EU, US seek WTO settlement over Chinese export restrictions
Brussels/Washington - The European Union and the United States on Wednesday called on the World Trade Organization (WTO) to rule against export restrictions applied by China on raw materials used by the steel, aluminium and chemicals industries. The ...
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UN chief expresses high hopes for Cyprus negotiations
Athens - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in Athens for a two-day UN global meeting on migration and development, said on Wednesday he had high hopes a solution would be found to reunify the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus. I b...
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Poland proposes reducing pension payments - Summary
Warsaw - Changes in Poland's retirement system, including lowered payments to private pension funds, could take effect in July 2010, Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski said Wednesday. Poland would see a reduction in its deficit by lowering payments to ...
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German woman dies in diving accident off Malta
Valletta, Malta - A German woman died on Wednesday after getting into in difficulties while diving off Malta. Ellen Fischer, 51, who was on a beginner's course, died shortly after surfacing from a dive off the islet of Gozo, local officials said. ...
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Romanian parliament rejects proposed new government
Bucharest - The Romanian parliament Wednesday rejected the governing team put together by an independent economic expert tapped by President Traian Basescu, thus continuing the political stalemate in the run-up to presidential elections scheduled for...
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New Polish football coach: 'It couldn't be worse'
Warsaw - Poland's new football coach Franciszek Smuda said Wednesday things couldn't be worse in the country's sport but that he was capable of picking up the national team after a disastrous qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup in South Afri...
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Denmark repatriates 12 Iraqi asylum seekers
Copenhagen - Danish authorities early Wednesday repatriated 12 Iraqi men whose applications for asylum have been rejected. Some 200 protesters tried overnight to block the entrance to a prison in northern Zealand where the men were being held before ...
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