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- Europe's State-Run Health Care Has Drawbacks
LONDON -- As President Barack Obama pushes to overhaul the American health care system, the role of government is at the heart of the debate. In Europe, free, state-run health care is a given. The concept has been enshrined in Europe for generations.
- EURISLAM Offers Easy Guide for Islam in Europe
--A bibliographical database is made by academics as an easy guide for research about Islam in Europe. EURISLAM is an open access database available to all but designed especially for academics, public organizations and officials. It indexes publications
- Garuda soon to return to Europe
The European Unions Air Safety Committee has recommended that Garuda Indonesia should once be allowed to fly into European countries. Three other Indonesian airlines are also expected to be given the green light to return. They are Mandala Airlines,
- Asian pipeline to carry gas to Europe
The Nabucco pipeline, which will carry Central Asian gas to western Europe via Turkey and the Balkans, will soon pipe gas into the European Union countries. The pipe, which will bypass Russia, will run through Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and
- Nigerian rebels threaten pipeline construction
A threat has been made against a major natural gas structure which is to run between Nigeria and Europe. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Nigerias best known rebel group, has warned that matters in the Niger Delta need to be resolved
- FEATURE-Returning Asians to fill talent gap, boost innovation
By Eveline Danubrata SINGAPORE, July 5 (Reuters) - 'Go East' is a message being heeded by many Asian professionals in the United States and Europe who see brighter job prospects in a region that is expected to outperform the rest of the world for
- Apple, other phone makers agree on standard charger for Europe
More specifically, the deal will see companies including Apple, Nokia and Research in Motion, develop handsets that can be , ensuring that each phone is compatible with a standard type of phone charger. The move aims to cut back on the thousands of tons
- GM Europe: Talks on selling Opel near completion
BERLIN: Negotiations for the sale of General Motors Corp.'s unit Adam Opel GmbH to Canadian autoparts maker Magna are progressing well and should soon be complete, the head of GM Europe said in remarks released Saturday. Special coverage: Related
- MADAGASCAR: Rajoelina in Brussels to ask EU to maintain aid
Rajoelina in Brussels to ask EU to maintain aid Army-backed leader Andry Rajoelina is in Brussels to persuade the European Union to maintain aid to Madagascar, left in diplomatic isolation after Rajoelina's power grab was deemed a coup by the
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- Poland's first married couple start action group
Poland's first married gay couple have started a new UK political action group, specifically designed to help their peers back home. Andrew Gilliver news. PinkPaper.com 3 July 2009 Poland's first married gay couple have started a new UK political action
- Czech Airlines' weekend discount - save 25%
Warsaw, Krakow, Helsinki and Oslo - Czech Airlines has swiped 25 per cent off the cost of flights to these cities this weekend. Book by Sunday, July 5, and travel until September 20. Czech Airlines flies from two airports in the UK - London Heathrow and
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- Czech Republic opens Rizal bastion
Ambassador Regina Irene Sarmiento (right) speaks at the opening of the Rizal-Blumentritt bastion in Czech Republic, citing the warm relations between the Philippines and the Czech Republic, and the importance of the bastion in their cultural history. The
- Forman's film premieres in Czech Republic
PRAGUE, July 4 (Xinhua) -- A film by renowned U.S. director Milos Forman had its world premieres here on Saturday. In the film named 'A Walk Worthwhile', the 75-year-old Czech-born director transferred to the screen his theater version of a jazz opera,
- Czech ski: New piste on the block
Czech it out ... while the Czech Republic isn't exactly famous for its skiing, it's a far cheaper AUSTRALIANS on ski fields in the Czech Republic are as much a novelty as the notion of a ski resort in North Bohemia. While the Czech Republic isn't exactly
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- Asian pipeline to carry gas to Europe
The Nabucco pipeline, which will carry Central Asian gas to western Europe via Turkey and the Balkans, will soon pipe gas into the European Union countries. The pipe, which will bypass Russia, will run through Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and
- 'Appropriate' for MPs to meet Dalai Lama (AAP)
6:19 am China angry at Australia's Dalai Lama visit July 3, 2009, 7:00 am Turkish TV gameshow looks to convert atheists July 3, 2009, 10:24 pm Game show looks to convert atheists July 4, 2009, 1:55 am Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says it is entirely
- Orthodox leader sees progress on Estonian dispute
ISTANBUL, Jul 4 (Reuters) The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians said today progress had been made in talks with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church on their dispute over the Estonian Church. The two patriarchs put on a united front
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- Asian pipeline to carry gas to Europe
The Nabucco pipeline, which will carry Central Asian gas to western Europe via Turkey and the Balkans, will soon pipe gas into the European Union countries. The pipe, which will bypass Russia, will run through Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and
- Hungarian 1956 Revolution leader Kiraly dead at age 97
Washington - General Bela Kiraly, one of the last surviving activists of the failed 1956 Hungarian Revolution against Soviet rule, died Saturday at age 97, the Hungarian Defence Ministry said. During the short period that Imre Nagy was prime minister
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- Hungary, Slovenia eye gas, power grid links
BUDAPEST: Hungary and Slovenia are examining the possibility of linking their gas and electricity networks to enhance the safety of supply, their prime ministers said yesterday. Hungary, which gets 80 percent of its gas from Russia, supplied Bosnia,
- US, NATO losing in Afghanistan, Ashdown says
LONDON: A top British diplomat says that all foreign troops are losing in Afghanistan because their leaders do not know how to handle the war. 'We're losing,' Paddy Ashdown, the former British representative for Bosnia, said on Tuesday. He also added the
- Hungary, Slovenia consider gas and power grid links
Hungary, which gets 80% of its gas from Russia, supplied Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia with natural gas in January through oil and gas company MOL during the Ukraine gas transit crisis, when millions in east Europe were left freezing. Hungarian Prime
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- airBaltic to start flights from Riga to Tartu
airBaltic will launch nonstop flights between Riga and the second largest city in Estonia, Tartu, on 3 July, offering connections to destinations in western Europe, Scandinavia, the CIS and the Mediterranean region. airBaltic will provide nonstop flights
- Orthodox leader sees progress on Estonian dispute
ISTANBUL, Jul 4 (Reuters) The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians said today progress had been made in talks with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church on their dispute over the Estonian Church. The two patriarchs put on a united front
- Finland ends Estonia's reign in wife-carrying
Finland put an end to Estonia's 11-year reign and took gold and bronze on Saturday at the annual Wife-Carrying World Championships held in Sonkajaervi, central Finland, organisers said. Taisto Miettinen raced through a 250-metre (273-yard) course with
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- Belarussian Independence Day marked in Hanoi
The Vietnam-Belarus Friendship Association and the Belarussian Embassy in Vietnam jointly held a ceremony in Hanoi on July 3 to mark Belarus?s Independence Day and the 65th anniversary of its liberation from German fascist invaders. Speaking at the
- Belarus marks anniversary of liberation from Nazi
MINSK: Belarus yesterday marked the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Minsk from Nazi forces with a Soviet-style military parade and a rousing speech by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Some 160 tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery
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