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Barroso mounts attack on member states, US, banks.
Referencing the approaching centenary of the start of the First World War and the “dark period” that followed, Barroso lambasted what in EU and academic circles is known as “intergovernentalism”, or a...
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US Mounts Pressure on Pakistan Over IP Pipeline
“…In addition to brushing aside a threat from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of reprisals if Islamabad did not drop the pipeline project, Khar warned that a military attack on Iran, Pakistan’s...
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Libya stops paying rebels as fraud mounts.
Libya’s interim authorities have stopped paying bonuses to former rebels due to widespread fraud costing millions of Libyan dinars, the country’s official news agency reported. WT news feed
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Pressure Mounts for the Arrest of Dutch Justice Ministry Secretary-General...
Another U.S. Congressman and a Leading Human Rights Organization Press Both U.S. and Turkish Authorities for Answers on Alleged Cover-Up of Child Sexual Abuse Complaints Against Demmink. bertb news feed
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EU chief defends austerity as criticism mounts.
EU commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso has come to the defence of more budget cuts to bring confidence back to southern economies, even as the IMF said the effects of austerity may have been...
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Anger mounts over corruption in recession-hit Spain
Around 200-300 elected officials out of more than 50,000 in the country are currently implicated in corruption cases. This doesn’t go down well with a population that is hard hit by the crisis. bertb...
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Fascism mounts a comeback in Italy.
Mussolini has always had a loyal following among the far-right fringe in post-War War II Italy. But now, even many ordinary Italians are defending the father of Fascism as a good leader with sound...
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