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EU Parliament in push to limit U.S. data access
Reuters* Leading lawmakers want judge to oversee data transfers * A national supervisor should also have a say * Majority of Yahoo! and Google users based outside U.S. By Claire Davenport BRUSSELS, June 19 (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers want to...Tags: Human Rights, Parliament, Judges, Lawyers, Treaties
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UK top court ruling threatens Western sanctions against Iran
Reuters* Echoes EU General Court's ruling in 2010 * Fifty similar court cases pending at EU court * Washington fears for key EU support in isolating Iran * Iran hard hit by sanctions but finds way to elude them * Sanctions impact helped moderate win Iran...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Elections, Finance, Central Intelligence Agency, United Kingdom
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European parliament committee backs ban on planet-warming F-gases
Reuters* F-gases up to 23,000 times more damaging than CO2 * Emissions of F-gases have risen 60 percent since 1990 * Lawmakers voted to phase out F-gases by 2020 in several sectors * F-gases will be banned in new equipment by 2020 By Barbara Lewis and...Tags: Parliament, Honeywell International Incorporated, Politics, European Parliament, Energy Saving
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Reuters World News Highlights 1805 GMT June 19
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday his government would not join U.S. peace talks with the Taliban until they were led by Afghans and would suspend negotiations with the United States on a troop pact. - -...Tags: Pakistan, Brazil, Vladimir Putin, Turkey, United Nations
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Czech ruling party backs speaker to be first woman PM
ReutersPRAGUE (Reuters) - The ruling Czech Civic Democrats have proposed lower house speaker Miroslava Nemcova as the next prime minister following the resignation of Petr Necas in a corruption scandal, the party said on Wednesday. The popular Nemcova, 60,...Tags: Elections, Parliament, Political Corruption, Lower House, Lawyers
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Kosovo's first envoy to Serbia quits after two days
Reuters* Serbia and independent Kosovo have exchanged first envoys * Kosovo government says new envoy overstepped his powers * Quick action signals Kosovo's desire to maintain rapprochement By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA, June 19 (Reuters) - Independent Kosovo's...Tags: Belgrade (Serbia), Balkan Peninsula, Hashim Thaci, Serbia
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Britain fails to get EU backing for Hezbollah blacklisting
Reuters* Britain may escalate issue to ministers -EU diplomats * Hezbollah role in Syrian war makes move urgent -Britain By Justyna Pawlak BRUSSELS, June 19 (Reuters) - A British drive to put Hezbollah's armed wing on the EU's terror list again ran into...Tags: Turkey, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Government, Hamas
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Rajoy says to trim Spain's bureaucracy, but coy on jobs, savings
ReutersMADRID (Reuters) - Spain will cut red tape and shut down redundant institutions in an overhaul of state bureaucracy, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Wednesday, putting no figure on potential savings or job losses. Rajoy said the central state should...Tags: International Monetary Fund, Layoffs and Downsizing, Government, Spain, Employment
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German bank association backs European deposit scheme
ReutersFRANKFURT (Reuters) - German banking association BDB signaled it may drop its opposition to a pan-European deposit guarantee scheme, a radical step under which German lenders would help absorb the losses of failed banks in other European states. The BDB,...Tags: Deutsche Bank AG, European Central Bank, Germany, Banking
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Europe faces uphill battle over youth unemployment
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will hold a summit later this month to tackle the growing scourge of youth unemployment. But there's a problem: the 6 billion euros they want to use to get to grips with the issue aren't yet available....Tags: Parliament, Money and Monetary Policy, United Kingdom, International Organizations, Spain
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Time to stop arguing about climate change, World Bank says
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - The world should stop arguing about whether humans are causing climate change and start taking action to stop dangerous temperature rises, the president of the World Bank said on Wednesday. Jim Yong Kim said there was 97 to 98...Tags: Weather, World Bank Group, Pakistan, China, Ecosystems
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American Airlines, US Airways seek EU approval for merger
ReutersBRUSSELS, June 19 (Reuters) - US Airways Group and American Airlines are seeking EU antitrust approval for their planned $11 billion merger, which would create the world's largest carrier. The proposed tie-up, the fourth in the U.S. airline industry...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, U.S. Airways, Politics, Restructuring and Recapitalization, American Airlines, Inc.
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