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Germanys leading indicator rises
Germany's leading economic indicators rose in March, climbing for the fourth consecutive month, the Conference Board said Thursday. Five of seven component indexes that make up the leading index rose in the month, pointing to "strengths among the leading indicators (that were) very widespread," the Conference Board said. The leading index for March rose 0.3 percent to 103.9. ...
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Germany worlds most popular country
GERMANY is the most popular country in the world, despite well-publicised protests against its insistence on austerity measures within the European Union, an annual poll for the BBC World Service reveals. More than 26,000 people from around the world were asked to rate 16 countries on whether their global influence was "mainly positive" or "mainly negative". Some 59 per cent of ...
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RPT-Moodys affirms Switzerlands Aaa rating outlook stable
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UPDATE 1-ECB cant solve euro zone crisis alone -Weidmann
Thu May 23, 2013 4:31pm EDT (Adds further Weidmann comments) By Ingrid Melander PARIS May 23 (Reuters) - Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said on Thursday it was not up to the European Central Bank to solve the euro zone crisis, resisting pressure from other ECB policymakers for the bank to widen its range of policy tools. Speaking in Paris, Weidmann declined to comment on U.S. Federal Reserve ...
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Kenyan Cooperation with ICC Questioned
An April 2011 Combination picture shows Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta, who was finance minister, and William Ruto, former Higher Education Minister at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The ...
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Obama Renews Pledge to Close Guantanamo Prison
In a speech addressing U.S. national security and counter-terrorism strategy, U.S. President Barack Obama announced additional steps to reaffirm his pledge to close the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He said Guantanamo "has become a symbol around the world for an America that flouts the rule of law." In a speech Thursday at the National Defense University in ...
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Turkish bill would prohibit advertisement of alcohol
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish lawmakers on Thursday began debating a bill that bans all alcohol advertising and tightens restrictions on sales of such beverages — a proposal the government insists is aimed at protecting the young from the ills of spirits but which secularists say is an example of the Islamic-based ruling party's encroachment on personal freedoms.The proposal ...
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European Tour CEO adds to golfer Garcias race row with faux pas
Sergio Garcia, centre, emerges from a meeting with George O'Grady, left, after which the latter was criticised for not taking any action on the golfer for his comments on fellow player Tiger Woods. Andrew Redington / Getty ...
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Womens Day at the UEFA Champions Festival
Women's final ambassador Faye White and former Germany defender Steffi Jones passed on their knowledge to aspiring players on day one of the UEFA Champions ...
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UEFA Congress in London
Representatives from UEFA's 53 full member national associations gather in London on Friday for the XXXVII Ordinary UEFA Congress- Europe's football ...
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Swedens riots raise questions about inequality
Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during rioting in several largely immigrant areas near Stockholm this week. Few dispute that the violence was probably touched off by the fatal police shooting of an elderly man who had locked himself in an ...
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US Religious Freedom Report ‘Politicized’ - Russia
Religious Freedom Report recently published by the US Department of State and said that such documents incite religious conflicts. The annual report, released on Monday, mentions Russia among several countries around the world including Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Cuba, Iran and China that it says imposed restrictions on freedom of religion last year. Konstantin Dolgov, the Foreign ...
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Alexander Lebedev witnesses say they were pressured into attending court case by investigators
The trial of the businessman Alexander Lebedev has descended into farce as witnesses admitted they had been pressured into attending the court case by ...
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European Tour head George OGrady adds to Sergio Garcia controversy
John Huggan VIRGINIA WATER, England -- Another day, yet another apology. Just when it looked like the opening round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth might just pass without any major off-course talking point other than the unseasonably chilly weather, European Tour executive director George O'Grady -- of all people -- perpetrated the second race-related gaffe of the ...
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Europe drops plans to ban refillable olive oil jugs in restaurants
The commission wanted to ban restaurateurs from giving customers olive oil in refillable glass jugs or dipping bowls. Photograph: Brian ...
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Riots in Sweden raise questions about nations egalitarian culture
May 21, 2013: A burnt out car, in the Stockholm suburb of Kista after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm for a third executive night. Immigrant youth in sleepy suburban communities run amok, hurling rocks at police and torching cars, restaurants and culture ...
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Violence in Russias North Caucasus kills four
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police killed two suspected Islamic militants on Thursday after one of them threw a grenade at a group of officers and two others died in a separate shootout in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, Interfax ...
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Military calls UK attack victim a model soldier
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's military says the soldier brutally murdered in a suspected terrorist attack was a popular drummer and machine gunner, a father, and a passionate fan of Manchester ...
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European Parliament Moves to Limit Scope of Eventual U.S. Trade Deal
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Report At Least 1 London Terror Suspect is of Nigerian Descent
A picture of victim Drummer Lee Rigby, of the British Army's 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is displayed with flowers left by mourners outside an army barracks near the scene of his killing in Woolwich, southeast London May 23, ...
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White House Fact Sheet on Counterterrorism Policy
Fact Sheet: U.S. Policy Standards and Procedures for the Use of Force in Counterterrorism Operations Outside the United States and Areas of Active Hostilities Since his first day in office, President Obama has been clear that the United States will use all available tools of national power to protect the American people from the terrorist threat posed by al-Qa’ida and its associated ...
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France Wants Hezbollah Armed Wing on EU Terror List Soon
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Football stands united against racism
In his column in the UEFAodirect publication, UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino looks at the fight against racism, and the sanctions that are proposed to stop the ...
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UK experts warn of copy-cat terror attacks
Security experts are warning of copycat attacks, following extensive media coverage of the brutal murder of a British soldier in suburban London.Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, was hacked to death in a knife attack on Wednesday just yards from the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich.The two suspects in the killing were shot and wounded by police and are now in hospitals under armed guard.Two other ...
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Sweden riots continue for 4th day
The suburbs where the rioting is taking place are populated by immigrants from Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Somalia and have high unemployment. Many suspect the real reason for the riots is frustration with a perceived lack of opportunities for immigrants in Sweden. "In segregated areas, many are disappointed about their future prospects," Eva Andersson, co-author of Segregation and Urban ...
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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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