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The extent of support in Britain for the far-right British National Party (BNP) was revealed Wednesday with the publication of the personal details of more than 12,000 members and supporters on an internet site.
The list, published on the website Wikileak, gave the names, addresses, and in some cases the professions, of members who include serving and former... |
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Retail shops across Greece closed down for several hours on Wednesday to protest the conservative government's reform policies which they say will force their businesses to go bankrupt.
From the Greek capital Athens and the northern port city of Thessaloniki to hundreds of islands in the Aegean, small and medium clothing and food...
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German police led by prosecutors searched the offices of a federally owned bank Wednesday in connection with a banking blunder last month as the financial crisis developed.
The KfW bank remitted 319 million euros to Lehman Brothers of New York on September 15, the day that the US investment bank failed.
The main office of KfW in...
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Giants AC Milan have said they will sign English star midfielder David Beckham in January offering him a five-month contract until the end of the Serie A season, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported Wednesday.
"We are talking with his agent," AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani said. "I think he will join us for some...
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When the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meets in Vienna on Friday, the cartel is expected to cut production as a reaction to falling demand.
But analysts said that a small cut would have little effect on oil prices, while a bigger reduction of output would spell lower revenues for countries whose government...
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The Spanish government Wednesday won initial parliamentary support for its 2009 budget despite being accused of downplaying the impact of the country's deepening economic crisis.
The backing of two regionalist parties allowed the governing Socialists to reject amendments that several parties had proposed to the budget, which is still...
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Representatives from over 120 governments are scheduled to meet in Rome next week to decide whether to add two pesticides and an industrial chemical to an international list of potentially hazardous substances, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Wednesday.
Under review are endosulfan, a pesticide used in...
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Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's government faced a parliamentary confidence motion Wednesday, just as the Czech Republic prepares to take over the EU presidency in January.
The left-leaning opposition sought the vote on ousting the government after Topolanek's Civic Democrats, in power since January 2007, were weakened by a defeat in...
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The drought-stricken island of Cyprus welcomed its first rain storm in recent months Wednesday which ended up causing flooding to many parts of the eastern Mediterranean island.
Heavy storms forced the closure of two main roads in the capital Nicosia and emergency crews were called in to evacuate more than 300 homes due to heavy...
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Four bodies, including that of a 14-month-old girl, have been discovered in the north-eastern Estonian town of Kohtla-Jarve, police said Wednesday.
Murder was suspected as all four bodies had multiple lacerations and stab wounds. The gruesome discovery was made on Tuesday but not made public until Wednesday.
The victims were two...
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A stamp featuring former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, winner of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize, iss to be issued December 10, the Finnish Philatelic Centre said Wednesday.
The stamp will go on sale the day Athisaari receives his Nobel prize at a ceremony in Oslo. He is being honoured for his mediation efforts in international...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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