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Gas should start flowing again through the Ukraine from Russia immediately after a deal was reached for EU monitors to supervise the system, the EU says. The standoff has affected millions of people across Europe, who have been forced to cut down on gas heating or live without it amid freezing temperatures. |
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A suspected Colombian drug boss was shot dead Thursday in a hospital in Madrid, CNN sister station CNN+ reported, citing police sources. |
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Britain's accident prone "Octopus UFO" is just one of hundreds of unexplained sightings in the same area where a wind turbine was wrecked over the weekend, according to the latest reports. |
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A principal and teacher were killed Wednesday when a masked gunman opened fire in a private elementary school in Budapest, Hungary's capital city, police said. |
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Two days after the suicide of one of Germany's richest men -- who was apparently despondent over financial troubles -- banks agreed to rescue his business holdings, the companies said in a statement. |
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The Bank of England has cut UK interest rates to their lowest-ever level, the bank announced Thursday, trimming them to 1.5 percent. |
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The global economic crisis could lead to a growth in terrorism, the head of Britain's internal security service says. |
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Manchester United midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo escaped injury after wrecking his Ferrari on the way to training on Thursday, the Premier League and European champions have confirmed. |
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New captain Andrew Strauss is hoping to unite the England squad once again following the public fall from grace of Kevin Pietersen. |
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The European Union, Russia and Ukraine have agreed on allowing a team of independent investigators to monitor inflowing gas pipelines from Russia into Ukrainian territory to help end a dispute that has left millions short of gas supplies. |
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A heavy snowstorm caused chaos in Madrid on Friday and authorities suspended flights at Barajas airport, the fourth busiest in Europe, shortly after noon local time. |
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The European Union president holds meetings in the Russian capital to try to resolve a natural gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) tells his Czech counterpart -- who currently holds the EU presidency -- that he is still seeking to settle the situation. |
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British bank Lloyds TSB has agreed to pay a $350 million penalty to the U.S. authorities for illegal financial transfers that violated sanctions, British media reports have said. |
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Thousands of demonstrators marched through London, England Saturday calling for an immediate end to the violence in Gaza. |
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Russia and the European Union have agreed on how to control the transit of natural gas through Ukraine to Europe, the Russian news agency Interfax reported Saturday. |
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Videos purportedly shot by Britain's Prince Harry and including offensive language prompted an official apology Saturday from the prince and the royal family. |
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Videos purportedly shot by Britain's Prince Harry and including offensive language prompted an official apology Saturday from the prince and the royal family. |
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Rob Gauntlett, the youngest Briton to summit Mt. Everest, died in a climbing accident along with another mountaineer in the French Alps, the British Foreign Office confirmed Sunday. Both were 21. |
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A Nigerian militant group released pictures Sunday of two Britons identified as captive oil workers, saying the men were "alive and well" and that more such Western workers would be taken hostage if the country does not stop exporting its oil wealth. |
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Serbian authorities have put up wanted posters for war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic at police stations across the country in their search for the highest-ranking figure from the Bosnia-Herzegovina conflict to remain at large, according to Serbian media reports. |
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Thousands of demonstrators in Madrid Sunday called for a halt to Israel's attacks on Gaza, in a protest whose sponsors included Spain's ruling Socialist Party. |
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Hope were rising Monday that Europe's natural gas supplies could return to normal after Russia's Gazprom said Ukraine had re-signed a deal on monitoring deliveries through its territories. |
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Manchester United scored a potentially decisive victory in the Premier League title race as goals from Nemanja Vidic, Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov gave the reigning champions a 3-0 win over Chelsea. |
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David Beckham made a surprise start for AC Milan as they were held 2-2 by AS Roma in the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday night. |
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From today, travelers visiting the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) risk being detained at airports and sent home if they don't comply with new U.S. immigration rules. |
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UK prime minister Gordon Brown said Monday that that Britain's Prince Harry made "a mistake" when he used offensive language to describe people in his military unit, according to UK media -- but that the public would give him "the benefit of the doubt." |
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A football match in Spain's top division had to be halted by officials for a minute Sunday after fans laid siege to the visitor's goal with a barrage of snowballs. |
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Three gunmen have kidnapped a leading Greek shipping magnate, police said Monday. |
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling CDU party has proposed a $67 billion (€50 billion) fiscal stimulus package of investment and tax cuts aimed at helping the German economy through the recession. |
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Oscar-winning director Claude Berri died Monday in a Paris hospital, according to a statement from French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office. |
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Cristiano Ronaldo was crowned FIFA's world player of the year in Zurich on Monday as Manchester United's star winger completed a stunning trophy collection. |
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The board of ailing Alitalia airline has accepted an offer from Air France-KLM to buy 25 percent of the company and become its international partner, Alitalia announced Monday evening. |
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Russia has started pumping natural gas to Europe again through Ukrainian pipelines, a week after the gas flow was interrupted. Gazprom's chief dispatcher said the gas will be pumped to consumers in the Balkans, Turkey, and Moldova. |
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Environmental campaigners say they have dealt a blow to the proposed expansion of London's Heathrow Airport by buying up land earmarked for the construction of a controversial third runway. |
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Russia has started pumping natural gas to Europe again through Ukrainian pipelines, a week after the gas flow was interrupted. Gazprom's chief dispatcher said the gas will be pumped to consumers in the Balkans, Turkey, and Moldova. |
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Environmental campaigners say they have dealt a blow to the proposed expansion of London's Heathrow Airport by buying up land earmarked for the construction of a controversial third runway. |
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The board of ailing Alitalia airline has accepted an offer from Air France-KLM to buy 25 percent of the company and become its international partner, Alitalia announced Monday evening. |
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Three gunmen have kidnapped a leading Greek shipping magnate, police said Monday. |
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Oscar-winning director Claude Berri died Monday in a Paris hospital, according to a statement from French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office. |
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling CDU party has proposed a $67 billion (€50 billion) fiscal stimulus package of investment and tax cuts aimed at helping the German economy through the recession. |
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From today, travelers visiting the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) risk being detained at airports and sent home if they don't comply with new U.S. immigration rules. |
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Cristiano Ronaldo was crowned FIFA's world player of the year in Zurich on Monday as Manchester United's star winger completed a stunning trophy collection. |
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UK prime minister Gordon Brown said Monday that that Britain's Prince Harry made "a mistake" when he used offensive language to describe people in his military unit, according to UK media -- but that the public would give him "the benefit of the doubt." |
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Thousands of demonstrators in Madrid Sunday called for a halt to Israel's attacks on Gaza, in a protest whose sponsors included Spain's ruling Socialist Party. |
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Tokyo's Nikkei tumbled nearly 5 percent Tuesday after new government figures showed a dramatic decline in Japan's international trade amid a global financial slowdown and slow demand for Japanese goods. |
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The board of ailing Italian airline Alitalia has accepted an offer from Air France-KLM to buy 25 percent of the company and become its international partner, Alitalia announced Monday evening. |
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Rob Gauntlett's life was cut short at the age of 21 during a mountain expedition in France last weekend, but the young Briton is being remembered as a legend by his colleagues and friends. |
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The suspected head of an Italian mafia murder squad eluded police for a third time, and may have escaped through the sewer pipes, according to Italian media reports. |
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Prince Harry, the son of Britain's Prince Charles and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, is back in the headlines after a British tabloid posted a home video of him using an offensive term to describe an Army colleague. |
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The suspected head of an Italian mafia murder squad eluded police for a third time, and may have escaped through the sewer pipes, according to Italian media reports. |
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Prince Harry, the son of Britain's Prince Charles and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, is back in the headlines after a British tabloid posted a home video of him using an offensive term to describe an Army colleague. |
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The board of ailing Italian airline Alitalia has accepted an offer from Air France-KLM to buy 25 percent of the company and become its international partner, Alitalia announced Monday evening. |
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Rob Gauntlett's life was cut short at the age of 21 during a mountain expedition in France last weekend, but the young Briton is being remembered as a legend by his colleagues and friends. |
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Spain's National Court opened an official investigation into 14 former military officers in El Salvador accused of killing six priests, their housekeeper and her daughter in November 1989. |
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Three former wartime allies were reunited at the White House for one last time when President George W. Bush awarded America's top civilian honor to the former prime ministers of Britain and Australia. |
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Barclays is believed to be cutting about 2,100 jobs worldwide in investment banking and money management as it slashes costs to cope with the fall-out from the credit crisis. |
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Frustrated European Union leaders lashed out Wednesday at the Russian and Ukrainian energy companies whose dispute over natural gas has stopped supplies to Europe for the past week. |
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German banking giant Deutsche Bank Wednesday announced it expected to suffer a fourth quarter loss of nearly €5 billion as the financial crisis hit its operations. |
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An artist has apologized after an art installation commissioned by the Czech government to mark its presidency of the EU triggered widespread outrage and diplomatic protests. The piece, which was due to be unveiled in Brussels Thursday, featured unflattering stereotypes of member states. |
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Farmers have warned that the cost of food could rise after the European Parliament voted to restrict the use of many pesticides on crops. |
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Police Wednesday arrested the suspected head of an Italian mafia murder squad following a two-day manhunt after he eluded police by crawling through sewer pipes, according to Italian media reports. |
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A Russian naval ship rescued a Dutch container vessel under attack by suspected Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the head of the International Maritime Bureau said Wednesday. |
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Emmy-winning Patrick McGoohan, the actor who created one of British television's most surreal thrillers, has died aged 80, according to British media reports. |
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An artist has apologized after an art installation commissioned by the Czech government to mark its presidency of the EU triggered widespread outrage and diplomatic protests. The piece, which was due to be unveiled in Brussels Thursday, featured unflattering stereotypes of member states. |
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A Russian naval ship rescued a Dutch container vessel under attack by suspected Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the head of the International Maritime Bureau said Wednesday. |
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Frustrated European Union leaders lashed out Wednesday at the Russian and Ukrainian energy companies whose dispute over natural gas has stopped supplies to Europe for the past week. |
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Police Wednesday arrested the suspected head of an Italian mafia murder squad following a two-day manhunt after he eluded police by crawling through sewer pipes, according to Italian media reports. |
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Farmers have warned that the cost of food could rise after the European Parliament voted to restrict the use of many pesticides on crops. |
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Barclays is believed to be cutting about 2,100 jobs worldwide in investment banking and money management as it slashes costs to cope with the fall-out from the credit crisis. |
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Emmy-winning Patrick McGoohan, the actor who created one of British television's most surreal thrillers, has died aged 80, according to British media reports. |
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German banking giant Deutsche Bank Wednesday announced it expected to suffer a fourth quarter loss of nearly €5 billion as the financial crisis hit its operations. |
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Spain's National Court opened an official investigation into 14 former military officers in El Salvador accused of killing six priests, their housekeeper and her daughter in November 1989. |
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Three former wartime allies were reunited at the White House for one last time when President George W. Bush awarded America's top civilian honor to the former prime ministers of Britain and Australia. |
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Europeans are confronting freezing temperatures with an added challenge: the seemingly endless dispute between Russia and Ukraine that has cut off supplies of natural gas to Europe. |
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Brazilian football superstar Kaka turns down a world record transfer move to big-spending Premier League side Manchester City and opts to stay with Italian giants AC Milan. |
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Kidnappers released an ailing Greek shipping magnate Tuesday, eight days after abducting him at gunpoint near his home, police said. |
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Two Mirage F-1 fighter jets have crashed during a training mission, killing the three crew members on board, CNN sister network CNN+ reported Tuesday, citing the Spanish Defense Ministry. |
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Russian energy giant Gazprom resumes pumping natural gas to Europe via Ukraine, a Gazprom spokesman tells CNN. The long dispute over gas payments was resolved after meetings between Russia and Ukraine, negotiations Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (pictured) described as "difficult." |
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British soldiers have been "seriously stretched" by six years of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, the head of the British Army has warned. |
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Spanish Civil Guards arrested six Pakistani nationals Tuesday, accused of sales tax fraud, a Civil Guard spokesman in Madrid told CNN. |
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Italian car giant Fiat's shares have been suspended amid reports that it is in talks with Chrysler. |
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A masked man Monday shot and killed a Russian human rights lawyer known for his work on abuses by the Russian military in the breakaway region of Chechnya, Russian media reported. |
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The British government Monday announced new plans to help British banks affected by the global financial crisis, only months after a previous multi-billion-dollar bank bailout. |
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More than 1,000 people rallied Sunday in support of Israel in front of the Israeli Embassy in the Spanish capital. |
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Brazilian football superstar Kaka turns down a world record transfer move to big-spending Premier League side Manchester City and opts to stay with Italian giants AC Milan. |
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Kidnappers released an ailing Greek shipping magnate Tuesday, eight days after abducting him at gunpoint near his home, police said. |
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Two Mirage F-1 fighter jets have crashed during a training mission, killing the three crew members on board, CNN sister network CNN+ reported Tuesday, citing the Spanish Defense Ministry. |
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Russian energy giant Gazprom resumes pumping natural gas to Europe via Ukraine, a Gazprom spokesman tells CNN. The long dispute over gas payments was resolved after meetings between Russia and Ukraine, negotiations Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (pictured) described as "difficult." |
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British soldiers have been "seriously stretched" by six years of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, the head of the British Army has warned. |
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Spanish Civil Guards arrested six Pakistani nationals Tuesday, accused of sales tax fraud, a Civil Guard spokesman in Madrid told CNN. |
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Italian car giant Fiat's shares have been suspended amid reports that it is in talks with Chrysler. |
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A masked man Monday shot and killed a Russian human rights lawyer known for his work on abuses by the Russian military in the breakaway region of Chechnya, Russian media reported. |
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The British government Monday announced new plans to help British banks affected by the global financial crisis, only months after a previous multi-billion-dollar bank bailout. |
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More than 1,000 people rallied Sunday in support of Israel in front of the Israeli Embassy in the Spanish capital. |
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Brazilian football superstar Kaka turns down a world record transfer move to big-spending Premier League side Manchester City and opts to stay with Italian giants AC Milan. |
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Kidnappers released an ailing Greek shipping magnate Tuesday, eight days after abducting him at gunpoint near his home, police said. |
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Two Mirage F-1 fighter jets have crashed during a training mission, killing the three crew members on board, CNN sister network CNN+ reported Tuesday, citing the Spanish Defense Ministry. |
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Russian energy giant Gazprom resumes pumping natural gas to Europe via Ukraine, a Gazprom spokesman tells CNN. The long dispute over gas payments was resolved after meetings between Russia and Ukraine, negotiations Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (pictured) described as "difficult." |
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British soldiers have been "seriously stretched" by six years of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, the head of the British Army has warned. |
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Spanish Civil Guards arrested six Pakistani nationals Tuesday, accused of sales tax fraud, a Civil Guard spokesman in Madrid told CNN. |
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Italian car giant Fiat's shares have been suspended amid reports that it is in talks with Chrysler. |
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A masked man Monday shot and killed a Russian human rights lawyer known for his work on abuses by the Russian military in the breakaway region of Chechnya, Russian media reported. |
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The British government Monday announced new plans to help British banks affected by the global financial crisis, only months after a previous multi-billion-dollar bank bailout. |
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More than 1,000 people rallied Sunday in support of Israel in front of the Israeli Embassy in the Spanish capital. |
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Brazilian football superstar Kaka turns down a world record transfer move to big-spending Premier League side Manchester City and opts to stay with Italian giants AC Milan. |
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Kidnappers released an ailing Greek shipping magnate Tuesday, eight days after abducting him at gunpoint near his home, police said. |
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Two Mirage F-1 fighter jets have crashed during a training mission, killing the three crew members on board, CNN sister network CNN+ reported Tuesday, citing the Spanish Defense Ministry. |
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Russian energy giant Gazprom resumes pumping natural gas to Europe via Ukraine, a Gazprom spokesman tells CNN. The long dispute over gas payments was resolved after meetings between Russia and Ukraine, negotiations Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (pictured) described as "difficult." |
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British soldiers have been "seriously stretched" by six years of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, the head of the British Army has warned. |
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Spanish Civil Guards arrested six Pakistani nationals Tuesday, accused of sales tax fraud, a Civil Guard spokesman in Madrid told CNN. |
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Italian car giant Fiat's shares have been suspended amid reports that it is in talks with Chrysler. |
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A masked man Monday shot and killed a Russian human rights lawyer known for his work on abuses by the Russian military in the breakaway region of Chechnya, Russian media reported. |
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The British government Monday announced new plans to help British banks affected by the global financial crisis, only months after a previous multi-billion-dollar bank bailout. |
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More than 1,000 people rallied Sunday in support of Israel in front of the Israeli Embassy in the Spanish capital. |
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Brazilian football superstar Kaka turns down a world record transfer move to big-spending Premier League side Manchester City and opts to stay with Italian giants AC Milan. |
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Kidnappers released an ailing Greek shipping magnate Tuesday, eight days after abducting him at gunpoint near his home, police said. |
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Two Mirage F-1 fighter jets have crashed during a training mission, killing the three crew members on board, CNN sister network CNN+ reported Tuesday, citing the Spanish Defense Ministry. |
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Russian energy giant Gazprom resumes pumping natural gas to Europe via Ukraine, a Gazprom spokesman tells CNN. The long dispute over gas payments was resolved after meetings between Russia and Ukraine, negotiations Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (pictured) described as "difficult." |
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British soldiers have been "seriously stretched" by six years of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, the head of the British Army has warned. |
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Spanish Civil Guards arrested six Pakistani nationals Tuesday, accused of sales tax fraud, a Civil Guard spokesman in Madrid told CNN. |
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Italian car giant Fiat's shares have been suspended amid reports that it is in talks with Chrysler. |
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A masked man Monday shot and killed a Russian human rights lawyer known for his work on abuses by the Russian military in the breakaway region of Chechnya, Russian media reported. |
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The British government Monday announced new plans to help British banks affected by the global financial crisis, only months after a previous multi-billion-dollar bank bailout. |
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More than 1,000 people rallied Sunday in support of Israel in front of the Israeli Embassy in the Spanish capital. |
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Brazilian football superstar Kaka turns down a world record transfer move to big-spending Premier League side Manchester City and opts to stay with Italian giants AC Milan. |
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Kidnappers released an ailing Greek shipping magnate Tuesday, eight days after abducting him at gunpoint near his home, police said. |
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Two Mirage F-1 fighter jets have crashed during a training mission, killing the three crew members on board, CNN sister network CNN+ reported Tuesday, citing the Spanish Defense Ministry. |
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Russian energy giant Gazprom resumes pumping natural gas to Europe via Ukraine, a Gazprom spokesman tells CNN. The long dispute over gas payments was resolved after meetings between Russia and Ukraine, negotiations Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (pictured) described as "difficult." |
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British soldiers have been "seriously stretched" by six years of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, the head of the British Army has warned. |
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Spanish Civil Guards arrested six Pakistani nationals Tuesday, accused of sales tax fraud, a Civil Guard spokesman in Madrid told CNN. |
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Italian car giant Fiat's shares have been suspended amid reports that it is in talks with Chrysler. |
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A masked man Monday shot and killed a Russian human rights lawyer known for his work on abuses by the Russian military in the breakaway region of Chechnya, Russian media reported. |
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The British government Monday announced new plans to help British banks affected by the global financial crisis, only months after a previous multi-billion-dollar bank bailout. |
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More than 1,000 people rallied Sunday in support of Israel in front of the Israeli Embassy in the Spanish capital. |
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Brazilian football superstar Kaka turns down a world record transfer move to big-spending Premier League side Manchester City and opts to stay with Italian giants AC Milan. |
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Kidnappers released an ailing Greek shipping magnate Tuesday, eight days after abducting him at gunpoint near his home, police said. |
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Two Mirage F-1 fighter jets have crashed during a training mission, killing the three crew members on board, CNN sister network CNN+ reported Tuesday, citing the Spanish Defense Ministry. |
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Russian energy giant Gazprom resumes pumping natural gas to Europe via Ukraine, a Gazprom spokesman tells CNN. The long dispute over gas payments was resolved after meetings between Russia and Ukraine, negotiations Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (pictured) described as "difficult." |
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British soldiers have been "seriously stretched" by six years of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, the head of the British Army has warned. |
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Spanish Civil Guards arrested six Pakistani nationals Tuesday, accused of sales tax fraud, a Civil Guard spokesman in Madrid told CNN. |
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Italian car giant Fiat's shares have been suspended amid reports that it is in talks with Chrysler. |
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A masked man Monday shot and killed a Russian human rights lawyer known for his work on abuses by the Russian military in the breakaway region of Chechnya, Russian media reported. |
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The British government Monday announced new plans to help British banks affected by the global financial crisis, only months after a previous multi-billion-dollar bank bailout. |
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More than 1,000 people rallied Sunday in support of Israel in front of the Israeli Embassy in the Spanish capital. |
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Brazilian football superstar Kaka turns down a world record transfer move to big-spending Premier League side Manchester City and opts to stay with Italian giants AC Milan. |
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Swedish-based telecommunications company Ericsson announced Wednesday it is cutting 5,000 jobs as part of cost-reducing measures. |
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Kidnappers released an ailing Greek shipping magnate Tuesday, eight days after abducting him at gunpoint near his home, police said. |
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Two Mirage F-1 fighter jets have crashed during a training mission, killing the three crew members on board, CNN sister network CNN+ reported Tuesday, citing the Spanish Defense Ministry. |
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Russian energy giant Gazprom resumes pumping natural gas to Europe via Ukraine, a Gazprom spokesman tells CNN. The long dispute over gas payments was resolved after meetings between Russia and Ukraine, negotiations Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (pictured) described as "difficult." |
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British soldiers have been "seriously stretched" by six years of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, the head of the British Army has warned. |
