday its majority shareholder would offer about 10 percent of shares in the company to institutional investors. The offering by the shareholder, Prometheus Invest ApS, would be run by J.P. Morgan Securities plc and Nordea Markets and would constitute up to 13 million existing ...
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World Brief | Europe 4 Held in Attack on Georgia Gay Rights Advocates
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New Hope for Better Internet Access in Africa
WASHINGTON -- A non-profit technology company based in Kenya has created a wireless internet router that it says will help people living in places where electricity is spotty and internet service is unreliable. Founded in early 2008, Ushahidi is known primarily for its open-source software applications, but is now launching its first piece of hardware, called the BRCK. One of the BRCK's ...
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Feds Bullard recommends euro zone consider quantitative easing
By Paul Carrel and Eva KuehnenFRANKFURT (Reuters) - A top U.S. Federal Reserve official urged the European Central Bank on Tuesday to consider employing a U.S.-style quantitative easing programme to counter slowing inflation and recession in the euro zone.The ECB has engaged in bond purchases in the past but has always withdrawn an equivalent amount of money from markets to ensure its ...
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Hope for Euro breakthrough on visa-free travel for Emiratis next year
ABU DHABI // The European Parliament will consider granting Emiratis visa-free entry to the European Schengen area next year, the Foreign Minister told the FNC yesterday. Over the past year the UAE has increased its efforts to win visa-free entry to the Schengen area - a group of 26 countries in western Europe. In February, Sheikh Abdullah Al Hamed, undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign ...
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UPDATE 2-Bank of Canadas Carney says Europe needs big reforms
Tue May 21, 2013 3:58pm EDT * Bank of Canada chief says Europe should learn from Japan * Final speech before Carney leaves for Bank of England * Says tightening bias aimed in part at household debt * Says the considerable stimulus now in place is appropriate By Leila Lemghalef MONTREAL, May 21 (Reuters) - Europe could face a decade of stagnation unless it makes big reforms and it should heed the ...
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Struggling Spain offers engineers to Brazil
BRASILIA, Brazil -; Spain's development minister is urging Brazil to hire some of the engineers that her own economy doesn't have room ...
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Miss Bumbum Andressa Urach to Spain will ask for a retraction of Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo Pictures Showbiz News
In a statement released on Monday (20), Andressa Urach said he traveled to Spain to ask for a retraction of the Real Madrid player Cristiano ...
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Britain name largest ever Paratriathlon squad for European Championships
Championships, with world champions Steven Judge and Iain Dawson heading the 17-man squad searching for further glory on the international stage. Three reigning European champions in Jane Egan, Charlotte Ellis and Dawson are selected in for the team heading ...
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European Ryder Cup captain McGinley granted “wiggle room” with extra pick
May 21 - Europe's Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has had the amount of player picks he is permitted to make for the 2014 event at Gleneagles in Scotland increased to three after gaining permission from the European Tour. Speaking today at Wentworth, host venue for this week's Professional Golfers Association (PGA) Championship, the Irishman said that although it will be tough for ...
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Woman tries to drive into House of Commons
The red Volkswagen came a few metres on to the parliamentary estate at the Carriage Gates before being halted by a security ramp.Witnesses said the driver demanded to see an MP as she was wrestled out of the vehicle by officers.The incident took place as the House voted on controversial legislation ...
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Spain’s holy city of Toledo packed with wonders
Getting around Toledo itself is best on foot, but public bus no. 12 can be handy if you run out of steam. The cheesy Tren Imperial Tourist Tram is a fine way for non-drivers to enjoy views of the city from across the Tajo River ...
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Branding NGOs as Agents is Mistake - Council of Europe Chief
MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has made a mistake by branding some of its NGOs as "foreign agents," Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland said Tuesday following a meeting to discuss the issue with State Duma speaker Sergei ...
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UPDATE 2-Algerias Bouteflika convalescing in France
Tue May 21, 2013 3:38pm EDT * Speculation about health since rushed to hospital in Paris * France says Bouteflika still in France (Adds statement by French army's medical wing) By Myra MacDonald ALGIERS, May 21 (Reuters) - Algeria's prime minister, reacting to reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seriously ill, said the 76-year-old was recovering in France but had been ...
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Britain asks EU to put Hezbollah armed wing on terror list
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Lebanon's Hezbollah members carry Hezbollah and Lebanese flags as they parade during a rally marking the party's Martyrs Day in Beirut's suburbs November 12, 2012. REUTERS/Sharif ...
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Europe faces lost decade - Carney
Mark Carney, the incoming Bank of England Governor, has warned that Europe could face a decade of stagnation unless it takes the kind of bold measures seen in Japan. In words that will underline his status as a monetary activist and fuel speculation that he will try to relaunch quantitative easing (QE) when he arrives in the UK, Mr Carney applauded Japan's "bold policy ...
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Exclusive EU says Chinese FTA possible but wants market opening
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is willing to deepen trade ties with China but wants to see concessions from Beijing first, documents seen by Reuters on Tuesday ...
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Boston Bombing Probe Heads to Russia
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MOSCOW – A delegation of American lawmakers will travel to Russia next week in part to investigate last month’s Boston Marathon bombings, ABC News has learned. The group, led by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., wants to find out why a 2011 Russian request that the United States investigate Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of ...
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PRECIOUS-Gold trims losses as euro firms ahead of Bernanke testimony
* Euro rises to session high vs dollar * Gold's appeal hurt by fears the Fed will ease stimulus * Spot silver cuts loss to 0.6 percent, platinum to 1.65 pct (Recasts, updates prices, adds comments, adds byline, changes dateline (previous LONDON) By Carole Vaporean and Clara Denina NEW YORK/LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Gold trimmed its losses on Tuesday as the euro regained strength ...
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Bedene advances on ATP upset in Germany
Aljaz Bedene, a late entry into the main draw, collected an upset win Tuesday in the first round of the ATP's Power Horse Cup tennis tournament in Germany. Bedene was given a slot in the tournament ...
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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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