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(AP) President Barack Obama says the U.S. will host the first round of negotiations toward a broad trade deal with the European Union next month in Washington.Obama says there will be sensitivities to overcome by parties on both sides of the ...
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(AP) The top official with the European Union's executive arm says a free trade deal with the United States would be a "game-changer" for the global economy.European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso made the statement Monday ahead of a formal launch ...
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(AP) Britain and Ecuador have failed to break the deadlock over the unresolved asylum case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino met with British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Monday to search for a diplomatic solution over Assange, ...
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(AP) U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama has urged the young people of Northern Ireland to take a fresh perspective to help solve the country's historic problems.Delivering a speech in Belfast to around 2,000 schoolchildren, university students and graduates, she talked about ...
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(AP) British Prime Minister David Cameron says Russia, like all G-8 governments, has a responsibility to push opposed factions in Syria's civil war to the negotiating table as rapidly as possible and not to back a government that "butchers" its citizens.Cameron ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama will appeal to Northern Ireland's youth to sustain their peace in his first opportunity to highlight the role the United States has played helping bring about reconciliation in the country.Obama arrived at Belfast on Monday morning. After ...
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(AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin is denying insinuations that he stole New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ring that's now on display in the Kremlin, but says he's ready to buy him another ring as a gift.Putin was reacting ...
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(AP) The Guardian newspaper says that the British eavesdropping agency GCHQ hacked into the emails and phones of foreign diplomats at international conferences to get an edge in high-stakes international negotiations.The report published late Sunday is the latest in a series ...
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(AP) Northern Ireland police commanders says they're optimistic that the G-8 summit will pass peacefully, with only 2,000 protesters expected to travel to the remote lakeside venue for the main demonstration.About 7,000 officers are providing security as leaders arrive for the ...
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(AP) Northern Ireland police have a new eye in the sky just in time for the G-8 summit of world leaders. A unit of surveillance drones will be used here for the first time to keep tabs on protest marches and ...
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(AP) The Paris Air Show, which opens for business on Monday, brings hundreds of aircraft to the skies around the French capital, the usual tense competition between aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus, and a slew of innovations large and small. Here's ...
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(AP) The leaders of Britain and Russia said Sunday they're hopeful that Syria's warring factions can hammer out their differences at upcoming peace talks tentatively planned for next month in Geneva.Speaking at British Prime Minister's David Cameron's Downing Street office, Russian ...
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(AP) Thirty-eight countries have beaten a U.N.-imposed deadline of 2015 to cut in half the proportion of hungry people.The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization on Saturday recognized the 38 countries and urged those still working to meet the U.N. target to ...
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(AP) Scottish authorities say that five passengers from an EgyptAir flight that was diverted to Britain over an apparent threat to destroy the aircraft are now seeking asylum in Britain.New York-bound Flight 985 was forced to make an emergency landing in ...
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(AP) Europe is mired in debt and recession. Financial markets have hit violent ups and downs on fears that U.S. stimulus efforts may soon be scaled back. Japan is finally looking up after years of stagnation _ but it remains an ...
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(AP) When President Obama comes to Belfast, he's expected to praise a country at peace and call for walls that separate Irish Catholics and British Protestants to come tumbling down.Barely a 10-minute walk from where the U.S. leader is speaking Monday, ...
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(AP) The Italian government has adopted a series of measures aimed at boosting the economy, including the release of 3 billion euros ($4 billion) for infrastructure projects projected to create 30,000 new jobs.Premier Enrico Letta said the measures, based on recommendations ...
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(AP) Members of the public in six European countries are being given a rare glimpse into the secret inner workings of the fashion industry, as part of luxury giant LVMH's two-day open-door event.Milliners, feather dressers, embroiderers, perfume bottlers and other artisans ...
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(AP) A leading exiled Iranian opposition figure has welcomed the victory of a moderate candidate Hasan Rowhani in Iran's presidential vote, which he said could be a positive change for the country.Ardeshir Amir Arjomand , who was the chief advisor to ...
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(AP) U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron struck a deal Saturday with leaders of Britain's overseas territories to share tax information _ a move he heralded as a "positive step forward" on an issue at the forefront of next week's G-8 summit ...
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(AP) Pope Francis has taken his first major step in reforming the troubled Vatican bank by tapping a trusted prelate to oversee its management.Francis signed off Saturday on naming Monsignor Battista Mario Salvatore Ricca as interim prelate of the Institute for ...
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(AP) U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to "sweep away" tax secrecy in Britain as he meets with leaders to urge more action against tax evasion and avoidance.Cameron has made cracking down on tax evasion and avoidance a cornerstone of ...
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(AP) A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, ...
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(AP) The Bulgarian parliament's quick appointment of a legislator and media mogul to head the country's security service sparked massive protests Friday and prompted the president to demand the decision be immediately reversed.Delyan Peevski, 33, was endorsed by legislators from the ...
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(AP) Polish prosecutors say they will investigate a commander in a notorious Nazi SS-led unit who has been found to be living in Minnesota.An Associated Press investigation revealed Friday that Michael Karkoc, 94, entered the U.S. by lying to American authorities ...
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