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By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> It is a first for the conservative Muslim kingdom where women’s sports are severely restricted, her proud father said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By ANDREW HIGGINS and JAMES KANTER, on May 18th, 2013 Olli Rehn, the European Union’s top economist and a focus of anger across Europe against harsh belt-tightening policies, says he is not a doctrinaire adherent to austerity measures.
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By By ANDREW ROTH, on May 17th, 2013 A throng of thousands broke through police cordons in Tbilisi to attack a group of about 50 demonstrators, and at least 12 people were injured.
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> More than half of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people on the mainland have heard colleagues use insulting language or tell offensive jokes about LGBT people, resulting in most choosing to stay in the closet, according to a report released in Beijing yesterday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese Premier Li Keqiang embarks this weekend on his first foreign trip since taking office, heading to India, Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany as Beijing seeks to address security and economic disputes. Li’s journey follows one by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Russia and three African nations in March after the two men assumed their new positions, concluding China’s once-a-decade leadership transition. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Labour umbrella groups Industrial Global Union and UNI Global Union yesterday praised top retailers for joining their drive to make Bangladesh’s garment factories safer, after 1,127 people died in a factory collapse last month. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and STEVEN LEE MYERS, on May 15th, 2013 Russia summoned the American ambassador to discuss the arrest of a man it said was a C.I.A. officer, but officials suggested they were prepared to move on.
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Greece’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras kicked off his four-day trip to China yesterday, hoping it will help his country’s ailing economy by attracting investment and promoting the export of Greek products. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By STANLEY REED, on May 14th, 2013 Investigators are looking into whether BP, Shell and Platts may have “colluded” in an effort to manipulate the prices of oil products.
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By By ELLEN BARRY, on May 14th, 2013 Russia’s Federal Security Service announced Tuesday that it had detained an officer of the Central Intelligence Agency during an attempt to recruit a Russian agent.
Continue reading Russia Detains American, Saying He Is C.I.A. Agent
By Peter Beinart, on May 14th, 2013 Not so long ago, Europe restrained America. Now, it urges us toward intervention. By Peter Beinart.
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil rose Tuesday after U.S. retail sales unexpectedly increased in April. Benchmark oil for June delivery was up 24 cents to $95.41 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 87 cents to finish at $95.17 a barrel on the Nymex on Monday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> British Prime Minister David Cameron moved to end a revolt over European Union membership in his ruling Conservative party on Monday, saying all his ministers backed his strategy on the issue despite two expressing more sceptical views than his own. Cameron, who heads a two-party coalition, has promised to try to renegotiate Britain’s membership of the EU if he wins an election in 2015 and then call a referendum to decide whether his country remains a member of the bloc. He cannot act now because his junior coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, oppose such a move. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Mark Blyth, on May 12th, 2013 In the midst of slow economic growth, governments in the U.S. and Europe are slashing spending and raising taxes – with disastrous results. But instead of blaming American Republicans or British Tories, the author of a new book on the history of austerity says the intellectual culprits lie in 18th century Scotland.
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By , on May 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Former bodyguard and ex-premier Boyko Borisov’s conservative GERB party is expected to win the most votes, even though the biggest demonstrations in 16 years forced his government to resign only three months ago. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Dutch government yesterday ordered an investigation into persistent shortages of certain brands of baby formula, blamed on networks of traffickers who ship milk powder to China where it is sold at premium prices. Deputy Economic Affairs Minister Sharon Dijksma ordered the Dutch food and consumer watchdog to look into a huge rise in demand for baby milk linked to so-called “baby milk runners”, who bulk-buy powder in shops before sending it to China. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — World stock markets were pushed higher Wednesday by an improvement in China’s trade and yet another record-busting session on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 15,000 for the first time ever Tuesday, driven by optimism that the U.S. economy will keep gaining momentum. There was also good news from China, where the government reported that growth in imports and exports accelerated in April, suggesting that the world’s No. 2 economy might be strengthening after an unexpected decline in the first quarter of 2013. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets were powered higher Wednesday by an improvement in China’s trade and yet another record-busting session on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 15,000 for the first time ever Tuesday, driven by optimism that the U.S. economy will keep gaining momentum. There was also good news from China, where the government reported that growth in imports and exports accelerated in April, suggesting that the world’s No. 2 economy might be strengthening after an unexpected decline in the first quarter of 2013.
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By , on May 7th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Languages spoken by billions of people across Europe and Asia are descended from an ancient tongue uttered in southern Europe at the end of the last ice age, according to research. The claim, by scientists in Britain, points to a common origin for vocabularies as varied as English and Urdu, Japanese and Itelmen, a language spoken along the northeastern edge of Russia. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 7th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> LONDON (AP) — HSBC PLC, Europe’s biggest bank by market value, saw its profits more than double in the first quarter as it booked fewer bad loans than in the same period last year and reaped the benefits of recent restructuring measures. The bank, which has a big presence in many parts of the world including China, said Tuesday that its net profit rose to $6.35 billion in the first three months of the year from $2.58 billion in the same period of 2012. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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