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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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- 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
- 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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- Kiwis begin final bid for British Open entry (NZPA)
NZPA © [Enlarge photo] Wellington's Gareth Paddison, Waikato's James Gill and Canterbury's Emerson Hall begin their final bid for a place in the British Open golf championship when they tee-up tomorrow in a 36-hole qualifier near Glasgow in Scotland. A
- 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.
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- Brazil identifies 8 bodies from Air France jet
Officials say medical examiners have identified another eight of the 51 bodies recovered from the Air France flight that plunged into the Atlantic five weeks ago. A statement released Saturday by the Public Safety Department of the northeastern state of
- Hard work in a DR Congo hospital near the front lines
Source: Agence France-Presse (AFP) Emmanuel Peuchot RUTSHURU, DR Congo, July 5, 2009 (AFP) - With her bright yellow nightdress, it is impossible to miss Dafrose, 50, lying on a bed at the far end of a ward in the Rutshuru hospital in the east of the
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- Hu leaves for G8 dialogue, visits Italy
BEIJING: Chinese President Hu Jintao left Beijing Sunday for a meeting between the leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) and five emerging economies (China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico) from July 8 to 10 in L'Aquila, Italy, at the invitation of
- Anti-G8 demonstrators clash with police in Italy?
Anti-G8 demonstrators clashed briefly with Italian police on Saturday in the first big protest ahead of next week's summit of the world's richest nations. Police in riot gear fired teargas at protesters to prevent them from crossing a bridge and moving
- Police, protesters clash ahead of G8 in Italy
Print E-mail VICENZA - Police and protesters clashed Saturday at a demonstration against plans for the expansion of a US military base in Vicenza in northern Italy, local media reports said. Protesters threw stones at riot police, who responded with tear
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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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- Hu leaves for G8 dialogue, visits Italy
BEIJING: Chinese President Hu Jintao left Beijing Sunday for a meeting between the leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) and five emerging economies (China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico) from July 8 to 10 in L'Aquila, Italy, at the invitation of
- Anti-G8 demonstrators clash with police in Italy?
Anti-G8 demonstrators clashed briefly with Italian police on Saturday in the first big protest ahead of next week's summit of the world's richest nations. Police in riot gear fired teargas at protesters to prevent them from crossing a bridge and moving
- Police, protesters clash ahead of G8 in Italy
Print E-mail VICENZA - Police and protesters clashed Saturday at a demonstration against plans for the expansion of a US military base in Vicenza in northern Italy, local media reports said. Protesters threw stones at riot police, who responded with tear
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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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- 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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