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- Bilcare to open new unit at Crickhowell in UK
Bilcare Global Clinical Supplies will soon open its second unit on The Elvicta Industrial Estate, Crickhowell, Wales, UK. The new unit will add 30,000 sq ft and double the company's European capacity to package, store and distribute clinical supplies in
- Europe, Greece made clear IMF aid not needed-Lipsky
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 12 (Reuters) - The IMF's No. 2 official said on Friday European and Greek authorities have made it clear they intend to handle Greece's financial arrangements without the help of the IMF. 'That's fine with us,' IMF First Deputy
- UltiSat expands service options to southwest Asia and Africa
(Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- UltiSat, a provider of satellite communication infrastructure and services, has announced that it is offering voice, video, and data services to Southwest Asia, Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, using Eutelsat's W7 satellite.
- Irish PM Brian Cowen to meet with Obama
LONDON -- At a time of deep concern over growing government debt in Europe and the United States, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen is heading to Washington as a global spokesman for fiscal restraint. This Story Cowen is set to meet with President Obama
- Play LA acquires arsenal-mania.com (Arsenal-Mania)
Play LA, Inc., a British Virgin Islands-based Internet advertising and publishing company, has acquired UK-based football fan website, www.arsenal-mania.com (Arsenal-Mania). The acquisition will expand Play LA's reach in the UK and European sports
- US may extend deadline for aerial tanker bids
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States may extend the deadline for bids on its aerial refueling tanker to give Europe's EADS an opportunity to consider whether to compete against Boeing on the project, a source familiar with Pentagon thinking said on
- ANALYSIS - Greek crisis may wound southeast Europe
The Greek debt crisis is poised to undermine already dwindling investment flows into south-eastern Europe's emerging economies, adding to barriers to recovery in one of the continent's most fragile regions. Greek lending in central and eastern Europe is
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- Merkel backs under-fire foreign minister
BERLIN (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her foreign minister on Friday after accusations that he used recent foreign trips to promote the business interests of his partner, his family and party donors. "The chancellor is convinced that
- Germanys giants increase hold over...
Germany’s giants increase hold over high street bookselling 11.03.10 | Anja Sieg Germany’s largest booksellers took a tighter grip on the country’s high street book sales in 2009, according to figures compiled by German trade magazine Buchreport.
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- UK didn't block Barclays' Lehman deal -regulator
LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - Britain did not block Barclays (BARC.L Details released by Britain's financial regulator showed Barclays never proposed a deal nor asked for a waiver of shareholders' right to approve the deal. Concerns about capital,
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- Euthanasia advocate Nitschke allowed into UK
Voluntary euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke has been allowed to enter the UK after being held up at a Parisian transit stop by customs officials. Dr Nitschke says he was held by Brisith authorities after his passport raised an alert. However says he
- AF447: French famililes want equal compensation
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AP - A French support group said Friday that it will seek equal compensation for the families of French victims of the crash of Air France Flight 447 after a Brazilian judge awarded more than $1 million for a Brazilian who died in the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris last year.
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- UN 'shocked' by Italy's migrants
Austrian govt finds mass graves of Nazi victims Suicide blasts in Pakistan's Lahore kill 45 Iraqi PM starts laying groundwork for new govt Somali rebels attack capital for third day Mum planned to murder family - court Thai protesters
- Pope to skip Alps this summer
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AP - The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI, who broke his wrist last summer during his Alpine vacation, is passing up invitations to return to the mountains so he can spend his holiday near Rome.
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- Hungary May Not Meet 2010 Budget Target
Hungary may not be able to meet its budget deficit target for 2010. The International Monetary Fund has warned the government may need additional measures such as spending cuts to meet it. A second fiscal austerity package in less than three years has
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- UN 'shocked' by Italy's migrants
Austrian govt finds mass graves of Nazi victims Suicide blasts in Pakistan's Lahore kill 45 Iraqi PM starts laying groundwork for new govt Somali rebels attack capital for third day Mum planned to murder family - court Thai protesters
- Pope to skip Alps this summer
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AP - The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI, who broke his wrist last summer during his Alpine vacation, is passing up invitations to return to the mountains so he can spend his holiday near Rome.
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- AU Optronics, TPV Technology to set up venture in Poland
. said it will form a venture with TPV Technology in Gorzow, Poland, to assemble and sell optoelectronics parts and products, the Hsinchu, the Taiwan-based company said in an e-mailed statement today. The venture will have an initial capital of US$40
- NATO’s new Strategic Concept discussed in Warsaw
For two days the Polish capital has become a hub of discussion on NATO’s new Strategic Concept – a document that, once agreed by all Allies, will shape the organisation’s future direction. The...
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- UltiSat expands service options to southwest Asia and Africa
(Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- UltiSat, a provider of satellite communication infrastructure and services, has announced that it is offering voice, video, and data services to Southwest Asia, Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, using Eutelsat's W7 satellite.
- Russia dismisses U.S. human rights report
MOSCOW - Russia indignantly dismissed U.S. criticism of its human rights record on Friday, saying the United States was guilty of its own abuses from Afghanistan to “the streets of America”. In a statement laced with sarcasm, the Foreign Ministry
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AFP - China's seemingly unquenchable thirst for wine has ousted America as Bordeaux's number one client outside Europe, latest figures showed Friday.
AP - The French and British leaders accused the U.S. of protectionism on Friday over a contract to build a new Air Force refueling tanker.
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