Thursday, January 10, 2008

Balkan
Russia, Greece, Bulgaria initial Balkan pipeline project co. deal
RIA Novosti, Russia - 18 minutes ago
... Greece and Bulgaria initialed on Thursday an agreement on establishing an international project company to build an oil pipeline across the Balkans. ...
Three Leopards stuck in Balkan state due to fog
Herts 24, United Kingdom - 4 hours ago
Heavy fog meant that the team, which includes three Leopards players and a coach, are still trapped in the Balkan state. They were desperately trying to get ...
Balkan Jewel scheduled for completion in November
Malta Independent Online, Malta - 7 hours ago
Balkan Property Investments, a Dhalia-led consortium of Maltese investors, hosted a presentation indicating the progress on The Balkan Jewel – a residential ...
Western Balkans: objectives for strengthening research cooperation
Science Business, UK - 4 hours ago
Research actors within the Western Balkans face a number of challenges in gaining the full benefit of participation within EU research programmes and the ...
Innovation: the road to peace in south-central Europe? Science Business
Western Balkans: Surmounting the obstacles – country by country Science Business
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New York Times
A Serbian Director’s Eye Remains Fixed on Uncomfortable Truths
New York Times, United States - 10 hours ago
Mirjana Jokovic, left, and Lazar Ristovski in Goran Paskaljevic’s “Cabaret Balkan,” from 1998. Mr. Paskaljevic is having a retrospective at the Modern. ...
Montenegro in Balkan boom
Property Industry News, UK - 21 hours ago
It was the first time it had been a country in its own right since the Balkan states were joined together to form Yugoslavia in 1918. ...
Europe
BA to launch Europe-US venture
The Press Association - 4 hours ago
British Airways is to launch a subsidiary airline which will offer luxury-seat flights directly from continental Europe to America, it has been announced. ...
BA to launch 'open skies' airline linking US with Europe AFP
UPDATE: British Airways To Start New US-to-Europe Service CNNMoney.com
BA names Europe-US subsidiary OpenSkies Cheapflights.com
Financial Times - Times Online
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AFP
EUROPE MARKETS Europe in modest rebound ahead of rate decisions
MarketWatch - 7 hours ago
By Sarah Turner, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) - European shares moved higher on Thursday morning, as well-received sales from British supermarket chain ...
Markets weaken after Europe, UK rates checked MarketWatch
Dollar Edges Up in Europe Houston Chronicle
Dollar Resumes Fall Against Pound, Euro The Associated Press
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Javno.hr
Europe stocks pare gains as oils offset retailers
Reuters - 6 hours ago
PARIS, Jan 10 (Reuters) - European stocks pared gains to turn briefly negative before trading flat on Thursday morning as weak energy shares offset a ...
Europe shares gain; Sainsbury, Metro lift retail Reuters
Defensive plays boosts Europe shares, pharmas lead Reuters
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Turkish Press
Apple Goes Flat For Europe
Forbes, NY - 21 hours ago
It's not easy being a music retailer, especially if you're trying to sell music at fair and equal prices to people across Europe. Consider how Apple has ...
Under regulatory pressure, Apple to "standardise" download prices ... Guardian Unlimited
Apple to level prices of Europe music downloads MarketWatch
Uk Gets Into Itune With Rest Of Europe Glasgow Daily Record
AHN - Digital Media Wire
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US Dollar Mixed in Europe
The Associated Press - 4 hours ago
LONDON (AP) — The US dollar was mixed against other major currencies in European trading Thursday morning. Gold fell. The euro traded at $1.4678, ...
Dollar, Gold Rise in Europe The Associated Press
Dollar Rises, Gold Mixed in Europe The Associated Press
US Dollar Mixed in Europe The Associated Press
The Associated Press
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Online-Magazin Business Traveler.eu
World Business Briefing | Europe France: Airbus Sells 75 Aircraft
New York Times, United States - 9 hours ago
The order gives a lift to Airbus, which is owned by European Aeronautic Defense and Space, as analysts predict that its fortunes and those of its rival, ...
Large commitment for plane leasing firm Malaysia Sun
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Instinet Adds Chi-X Europe Equity Participants
NDTV.com, India - 3 hours ago
Instinet Europe Limited, an indirect subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., today announced that it had reached an agreement with a consortium of shareholders ...
Instinet Europe says consortium taking stake in securities trading ... CNNMoney.com
European Platform Wins Investors Wall Street Journal
Nomura Sells Stake in Equity Exchange Houston Chronicle
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Accenture Launches Innovation Centre for Oracle in Europe to Bring ...
WELT ONLINE, Germany - 5 hours ago
The Accenture Innovation Centre for Oracle will be a European hub for joint business development, producing and developing Oracle applications and ...
ACN - ORCL - TKC
Europe's Stoxx 600 Falls to 1-Year Low; Marks & Spencer Slides
Bloomberg - 22 hours ago
9 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks dropped, sending the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index to its lowest in more than a year, after sales at Marks & Spencer Group Plc ...
M&S, German data sends retailers into tailspin Guardian Unlimited
UK Stocks Including Sainsbury Gain; BP, Shell Lead Decline Bloomberg
Marks & Spencer Spooks Euro Retail Forbes
Bloomberg
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Financial News:Credit Suisse Replaces Philipp As Europe Chief
CNNMoney.com - 1 hour ago
Varvel, who will retain his job as co-head of global investment banking in addition to being made chief executive of Europe , Middle East and Africa ...
Credit Suisse names Eric Varvel as CEO of Europe, Middle East and ... CNNMoney.com
Credit Suisse names new CEO mad.co.uk
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Ledger Independent
Day Two of President Bush's Visit
ABC News - 46 minutes ago
United States President, George W. Bush, left, shakes hands with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, right, following a joint news conference after their meeting in Abbas headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008.
Israeli barrier, Arafat memory loom over Bush visit Reuters
Text of President Bush and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas International Herald Tribune
NPR - Guardian Unlimited - Voice of America - Five Towns Jewish Times Online
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Sioux City Journal
Fears Deepen after Pakistan Bombing
TIME - 2 hours ago
It was only a matter of time. A suicide bomber struck in the Pakistani city of Lahore today, ending a two-week lull since the spate of spontaneous violence that followed the December 27 assassination of former prime minister and parliamentary candidate ...
AlJazeeraEnglishBomb Kills 21, Mostly Police, in Pakistan New York Times
Bloomberg - ABC News - AHN - Xinhua
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BBC Afrique
Mediators press Kenyan leaders to end bloody dispute
Reuters - 2 hours ago
By Duncan Miriri and Wangui Kanina NAIROBI, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Foreign mediators raised the pressure on Kenya's president and opposition leader on Thursday to end post-electoral turmoil that has killed 500 people, but there was no sign of an immediate ...
Kenyan civil groups demand election officials be prosecuted USA Today
Kenyan Cabinet sworn in amid crisis CNN International
Voice of America - AllAfrica.com - Boston Globe - Seattle Times
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Xinhua
Degrees of Confidence on US-Iran Naval Incident
New York Times - 50 minutes ago
By Mike Nizza The list of those who are less than fully confident in the Pentagon’s video/audio mashup of aggressive maneuvers by Iranian boats near American warships in the Strait of Hormuz now includes the Pentagon itself.
Iran releases own video of US Gulf incident Reuters
Iran Airs Own Video of Boats With US Ships in Persian FOXNews
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Turkish Press
Nuclear power gets the green light in UK
Guardian Unlimited - 47 minutes ago
A new generation of nuclear power stations will provide Britain with "clean, secure and affordable" energy, the business secretary John Hutton told MPs today.
UK gives nuclear energy the go-ahead MSNBC
UK's Hutton Wants New Nuclear Plant Before 2020 (Update1) Bloomberg
Indian Muslims - AHN - Times Online - The Press Association
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Canada.com
Colombia, Venezuela try again for hostage release
CNN - 1 hour ago
(CNN) -- Helicopters could fly to Colombia Thursday to free two women who have been held hostage for years in the Colombian jungle.
Venezuelan Helicopters Arrive in Colombia to Pick Up Hostages Voice of America
Venezuelan helicopters land in Colombia to pick up two hostages International Herald Tribune
Bloomberg - Reuters - Guardian Unlimited - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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Canada.com
US bombs 'safe haven' for al Qaeda in Iraq
CNN International - 1 hour ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- American warplanes Thursday pounded a region of Iraq considered a "safe haven" for al Qaeda in Iraq, dropping 38 bombs in the first 10 minutes of the attack, the US military said.
US warplanes pound Baghdad's southern outskirts Reuters
US Warplanes Pound al-Qaida in Iraq Safehouses South of Baghdad Voice of America
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Daily Mail
FACTBOX-Many tolls for Iraq's population
Reuters - 1 hour ago
Jan 10 (Reuters) - About 151000 Iraqi civilians were killed in the three years following the US-led invasion of their country, according to new World Health Organisation (WHO) research.
WHO Says Iraq Civilian Death Toll Higher Than Cited New York Times
UN survey puts 3-year Iraqi toll at 151000 Los Angeles Times
Washington Post - Voice of America - CNN International - Guardian Unlimited
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Blackanthem.com
Afghanistan welcomes US troop "mini-surge"
Reuters - 57 minutes ago
By Hamid Shalizi KABUL, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Afghanistan welcomed on Thursday US plans to send an extra 3000 troops to fight the Taliban insurgency, but Washington's move highlights divisions between Western allies over how much to commit to the country.
Afghanistan Welcomes US Troop Surge ABC News
Pentagon Cites NATO's Failure to Provide Additional Troops Washington Post
Voice of America - New York Times - CNN International - FOXNews
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PRESS TV
UN Security Council Condemns Attack on Darfur Peacekeepers
Voice of America - 16 hours ago
By Margaret Besheer The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned an attack Monday on a supply convoy of UN-African Union peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region.
UN peacekeeping chief airs doubts on Darfur force Boston Globe
Sudan admits attacking UN/AU Darfur peacekeepers Reuters South Africa
BBC News - Washington Post - New York Times - The Associated Press
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Turkish Press
US Wants North Korea Declaration by End of February (Update5)
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
By Heejin Koo Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The US wants North Korea to submit a declaration on its nuclear-weapons program by the end of February, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said.
New nuclear deadline for N Korea BBC News
US calls on N Korea for transparency on nukes MSNBC
AFP - WANE - Reuters - Korea Times
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OverTheLimit.info
Were NH Polls a Repeat of 1948 Failure . . . or Not?
Washington Post - 12 hours ago
By Jon Cohen Democratic pollster Peter Hart has a contrarian view on the latest polling kerfuffle. Hart, one-half of the polling team behind the NBC-Wall Street Journal poll, contended yesterday in an online comment on a Washington Post article that we ...
Pollsters struggle to explain Clinton win USA Today
Let's not crown 'em until the votes are cast Chicago Sun-Times
Seattle Times - Boston Herald - Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Winston-Salem Journal
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CityNews
INTERVIEW-"Be Prepared": Scout motto saved Maldives president
Reuters - 3 hours ago
By Simon Gardner COLOMBO, Jan 10 (Reuters) - True to his motto "Be Prepared", 15-year-old Mohamed Jaisham says it was his Boy Scout training that saved Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom from assassination by kitchen knife this week.
Scout: Islamic militant attacked prez Houston Chronicle
Boy Scout 'Hero' in Saving Maldives Prez ABC News
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Guardian Unlimited: Comment is free
Sarkozy's love life: diamonds, sex and rivalry
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Kerstin Gehmlich PARIS (Reuters) - Nicolas Sarkozy's love life has turned into a tale of sex, diamonds and rivalry amid reports that he gave similar rings to his new girlfriend Carla Bruni and his former wife Cecilia.
French shoppers want money not love from Sarkozy Guardian Unlimited
Sarkozy's Public Affair Tests Nonchalant French (Update1) Bloomberg
Times Online - AHN - AFP - Wall Street Journal
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E Canada Now
Zoo fears as polar bear eats cubs
CNN International - 1 hour ago
(CNN) -- German zookeepers in Nuremberg will bottle-feed a four-week-old polar bear and rear it away from its mother after concerns the mother would eat her cub, officials said Thursday.
reutersvideoIt's a girl! Germans go mad for Knutilda Times Online
Independent Online - KNBC.com - The Associated Press - Bloomberg
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Monsters and Critics.com
Queen's husband sent "cruel" letters to Diana
Reuters - 46 minutes ago
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, accused of being behind a plot to kill Princess Diana, sent her "derogatory" and "cruel" letters, an inquest into her death heard on Thursday.
Duke's 'cruel' letters to Diana BBC News
'Bug signal' detected in Diana's apartment Times Online
The Press Association - Financial Express - Denver Post - NEWS.com.au
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Canada.com
Kosovo Parliament Chooses Former Rebel Chief for Premier
New York Times - 11 hours ago
By AP PRISTINA, Serbia (AP) - A former rebel leader was elected Kosovo’s prime minister on Wednesday, vowing that the province was only weeks away from independence and calling on Serbia to drop its claim to the territory.
FACTBOX-Kosovo scenarios after election of new government Reuters
Ex-rebel becomes Kosovo’s prime minister MSNBC
Makfax - BBC News - The Associated Press - Xinhua
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RPG Hits American School in Gaza
The Media Line - 1 hour ago
An American school in the Gaza Strip was hit by a rocket propelled grenade on Wednesday night in what appears to be a protest against United States President George W. Bush's visit to the region.
Talks on to give free treatment in Jordan for Palestinian patients GulfNews
Bush tries to 'nudge' peace process Fort Worth Star Telegram
WCBD-TV - Jerusalem Post - Boston Globe - Xinhua
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Telegraph.co.uk
Scary moments for Qantas 747 flight
USA Today - 1 hour ago
A Qantas Boeing 747 traveling from London "lost power from all four of its main generators 15 minutes away from Bangkok, and the pilot was forced to switch to battery back-up for the landing," The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Boeing to check into 747 electrical glitch HeraldNet
Boeing probes power failure on 747 The Australian
Flight International - United Press International - Telegraph.co.uk - Melbourne Herald Sun
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Monsters and Critics.com
UK troops tested for blood viruses
CNN International - 1 hour ago
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Eighteen British service personnel who received transfusions of US military blood in Iraq and Afghanistan are undergoing tests for infections and diseases because the blood may not have been properly screened, ...
British soldiers in contaminated blood scare Guardian Unlimited
Troops tested for blood infection risk Reuters UK
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