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Russia’s Sakhalin region rattled by 8.2 quake Moscow hit by aftershocks
Natural disasters Russian authorities have lifted a tsunami warning for the Sakhalin region and Kuril Islands following a strong 8.2-magnitude earthquake that rattled the Sea of Okhotsk. The aftershocks were felt as far away as Moscow, over 9,000 kilometers away. Moscow residents called security services, informing them of vibration and tremors that caused furniture and kitchen utensils to ...
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Police seek reinforcements to help end Sweden riots
About 30 cars burned overnight in Stockholm's western and southern suburbs as unrest that started in Husby, north of the capital, continued for a fifth night, police spokesman Kjell Lindgren. Schools were also set on fire, he said. Rioters are showing their anger over a police shooting more than a week ago of a 69-year-old local resident, according to Megafonen, a group that says it ...
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Briton John Steele found hanged in French jail
John Steele, 38, was found by prison guards hanging in his cell on Tuesday, four days after he was remanded in custody. Steele, who had lived near Paris for some years, was believed to be behind a scheme which took more than 1 million in loans from French banks. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of the death of a British national in France on 21 May and we stand ready to ...
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European Tour CEO sorry for saying coloured in live TV interview
Sergio Garcia of Spain emerges from a meeting in the rules office with George O'Grady, CEO of the European Tour (left) and Tim Finchem, PGA Tour commissioner (right) during the Pro-Am round prior to the BMW PGA Championship on the West Course at Wentworth on May 22, 2013 in Virginia Water, ...
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EU May Renew Levies on Bottle Material From Asia
The European Union scrapped tariffs against five Asian nations on a chemical used to make bottles for water and soft drinks including Coca-Cola, ending 13 years of trade protection. EU governments decided today in Brussels to let lapse the duties on polyethylene terephthalate ...
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European Stock-Index Futures Rise Before U.S. Data
European stock futures advanced, signaling the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Index will rebound from its biggest drop in 10 months, as investors awaited data that may show U.S. durable-goods orders increased in April. U.S. index futures were little changed and Asian shares fell. Elan Corp. may be active in Dublin after the Irish drugmaker's board of directors unanimously rejected a ...
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Tsunami danger in Russias Far East after 8.2 quake
(32 mins ago) Russia issued a tsunami warning for the Sakhalin Island region in its Far East after a deep sea earthquake measured at a magnitude of 8.2 by the US Geological Survey. ';Inhabitants need to leave dangerous regions and go to higher ground,'' the Sakhalin branch of the Russian emergencies ministry said in the warning. The USGS placed the epicentre of the quake in the ...
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Quake prompts tsunami warning in Russia
Moscow - Russia on Friday issued a tsunami warning for the Sakhalin Island region in its far east after a deep-sea earthquake measured at a magnitude of 8.2 by the ...
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Russias Cherkizovo posts Q1 net loss of $0.6 mln
MOSCOW | Fri May 24, 2013 3:08am EDT MOSCOW May 24 (Reuters) - Russian meat producer Cherkizovo said on Friday it had a net loss in the first quarter as high grain prices and low pork prices weighed on its results. The company reported a net loss of $0.6 million against a year-ago profit of $39.8 million despite an 8 percent increase in revenues to $385 million. "In the first ...
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Private consumption helps Germany to meagre growth in first-quarter
Berlin (Reuters) - Private consumption helped Germany eke out meagre economic growth of 0.1 in the first quarter of the year, compensating for declines in exports and investment in Europe's largest economy, data showed on Friday. The ...
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North Africa Instability Affects European Energy Security
According to the International Energy Agency, Algeria's oil is still suffering from the four-day siege on the In Amenas gas plant in January. (Photo: ...
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Earthquake hits Russias Far East
Marina Kolomiyets, spokeswoman for Obninsk's seismic station of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said Friday the epicenter was in the Sea of Okhotsk, east of the Russian coast and north of Japan. She said the quake registered 8.0 on the Richter ...
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Europe Factors to Watch-Shares set to bounce after sell-off
PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) - European stocks are set to bounce back on Friday as bargain hunters move in following the market's biggest one-day drop in nearly a year, betting that the sharp five-week rally fuelled by central bank liquidity will soon resume. At 0628 GMT, futures for Euro STOXX 50, for UK's FTSE 100, for Germany's DAX and for France's CAC were up 0.1-0.4 ...
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Lis visit to elevate Chinas ties with Germany Europe
/enpproperty--> BERLIN - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming visit to Germany will further cooperation and strategic partnership between the two nations, according to China's ambassador in Berlin. The fact that Germany, the last stop of Li's maiden overseas tour as premier, is the only European Union (EU) member included on the itinerary evinces the great importance that ...
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Draghi We Need More Not Less Europe
Mario Draghi, head of the European Central Bank (ECB) insisted that the euro zone was more stable than a year ago but that the region needed more integration - and the U.K should be a part of that. In his speech at a gala dinner in London's financial center on Thursday, Draghi told the audience that the ECB had prevented market "panic and...financial meltdown." "We can ...
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EU Rushes Out Corporate Tax Transparency Law
Big companies' tax affairs in Europe are to be opened up to greater public scrutiny with the EU rushing out a law to reveal corporate profits and taxes on a country-by-country basis. Amid a political furore over allegations of tax avoidance by corporate-giants such as Apple , Starbucks and Google, the EU is extending targeted transparency reforms for banks and resources groups to all large ...
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Second jewellery theft reported near Cannes as high value necklace is taken
Police said that the "high value" necklace was stolen on Wednesday night in Cap d'Antibes.Last week, thieves stole about $1m (663,000) worth of jewels after ripping a safe from the wall of a Novotel hotel room in Cannes. The jewellery was taken from the room of an employee of Chopard, the Swiss-based watch and jewellery maker that has loaned items to A-list stars walking the red ...
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Europe to Open Mixed Asia Volatile
Nikkei down 3 percent at one point after trading up as much as 3 percent in morning trade. European markets are expected to open mixed on Friday after closing sharply lower on Thursday ...
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Police Shooting in Immigrant Neighborhood Sparks Sweden’s Worse Riots
By Madeline Schiesser Impunity Watch Reporter, Europe STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Stockholm is burning, sparked by an incident of alleged police brutality twelve days ago. According to the brother-in-law of the deceased 69 year-old male victim, the man returned home when he was accosted by a gang of youths, who he threatened with knife. Later when police knocked on his apartment door, he mistook them ...
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Russias Onexim sells RenCredit stake to ex-telecoms boss-paper
MOSCOW | Fri May 24, 2013 1:16am EDT MOSCOW May 24 (Reuters) - Onexim, an investment vehicle of Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, has sold a 6.5 percent stake in Renaissance Credit bank, the newspaper Vedomosti reported, citing the bank's CEO Alexei Levchenko. Prokhorov, a businessman and a politician, bought the remaining half of investment bank Renaissance Capital and the ...
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Sociedad aim to bounce back in Euro race
Real Sociedad will have to recover quickly from the news that their coach Philippe Montanier will leave to join Rennes at the end of the season as they face Real Madrid in a crucial match in their quest to claim the fourth and final UEFA Champions League place from La ...
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DataStax Responds to Exceptional Demand for Apache Cassandra in Europe -- Announces Community Initiatives Throughout ...
Cassandra Summit Europe 2013 scheduled for October 16 and 17 in London; features training, tutorials and info sessions from experts and enterprises using Cassandra to transform their ...
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Turkey to build wall on border with Syria
Turkey will build a 2.5 km-long wall along its border with Syria to prevent illegal crossings, Turkish Trade and Customs Minister Hayati Yazici said Thursday. The wall is to be built along Hatay province's Cilvegozu gate with Syria, he said, adding that a protocol with the Turkish Armed Forces had already been signed for the construction of the wall. "According to the protocol, we ...
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New government of Iceland takes office
The newly formed Icelandic government lead by the new Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, chairman of the Progressive Party, has taken power on Thursday, according to Iceland government press release. Four members, with one female, from the Progressive Party were appointed as ministers of the new government, including the new Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson and the Minister ...
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Riots in Stockholm continue
Riots in suburbs of Swedish capital Stockholm continued and had spread around the city, local media reported on Thursday. After first starting on last Sunday night in Husby, northwest to the Stockholm city, the riots now had spread to more suburbs, mainly in the areas near Husby and over the places to the south of the city, said the Swedish daily SVD. At the moment the riots were still ...
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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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