 Merkel humiliated by shock poll defeat
Ms Merkel's Christian Democrats were shell-shocked by the devastating result they returned in the poll in North Rhine Westphalia, which has a total population of 18... (photo: Creative Commons / Sebastian Zwez) The Independent
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 NATO a step closer to getting out of Afghanistan
NATO a step closer to getting out of Afghanistan Added At: 2012-05-13 11:58 PM... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) The Himalayan
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 Nice: Capital city of the French Riviera
A hundred years ago, bigwigs from London to Moscow began flocking south to the French Riviera and the sun-drenched city of Nice. They came to socialize, gamble, and... (photo: Creative Commons / Martinp1) The Wichita Eagle
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 Geneva: A city ahead of its time
TICK, tick, tick, tick, tick. If Geneva has an official sound, it's the whisper of the second hand sweeping around the face of a designer watch. Tick, tick, tick,... (photo: WN / akgunsemra) The Daily Telegraph Australia
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 Germany's Eurozone Plans Could Go Astray
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel is heavily involved in the euro crisis Tadhg Enright, business correspondent You would have been a fool if you did not see this... (photo: AP / Frank Augstein) Skynews
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 Gay Marriage – It May Destroy Western Civilization, But It Sure is a Wonderful Fundraiser
It started with lesbian couples in Vermont in the mid-90s, freaked out they’d lose their babies. Vermont Freedom to Marry was born, and is now the most powerful... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin) CounterPunch
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 TRAVEL: An oddity in Bangkok
WHAT does Bam know that I don’t? That’s the question I keep mulling over as my taxi crawls through the Bangkok rush hour. There are cars in front and many others behind,... (photo: WN / RTayco) Business Day
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 Voter apathy hits Algerian election
Algiers - As parliamentary elections unfolded across Algeria on Thursday, voting was light for much of day in the capital, despite these contests being billed as the most... (photo: AP / Paul Schemm) Independent online (SA)
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 Earliest Mayan calendar shows no hint of 'world end'
AFP - The earliest known Mayan calendar has been found in an ancient house in Guatemala and it offers no hint that the world's end is imminent, researchers said Thursday.... (photo: Creative Commons / Harenb01) France24
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 Gay marriage a distant dream around the world
BANGKOK (AP) — China's government considered homosexuality a mental disorder until 2001. Mobs in Senegal have disinterred bodies of men they believe were gays and dragged... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert) my SA
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 Syrian capital rocked by blasts, TV blames 'terrorists'
AFP - Two powerful blasts in quick succession rocked the Syrian capital at morning rush hour Thursday, killing and wounding dozens of people, state television said,... (photo: AP / SANA) France24
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 Ban speaks out on Palestinian hunger strikers
AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged Israel to try or release hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners after activists denounced his "silence" in a protest outside the UN's West... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) France24
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 Germany warns Greece it will halt aid unless it commits to bailout agreements
Germany has threatened to halt vital financial aid to Greece unless a new government commits to the terms of the country’s bail-out agreements. Germany's Angela... (photo: AP / Michel Euler) The Daily Telegraph
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 Nicolas Sarkozy faces questioning in raft of investigations as immunity ends
Nicolas Sarkozy could face questioning in a raft of party financing and corruption cases when he leaves the Elysée next week and loses his presidential immunity.... (photo: Creative Commons / Guillaume Paumier) The Daily Telegraph
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 It's scandalous! says top economist on Spanish bank bailout plan
Spain’s planned banking bailout is scarily reminiscent of the path Ireland chose on its way to collapse and has left top economist Andrew Lilico... (photo: EC / EC) Citywire
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 Discontent in Europe a pitfall for Obama?
Economic turmoil could flow to U.S., impede recovery The Daily Briefing... (photo: EC / European Commission) The Columbus Dispatch
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 Eurozone at risk from anti-austerity pact
European Union leaders are to hold an emergency summit as a popular anti-austerity backlash threatens to break the eurozone apart and cause a deep rift between France and... (photo: EC / EC) DNA India
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 Europe's bad mood: Does Obama need to worry?
JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — The elections that drove Nicholas Sarkozy out of power in France and left Greece scrambling to build a coalition... (photo: AP / J. . Scott Applewhite) The Guardian
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 Eurozone crisis: EU moves to loosen grip of austerity
European executive calls for shift towards growth as leftist leader Alexis Tsipras steps up Greece's eurozone rebellion Alexis Tsipras, the leader of a group of radical... (photo: EC / EC) The Guardian
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 Eurozone at risk from anti-austerity revolt
European Union leaders are to hold an emergency summit as a popular anti-austerity backlash threatens to break the eurozone apart and cause a deep rift between France and... (photo: EC / EC) The Daily Telegraph
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