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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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- 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
- No Russia-U.S. arms deal yet: sources
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev smiles during a boat trip in the waters off the Sevmash factory as new Russian nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky is seen in the background, in the northern city of Severodvinsk July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander
- 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
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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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- RA President farewells the Ambassador of Germany in Armenia
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan met with the ambassador of Germany to Armenia Mrs. Andrea Victorine in Yerevan related to completion of her diplomatic mission in the country. During the meeting Serzh Sargsyan thanked the
- President of Cyprus to pay official visit to Armenia
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ At the invitation of the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on 6 July Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias will arrive in Armenia on a two-day visit accompanied with his spouse. On July 6, the official ceremony of meeting Cypros
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- Sterling Energy bidder met the Taliban
An Argentine oil tycoon who once courted the Taliban is the mystery bidder for Sterling Energy, the troubled oil group that is listed in London. Carlos Bulgheroni, credited as the first western oil man into Turkmenistan through his family-owned company
- Developing Competition Over Turkmenistan And Belarus
The Obama administration should reach out to two world leaders with unpronounceable names and unpalatable regimes--and invite them to Washington. Leaving President Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus and President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan
- Arabs fear Kurdish grab after US pullout from Kirkuk
The Arabs and Turkmen of Kirkuk fear the Kurds will seize control of the northern oil hub after the US pullout from Iraqi urban areas unless their power in the security services is curbed. 'The Arabs of Kirkuk fear that the province's security services
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- US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 642
(AP)
AP - As of Friday, July 3, 2009, at least 642 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.
- US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 642
at least 642 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m.
- BRIEFING - ASIA REAL ESTATE - JULY 2, 2009
prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. US$500 MLN TO CREATE THE NAVOI FIEZ IN UZBEKISTAN TASHKENT - Over US$500 million of investments
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- Kazakhstan to face Thailand
AFTER four days of gruelling competition, Sunday's beach volleyball final will see only two countries fighting for the boys' and girls' gold medal. Kazakhstan's Lyubov Bogatu and Bakhtygul Samalikova convincingly trounced their Indonesian opponents
- Astana Has a Leader (Maybe Two)
The Astana team’s manager had a little problem: Should he designate Lance Armstrong or Alberto Contador as the team leader?
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- Vietnams women expect easy game at Asian football cup
Vietnam has high hopes for Group Cs sole ticket to enter the final round of the 2010 Asian Womens Football Championship, as its two rivals-Kyrgyzstan and Hong Kong-are considered weaker teams. Vietnam will face Kyrgyzstan in the first match for Group C
- US Holds Onto Air Base in Former Soviet Republic
Home » Politics & Society » European Affairs » Russia » Manas Base in Kyrgyzstan Vital to NATO?s Afghan War © Mariyan Karasik U.S. to keep crucial base in South Asian Steppe after Kyrgyz parliament reversed February order to evict Americans
- Upsurge in Militant Presence in Kyrgyzstan
Porous border makes country's south vulnerable to incursions, experts say. By Ainagul Abdrakhmanova in Bishkek and Abdraim Ysmanov in Jalalabad (RCA No. 582, 03-Jul-09) Kyrgyzstan?s porous southern border, compounded by the inability of its
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