US threatens action against EU's latest airline law
Montreal Gazette
16 letter to various European lawmakers and commissioners made public Tuesday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warns bluntly that Washington will "be compelled to take appropriate action" if the European Union's ETS law goes into effect on Jan. ...
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European Union restricts sale of lethal injection drugs to US, tightening ...
Washington Post
The Death Penalty Information Center, an anti-capital punishment group, reported last week that a sustained drop in executions was partly linked to the execution supply shortage. It said the 43 executions that were carried out in 2011 were roughly half ...
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IMF Urges EU to Support Ireland
Wall Street Journal
The IMF made the comments Tuesday in its latest quarterly report and in a telephone press briefing on Ireland's €67.5 billion ($88.2 billion) bailout program. Just over a year ago, the country was forced to strike a deal with the IMF, European Union ...
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EU: Romania On Target To Meet 2011, 2012 Deficit Targets
Wall Street Journal
BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--Romania remains on track to meet its budget deficit targets in 2011 and 2012, the European Commission said Thursday in its latest report on the country's balance of payments assistance program. The Romanian authorities have made ...
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US Clears NYSE-Deutsche Börse Deal as EU Questions Remain
Wall Street Journal
Both of the people said EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia intends to give a preliminary decision on the deal in January, in a report that will be the basis for discussions by all 27 EUcommissioners. They will make a final decision by Feb. 9. ...
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EU and IMF Break Off Talks With Hungary
Wall Street Journal
It isn't clear how the latest events will affect Hungary's stance on joining the proposed EU fiscal pact agreed to at last week's summit. Hungary's Parliament is to discuss whether the country should sign on. Officials say they are awaiting details of ...
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Berlin seeks to heal EU rift with London
Financial Times
After last week's war of words between London and Paris, Guido Westerwelle used a visit to London to emphasise that the German government did not want to see Britain shifting to the margins ofEurope. He said a strong City of London was “in our mutual ...
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Europeans at doorway to fiscal discipline
MarketWatch
By Caixin Online BEIJING ( Caixin Online ) — The European Union debt crisis is coming to a head. At a recent summit, EU members took a major step toward closer integration. Britain vetoed a proposed treaty, but a plan for tougher government budget ...
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Britain's Future for Now Is Brighter in the European Union: View
Bloomberg
By the Editors Mon Dec 19 00:06:09 GMT 2011 Comments The European Union's most reluctant member is again at loggerheads with its partners. Patching up the latest disagreement between the UK and the EU may be harder than usual, but it's in everybody's ...
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Businesses back Cameron's EU treaty veto
Financial Times
The letter will be seen as the latest salvo in a battle between business factions over how David Cameron should proceed in Europe, after an acrimonious summit this month which saw the UK isolated in opposing a new treaty. A letter orchestrated by Open ...
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Report: 40 people, including journalists, detained in Turkish probe into ...
Washington Post
The official Anadolu agency said Tuesday's raids were directed against the “press and propaganda” leg of the Union of Kurdistan Communities. The PKK, branded a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union, has been fighting for ...
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Oil Futures Open 23 Cents Higher at $93.76 a Barrel in New York Trading
Bloomberg
Europe's crude demand may fall 2.8 percent in the first quarter of 2012 from this year's fourth quarter, the International Energy Agency said in its monthly report Dec. 13. The 27 EU member states accounted for 16 percent of global oil consumption in ...
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The divide in Europe
DAWN.com
Reporters have tracked and recorded these ups and downs, staying up late, filing their stories until they get cramps in their hands. It's been exhausting, nerve-racking but also often exhilarating and exciting. The EU's latest crisis — or rather the ...
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France, Britain engage in cross-Channel sniping amid tense politics, sour ...
Washington Post
The latest cross-Channel squabbling — triggered in part over a tense European Union summit lastweek — bared efforts to win political points at home at a time when the financial crisis has pinched both governments. The rabble-rousing also comes ...
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Comex Gold Near Steady on Consolidation; Traders Digesting N. Korea Leader's Death
Forbes
The precious metals are seeing some mild bargain-hunting buying interest enter the market place following the recent strong selling pressure. Barring any major flare-up in the European Union debt crisis, the North Korean situation or some other ...
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French downgrade could be inching closer
MarketWatch
In a rift over building a closer fiscal union to preserve the euro, all 27 EU members apart from Britain agree to put together a separate treaty. A ratings cut could be catastrophic for France and its European neighbors. They are already struggling in ...
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Sarkozy Rival: ECB Is Key to Crisis
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Hollande also criticized Mr. Sarkozy on the recent accord all European Union countries with the exception of the UK reached last week to reinforce fiscal discipline within the bloc, saying it was "vague and incomplete. ...
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Save the euro, end the Atlantic alliance
New York Post
After the European Union's latest crisis summit last week, international financial markets reacted cautiously. And well they should, since this umpteenth effort to save several Eurozone countries from fiscal collapse, and the common currency itself, ...
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Telefonica criticizes latest EU roaming proposals
CNET
"Don't prescribe a structural solution if you don't think it will work in the first place," Mourik said, referring to less stringent proposals put forward by the European Commission. "When we look at the latest proposals... my impression is you ...
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