Exclusive: EU calls emergency meeting as crisis stalks Italy

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy addresses the European Parliament, on the conclusions of last week's European Union leaders summit, in Brussels June 28, 2011.Credit: Reuters/Thierry RogeBy Luke BakerBRUSSELS | Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:45pm EDT(Reuters) - European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has called an emergency meeting of top officials dealing with the euro zone debt crisis for Monday morning, reflecting concern that the crisis could spread to Italy, the region's third largest econo...

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Murdoch under pressure to reconsider British bid

News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch leaves his flat with Rebekah Brooks, Chief Executive of News International, in central London July 10, 2011.Credit: Reuters/Olivia Harris By Kate Holton and Georgina ProdhanLONDON | Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:36am EDT(Reuters) - Britain was looking for a way out of approving media baron Rupert Murdoch's multi-billion dollar deal to buy broadcaster BSkyB amid a phone-hacking scandal that has damaged the prime minister and raised broader questions about politicians' relations with the med...

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L'Eurogroupe se réunit sur la Grèce, sur fond de contagion

img alt="Jean-Claude Juncker (à gauche) et Jean-Claude Trichet, les présidents de l'Eurogroupe et de la Banque centrale européenne, réunis à Bruxelles pour une réunion sur la mise sur pied d'un second plan d'aide à la Grèce et la défiance croissante des marchés à l'égard de l'ensemble de la zone euro. /Photo prise le 11 juillet 2011/REUTERS/Thierry Roge" border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_utZzeDC3Firsx9TZ1CWkAJZwYE8DY2aMKud2w6hzqaBVfwELJb_Z8YE7LHzpT4ZoBLkesPge65wZGG5HR-452mPMpcLJzM5MSMpirhda6w6GC-1xrxqjyNeNfSzsElonRCj7oZxgYTkJMxvBs8rfb0xNJecWZNf3J2Rez8_hEDZnYOacCgX3h5QLaLAVe-buQOIS9XGpMdoNWynHYHPdtlWS56p6kRGEe7YHfKo-kRxfEy1XMgKxaTX8itd2yS_9vTMRBtmk1PeR2_cw=s0-d"...

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Un soldat français tué par un tir fratricide en Afghanistan

PARIS (Reuters) - Un soldat français a été tué par un tir accidentel fratricide lundi en Afghanistan, ont annoncé les autorités français...

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La France combine pression militaire et contacts en Libye

par Emmanuel JarryPARIS (Reuters) - La France combine poursuite de la pression militaire sur Mouammar Kadhafi et contacts avec des représentants du régime libyen pour tenter d'accélérer l'issue d'un bras de fer coûteux, qui va entrer dans son cinquième mo...

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Les ambassades de France et des Etats-Unis attaquées à Damas

par Khaled Yacoub OweisAMMAN (Reuters) - Des partisans de Bachar al Assad ont attaqué lundi les ambassades de France et des Etats-Unis en Syrie, où la répression du mouvement de contestation du régime se poursuit malgré l'ouverture d'un "dialogue national" boycotté par les principaux opposan...

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Coupe du Monde: France-USA en demi-finale du Mondial féminin

img alt="Les joueuses américaines après leur victoire contre le Brésil. Les Etats-Unis seront l'adversaire de la France en demi-finale de la Coupe du monde féminine de football grâce à leur victoire par cinq tirs aux buts à trois. /Photo prise le 10 juillet 2011/REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch" border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vjdovlXr_JfMAHKIpqrUF_ObIRffuaPR2Rd_MyEuvYDJDU0hJd_VDnRKg0ZMRTGtrVSiAXM7jPsZgoNX3oEYxjqV4X-v2HkFgTnrSa-Qg3AZC2KgUrVsIhGG27C6jMN1M-c3_uYUiCEQ-mZtO_g6cOjw0iVqkqH2L_-lDtGOLTknP8MClk66-p9BKBVmDLpqX_15EyVt1WWCbN1XHpWajvUzZ8t4H9_Bj9uGZ4YIyUFR9633JPL86Jh8mxCo1TFMQ6v_NJvmEpltcH-tZCWE3x8sU=s0-d"...

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Tour de France: Team Sky n'exclut pas une action en justice

par Gilles Le Roc'h MURAT (Cantal) (Reuters) - Le manager de Team Sky, Dave Brailsford, a confirmé lundi qu'il n'excluait pas d'intenter une action en justice après l'accident survenu dimanche à son coureur Juan Antonio Flecha heurté par une voiture de France Télévisions sur la route du Tour de Franc...

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Football: Arsenal annonce l'arrivée de Gervinho

img alt="Arsenal a confirmé lundi le recrutement de l'attaquant international ivoirien de Lille Gervinho. Selon la presse britannique, le montant du transfert serait de 12 millions de livres (13,5 millions d'euros). /Photo prise le 18 mai 2011/REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol" border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vu8Uf3GmtXUQ5_BWCdOOs45mPSPLIGIOj8gwNJQ2a8YBXjfqqdvoBnMmNXDILUcx0USS5e8NuAmC_45__08Gi71hKQ2paPr4-eCE5TTbvMSHFDUdDPg3CWiaFaHaT2ZegQXHnMH0mQAzeySHr3fAP_GBlOtAzmLKf-zq9WglFm7YMYY8BhkEK8YVlmjH58tPuCHShPv2aj_24of4pV6WP0J_kgSHDB5-zuMBpH-l8jC_VG5ftdD6K8DR2WMFSmkELQ2cK_dphJdU8SrsxcRusIHMVYfxkHiBzdRkRlUjE=s0-d"...

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Yemenis pray for impasse end, explosion rocks Aden

Yemenis pray for impasse end, explosion rocks Aden By Mohamed Sudam and Mohammed MukhashafSANAA/ADEN | Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:26pm EDT (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Yemenis protested in Sanaa in a "Friday of the Revolutionary Will" to underline their drive to oust their wounded president. A car bomb blast killed five people in the southern port city of Aden, in the latest violence shaking Yemen, stuck in political limbo over President Ali Abdullah Saleh's refusal to quit, despite being hurt in an attack on his palace this month. Saleh, 69, recovering from his wounds in Saudi Arabia,...

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Ukraine's former PM Yulia Tymoshenko condemns trial 'farce'

Ukraine's former PM Yulia Tymoshenko condemns trial 'farce' Leader of 2004 orange revolution denies wrongdoing over charges of abuse of power – and chastises judge as 'puppet' Yulia Tymoshenko, seen here with her lawyer, vowed to fight to her last breath. ‘They want to put me in prison but that won’t help. My voice will be...

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Armenia, Azerbaijan Pressured to Agree on Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia, Azerbaijan Pressured to Agree on Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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Michelle Obama visits Africa

Michelle Obama visits AfricaFirst lady paints a mural at children's HIV/Aids clinic in Botswana as part of week-long visit to southern Africa US first lady Michelle Obama paints a mural with teenagers at a HIV/Aids clinic in Botswana. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AFP/Getty Images Michelle Obama has helped paint a mural at a children's HIV/Aids clinic in Gaborone during her week-long...

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Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei free, but silenced

Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei free, but silenced . Del.icio.us Facebook Stumbleupon Newsvine Yahoo bookmarks Mixx Digg Reddit Google Bookmarks Twitter LinkedIn Activist artist Ai Weiwei gestures while speaking to journalists gathered outside his home in Beijing, China, Thursday, June 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) (AP)  BEIJING - Outspoken artist and government critic Ai Weiwei talked about giving himself a haircut Thursday but said little else in his first day out of detention, living under a gag order that underscores concerns about China's growing use of extralegal methods to muzzle dissent. The Chinese Foreign...

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Ayalon to Turkey: I never intended to humiliate your ambassador Deputy FM Ayalon tells Turkish journalists it is time to restore ties with Israel, urges Turkey to 'get together and speak about everything we need to speak about.' By Barak Ravid Tags: Gaza flotilla Turkey Recap Tayyip Erdogan...

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EU leaders give conditional go-ahead to Croatia entry

EU leaders give conditional go-ahead to Croatia entry Related News Banks move closer to deal on Greek bailout12:24pm EDT HIGHLIGHTS-Comments from EU leaders' Friday talks12:19pm EDT Greece in deal with EU/IMF on austerity planThu, Jun 23 2011 HIGHLIGHTS-Comments ahead of EU leaders' summitThu, Jun 23 2011 EU leaders to renew battle over Greek crisis at summitWed, Jun 22 2011 Analysis & Opinion Greece’s messy muddle-through continues Units and unities: can currency change really resolve the Greek tragedy? Related Topics World » United...

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US, Philippine navies to train near disputed waters

US, Philippine navies to train near disputed waters (AFP) – 2 hours agoMANILA, Philippines — The United States and the Philippines said Friday they would hold joint naval exercises next week in waters close to disputed areas of the South China Sea. Eleven days of manoeuvres will start Tuesday, after a pledge by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday that Washington was ready to provide hardware to the Filipino military amid rising tension at sea with China. The guided missile destroyers USS Chung-Hoon and USS Howard and the diving and salvage ship USNS Safeguard will arrive Tuesday at the western Philippine island of Palawan, a joint statement said. "The US and Philippine navies have a long history of working together, and exercises like (these) provide a great venue...

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Senegal protesters vow to block third term for president

Senegal protesters vow to block third term for presidentPeople power forces Abdoulaye Wade to abandon constitutional changes smoothing his re-election path Protestors opposeed to President Abdoulaye Wade confront riot police outside the national assembly in Senegal's capital, Dakar. Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters Anti-government protesters in Senegal vowed to intensify...

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Nato lacks firepower to ensure collapse of Gaddafi regime, experts claim

Nato lacks firepower to ensure collapse of Gaddafi regime, experts claim Nato lacks the firepower to ensure the collapse of Col Muammar Gaddafi's regime, defence experts warned on Friday after the Libyan army inflicted a sustained rocket attacks on the western city of Misurata. Libyan rebels in Benghazi during Friday prayers Photo: AP By Ruth Sherlock, Misurata, and Damien McElroy4:33PM BST 24 Jun 2011 26 Comments The Western alliance marks 100 days of bombing Libya on Sunday with political leaders adamant that the regime, which...

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Japan's Crippled Power Plant Faces More Difficulties

Japan's Crippled Power Plant Faces More Difficulties ...

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