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- In Moldova, Helping Women in Jeopardy
The answer is: Moldova. The question is: What is the most destitute country in Europe? And the category is: Needless Suffering. That?s how it might go if this were the game show Jeopardy. But life in a place like Moldova is far from a game. A former
- 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
- Ivo Sanader: Croatian leader who broke with war past
Sanader declined to spell out the reasons for his move but hinted at frustration with Croatia's stalled bid to become the European Union's next member by 2011. Zagreb -- Ivo Sanader, who resigned as Croatia's prime minister last week, is credited with
- Sweden kicks off EU presidency in institutional fog
The most urgent problem facing Sweden's presidency is that it risks finding itself with a lame duck president of the European Commission. Stockholm -Sweden kicked off its six-month European Union presidency last week amid fears the bloc's unresolved
- Driving in Europe this summer? Check the rules of the road
You're off the aircraft and you're thinking that the most dangerous part of the holiday is behind you. Yet statistics suggest the opposite is true, particularly if you are hiring a car at your destination. In 2006, which provides the most recent figures
- New easyJet route to Manchester for 'most efficient' Copenhagen
easyJet is to open a new route from Copenhagen to Manchester, flying six weekly frequencies. The announcement coincides with the airport being named Europe's most efficient airport by the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS). This was the second time in
- Iran opposition supporters rally in Brussels for vote re-run
Brussels, July 04: Hundreds of Iranian opposition supporters rallied in the European quarter of Brussels on Saturday calling for a re-run of the contested presidential election and the release of political prisoners. At least 500 people -- 1,000
- Nypro expands in China and Europe
PLASTICS NEWS STAFF NEW YORK (June 17, 4:50 p.m. ET) -- Nypro Inc. is expanding its medical operations in China and Europe as part of its strategy to increase the percentage of its sales from medical from 30 percent to 40 percent over the next two
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- Vietnam seeks to develop energy efficient businesses
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) said it will team up with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Hanss Seidel Foundation of Germany (HSF) to support the development of energy efficient businesses. MoNRE said
- Serena too hot for Venus to handle
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 Reuters - Serena Williams can stomach her sister's name emblazoned on the singles trophy, she even accepted the smaller room in their rented house, but she put her foot down to snatch back the Wimbledon title on Saturday.
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- 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
- Reykjavik flights from £79 one-way with taxes
Iceland Express, the low-cost airline (website: www.icelandexpress.com) that flies from London Gatwick, is offering flights to Reykjavik from £79 one-way including taxes and charges. The travel window is not wide - you can only fly at this price until
- Austin-Healey classics lead British invasion
More than 200 owners of Austin-Healeys gathered in Kingston last week. Choose text size Owners from near and far come to Kingston to share the love of the car Special to the Star KINGSTON?For one week, the parking lot of this city's biggest hotel was
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- Vivendi: no comment on Zain Africa bid
Vivendi chief Jean-Bernard Levy declined on Saturday to say whether the French media and telecom group was interested in acquiring the African operations of Kuwaiti telecom group Zain. 'I have no comment to make on this,' Levy told the news agency
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- Police and anti-US protestors clash ahead of G8 in Italy
Vicenza, Italy - Police and protestors clashed Saturday at a demonstration against plans for the expansion of a US military base in Vicenza in northern Italy, local media reports said. Protestors pelted threw stones at riot police, who responded with
- Italy suspends use of US firm's railcars after deadly inferno
Revising the casualty toll, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said the number of dead now stood at 19 following the death of a badly-burned woman. Twenty-five others were injured, 11 seriously. Rome -- Italy's national rail safety agency suspended the use
- Max Lawson: Italy's record on foreign aid is immoral
Never mind Berlusconi's antics with young women. In slashing overseas aid, he has forgotten all about Making Poverty History Close Like Gordon Brown before him, Silvio Berlusconi will be hoping for a boost to his poll ratings when he hosts world leaders
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- 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
- Hungary police disperse far-right protest
BUDAPEST, July 4 (Reuters) - Hungarian police used teargas to disperse a protest by a banned far-right group in the centre of Budapest on Saturday and detained close to 200 people, police and witnesses said. National news agency MTI said police also
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- Police and anti-US protestors clash ahead of G8 in Italy
Vicenza, Italy - Police and protestors clashed Saturday at a demonstration against plans for the expansion of a US military base in Vicenza in northern Italy, local media reports said. Protestors pelted threw stones at riot police, who responded with
- Italy suspends use of US firm's railcars after deadly inferno
Revising the casualty toll, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said the number of dead now stood at 19 following the death of a badly-burned woman. Twenty-five others were injured, 11 seriously. Rome -- Italy's national rail safety agency suspended the use
- Max Lawson: Italy's record on foreign aid is immoral
Never mind Berlusconi's antics with young women. In slashing overseas aid, he has forgotten all about Making Poverty History Close Like Gordon Brown before him, Silvio Berlusconi will be hoping for a boost to his poll ratings when he hosts world leaders
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- 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
- In love with wondrous Warsaw
If I was asked about my favourite holiday spot a couple of years ago I would have said London or New York, I am a complete big city boy. I used to like the buzz when Iâ??d be travelling, but now these two cities have become more like a working space
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- Russia to grant U.S. Afghan supply route - sources
MOSCOW, July 4 (Reuters) - Russia will grant President Barack Obama permission next week to ship U.S. weapons supplies across its territory, or through its airspace, en route to Afghanistan, sources on both sides told Reuters on Saturday. The transit
- Russia to allow U.S. arms shipments to Afghanistan
Russia said July 3 it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters U.S. military operations but potentially gives the Kremlin leverage over critical American supplies. The announcement
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