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Slovenia struggling to get economy back on its feet

AFP - 52 mins ago

LJUBLJANA (AFP) - Slovenia, once one of the fastest-growing new members of the EU, is still struggling to get its economy back into shape following the deep recession caused by the global crisis two years ago. More »

Italy's bishops, business sector warn sex scandal harms country
AFP - 8 hours 38 mins ago
ROME (AFP) - The head of the influential Catholic Church in Italy has added his voice to business leaders who warn the country may pay the price for a raging sex scandal surrounding Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. More »
No new cat to fight Downing Street rat
AFP - 10 hours 57 mins ago
LONDON (AFP) - There's a new menace stalking the heart of power in Britain: a rat has been spotted on the steps of 10 Downing Street, the most famous front door in the land. More »
Spanish govt presses unions on pension reform
AFP - Yesterday, 12:35 pm
MADRID, Spain (AFP) - Spain's government will push this week for a deal with unions on pension reforms which it intends to present on Friday, the employment ministry said. More »
Gordon Brown called police over phone-hacking fears
AFP - Yesterday, 08:52 am
LONDON (AFP) - Calls for the Metropolitan Police to launch a fresh probe into phone-hacking by journalists intensified on Monday, amid reports that former prime minister Gordon Brown was among the high-profile figures targeted. More »
Japan PM pushes for reform as society ages
AFP - Yesterday, 08:33 am
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Monday warned the public will have to bear their share of the "burden" to help offset the cost of a rapidly ageing society and its impact on the national debt. More »
UK phone-hacking 'targeted ex-premier Brown'
AFP - Sunday, January 23 02:55 pm
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's opposition Labour party called Sunday for a fresh police probe into phone-hacking by journalists, amid reports that former prime minister Gordon Brown was among the high-profile figures targeted. More »
Cubans enticed, bewildered by economic opening
AFP - Sunday, January 23 06:37 am
HAVANA (AFP) - Milagros, a typist, wants to know if she is allowed to use a computer or only her old typewriter, and Lazaro wonders whether the law will stop him from advertising the sale of cult candles and necklaces. More »
Pressure grows for end to Myanmar sanctions
AFP - Sunday, January 23 03:50 am
BANGKOK (AFP) - Calls are growing for an end to Western sanctions against Myanmar, but experts say a shift in policy is unlikely without progress on human rights and the support of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. More »
Hague laments Iran's 'refusal to engage'
AFP - Saturday, January 22 07:00 pm
LONDON (AFP) - Foreign Secretary William Hague said Saturday that Iran's "refusal to engage" world powers over its nuclear programme during talks in Istanbul was "extremely disappointing". More »