NEW DELHI — Hundreds of people marched in New Delhi on Friday to protest an ambitious free-trade agreement being negotiated between India and the European Union that patient groups and health activists say could severely curtail India’s production and export of affordable drugs for millions living with HIV in developing countries. Read full article > >

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Officials in Brussels said that the announcement of a meeting of euro zone finance ministers suggested that an agreement in principle was likely among Greek political parties.

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Greece Nears Agreement on Bailout Package

A letter from Apple’s legal team reveals that the firm wants Europe to revise rules covering patents that are essential to industry standards.

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Apple seeks revised patent rules

Italy activates emergency measures to conserve gas supplies as freezing weather continues to grip the country and much of Europe.

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Italy acts on Russia gas shortage

Party leaders in Greece’s ruling coalition end talks on details for a crucial 130bn-euro EU rescue plan without agreement.

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Greek leaders pause bailout talks

European bailout on the line.

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Greece Up Against Debt Deadline

Freezing weather hits transport hubs across Europe, as a cold spell that has now claimed 260 lives continues.

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Europe freeze hits transport hubs

ROME — Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has declared he is “stepping aside” from frontline politics, revealing he has no intention of running again for his old post. In his first interview since resigning amid turmoil over financial markets in November, Berlusconi spoke to the Financial Times at his Rome residence on a range of subjects, including what he called a media-inspired furor over his “bunga bunga” parties, his anger at “left-wing” magistrates hounding him in the courts and his drive to promote political and judicial reforms. Read full article > >

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Rabbi Menachem Youlus, who told stories of traveling to Europe and beyond to search for Torahs that were lost during the Holocaust, said in Federal Court that he had made up those tales.

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Rabbi Menachem Youlus Says He Lied About Saving Torahs

Another 29 people have died in Ukraine and Poland as temperatures in large parts of Europe fall below -30C (-22F).

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Europe freeze strands thousands

An advertising agency for BMW pays to name Europe’s cold weather “Cooper” in Germany, after the firm’s Mini Cooper car, but the stunt backfires.

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Cold front ad for Mini backfires

MOSCOW — A staunchly pro-government newspaper published a warning Wednesday that Russia faces ruin if Vladimir Putin is not returned to the presidency next month, but critics said the lengthy article recalled the old Soviet Union and contained vitriol so extreme that it appeared probable to backfire. Read full article > >

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In Moscow, a throwback to Soviet vitriol

Zero Hedge says it is: And it does look terrifying. Spain’s youth unemployment rate is 51.4 percent! Greece’s is nearly there. Isn’t that the sort of that leads to war and destruction? Perhaps, though there’s a key caveat missing here: Spain’s youth unemployment rate is only calculated among those youths actually looking for work. As the European Commission explains , the vast majority of kids that age are still in school. That means only about 17.8 percent of all Spanish youths aged 16-24 are jobless and not in school. (In Greece, it’s 10 percent of all youths; across the euro area as a whole, it’s 8.7 percent.) Those are still terrible numbers, albeit somewhat less apocalyptic. Read full article > >

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Is this Europe’s scariest chart?

European regulators opposed deal.

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NYSE and Deutsche Borse Won’t Merge

PARIS — After more than two decades of trying, France apparently has finally found a foreign customer for its Rafale fighter jet, reaching an $11 billion deal with India for 126 planes and a heavy technology transfer, the government announced Tuesday. Read full article > >

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