 B92 | Europe, Africa seem oceans apart on rights, trade Reuters South Africa, South Africa - By Pascal Fletcher LISBON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Only a slim strip of sea separates Europe and Africa but the world's biggest economic bloc and its poor ... Defiant Mugabe tells Europe he won't be lectured China the victor as Europe fails to secure trade deal with Africa Mugabe rallies Africa against Europe as talks end in disarray |
Europe stocks rise as UBS rebounds; Lafarge surges Reuters - By Blaise Robinson PARIS, Dec 10 (Reuters) - European stocks reversed losses on Monday, helped by bank shares as news of ubs's (UBSN. ... |
Africa: Europe-Africa Trade Talks Hit Fresh Low AllAfrica.com, Washington - EUROPEAN leaders admitted yesterday that efforts to conclude new trade agreements between the European Union (EU) and Africa had foundered, as delegates ... Africa says "no" to Europe on new trade deals Africans resist proposed trade deals with Europe Africa warns of 'rupture' over European tariffs |
 Conde Nast Portfolio | US Dollar Down in Europe The Associated Press - LONDON (AP) — The US dollar was lower against other major currencies in European trading Monday morning. Gold rose. The euro traded at $1.4671, ... Dollar Mixed, Gold Falls in Europe |
 Setanta Sports | Frail warns Hearts must improve to reach Europe Scotsman, United Kingdom - STEPHEN FRAIL today emerged defiant from the rubble of Saturday's defeat to Motherwell and insisted Hearts can still qualify for Europe. ... mcghee quells Europe talk |
 AFP | Asian golf tour settles row with Europe over India tournament AFP - SINGAPORE (AFP) — Asian Tour players will almost certainly take part in the European Tour's controversial new 2.5-million-dollar event in India next year ... |
Vattenfall Europe seeks growth in Poland-new chief Reuters UK, UK - BERLIN, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Germany based utility Vattenfall Europe (VTTG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research), fresh from installing a new chief executive, ... |
Europe shares off as UBS plans more write-downs MarketWatch - By marketwatch LONDON (marketwatch) - European shares were pressured a bit on Monday morning as Swiss bank UBS disclosed more losses related to bad US home ... Stocks In Europe Pare Losses On Blackstone's Rival Bid For Rio Tinto European Stocks Rise, Led by Lafarge, UBS, Philips Electronics European Stocks Drop; UBS, Deutsche Bank, socgen Decline |
 Stratfor (subscription) | Algeria-Russia Split on Gas Helps Europe Wall Street Journal - The Big Picture: The news could assuage fears in Europe, where some EU officials had worried that Russia and Algeria would try to form a cartel of ... Europe's Needs for Natural Gas Sonatrach CEO says draft gas pact with Gazprom has ended Algeria- Russia Oil Cooperation Pact Lapses  RTR:GSPBEX |
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By John Oates → More by this author A pan-European trade body aims to be a better voice for the views of smaller IT businesses across the continent. ...
BalkanEU Vows to Prevent Balkan Chaos After Kosovo Deadline (Update4) Bloomberg - 10 (Bloomberg) -- European Union foreign ministers vowed to prevent chaos in the Balkans as a deadline for the independence of the breakaway Serb province ... Life in Kosovo Debates Kosovo’s Preparations for Independence Muslim Youth To Rally For Immediate Kosovo Independence Gen. Sir Mike Jackson warns on Kosovo |
 Canada.com | We're On The Brink Of A Balkan Bloodbath Glasgow Daily Record, UK - WHILE most were asleep, we've walked to the brink of yet another war in the Balkans. Kosovo is a part of Serbia. That's a legal and political fact. ... Talking tough but sick of fighting: Serbs prepare for Kosovo showdown Kosovo threatens to be flashpoint again EU to agree Kosovo talks over |
Kosovo confrontation looms InTheNews.co.uk, UK - Talks were abandoned on Friday as the 'troika', a trio consisting of the EU, US and Russia, failed to produce a deal on whether the Balkan province should ... UN, Russia showdown looms over Kosovo after troika report (Roundup) |
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 Aljazeera.net | In Kosovo, thousands call for independence USA Today - PRISTINA, Serbia (AP) - At least 3000 cheering Kosovars jammed a square in downtown Pristina for a pro-independence rally Monday as the breakaway province's leaders vowed to declare statehood early next year. Kosovo After the Deadline Kosovo moves to independence "earlier than May" |
 CTV.ca | Gore Calls for Urgent Action in Nobel Speech New York Times - By GRAHAM BOWLEY Former Vice President Al Gore summoned a grave assessment of the state of the environment as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo today, saying that the earth has a “fever and the fever is rising. INTERVIEW-Climate missing from US election-Gore Excerpts from Al Gore's Nobel Prize speech |
 Aljazeera.net | Afghan Army, Backed by UK, Move Into Musa Qala (Update2) Bloomberg - By Gonzalo Vina Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Afghanistan's army, backed by about 3000 British troops, moved into the center of the southern town of Musa Qala, which was seized by the Taliban 10 months ago and used as a base for their insurgency. Major Taliban stronghold 'retaken' Brown visits troops in Afghanistan |
 Voice of America | Russia's Putin Names Favored Successor Voice of America - By VOA News Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his support for First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as his successor. Putin's Pick of Successor May Lure `Wall of Money,' Troika Says Excerpts from an interview with Medvedev |
 Canoe.ca | US Rejects Greenhouse Gas Targets at UN Conference Voice of America - Delegates to the UN climate change conference are locked in debate over whether to set tough new limits on greenhouse-gas emission, with the United States leading the fight against firm limits. FACTBOX-Bali UN climate talks and goals At Bali climate change meeting, a hard look at Kyoto |
 TopNews | Sharif's Party Decides to Participate in Pakistan Elections Voice of America - By Daniel Schearf Campaigning for January elections has begun following the decision by the political party of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to participate. Pro-Musharraf party puts brave face on poll fight Opposition to Take Part in Pakistan Elections |
 The Age | Investigators Probe Oversight Of South Korea Ports After Spill Wall Street Journal - By EVAN RAMSTAD and SUNGHA PARK SEOUL, South Korea -- Investigators of South Korea's worst oil spill are looking at how a tug pulling a crane barge got so close to an oil tanker, and whether the tug received adequate oversight at a time when the ... FACTBOX-Oil tanker regulations, facts and figures S. Korea Expected to Declare Oil Spill Coastline a Disaster Area |
 NBC5.com | Canada's Accused Serial Killer Found Guilty of Murder Voice of America - By Craig mcculloch A pig farmer who is believed to be Canada's worst serial killer was found guilty Sunday of second degree murder in the death of six women. Pig farmer jailed for six murders Canadian farmer convicted of killing 6 women |
 The Epoch Times Ireland | Trade Deals Stymied at Lisbon Meeting New York Times - By STEPHEN CASTLE LISBON, Dec. 9 - European and African leaders wound up a summit meeting on Sunday in open conflict over trade deals between the continents and over human rights violations in Zimbabwe, despite committing themselves to a new ... Zimbabwe lauds Mugabe's summit visit, calls critic racist As EU-AU Summit Closes, Mugabe Lashes Back At His European Critics |
 Scotsman | "Dead" Canoeist Appears In British Court CBS News - An undated photo of John Darwin, distributed by the Cleveland (England) Police. (AP/Cleveland Police) John Darwin faked his death to escape debt, but his plan backfired when he was spotted online looking at real estate with his wife in Panama. How the Darwins evolved into 'canoe family' Canoe Man, and Canoe Wife, Finally Sunk |
 Canada.com | Bomber in Pakistan Targets Vehicle With Children New York Times - By DAVID ROHDE ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 10 - A suicide bomb attack on a military truck carrying schoolchildren outside a Pakistani Air Force base in northwestern Pakistan injured five children and two adults early today, military officials said. Suicide bomber rams schoolbus in NW Pakistan, kids hurt Suicide bomber hits bus in Pakistan |
 PRESS TV | The Limits of Intelligence Wall Street Journal - By PETER HOEKSTRA and JANE HARMAN On one of our several trips together to Iraq, a senior intelligence official told us how she wrote her assessments -- on one page, with three sections: what we know, what we don't know, and what we think it means. On Iran, US stumbles and Europe grumbles Behind The NIE |
 Enews 2.0 | 43 migrants die as boat sinks near Turkey USA Today - ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A boat carrying illegal migrants sank off Turkey's Aegean coast and at least 43 died, an official said Monday. At least 51 migrants drown off Turkish coast-TV Shipwreck off Turkish coast kills 20, dozens missing |
 Brisbane Times | Gadaffi's visit to France sparks protests MSNBC - By Ben Hall in Paris Colonel Muammer Gadaffi, the Libyan leader, begins a five-day visit to France on Monday, triggering sharp criticism from French human rights campaigners and politicians, including a minister in President Nicolas Sarkozy's ... Qaddafi Pitches Tent in Paris for Sarkozy Summit (Update1) French rights official denounces Gaddafi visit |
 GulfNews | UK to hand over Basra 'in weeks' CNN - BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Britain will hand over security control of the southern Iraqi province of Basra within two weeks, Prime Minister Gordon Brown told British troops Sunday night during a previously unannounced visit to Iraq. Brown gives troops credit for Iraq gains ANALYSIS-Britain's Iraq war is ending. Who won? |
 Canada.com | 'Patience is running out,' Ban of UN warns Myanmar International Herald Tribune - AP BANGKOK: Secretary General Ban Ki Moon of the United Nations warned Myanmar on Monday that the international community was running out of patience, saying that the junta must embrace democracy and stop inflicting suffering on its own people. un's Ban says patience running out with Myanmar UN Secretary-General Says World Running Out of Patience With ... |
 Alalam News Network | At Least 9 Killed in Baghdad Attacks New York Times - By CARA BUCKLEY BAGHDAD, Dec. 10 -- A spate of bomb, rocket and mortar attacks rocked areas of Baghdad today, killing at least nine people and exploding part of a major oil refinery, sending up a thick column of smoke that dominated the city’s skyline ... FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq Iraq prison hit by mortar barrage |
 BBC News | Judge condemned over Aborigine child rape Guardian Unlimited - A judge in Australia was facing calls to step down today after she failed to jail a group of nine males who admitted gang-raping a 10-year-old girl in an Aboriginal community, saying the young victim "probably agreed" to have sex with them. Aboriginal rape shocks Australia Outrage over rape sentences |
 Javno.hr | US-Iran to hold more Iraq security talks Reuters - By Paul Tait and Mussab Al-Khairalla BAGHDAD, Dec 10 (Reuters) - A US-Iranian committee set up to find ways to quell violence in Iraq will meet next week, Iraq's foreign minister said on Monday, in the latest contact between the bitter foes. Mortar Attack Kills 7 Inmates at Baghdad Prison Iraqi FM: security pact will set time limit on US troop presence |
 Aljazeera.net | Hamas asks US to free Gaza 'ghetto' The Australian - THE Hamas rulers of Gaza have implored the US to bring an end to the crippling boycott of the Gaza Strip, which they have likened to the World War II siege of Warsaw's Jewish Ghetto. UN agencies call for Gaza fuel supplies to be restored Hamas denies Egyptian invitation to hold talks with Fatah in Cairo |
