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Italy Atlas Copco Deploys HB 4100 Breaker at Giglio Island
The work is the first phase of a major maritime engineering operation in which Atlas Copco is closely collaborating with Sales SpA, a well known Italian construction company specializing in infrastructure and maritime projects. For underwater demolition of granite rocks at a depth of ten meters, Sales SpA is using an Atlas Copco HB 4100 breaker , with a machine weight of 4,150 kg, attached to a ...
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The Netherlands APM Terminals Posts Q1 2013 Report
HIGHLIGHTS o Profit of USD 166m (USD 226m). Gains of USD 73m after tax were included in 2012; o RQIC was 12.0% (20.1%); o Cash flow from operating activities was USD 242m (USD 185m); o Number of containers handled was 8.6m TEU (8.6m TEU); o A strategic partnership agreement was signed with Turkey-based Petkim to create and operate the new Aegean Gateway Terminal (AGT) near Izmir, Turkey; o ...
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EU leaders call time on banking secrecy at tax summit
BRUSSELS (AFP) - European leaders targeted Wednesday setting a year-end deadline to do away with banking secrecy, hoping to recoup a trillion euros in lost tax each year in a time of record recession and unemployment."Tax fraud and the hindrance of a real exchange of information -- that has to end," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel on arrival for a one-day European Union ...
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European stocks drop amid British data before Fed
LONDON (AFP) - Europe's main stock markets fell on Wednesday, with London and sterling in focus following Bank of England minutes and mixed British data, and ahead of key testimony by US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke later in the day.In midday deals, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index showed a loss of 0.19 percent to 6,790.90 points, a day after hitting a 13-year closing high point ...
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Uganda Uganda Hot On Turkish Airlines List
Kampala - Turkish Airlines, the two time winner of Europe's Best Airline Award and the people behind the popular ad of Lionel Messi dueling with Kobe Bryant, say they are ready to work with Uganda's Ministry of Tourism and other stakeholders to promote the country's attractions. Speaking to the East African Business Week in an exclusive interview last week, Erbil Akgun, the ...
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12 Greenpeace activists arrested in Spain
Spanish police said they arrested 12 Greenpeace activists for parking a fishing boat outside the Ministry of Agriculture and chaining themselves to it. Greenpeace members organized the demonstration to encourage the Spanish government to meet with the group and discuss promoting more environmentally friendly ways of conducting trade. Celia Ojeda, a spokeswoman for Greenpeace, said that ...
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Europe clamps down on offshore energy safety
Deepwater Horizon accident in 2010. A BP-leased oil rig caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, leading to the death of 11 rig workers and causing the worst accidental offshore oil spill in history. European lawmakers backed legislation that would require offshore operators to ensure they have adequate financial and human resources to minimize the effects of a major accident. No license ...
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Spain’s Attacks on Fighting Back
At a demonstration near the Spanish parliament on April 18, a housing rights activist joked that the crowd should divide up with terrorists on one side and Nazis on the other. Everyone laughed, but there is a dark side to his sarcasm. Since March, local and national politicians have used every name in the book to delegitimize the Platform for Mortgage Victims, a grass-roots movement that has ...
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Swedens capital Stockholm hit by worst riots in years
The riots in one of Europe's richest capitals have shocked a country that prides itself on a reputation for social justice, and fuelled a debate about how Sweden is coping with both youth unemployment and an influx of ...
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EU bid to label Hezbollah wing terror group
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Two officials say Britain has launched a bid to formally have the European Union declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist ...
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UK eyes giving visas to 600 Afghan interpreters
LONDON (AP) -- Britain is proposing to give around 600 Afghan interpreters who worked alongside its troops the right to settle in the U.K. in recognition of the risks to their personal ...
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Special Report The Art of Collecting A Slice of Russia in Amsterdam
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New Issue-EIB adds 50 mln Turkish lira to 2017 bond
Wed May 22, 2013 8:21am EDT May 22 (Reuters) -Following are terms and conditions of a bond increased on Wednesday. Borrower European Investment Bank (EIB) Issue Amount 50 million Turkish ...
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Germany backs adding Hezbollah to EU terror list
Germany says it supports adding the military wing of the Lebanese Shiite groupHezbollah to the European Union’s list of terrorist groups. Germany’s foreign ministry says the decision follows ';discussions we have had with our partners following the terrorist attack in Burgas'; on the Bulgarian coast last year that killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian bus ...
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Henriksen excluded from Norway U21 squad
Senior commitments mean Markus Henriksen is out of Norway's squad for this summer's finals, while Valon Berisha, Joshua King and Hvard Nordtveit will miss the first game at ...
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The Love Train Prague To Introduce Dating Cars on Subway
Prague will soon play the role of matchmaker by introducing dating cars on the Czech Republic's only metro. With brief average ride times of about five minutes, though, can Cupid's arrow strike where it is ...
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UK to finalize plans for Afghan interpreters
LONDON -; Britain is proposing to let Afghan interpreters who worked alongside its troops the right to settle in the U.K. in recognition of the risks to their personal ...
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Vatican releases 1st report of financial watchdog
VATICAN CITY -; The Vatican has taken another step in trying to show greater financial transparency by publishing a first annual report from its new financial watchdog ...
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Pussy Riot member declares hunger strike in prison
BEREZNIKI, Russia -; An imprisoned member of the punk band Pussy Riot says she is going on hunger strike after a judge refused to allow her to attend a court hearing where she was seeking release on ...
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Swedish capital hit by third day of riots
Rioters have set fire to dozens of cars and thrown stones at policemen in several areas of the Swedish capital Stockholm in the third day of urban unrest after police shot dead a man in a northern suburb.Police said on Wednesday eight men aged 18 to 22 had been arrested, and that 30 vehicles were torched.Police on Sunday shot dead a 69-year-old man in the suburb of Husby, where 80 per cent of ...
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Azerbaijani Turkish Ministers of Education make joint statement
The successful cooperation in education meeting the spirit of partnership between Azerbaijan and Turkey must be developed. The Ministers of Education of Azerbaijan and Turkey Mikail Jabbarov and Nabi Avji adopted a joint statement on results of talks in Baku. The statement notes that the parties attach special importance to exchange of experience and implementation of definite projects in ...
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Child killer who impaled victims identified after 40 years
Undated file photo of David McGreavy, 21, as the High Court has overturned an order granting anonymity to the killer who committed "exceptionally horrific crimes". PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday May 22, 2013. The murderer known as "M" can now be publicly revealed as triple child killer David McGreavy who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing and ...
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EU leaders shine spotlight on Apple Amazon Google over tax policy
Britain , France and the United States exposing how little tax major international companies have been paying by carefully structuring their European operations has forced the issue to the top of the agenda.France and Britain in particular have grown concerned by the sheer scale of the legal tax schemes, with a U.S. investigation revealing on Monday ...
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Italy approves law on controversial stem cell therapy
Italian lawmakers on Wednesday gave their final approval to a law that allows limited use of a controversial type of stem cell therapy which has been condemned by many scientists but has given hope to families of terminally-ill ...
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4m euro facelift for Grafton Street
Over the next 18 months broken red bricks on the capital's premier shopping street will be replaced by natural granite, some from the Dublin and Wicklow mountains.The work will begin in early June and be carried out in five stages to finish in time ...
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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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