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Dollar trades lower, gold rises in Europe Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
LONDON – The U.S. dollar was mostly lower against other major currencies in European trading Wednesday. Gold rose. The euro traded at $1.3018, up from $1.2954 late Tuesday in New York. Later,...
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European markets fall on weak commodities, disappointing earnings - European commentary Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
(RTTNews) - The European markets fell for the first time in seven days on Wednesday, as energy and mining stocks slipped on retreating crude oil and metals prices and BNP Paribas, Carlsberg and Arcel...
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Turkey Reiterates Commitment To Join European Union Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
(RTTNews) - Turkey on Wednesday reiterated its commitment to joining the European Union and stressed that it will take the required steps to fulfill the criteria required for its accession into the E...
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young people will present strategies to European Parliament Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
How can we fight racism and discrimination in stadiums and on playing fields? What action can municipalities take to combat this plague? On 6 November, five young representatives of three European cit...
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President Dmitri Medvedev orders missiles deployed in Europe as world hails Obama Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
President Dmitri Medvedev took advantage of the euphoria in America today to order the deployment of missiles inside Europe as a response to US plans for a missile defence shield. Speaking within...
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Proposed Law Bans Testing On Apes In Europe Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
Posted on: Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 11:02 CST The head of Europe's environmental organization wants to put a stop to the laboratory testing on humanity’s closest relatives: chimpanzees, gorill...
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OMV, Gazprom to Jointly Develop European Gas Hub Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
OMV and Gazprom, along with the further parties Wiener Borse AG, the operator of the Vienna Stock Exchange, and Centrex Europe Energy & Gas AG, a company operating in the natural gas sector, have ...
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More than 200 Tours in 32 Countries--from Tuscany to Transylvania Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
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Royal Microscopical Society Bid For European Microscopy Congress 2012 Successful Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
0 posts The Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) is very pleased to announce that its bid to bring the 15th European Microscopy Congress (EMC) to London in 2012 has been successful. The aim of the RMS's...
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Europe Too Looks for a New Way Forward Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
BRUSSELS, Nov 5 (IPS) - If 'change' and 'hope' were the watchwords of Barack Obama's election campaign, they were echoed strongly on the other side of the Atlantic, where his victory was swiftly appla...
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Europe proposes ban on experiments involving great apes Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
A chimpanzee takes a memory test at a lab in Japan. Such work would be banned across the EU under the proposed legislation. Photograph: Tetsuro Matsuzawa/AP The use of great apes such as gorillas, o...
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Lack of political will slowing Europe Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
The experts tasked with delivering Europe's green energy revolution have said that a lack of political leadership is their biggest single obstacle in meeting the continent's ambitious targets for rene...
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Buckle Up For Obama, Europe Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
Obama is, on the surface, a friendly force of good for the European Union. He lacks the unilateral, brash cowboy tactics of George W. Bush and the neocons; he has also promised to make jaw-jaw, rather...
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Europe shares extend rise as banks, oils advance and Europe shares forge higher; banks, oils... Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
City of Industry, CA --(www.FinancialNewsUSA.com)-- 11/04/2008 - International industry news provided by Financial News USA (OTC: FNWU). LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - European stocks extended gains in mid...
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First ever Bluetongue cow found in Austria Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
A cow in Upper Austria has been diagnosed with bluetongue disease, a non-contagious viral disease that affects the fertility of cattle. It is the first case of the disease in Austria.Inspectors from t...
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Drivers cut fuel lines and cry for price cuts Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
Austrian drivers have reacted to soaring fuel prices by cutting back on fuel purchases, as pressure mounts on the government to intervene to suppress the cost to drivers.
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Raiffeisen to follow Erste and tap government fund Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
Austria's Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) wants to set up a framework in order to seek up to two billion Euros in state funds, the company said in an invitation to shareholders on Wednesday.
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IBAG denies selling bond to Immoeast Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
The mystery surrounding the whereabouts of 520 million Euros that troubled Austrian property developer Immoeast says has gone missing continued on Tuesday when a company which was alleged to owe the m...
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Alfred Dorfer awarded with Bavarian Comedy Prize Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
Austrian comedian Alfred Dorfer will be awarded the Bayerischer Kabarettpreis 2009, Bavaria’s most prestigious award for comedy and theatre.The Bavarian Broadcasting Organisation (BR) argued tha...
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New leader Christian Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
The Christian trade-union fraction in the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB) has nominated former People’s Party (ÖVP) MP Gabriele Tamandl as its top candidate in the ÖGB elect...
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