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Assange takes chat-show job with state-funded Russian TV

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The Independent - By Shaun Walker - Jan. 26 (News Report) - A TV channel funded by Kremlin will air a chat show hosted by the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, in an unlikely collaboration announced yesterday. Russia Today, which broadcasts from Moscow in English, said that the programme will be written and hoste

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Vaclav Havel, Czech leader of '89 'Velvet Revolution,' dead at 75

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By David Holley - Dec. 18 (Special Report) - Vaclav Havel, the former dissident playwright who led Czechoslovakia's 1989 "Velvet Revolution" against communism and then served as his country's president, died Sunday. He was 75.

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News Analysis: New Warnings of Euro Zone Danger — News Analysis

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Steven Erlanger - Nov. 30 (News Analysis) - In Europe there are growing concerns that even an aggressive intervention by the European Central Bank will not be enough to stabilize the markets and preserve the euro. Money flows, but what Euro Zone lacks is glue.

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Eurozone's woes could damage U.S.

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Politico - Nov. 16 (News Analysis) - President Barack Obama and the Republicans hoping to unseat him face a dangerous game of Jenga with the European debt crisis. One false move could cause the building blocks of the global economy to tumble down, perhaps knocking out the shaky American recovery

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Leaders: Free Trade In Asia-Pacific Vital To Recovery

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - Nov. 13 (News Analysis) - The plan to forge a Pacific free trade area got a big boost Sunday when leaders of Canada and Mexico joined Japan in expressing support for a deal that has received a cool reception from rising power China.

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European debt crisis: live

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Julia Kollewe, Alex Hawkes, Graeme Wearden - Oct. 05 (Breaking News) - 8.01am: The FTSE has opened 120 points higher at 5064, a 2.4% gain, as markets digest the EU bank plan. There was also some reassuring news on troubled Franco-Belgian bank Dexia this morning. The French finance minister Francois Baroin said "tomorrow a s

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What Korean Lunches Tell Us About the Welfare State

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:46:00 -0700

Time - By posted by Micheal Shuman - Aug. 28 (News Analysis) - There is an unusual political battle going on in South Korea right now, over, believe it or not, school lunches. The Seoul city council voted to implement a large-scale program to feed every primary and middle school student in the capital – all 850,000

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UK sails ahead in offshore wind power

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Fiona Harvey - Jul. 27 (News) - The UK has sailed ahead in offshore wind power generation in the past six months, building more offshore windfarms than any other country in the world, and accounting for almost all of the turbines erected in European waters this year.

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Rush for Arctic's resources provokes territorial tussles

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Terry Macalister - Jul. 06 (News Analysis) - US, Canada, Russia, Denmark and Norway are becoming embroiled in disputes over boundaries on land and at sea Two nations on opposite sides of the Nato military alliance divide – Russia and Norway – have signed a deal over who owns what in the Barents Sea. But there are plenty of other territorial tussles going on – some between good friends. The United States and Canada still disagree on the setting of the boundaries in the Beaufort Sea – an area of intense interest to oil drillers . Similarly, Canada has yet to resolve a dispute with Denmark over the ownership of Hans Island and where the control line should be drawn in the strait between Greenland (whose sovereignty remains with Denmark) and Ellesmere Island. But of even greater significance in a world of melting ice floes is control of the North West Passage . Canada insists that it has sovereignty over the sea route and therefore must be asked about usage. The US sees it as a potential area of open water which gives it automatic ...

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Here's The Legal Complaint WikiLeaks Is Threatening To File Against Visa, MasterCard

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Forbes - By Andy Greenberg - Jul. 01 (News Report) - More than six months have passed since Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and others cut WikiLeaks’ purse strings. And if that blockade lasts six more days, the secret-spilling group plans to take its financial fight to the courtroom. If Visa Europe and MasterCard Europe haven’t re-opened payment WikiLeaks by next Thursday, the group and its payment provider DataCell plan to file a complaint with the E.U. Commission against the two companies as well as the Danish payment processor Teller, according to Sveinn Andri Sveinsson, the Icelandic lawyer for WikiLeaks and DataCell.

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China promises EU "helping hand" with debt crisis

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By James Pomfret, Stephen Brown - Jun. 28 (News) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao offered Europe a "helping hand" with its debt crisis during a visit to Germany on Tuesday and said his country could buy the sovereign debt of some troubled euro zone nations if needed.

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Europe hopes of ‘bail-in’ banks for Greek rescue

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Howard Schneider - Jun. 25 (News Report) - European officials have persuaded Greece’s politicians to squeeze more tax dollars out of the rich, the poor, and even themselves. Now they have to prevent the country’s bondholders from pulling their money and running for the exits. In a continent-wide series of sensitive talks over the next week, finance officials in Germany, France and other European countries will try to push banks, pension funds and others who hold Greece’s bonds to keep their money invested in a nation regarded as an increasingly poor risk. Read full article ...

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Crops outlook gloomy

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Jun. 20 (News) - Interest in long-range weather forecasts has always been high. But it is likely to intensify as weather conditions continue to threaten crops in many parts of the world including China, North America and Europe. Whilst crops in the southeast of China [pr

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Warning: extreme weather ahead

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By John Vidal - Jun. 14 (News Report) - Tornados, wildfires, droughts and floods were once seen as freak conditions. But the environmental disasters now striking the world are shocking signs of 'global weirding' Drought zones have been declared across much of England and Wales, yet Scotland has just registered its wettest-ever May. The warmest British spring in 100 years followed one of the coldest UK winters in 300 years. June in London has been colder than March. February was warm enough to strip on Snowdon, but last Saturday it snowed there. Welcome to the climate rollercoaster, or what is being coined the "new normal" of weather. What was, until quite recently, predictable, temperate, mild and equable British weather, guaranteed to be warmish and wettish, ensuring green lawns in August, now sees the seasons reversed and temperature and rainfall records broken almost every year. When Kent receives as much rain (4mm) in May as Timbuktu, Manchester has more sunshine than Marbella, and soils in southern England are drier than ...

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A hollow victory for Turkey's Erdogan?

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Jun. 14 (News Report) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK party won a third term in Sunday's parliamentary elections. It secured just under 50 per cent of the vote, with 326 of the 550 seats in parliament. But the AKP will not be able to make unilateral constitutional changes as it is 40 seats short of the two-thirds majority needed to re-write the constitution without the co-operation of other parties.

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Stocks Rise on Greek Aid Optimism

Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bloomberg - By Stephen Kirkland, Nikolaj Gammeltoft - May. 31 (News) - Stocks rose worldwide, paring the biggest monthly decline since August, and the euro gained amid speculation nations will pledge more aid to Greece. Commodities advanced, while Treasuries erased losses after U.S. economic reports missed forecasts.

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Champions League joy for Barcelona - CNN.com

Sat, 28 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - May. 28 (News) - Barcelona won European football's biggest prize for the fourth time on Saturday, beating Manchester United 3-1 in the final of the UEFA Champions League. The Catalan club came to London's Wembley Stadium having also defeated the English side in the 2009 final, and took the lead through Pedro before Wayne Rooney made it 1-1 at halftime. However, second-half strikes from world player of the year Lionel Messi and David Villa gave Pep Guardiola's team a double this season after also winning the Spanish league crown.

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War crimes suspect Ratko Mladic can be extradited, judge rules

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Henry Chu - May. 27 (News) - The decision clears the way for Ratko Mladic to be sent to the war crimes tribunal at The Hague to face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. His son says the 69-year-old suspect is 'very, very frail.'A judge ruled Friday that captured war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic is fit for extradition to The Hague to face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.

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Patriot Act surveillance provisions extended in nick of time

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Reuters - May. 27 (News) - The US Congress, racing the clock and rejecting demands for additional safeguards of civil liberties, passed a bill on Thursday to renew three expiring provisions of the anti-terrorism Patriot Act. Barack Obama, who is in Europe, signed it into law short

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Ratko Mladic arrested: Bosnia war crimes suspect held

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 26 (News) - Fugitive Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic has been arrested in Serbia after 16 years on the run. Gen Mladic, 69, was found in a village in northern Serbia where had been living under an assumed name.

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NATO Attacks Rock Libya as Diplomatic Efforts Continue in Europe

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Voice of America - May. 26 (News) - At least three loud explosions rocked the Libyan capital, Tripoli, late Wednesday. Libyan government officials said the blasts were caused by NATO airstrikes that hit targets that include a vocational school.

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Why is America the 'no-vacation nation'?

Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - May. 23 (Investigative Report) - Thinking of getting away? You probably have much less vacation than workers in other parts of the world. Employers in the United States are not obligated to offer any paid vacationVacation is mandated by law in many other parts of the worldPoll: Only 57%

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Iceland volcano pumps a different ash

Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - By Jonathan Amos, Richard Black - May. 23 (News Report) - The eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland is huge, but it is not expected to cause the kind of disruption we saw last year when Eyjafjallajokull blew its top.

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E.U. Presses Ahead With Bailout Talks Despite I.M.F. Chief's Absence

Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Stephen Castle - May. 16 (News) - Despite the absence of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, European finance ministers pressed ahead Monday with talks expected to approve a bailout for Portugal and debate new aid to debt-strapped Greece.

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The Coming Euro Crack-Up

Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Weekly Standard - By Irwin M. Stelzer - May. 09 (News Analysis) - The “European project” won’t go quietly into the night. But it just might go noisily into the ashcan of history if the Germans decide they cannot convert the Greeks into hard-working, tax-paying euro-citizens worthy of continuing handouts. Or, at minimum, we might end up with a euro-nord and euro-sud, as Martin Feldstein once suggested.

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