Tag: europe
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November 07, 2009 06:04 AM EST --
BRUSSELS (AP) — A top Pentagon official says President Obama's new plan for Afghanistan will certainly involve an increase in the number of international troops.
Undersecretary of Defense Michele . . .
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November 07, 2009 06:04 AM EST --
LONDON (AP) — European lottery officials say two British ticketholders have shared a jackpot of 90 million pounds ($150 million) — the largest lottery prizes ever paid out in the United Kingdom. . . .
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November 07, 2009 06:04 AM EST --
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signaled that Moscow could back sanctions against Iran if it fails to take a constructive stance in international talks over its nuclear program. . . .
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November 07, 2009 09:03 AM EST --
LONDON (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says critics of U.S. President Barack Obama are wrong to complain he's been unable to fix the world's woes.
Miliband said Saturday that some . . .
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November 07, 2009 06:04 AM EST --
BRUSSELS (AP) — A top Pentagon official says President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan will be certain to include reinforcements of foreign troops.
"I think we're very close to a decision . . .
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November 07, 2009 10:41 AM EST --
I've published quite a few articles regarding the swine flue "pandemic", most of them poo-pooing the WHO panic over what appears to be a mild virus.
However, Eastern Europe has now displayed what . . .
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November 07, 2009 08:26 AM EST --
LONDON (AP) — A British auction house says it's selling a strand of Elvis Presley's hair preserved for decades by a fan.
The auction house said Saturday the strand is owned by Thomas B. Morgan . . .
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November 07, 2009 12:37 PM EST --
PARIS (AP) — During her years as a top model, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave psychoanalysis nary a thought.
But after her father died, the then-28-year-old model dove into therapy . . .
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January 20, 2008 01:42 PM EST --
I've had the opportunity to travel to and work in Iceland on several occasions, and although I was required to stay and work in Keflavik during the week, the weekends were my own and I would spend . . .
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November 06, 2009 03:06 PM EST --
VIENNA (AP) — Key members of an Austrian Holocaust research center have quit in a dispute with the city's Jewish community.
The Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies began provisional . . .
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November 06, 2009 03:41 PM EST --
PARIS (AP) — Monaco's Prince Albert II is filing a lawsuit in the U.S. against an American who claims he once worked as the prince's personal spymaster and is owed back pay, the prince's French . . .
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November 06, 2009 04:51 PM EST --
PARIS (AP) — French police are conducting a nationwide search for a bank security driver after he vanished with euro11 million ($7.4 million) from a bank in the central French city of Lyon.
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November 06, 2009 05:27 PM EST --
PARIS (AP) — French police conducted a nationwide search Friday for a security driver who vanished with euro11 million ($7.4 million) in cash from a bank in the central city of Lyon, authorities . . .
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November 05, 2009 10:21 PM EST --
In the past decade I have traveled several times to Europe to ride roller coasters there. (I would love to extend my reach to other continents, but to date there has been plenty to attract me to . . .
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October 13, 2007 09:02 PM EDT --
Well folks, this is the final installment of my vacation. I hope you enjoyed sharing my journey with me.
I woke up at 6:00 on Friday, September 21 to get ready and meet my brother . . .
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June 25, 2008 01:20 AM EDT --
Mention the words Al Qaeda or terrorist; and chances are that you will conjure up images of swarthy, bearded men with cold, ruthless eyes - who never smile. Well you are far from being the unique. . . .
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October 19, 2008 09:41 AM EDT --
Kira was in Europe as a graduation present from high school.
Her parents paid for the transportation and she provided her own spending money for 3 weeks by saving her allowance for a year.
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November 06, 2009 06:01 AM EST --
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan's government on Friday to take action against corruption, saying he would not risk more British lives there unless it reforms.
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November 06, 2009 08:24 AM EST --
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — U.N. negotiators assure it is still possible next month to conclude a strong, 192-nation global deal that will define future work in fighting global warming.
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November 06, 2009 10:12 AM EST --
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan's government on Friday to take action against corruption, saying he would not risk more British lives there unless it reforms.
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