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Asian stock markets fall amid political and economic turmoil in Europe
( 24-Apr-2012 )

BANGKOK, Thailand _ Unsettling news about Europe's debt crisis and disappointing U.S. corporate earnings weighed on Asian stock markets Tuesday. Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.4 per cent to 9,506.82 and South Korea's Kospi dropped 0.2 per cent to 1,969.66. Still, the losses were mute ....
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Hundreds of flights cancelled as German public workers strike
( 27-Mar-2012 )

BERLIN _ Hundreds of flights have been cancelled as workers at several German airports have joined other public employees staging short-term warning strikes in a pay dispute. The ver.di union wants a 6.5 per cent increase this year for 2 million federal and municipal government employees. It has ....
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Markets drift as investors digest global economic outlook
( 26-Mar-2012 )

LONDON _ Markets were subdued Monday following a week when some of the optimism that has dominated trading this year was punctured by renewed concerns over Europe's debt crisis and a raft of downbeat economic indicators, particularly out of China. Though the recovery in the U.S. shows signs o ....
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Germany appeals to Belarus not to carry out Minsk subway bombing death sentences
( 16-Mar-2012 )

BERLIN _ Germany is appealing to Belarus not to execute two men convicted in last year's deadly bombing of the Minsk subway, saying carrying out the death sentences would further strain relations. President Alexander Lukashenko this week denied clemency to Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Koval ....
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Cambridge police make 2 arrests ahead of Dominique Strauss Kahn's speech
( 09-Mar-2012 )

CAMBRIDGE, England _ Cambridge police on Friday arrested two people ahead of a speech by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund chief whose career collapsed after he was charged with sexual assault. Cambridgeshire Constabulary spokeswoman Sarah Redman said a man and a woma ....
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