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Breaking News Thu, 17 Oct 2013
** FILE ** This undated file photo taken in 2004 shows employees of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Ltd. CNOOC Ltd. will press ahead with its takeover bid for Unocal Corp. despite a planned shareholder vote on a competing offer by Chevron Corp. and Unocal's recommendation that it should be accepted. (AP Photo/Xinhua)hg3
Industry   Oil   Photos   Protest   Wikipedia: Chevron Corporation  
 US News 
Chevron halts shale gas search after protests
Comment () Tweet | BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Chevron says it has suspended searching for shale gas in northeast Romania following protests in the capital and the local area against fracking. | T... (photo: AP / Xinhua)
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Berlin   Business   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Angela Merkel  
 Swissinfo 
Merkel to enter full coalition talks with centre-left SPD
  | Reuters | October 17, 2013 - 16:27 | By Andreas Rinke and Holger Hansen | BERLIN (Reuters) - Leaders from German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats ... (photo: Creative Commons / Armin Kbelbeck)
Parliament Speaker, acting president Bronislaw Komorowski  greets supporters after exit polls indicate him to be the possible winner in the presidential elections, during the election night in Warsaw, Sunday, July 4, 2010.  Swissinfo 
Polish president to review constitutionality of pension reform
  | Reuters | October 17, 2013 - 08:14 | WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said on Thursday he will review government pension reforms to ensure they are in line with the co... (photo: AP / Alik Keplicz)
Business   Photos   Politics   Warsaw   Wikipedia: Bronisaw Komorowski  
File - Women in Sharga, North Darfur, Sudan, prepare food at the villages SAFE Centre during a visit from a delegation of European Union ambassadors, 18 October, 2012.  Al Jazeera 
Fiddling in Rome while our food burns
Rumour has it that the Roman emperor Nero played a fiddle and sang while Rome burned for five days in the Great Fire of 64. Nearly 2000 years later, at the very site where this devastating fire starte... (photo: UN / Albert Gonzlez Farran)
Biofuel   Food Security   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Food vs. fuel    
Top Stories
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton speaks to journalists in the Royal Palace of Godollo, hosting the current Hungarian EU presidency, in the town of Godollo, 35 kilometers (22 miles) east of Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. Ashton said that the EU should consider sanctions on Moammar Gadhafi's Libya to achieve an end to the violence. New Straits/Business Times
Iran, world powers pledge new nuclear talks
World powers and Iran agreed Wednesday to hold fresh talks next month on its nuclear programme, after Tehran made what it dubbed a breakthrough proposal that could allow ... (photo: AP / Bela Szandelszky)
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Catherine Ashton  
Arsenal's goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny plays against Queens Park Rangers during their English Premier League soccer match at Loftus Road stadium, London, Saturday, March 31, 2012. Goal
'England can go all the way' at World Cup, says Szczesny
The Polish shot stopper thinks Roy Hodgson's side have the necessary tools to claim international football's most prestigious prize and throws his support behind the Thre... (photo: AP / Sang Tan)
England   Football   Photos   Poland   Wikipedia: Wojciech Szczsny  
Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa is seen during his team's English Premier League soccer match against Norwich at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday March 2, 2013. Goal
I need to play more for Manchester United, declares Kagawa after Japan struggles
The Samurai Blue were beaten 2-0 by Serbia and 1-0 by Belarus in international friendlies and the midfielder felt that a lack of match practice affected his fitness and m... (photo: AP / Jon Super)
Japan   Manchester   Photos   Sports   Wikipedia: Shinji Kagawa  
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a Cabinet meeting in Moscow, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. Jakarta Globe
Putin Builds North Korea Rail to Circumvent Suez Canal
By Ekaterina Shatalova & Nicholas Brautlecht on 2:41 pm October 16, 2013. | Category Editor's Choice, International | Tags: North Korea, Vladimir Putin | A train operated... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Yana Lapikova, Pool)
N Korea   Photos   Politics   Russia   Wikipedia: Vladimir Putin  
Spain's forward Alvaro Negredo celebrates after scoring during a 2014 World Cup Group I qualifying soccer match between Spain and Georgia at the Carlos Belmonte stadium in Albacete, Spain, Tuesday Oct. 15, 2013. New Straits/Business Times
Spain ease into World Cup with Georgia win
World champions Spain ensured they will get the chance to defend their crown at the World Cup in Brazil next year with a 2-0 win over Georgia on Tuesday. | Needing just a... (photo: AP / Fernando Bustamante)
Georgia   Photos   Spain   Wikipedia: Álvaro Negredo   World Cup  
France's forward Franck Ribery runs with the ball during his friendly international soccer match against Iceland, in Valenciennes, north of France, Sunday May 27, 2012. France plays Iceland in its first Euro 2012 warmup match. Goal
Ribery: France want to avoid Portugal & Croatia in play-offs
The winger fears a tough draw, while Didier Deschamps and Karim Benzema focused on the positives of their victory on Tuesday Franck Ribery has expressed his fear that Fra... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus)
France   Photos   Portugal   Sports   Wikipedia: Franck Ribéry  
Is this the end for Britain as a centre for libel tourism? The Guardian
Is this the end for Britain as a centre for libel tourism?
A pair of high court rulings may sound the death knell for foreigners looking to make the most of the English legal system's tough libel laws | Boris Berezovsky sued US m... (photo: WN / Marzena J)
Britain   Photos   Tourism   Travel   Wikipedia: Tourism  
Vatican official blamed for spate of scandals leaves office Swissinfo
Vatican official blamed for spate of scandals leaves office
Catholic Church | Reuters | October 15, 2013 - 16:46 | By Philip Pullella | VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The cardinal widely blamed for failing to prevent a series of ethical... (photo: WN / Marzena J.)
Catholic   Church   Italy   Photos   Wikipedia: Italy  
In this Nov. 4, 2011 file photo former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko waves to supporters from a prison window in Kiev, Ukraine. Swissinfo
EU official expects Ukraine's Tymoshenko to go to Germany soon
  | Reuters | October 15, 2013 - 13:23 | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's enlargement chief said on Tuesday he expects Ukraine to allow jailed former prime ... (photo: AP / Ukrafoto)
Berlin   Brussels   Photos   Prison   Wikipedia: Yulia Tymoshenko  
Politics Business
- Snowden says he took no secret files to Russia - New York Ti
- U.S. nuclear arms modernization plan misguided - scientists&
- Ethiopian police torture political detainees - Human Rights
- Human trafficking gets life sentence in slavery crackdown
** FILE ** This undated file photo taken in 2004 shows employees of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Ltd. CNOOC Ltd. will press ahead with its takeover bid for Unocal Corp. despite a planned shareholder vote on a competing offer by Chevron Corp. and Unocal's recommendation that it should be accepted. (AP Photo/Xinhua)hg3
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Merkel to enter full coalition talks with centre-left SPD
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Education Technology
- French tennis players raped US player?
- Protests Follow France’s Expulsion of Two Minority Student
- Switzerland to share tax information with India, other natio
- Okla. shelter group challenges ballot title change
Malala Yousafzai, the young education rights campaigner from Pakistan, speaks at a special event entitled, Delivering on the Global Education Promise. The event marks the first anniversary of the Secretary-Generals Global Education First Initiative (GEFI). The event was co-organized by the Initiatives Secretariat and UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).
Malala among favourites for Nobel prize
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This image provided by the European Space Agency Monday July 14, 2008 shows an image taken by the High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESAs Mars Express of Echus Chasma, one of the largest water source regions on the Red Planet.
India putting final touches on Mars-bound spacecraft
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Trade Health
- Fitch Downgrades Italy's City of Rome to 'BBB';
- Off-exchange trading volumes hit record high in Europe
- Greek banks lure global investors back to Athens bourse
- Greek banks lure global investors back to Athens bourse
Crude oil traders work in the half empty pit on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange, in this Feb. 21, 2008 file photo. The parent company of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade on Monday, March 17, 2008 said that it would buy the owner of the New York Mercantile Exchange in a cash-and-stock deal valued at almost $9.5 billion.
Oil falls toward $101 as US debt deal awaited
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** FILE ** This undated file photo taken in 2004 shows employees of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Ltd. CNOOC Ltd. will press ahead with its takeover bid for Unocal Corp. despite a planned shareholder vote on a competing offer by Chevron Corp. and Unocal's recommendation that it should be accepted. (AP Photo/Xinhua)hg3
Chevron halts shale gas search after protests
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