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More than 1,200 migrants reach Italy by boat, drownings reported
ReutersROME (Reuters) - More than 1,200 migrants reached Italy over the weekend after attempting the perilous sea passage from Africa in flimsy vessels, the Italian coast guard said on Monday. The coast guard said it had rescued most of the migrants at sea...Tags: Italy, Immigration
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Analysis: European cloud computing firms see silver lining in PRISM scandal
ReutersPARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - France has its "Sovereign Cloud" project while across the Rhine data firms have created the label "Cloud Services: Made in Germany", all trying to reassure big companies that their information is stored away from the prying eyes...Tags: Politics, Marketing, Startups, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Government
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EU tax chief urges Swiss to end bank secrecy
Reuters* Fighting tax evasion on agenda of G8 summit * Swiss only likely to seal negotiating mandate in autumn * Semeta rejects Swiss demand to link talks to market access BERNE, June 17 (Reuters) - The European Union official in charge of tax policy tried to...Tags: International Organizations, Politics, G8, National Government, Global Expansion
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Bidding for EU talks, Serbia swaps envoys with Kosovo
Reuters* Exchange of first envoys since 1998-99 war * Serbia insists they are not ambassadors * EU near decision on accession talks with Serbia By Valerie Hopkins and Fatos Bytyci BELGRADE/PRISTINA, June 17 (Reuters) - Serbia and its former province of...Tags: International Organizations, Politics, Slobodan Milosevic, National Government, Serbia
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EXCLUSIVE-EU to approve ICE's $8.2 bln NYSE buy without conditions -sources
ReutersBRUSSELS, June 17 (Reuters) - European Union antitrust regulators will give unconditional approval to IntercontinentalExchange's (ICE) $8.2 billion offer for NYSE Euronext, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday. "The deal is expected to be...Tags: IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., Stock Market, NYSE Euronext, Inc.
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EU, U.S. leaders launch free-trade talks
ReutersENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union launched negotiations for the world's most ambitious free-trade deal on Monday, promising thousands of new jobs and accelerated growth on both sides of the Atlantic. "This...Tags: David Cameron, Barack Obama
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Bulgarian PM vows transparency on security chief issue
ReutersSOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's prime minister pledged on Monday to seek wide public support in picking a new head of state security after street protests forced the two-week old Socialist-led government to ditch its original candidate. Thousands of...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Politics, Organized Crime, Political Corruption, Bulgaria
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Orphan drugmaker ViroPharma attracts takeover interest -sources
ReutersBy Jessica Toonkel NEW YORK, June 17 (Reuters) - ViroPharma Inc is attracting preliminary interest from several pharmaceutical companies about buying the orphan drugmaker, according to three people familiar with the matter. While ViroPharma is not...Tags: Genzyme General, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology, Viral Diseases and Infections, ViroPharma Incorporated
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Iran's Rohani hopes all will seize chance of friendly ties
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - President-elect Hassan Rohani held out the prospect on Monday of better relations between Iran and the world, including the United States, and progress on resolving the nuclear dispute. But the moderate cleric who scored a surprise...Tags: Politics, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Petroleum Industry, White House, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Probe indicates biotech wheat was "isolated incident" -USDA
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The unapproved genetically modified wheat that was discovered sprouting in Oregon appears to have been "a single isolated incident," U.S. agricultural officials said on Friday in their most detailed description yet of their...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Arable Farming, Genetic Engineering
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Czechs begin horse-trading over choice for new PM
ReutersPRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas formally handed in his resignation on Monday after a bribery and spying scandal that centred on an aide, but it will take at least a week of horse-trading before a replacement is put forward. President...Tags: Politics, Petr Necas, Russia, National Government, Prosecution
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Britain's scrutiny of tax havens involves looking in the mirror
LONDON — For hundreds of years, the island of Jersey has been famous for its cows, which have been bred, raised and exported worldwide. But these days, the mother's milk of its economy is something else entirely: the billions upon billions of...
Tags: Politics, Summits, Economy, Business and Finance, Financial Markets, United Kingdom
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