Talks on the European Union's trillion euro budget ended in deadlock Friday when leaders of the 27-nation bloc failed to overcome seemingly irreconcilable differences on spending.
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After Roberto Di Matteo's dismissal on Wednesday morning, Chelsea swiftly moved to appoint Rafa Benitez as interim manager to get the European champions back on track.Despite winning the FA Cup and Champions League last
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David Petraeus’ popularity has dropped since the scandal that’s forced him from directorship of the CIA, but still more Americans see him favorably than unfavorably a better rating than the FBI’s for its handling of the investigation that
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More and more people find themselves in financial trouble, due to the economic crisis.Pulling out of the global financial crisis may at times clash with the goal of making sure that it does not happen again, making the whole process more
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Tens of thousands joined a demonstration on Saturday called by Slovenia's main unions amid Europe-wide rallies this week to protest government austerity measures to tackle the economic crisis.European Union leaders have failed to
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US President Barack Obama on Wednesday pardoned turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving Day in a ceremony that has become an annual presidential tradition.
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The world’s largest retailer to stop scheduled protests by a union-backed group on Black Friday outside its stores. Wal-Mart claims the demonstrations organized by OUR Walmart threaten to disrupt its business and intimidate customers
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A ceasefire deal agreed between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza came with Egyptian "guarantees"Gaza’s streets, empty and quiet during a week of violence, were once again flooded with cars and people yesterday as life returned to
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As Barack Obama made history by becoming the first American president to ever visit Myanmar, the Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, briefly fell asleep during his speech. On Tuesday President Obama sent Secretary of State Hillary
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David Cameron failed on Thursday night in his bid to persuade European council president Herman Van Rompuy to agree to €6bn (£4.85bn) in EU administration costs. In his latest proposal, Van Rompuy declined to agree to any further
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HP $9.7 billion acquisition of Autonomy seemed like a bad idea long before Tuesday's allegations of an accounting scandal made clear it was a deal that should never have happened. the big-data software company it
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British Families could end up paying more after a shake-up in energy prices because cheaper deals will be axed, experts have warned.Prime Minister David Cameron's lack of leadership on climate and energy policy is allowing
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Everyone is preoccupied with the events surrounding the juicy sex scandal involving now-former CIA Director David Petraeus to the point they may not have noticed a pattern — a shake-down — that is taking place in our military top brass, much like the one currently happening in Russia under President Vladimir Putin.
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The European Union has approved a US$6.3 billion financial aid package for Egypt. The news comes as Europe is paralyzed by a general strike and mass protests as people are tired of deepening recession and strangled by constant budget cuts.
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Israeli propaganda is predictable, as are Western media which parrot Israeli propaganda. What Israel does regularly is to treat every little or big incident in the course of the Arab-Israeli conflict as an event in itself, divorced from its background and from the century-old conflict. Thus, if a useless Hamas rocket is fired on a target in Israel, the rocket becomes the story and no background is permitted to explain the political development.
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One woe doth tread upon another’s heel, So fast they follow. That radical green pressure group PriceWaterhouseCoopers warns that even if the present rate of global decarbonisation were to double, we would still be on course for six degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the century. Confining the rise to two degrees Celsius requires a sixfold reduction in carbon intensity: far beyond the scope of current policies.
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The U.S. House of Representatives approved the Magnitsky Act last week, legislation that would simultaneously sanction Russian officials implicated in human rights abuses and normalize U.S. trade relations with Russia. The dual nature of the bill may seem at cross purposes, but this is not the case. Increasing trade with Russia and investment in Russia requires the rule of law.
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A bomb attack on a Tel Aviv public bus Wednesday injured at least 21 people - three seriously - shattering the sense of security in Israel's second-largest city. It causes a pillar of cloud over Israeli capital while The Palestinian death toll from Israel's operation 'Pillar of Cloud 'in Gaza has reached 140.
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UN silence continues as the Palestinian death toll from Israel's offensive in Gaza has reached 140
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A Hamas official said Egyptian mediators had clinched a truce with Israel on Tuesday that would go into effect within hours, but Egypt and Israel said a Gaza ceasefire deal was still up in the air after a week of fighting.
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