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International Tower Hill Announces 2012 Operations Update at the Livengood ...
MarketWatch (press release)
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Mar 22,2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. ("ITH" or the "Company") (TOR:CA:ITH) (ASE:THM) (frankfurt:IW9) announces an operations update at the Company's 100% controlled Livengood Gold ...
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Schiff Nutrition International, Inc. Announces Fiscal2012 Third Quarter Results
MarketWatch (press release)
SALT LAKE CITY, Mar 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Schiff Nutrition International, Inc., (NYSE:WNI) , announced results for the three- and nine-month periods ended February 29, 2012. “We are pleased with our third quarter performance,” stated Tarang Amin, ...
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CORFAC International Adds New Global Commercial Real Estate Affiliates in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Mar 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CORFAC International (Corporate Facility Advisors) has added new global commercial real estate affiliates in China, India and Greece. Cresval Corporate Advisory Group (Shanghai), Narains Corporation ...
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ChildFund Celebrates World Water Day 2012 With Ongoing Efforts to Bring Clean ...
MarketWatch (press release)
RICHMOND, Va., Mar 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ChildFund International celebratesWorld Water Day and the recent news that half of the world's population has access to safe drinking water. Despite that progress, 783 million people remain without access ...
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Facebook Said to Acquire 750 Patents From IBM
Washington Post
Mar. 22, 2012 - March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. acquired 750 patents fromInternational Business Machines Corp., adding intellectual property that may help it counter allegations of patent infringement, a person with knowledge of the transaction ...
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US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan (1:13)
Washington Post
Mar. 22, 2012 - Video shows a US military helicopter apparently losing control and crashing near a base in Afghanistan. Reports indicate that no one was injured in the crash. The cause of the crash is said to be under investigation.
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Police shoot French terror suspect, end standoff (2:03)
Washington Post
Mar. 22, 2012 - French police ended a long standoff with a terror suspect in Toulouse Thursday by shooting the man in the head as he jumped out of a window. Authorities said Mohamed Merah had boasted of killing 7 people in separate attacks.
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Agile Therapeutics to Speak at Late Phase Drug Development World Americas 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
PRINCETON, NJ, Mar 22, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Agile Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing more convenient women's contraceptive products, announced today that Dr. Marie Foegh, Chief Medical Officer ...
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Rain Bird Announces Intelligent Use of Water Awards Program Winners on 2012 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
AZUSA, Calif., Mar 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- In support of 2012 World Water Day, Rain Bird announced the winners of its 2011-2012 Intelligent Use of Water Awards program, an online competition where visitors were able to cast votes to determine the ...
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Lucite International Progresses Plans for Increased MMA & New MAA Capacity at ...
MarketWatch (press release)
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Mar 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Lucite International, Inc. released the following announcement today that it is progressing with its investment to establish 150kte per year production of Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) in 2012 at its Beaumont ...
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Tata Communications completes world's first wholly owned cable network ring ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK & MUMBAI, India, Mar 22, 2012(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Tata Communications, a leading provider of The New World of Communications, today announces the completion of the world's first round-the-worldfibre optic cable network with the official launch ...
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Sales Performance International Announces Evidence-Based Solution Selling®
MarketWatch (press release)
CHARLOTTE, NC, Mar 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sales Performance International (SPI), a global sales training and performance improvement firm, announced today the availability of Evidence-Based Solution Selling®. The innovative sales training program ...
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Trail Mix, March 22: Negativity and the GOP race (1:52)
Washington Post
Mar. 22, 2012 - The Washington Post's Felicia Sonmez discusses why the candidates in this year's GOP presidential race appear to be slinging so much mud at each other. (/Kristen Boghosian and Felicia Sonmez/The Washington Post) Correction: ...
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Amateur video of Toulouse shooting suspect (0:32)
Washington Post
Mar. 22, 2012 - France 2 obtained amateur video filmed by one of the Toulouse shooter's friends shows Mohamed Merah, then aged 21, performing a 'rodeo' trick with his car. At the time he was a trainee mechanic. (/CBS News) Correction: Clarification: ...
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US Export-Import Bank Benefits, Outlook
Washington Post
Mar. 22, 2012 - March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Fred Hochberg, chairman of the US Export-Import Bank, talks about the benefits of export lending for the US job market, and the outlook for the bank's reauthorization and funding. The bank's charter expires May ...
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S&P Says Portugal Has `Good Fighting Chance'
Washington Post
Mar. 22, 2012 - March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Moritz Kraemer, head of European sovereign ratings at Standard & Poor's, talks about the outlook for Europe and its bond markets. He speaks with David Tweed in Frankfurt on Bloomberg Television's "The Pulse" on ...
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International Bancshares Corporation Announces Increased Cash Dividend and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LAREDO, Texas, Mar 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- International Bancshares Corporation (“IBC”) today announced that on March 22, 2012, IBC's Board of Directors approved the declaration of a 20 cents per share cash dividend for shareholders of record as of ...
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Pension Plans Investing in Hedge Funds
Washington Post
Mar. 22, 2012 - March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Christopher Westwood, head of asset management at Westwood Capital LLC, talks about pension plans investing in hedge funds. Westwood speaks with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television's "Money Moves.
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IATA Says Higher Oil a `Double Hit' on Airlines
Washington Post
Mar. 22, 2012 - March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Tony Tyler, chief executive officer of the InternationalAir Transport Association, discusses the potential impact of higher oil prices on airlines. He talks from Geneva with Maryam Nemazee on Bloomberg ...
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New Angry Birds Space is Out of This World on NOOK®
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, Mar 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) , the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced Angry Birds Space, the most highly anticipated game from Rovio Entertainment, ...
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Berkowitz Says Housing Recovery `Across the Board'
Washington Post
Mar. 22, 2012 - March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Steve Berkowitz, chief executive officer of Move Inc., talks about the outlook for the US housing market. Home prices fell 0.8 percent in January from a year earlier, the smallest decline in more than two years, ...
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Scott Sperling on Private Equity, Retail M&A
Washington Post
Mar. 22, 2012 - March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Scott Sperling, co-president of Thomas H. Lee Partners LP, talks about US retailers, the outlook for the US banking industry and the impact of government rules on private equity. Sperling spoke yesterday with ...
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Money-Market Fund Model Is `Broken,' Smith Says
Washington Post
Mar. 22, 2012 - March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Henley Smith, chief investment officer at Commonwealth Asset Management LLC, talks about money-market mutual funds. He speaks with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance Midday.
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Tim Tebow arrives following trade (1:17)
Washington Post
Mar. 22, 2012 - One day after being traded from the Denver Broncos to the New York Jets, Tim Tebow arrived at a New Jersey airport Thursday afternoon. (/The Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: SuperFan badge holders consistently post smart, ...
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RBC's Bank on Lions Gate, `Hunger Games,' Sheen
Washington Post
Mar. 22, 2012 - March 22 (Bloomberg) -- David Bank, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets, talks about the outlook for Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., tomorrow's release of the company's highly anticipated film "The Hunger Games" and Lions Gate's deal to ...
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World News - Jewish school slayings suspect dead after France ...
By msnbc.com news services
J R Browenstein Expand Comment Comment collapsed by the community. He was killed after 23 hours...it just took 8 hours for the French to work up the courage to go inside and look around. 23 votes. #1.5 - Thu Mar 222012 7:20 AM EDT ...
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Knicks Morning News (Thursday, Mar 22 2012) | KnickerBlogger.Net
By Mike Kurylo
Nene had 22 points and 10 rebounds in his Washington debut, and the Wizards defeated New Jersey 108-89 Wednesday night in a game marred by the third-quarter ejections of Nets' All-Star point guard Deron Williams and head coach...
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Daily Kos: Daily Kos World of Warcraft Guild Update: Slow News Day
By rss@dailykos.com (Moody Loner)
Thu Mar 222012 at 07:28 AM PDT ... Standard disclaimer: Leave your loathing of meta, World of Warcraft, or community diaries outside. If you think we ... Unless, of course, you count the newsthat the Mists of Pandaria beta has gone live.
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Thu, Mar 22, 2012 - Marcellus Drilling News
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Marcellus Drilling News - Landowner News & Resources – Drilling for Natural Gas in the Marcellus Shale. ... Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Mar 222012. The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN's eye that you may be ...
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New York Yankees News - March 22, 2012 - Pinstripe Alley
By Chris McKeown
New York Yankees News - March 22, 2012. ...Pinstripe Alley -. Where fans can celebrate the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees ...thrilled sometimes." Joe G. 2010. by Cbeck3 onMar 222012 8:38 AM EDT via mobile reply actions ...
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Notes from the news, Mar. 22 | Philadelphia Public School Notebook
By Erika Owens
by Erika Owens on Mar 22 2012 Posted in Notes from the news. Comments (0) Print · Email · "". notes from the news image District on-time graduation rate surpasses 60 percent The Notebook The Notebook's February edition focused on the ...
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Freddie Mac Text:Mtg Survey: 30Y Fixed Record 4.08%Mar 22 Wk ...
By Market News International
Freddie Mac Text:Mtg Survey: 30Y Fixed Record 4.08% Mar 22 Wk. By Market News International|| March 222012 at 14:10 GMT. || 0 comments || Add comment. WASHINGTON (MNI) – The following is the text of the latest Primary Mortgage ...
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Al-Qaida says it killed American teacher in Yemen -World News ...
By Associated Press (AHMED AL-HAJ)
Local · Community News · Northwest · Nation ·World · On Patrol · Traffic Cams · Photos · Sports · Ski to Sea · High ... POSTED: Thursday, Mar.222012. UPDATED: Thursday, Mar222012. Al-Qaida says it killed American teacher in Yemen...
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Today in Pictures: March 22, 2012 | Photos - ABC News
A woman who tries to protect her house from being demolished is seen crying at Yangji village in Guangzhou city, south Chinas Guangdong province, March 21, ...
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Syria crisis - Thursday 22 March 2012 | World news | guardian.co.uk
I declare that I am defecting from the [Ba'ath] party and joining the revolution. This regime does not have a future any more. Ba'athists do not have a history of ...
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New York Yankees News - March 22, 2012 - Pinstripe Alley
Allowing two runs isn't the end of the world. Perspective, my friends- get some. by designatedquitter on Mar 22, 2012 9:37 AM EDT reply actions ...
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2012 March 22 - Horsetalk: World equestrian news and information
A six-year study has revealed that a change in a mare's condition can predict the sex of her foal. Numbing chemicals on legs “should be a felony”...
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International Cricket Council - ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier - News
News. Irfan Ahmed seals 11th place for Hong Kong. Thu, Mar 22, 2012 4:05 PM ... helped Hong Kong claim the 11th spot in the ICC WorldTwenty20 Qualifier.
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Reuters World News Highlights at 2200 GMT, Mar 22 - WNEP
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ETV 8PM Sport News - Mar 22, 2012 DireTube Video by Ethiopian ...
ETV 8PM Sport News - Mar 22, 2012 ... Istanbul, Turkey - It's fair to say the men's 800 metres at the 14th IAAF World Indoor Championships has not followed the ...
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Deutsche Post AG : Mar 22, 2012: DHL boosts intercontinental ...
DHL, the world's leading international express services provider, announced significant enhancements to its intercontinental delivery capabilities, effective ...
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World News - Jewish school slayings suspect dead after France ...
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Celebrate World Water Day on March 22, 2012
Calgary - World Water Day is celebrated onMarch 22, 2012 across the world. ... A City of Calgary News Blog: 8 Interesting Facts about Calgary's Water ...
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EUROPEAN UNION News, Mar 22, 2012

EU watchdog tells ratings agencies to make changes
Reuters
... the sector's European Union regulator said in a report on Thursday, noting other shortcomings. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), which became the main supervisor for ratings agencies in the EU last year, examined Standard ...
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* Indian carriers will not share emission data with EU
Reuters
* Indian carriers will not share emission data with EU * India's stand could harm Free Trage Agreement talks * Opposition from major countries could spur trade war (Adds details, background) By Anurag Kotoky NEW DELHI, March 22 (Reuters) - India joined ...
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Dutch Government Opposes Anti-Israeli EU Report
Gatestone Institute
Last December, the EU heads of mission in Ramallah authored a report on the situation in Jerusalem in which they accused Israel of trying to destroy chances for peace with Palestinians by snatching control of East Jerusalem through the construction of ...
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Magyar Telekom Rises on Report Hungary Faces EU Court on Tax
Bloomberg
The European Union will refer Hungary to the European Court of Justice because of the tax which the EU says breaches its rules, Napi Gazdasagreported today, without saying how it obtained the information. “If the court decided in favor of the ...
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Indian carriers won't share emission data with EU - minister
Reuters
| NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's airlines will not submit emission details to theEuropean Union as demanded by the bloc, the civil aviation minister said on Thursday, confirming a Reuters report that the country plans to urge airlines to boycott the EU ...
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European Digital Skills Shortage Looms
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Nick Clayton The coming decade already threatens to be difficult for young people across the European Union. Now a new report suggests more reasons why they should worry. It says vacancies will rise, but the youth will not have the digital skills to ...
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Kurdish media reports Turkish attacks in mountains
CNN International
Turkey, as well as the United States and the European Union, have formally labeled the PKK a terrorist organization. "The terrorist organization and the political party that is its extension resorted to ugly provocations," Erdogan added.
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China slows, EU sinks in latest measure of manufacturing
Vancouver Sun
Only the United States is showing signs of momentum at the moment among the world's top economies, underlined by jobless claims falling to a fresh four-year low last week. Still, investors were unnerved by the reports from Asia andEurope, ...
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EU Soft-Wheat Export Licenses Rise to 10.26 Million Tons
Bloomberg
European Union soft-wheat export licenses totaled 10.26 million metric tons from July 1 through to March 20, the bloc said in a report today. Export licenses since July 1 Weekly Cumulative total March 20 Change March 13 Soft wheat 10261 440 9821 Durum ...
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Judges: Ex-Irish leader Ahern took secret payments
Stars and Stripes
The judges did find two other former lawmakers in Ahern's Fianna Fail party, including former Cabinet minister and European Union commissioner Padraig Flynn, guilty of corruption for soliciting payments from property developers for personal use.
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France, AU, EU Condemn Mali Coup
Voice of America (blog)
France, the African Union and European Union have all condemned the apparent overthrow of Mali's President Amadou Toumani Toure, and are demanding the return of constitutional rule in the African nation. A group of soldiers declared a coup d'etat on ...
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EU wheat firm, export demand supports
Reuters
(Updates prices, adds afternoon market strength) HAMBURG, March 22 (Reuters) - European milling wheat prices were firm on Thursday, buoyed by good export demand and stronger US markets in early Thursday dealing. * TheEU granted 440000 tonnes of wheat ...
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EU wheat drifts down, seeks new direction
Reuters
Weaker US futures in European trade on Thursday weighed. * Europe'smarket was also keenly awaiting a key plantings report by the US department of Agriculture next week. * Europe's benchmark milling wheat, the May contract on the Paris Euronext market ...
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Comex Gold Lower, Hits 9-Week Low, Amid Bearish "Outside Markets"
Forbes
Traders are taking a more risk-averse posture Thursday in the wake of fresh, weak manufacturing news coming out of China, which was followed by a weak economic report coming from the European Union Thursday. There has been a string of weaker data ...
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India Joins China in EU Aviation Emissions Scheme Boycott
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Just last month, over 20 countries - including the US, China, India, and Russia - met in Moscow to agree on a basket of possible countermeasures against the inclusion of aviation in the EU scheme (see Bridges Trade BioRes, 23 February 2012).
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Barroso: EU Commission will present a report on the implementation of reforms ...
Balkans.com Business News
Clearly, Montenegro has worked very hard on its EU agenda, particularly since December 2010 when it was granted EU candidate status and Prime Minister LukÅ¡ić took office. The recent decision of the European Council, opening the door towards the start ...
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Hedge Funds Seeking 15% Returns May Try CO2 Market, DIW Says
BusinessWeek
By Mathew Carr on March 22, 2012 Hedge funds seeking annual returns on investments of 15 percent may enter the European Union carbon market after prices plunged 59 percent in the past year, according to DIW Berlin. The plunging price may be enough to ...
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After China, India asks airlines to boycott EU carbon scheme
The West Australian
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India joined China on Thursday in asking their airlines to boycott the European Union's carbon scheme, confirming an earlier Reuters report and escalating a diplomatic row over the issue. India's opposition to the Emission Trading ...
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Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on March 22
Reuters
Related news: PRAGUE - EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn to visit the Czech Republic. Meeting with Visegrad Four (V4) Regional Ministers and Slovenia on the schedule. News briefing at 1340 GMT. Related news: PRAGUE - Czech Prime ...
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OP-ED: Iran nuclear crisis
San Mateo Daily Journal
While some of the suspected secret nuclear work outlined in the IAEA annex could also be used for peaceful purposes, “others are specific to nuclear weapons,” said the report. In last few months, the United States and the European Union have imposed ...
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Knievel Custom Cycles LLC Adds 2 New Models to European Line-up -- European ...
Sacramento Bee
In late 2010 Knievel Cycles introduced its first three bikes with European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval certification, the Evel One Springer Bobber, the Evel Commemorative Softail Bobber, and Evel Commemorative Rigid Bobber. The latest ...
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Ashton praises the Palestinian sense of identity fostered by UNRWA
Jerusalem Post (blog)
The widespread criticism of a recent speech by the European Union's (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton was perhaps not entirely deserved, because the impression that she was drawing a parallel between the deadly shooting attack on the Jewish ...
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SA minister asks EU to suspend ETS for two years
Bizcommunity.com
Airport World reports that South Africa's Minister of Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk urged the European Union (EU) to suspend the inclusion of aviation in its emissions trading scheme (ETS) for two years, in order to allow for the formation of a ...
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Trans-Caspian pipeline pact to energize EU gas project
Asia Times Online
... Deutsche Welle reported last week. The agreement in principle would have been reached earlier this month in a succession of talks and conferences in Brussels and Berlin. The European Union received a mandate from the European Council in September ...
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EU Morning Report- Aussie slides, yen higher on Japan's trade surplus
International Business Times
The Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said during his speech yesterday that the US banking system remains exposed to Europe but the Fed's stress tests showed US banks could handle a worsening eurozone debt crisis. Against the Japanese yen, the greenback jumped ...
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UN rights body presses Sri Lanka war crime probes
Huffington Post
But backers, such as the United States, the European Union and India, argued that credible probes into alleged crimes are an important step for justice and equality in post-conflict Sri Lanka. A UN panel report has concluded there are credible ...
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Military Coup In Mali… ECOWAS, EU, US, AU, France Condemn Uprising
P.M. News
Rebel soldiers announced early today that they have seized control of Mali after a palace attack, the Associated Press reported. The whereabouts of the President, Amadou Toumani Toure, were unknown at press time. The soldiers, in a brief statement read ...
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Ireland falls back into recession
GlobalPost
Slowing exports and weak domestic demand saw Ireland slide back into recession in the last three months of 2011, official figures released Thursday show. In November 2010, the IMF and EU provided Ireland with $112 billion worth of emergency loans to ...
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Ratings agencies need better explanations of downgrades: EU ...
The 'Big Three' credit rating agencies must improve their explanations of downgrades, the sector's European Union regulator said in a report on Thursday, noting other shortcomings.
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Assad's wife faces EU travel ban
By adekunle
In the latest sanctions aimed at ending the regime's relentless repression of dissent, the EU last month slapped a freeze on Syria's central bank. It also banned trade in gold and precious ... But in the last weeks the first lady once described as a “ rose in the desert” has become the focus of sharp criticism after Britain's Guardian newspaper released e-mails showing the ruling couple shopping for luxury goods as the country slid into bloody chaos. The mother of three, a picture of glamour ...
Vanguard News
S&D Troika on Greece reports on findings of visit: Need for new ...
Greece is seeking bilateral agreements with other EU Member States to tackle evasion. We are calling for an ambitious and far-reaching EU crackdown on tax evasion, in line with the recent, S&D-commissioned report Closing the European ...
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XE.com - EU watchdog tells ratings agencies to make changes
The European Union's markets watchdog said its examination of the 'Big Three' ratings agencies found several shortcomings including a lack of adequate transparency and set out areas for improvement. ... News Providers: Thompson Financial, AP, XFN-Asia, Daily FX, Reuters ... 'The European Securities and Markets Authority has not determined whether any of the observations in the report constitute a breach of the Credit Rating Agency Regulation,' ESMA said in a statement.
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“It's very, very important that we have sanctions that are designed to ...
By editor
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili arrive at a meeting site in Istanbul, Turkey, for nuclear talks in January 2011. ... Senior diplomatic officials for the six governments were set to convene within a few days to plan for a new meeting with Iran, U.S. and European envoys said in comments reported by Yahoo!News on Monday. Participants in the preliminary talks in Brussels, Belgium, would include U.S. Undersecretary of ...
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UK House of Lords publishes report on EU drugs strategy - EMCDDA
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The Commentator - EU Report: Dead Jews, No News
The Commentator - Palestinians murdered almost three times as many Jewslast year as vice versa. Yet, inexplicably, the EU report on "settler violence" puts ...
www.thecommentator.com/.../eu_report_dead_jews_no_news
Ag groups call for consistent U.S./EU FTA Latest News: Editorial ...
Latest news is the place to find the most current and breaking news and market reports that are important to the pork producer.
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Greek Banks May Not Need All Aid Earmarked By EU/IMF -Report
Some EUR50 billion had been earmarked by the EU and IMF to restore capital... will not need to be fully exhausted," Provopoulos told To Vima newspaper.
online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120317-701177.html
Dutch Government Opposes Anti-Israeli EU Report | New Middle ...
Latest news from the Middle-East. ... Last December, the EU heads of mission in Ramallah authored a report on the situation in Jerusalem in which they accused ...
nmen.org/dutch-government-opposes-anti-israeli-eu-report/
Report outlines Scottish Parliament's EU priorities - News & Media ...
News & Media Centre ... Latest News. Report outlines Scottish Parliament'sEU priorities ... In addition to the committees' priorities, the report includes the stated EU priorities of the Scottish Government for the year ahead and the views of ...
www.scottish.parliament.uk/newsandmediacentre/48422.aspx
EU frets at latest Gaza violence - FRANCE 24
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