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March 8, 2011
3/08/11 Guardian, A gap in perception on migrant workers in Spain
November 10, 2010
11/10/10 BBC, Bank of England says inflation will be above 2% in 2011
August 24, 2010
8/24/10 Hallinan, FPIF, Europe's Favorite Scapegoat: the Roma
August 17, 2010
8/17/10 Marquand, CSM, France dismisses petition for it to pay $17 billion in Haiti reparations
July 26, 2010
7/26/10 Geoghegan, ITT, What We Can Learn
7/26/10 BBC, Fog from peat fires blankets Moscow amid heat wave
July 25, 2010
7/25/10 BBC, UK interest rates to stay at record low 'until 2014'
July 23, 2010
7/23/10 BBC, How Britain said farewell to its Empire
July 16, 2010
7/16/10 Cobain, Guardian, British army's alleged torture of Iraqis goes to judicial review
7/16/10 Guardian, Department of Energy and Climate Change reveals 34m cuts to low-carbon tech programme
7/16/10 Weir, CSM, In ruling on artistic expression, some Russians see signs of broader crackdown
7/16/10 BBC, Honey bee larva disease found in West Lothian
July 15, 2010
7/15/10 CNN, Rash of drownings as Russians attempt to escape heat
July 14, 2010
7/14/10 Bello, FPIF, Greece: Same Tragedy, Different Scripts
7/14/10 BBC, Credit Suisse offices raided by tax officials
July 10, 2010
7/10/10 Batty, Guardian, UK heatwave may have caused hundreds of deaths
July 9, 2010
7/09/10 BBC, Italian journalists strike over Berlusconi wiretap bill
July 8, 2010
7/08/10 ANsel, PSL, Thousands of Greek workers strike against ruling-class cutbacks
July 6, 2010
7/06/20 Vasagar, Guardian, Graduates warned of record 70 applicants for every job
July 4, 2010
7/04/10 Charlton, AP, France trims budget piecemeal to ward off protest
July 2, 2010
7/02/10 Guardian, Families of dead soldiers hit out at pay freeze
7/02/10 Robins, Guardian, False economies in Ken Clarke's proposal to cut number of courts
7/02/10 Wearden, Guardian, Hungary to ask for 'precautionary' 10bn-20bn bailout from EU and IMF
7/02/10 BBC, Life expectancy gap 'is widening'
June 29, 2010
6/29/10 Al Jazeera, EU states 'use outsourced torture'
June 28, 2010
6/28/10 Travis, Guardian, Immigration cap exclusions turn policy into gesture, say critics
June 26, 2010
6/26/10 BBC, Romania plans big VAT rise to secure bail-out funds
6/26/10 Thorpe, BBC, EU's biggest crackdown on Vietnamese illegal migrants
June 25, 2010
6/25/10 Siddique, Guardian, Up to 75% of government websites face closure
6/25/10 BBC, Italians stage general strike against austerity
6/25/10 Marquand, CSM, At G-20 summit, an economic clash of civilizations
6/25/10 Bull & Heller, Reuters, Leaders play down austerity split on eve of G20
June 24, 2010
6/24/10 Al Jazeera, French strike over austerity plans
6/24/10 Black, BBC, Russia's oil exploration threatens gray whales
6/24/10 BBC, In graphics: Eurozone in crisis
6/24/10 Bank of England warns of eurozone risk to UK banks
6/24/10 BBC, Welfare cuts put added health strain on population
June 22, 2010
6/22/10 BBC, Europeans on the age of austerity
6/22/10 Lantier, WSWS, Kyrgyz ethnic pogroms leave 2,000 dead, 400,000 homeless
6/22/10 Taylor & Heller, Reuters, Europeans act alone on bank tax before G20
6/22/10 CNN, Britain unveils 'unavoidable' austerity budget
June 21, 2010
6/21/10 Walker, BBC, How and when to cut deficits?
6/21/10 BBC, Russia cuts Belarus gas supplies over debt
June 16, 2010
6/16/10 BBC, Deadly flash floods hit southern France
June 15, 2010
6/15/10 Chu, LAT, Report calls 1972 Bloody Sunday killings by British troops unjustified
June 14, 2010
6/14/10 Barkin et al, Reuters, Special Report: After euro zone crisis, what next?
June 13, 2010
6/13/10 Ewing, NYT, Debt Burden Falls Heavily on Germany and France
June 10, 2010
6/10/10 Ghosh, FPIF, Racism and Recession in Europe
6/10/10 BBC, AIG bail-out 'poisonous', says US congressional panel
6/10/10 Kinver, BBC, EU biofuels 'need to be certified for sustainability'
6/10/10 BBC, Thousands of anti-terror searches were illegal
June 9, 2010
6/09/10 Al Jazeera, Finland falls back into recession
6/09/10 WSWS, Public sector strike against austerity in Romania
6/09/10 AP, France selling 1,700 buildings to help cut debt
6/09/10 BBC, Finland in double-dip recession
June 8, 2010
6/08/10 Reuters, Hungary government likely ditches pension fund move: report
6/08/10 BBC, EU 'to respect national sovereignty on bail-outs'
June 7, 2010
6/07/10 BBC, German cabinet backs Merkel fiscal austerity plan
6/07/10 BBC, The IMF has urged tough action on Europe's debt crisis
6/07/10 BBC, Hungary government clarifies Greek crisis comments
6/07/10 BBC, Banned GM maize sown in Germany
6/07/10 BBC, Marines use new Sharpshooter rifle in Afghanistan
June 6, 2010
6/06/10 Doward, Observer, GM Lobby Helped Draw Up Crucial Report on Britain's Food Supplies
6/06/10 BBC, 'More pain' and job cuts for Scottish economy
June 4, 2010
6/04/10 Boone & Johnson, Baseline Scenario, French Connection: The Eurozone Crisis Worsens Sharply
June 2, 2010
6/02/10 Galpin, BBC, Struggle for Central Asian energy riches
6/022/10 Ghista, IntelDaily, Crushing Exploitation of the European People - But For How Long?
June 1, 2010
6/01/10 WSWS, Public meetings in Australia discuss new stage of global crisis
May 26, 2010
5/26/10 Kirka & Lederer, AP, UK gov't discloses size of its nuclear stockpile
5/26/10 Walsh, CSM, Ireland: the hard path to austerity
May 20, 2010
5/20/10 AP, Stocks Extend a Steep Slide on Concern Over Europe
5/20/10 BBC, Bank reforms outlined by government
May 19, 2010
5/19/10 BBC, Thousands protest over Romania austerity measures
May 18, 2010
5/18/10 Tudora, WSWS, IMF dictates shock program to Romania
5/18/10 BBC, Australia's Macarthur Coal snubs Peabody takeover bid
May 17, 2010
5/17/10 Evans, CSM, White South Africans use Facebook in campaign to return to Holland
5/17/10 Bryant, BBC, Residents' fears over Australian mines
May 15, 2010
5/15/10 Schneider, WP, European countries feel the pain as cuts keep coming
May 14, 2010
5/14/10 Tremlett et al, Guardian, Fears over Greek bailout send shares and euro tumbling
5/12/10 BBC Ukraine president resists Russian gas takeover
May 13, 2010
5/13/10 Goncalves, Reuters, Portugal agrees on new austerity measures
5/13/10 Minder, NYT, Portugal Follows Spain on Austerity Cuts
May 12, 2010
5/12/10 Peterson, CSM, Russia deal puts Turkey on path to become nuclear energy nation
May 10, 2010
5/10/10 Al Jazeera, Stocks rally on EU rescue package
May 7, 2010
5/07/10 BBC, Leaders eyeing reform in eurozone
May 6, 2010
5/06/10 BBC, Greece crisis: 'Contagion risk' for UK & Europe banks
May 5, 2010
5/05/10 Al Jazeera, Greek demonstrations turn deadly
5/05/10 AP, French Court Refuses Extradition of Iranian to U.S.
May 4, 2010
5/04/10 Hausner, NYT, Shares Slide and Euro Hits Low Over Debt Crisis
5/04/10 Davies, Guardian, Study suggests decline in UK fish stocks more severe than thought
5/04/10 Gergely, Reuters, Ash closes Irish, UK airports; summer chaos feared
5/04/10 Guardian, Government cannot use secret evidence in Guantanamo torture case, court rules
May 2, 2010
5/02/10 BBC, Greece must make 'great sacrifices' for bail-out deal
5/02/10 Carrell & Edwards, Guardian, Nuclear submarines went to sea with potentially disastrous defect
5/02/10 Traynor, Guardian, EU debt crisis: Greece granted €110bn aid to avert meltdown
April 30, 2010
4/30/10 CNN, Spain unemployment tops 20 percent
4/30/10 BBC, Greeks warned of austerity measures ahead
April 29, 2010
4/29/10 Goldman, NPR, Three Reasons The Euro Crisis Matters For The U.S.
4/29/10 Lee, LAT, Greece's fiscal woes threaten the U.S.
4/29/10 Blank, AsiaTimes, Russia-Ukraine pact leaves EU all at sea
April 28, 2010
4/28/10 Pal, Progressive, Greece Shows Us the Ugly Face of Globalization
4/28/10 Thomas, NYT, As Debt Fears Grow, Finance Ministers to Meet in Europe
April 27, 2010
4/27/10 Graham, Reuters, S&P cuts Greek debt to junk, downgrades Portugal
4/27/10 BBC, Spending cuts to be deepest since 1970s, IFS says
April 25, 2010
4/25/10 Guardian, (UK) Rich list reveals record rise in wealth
April 15, 2010
4/15/10 Harrison, BBC, 'More state school pupils' at Oxbridge
April 12, 2010
4/12/10 Godoy, IPS, ENVIRONMENT-NIGER: French State-Owned Company "Poisoning" Poor
April 11, 2010
4/11/10 BBC, Nato forces gather for Exercise Joint Warrior
4/11/10 Guardian, MoD rejecting Gulf war syndrome pension claims, say veterans
April 10, 2010
4/10/10 Harding, Guardian, Polish president among 96 killed in plane crash
April 4, 2010
4/04/10 Asthana eta al, Guardian, Black pupils 'are routinely marked down by teachers
March 30, 2010
3/30/10 BBC, White Zimbabwe farmers in South Africa compensation bid
3/30/10 BBC, Wylfa in Anglesey could house next UK nuclear plant
March 22, 2010
3/22/10 EDIE, 'Shameful' UK air quality kills 50,000 a year
March 21, 2010
3/21/10 Thompson, Guardian, Political activists call for inquiry after revelations about undercover police
March 19, 2010
3/19/10 Amos, BBC, Esa's Cryosat ice mission given launch date
March 18, 2010
3/18/10 Cronin, IPS, EU Selling Torture Equipment
March 16, 2010
3/16/10 Chu, LAT, In debt-plagued Greece, immigrants feel the heat
3/16/10 BBC, Petrol prices set for record high, says AA
3/16/10 BBC, European Court says Croatia violated Roma rights
March 15, 2010
3/15/10 Macalister, Guardian, Money Spent on Tar Sands Projects Could Decarbonise Western Economies
3/15/10 Garanich, Reuters, Ukrainian vs. Russian language: two tongues divide former Soviet republic
March 11, 2010
3/11/10 BBC, Cyprus conflict closes leaders' eyes to water shortage
March 7, 2010
3/07/10 Macalister, Guardian, Government must take back control of North Sea oil and gas production
3/07/10 BBC, Azerbaijan's long lifers 'a dying breed'
3/07/10 Foulkes, BBC, Switzerland referendum on providing lawyers for animals
3/07/10 Richardson, BBC, Head teachers warn on Tory 'corner shop' schools plan
March 6, 2010
3/06/10 CNN, Official: Armenian genocide resolution unlikely to get full House vote
March 5, 2010
3/05/10 AP, France's crumbling sea walls no match for ocean
March 4, 2010
3/04/10 Schleifer, CSM, Turkey recalls ambassador after US resolution on 'Armenian genocide'
March 2, 2010
3/02/10 Siddique, Guardian, Child cocaine treatment rises by more than 65%
3/02/10 Tran, Guardian, Radovan Karadzic claims Bosnian Muslims 'killed own people' in Sarajevo
3/02/10 Tanner, Guardian, Karadzic's 'holy war'
3/02/10 BBC, GM potato cleared for EU farming
March 1, 2010
3/01/10 Wendlandt, Reuters, Storms rip through Europe, kill up to 50 in France
3/01/10 Marquand, CSM, Greek debt crisis: High stakes game of financial chicken
3/01/10 EDIE, European laws could cause deforestation
3/01/10 BBC, UK banks see surge in bad debts
February 28, 2010
2/28/10 Wainwright, Guardian, Opposition mounts to 'factory farm' plans that will house 8,100 cows
February 26, 2010
2/26/10 Booth & Hirsch, Guardian, Torture Ruling Passages Critical of MI5 are Restored
February 25, 2010
2/25/10 Lauer, Asia Times, 'Sledgehammer' blow for Turkey
February 24, 2010
2/24/10 BBC, Oil spill reaches Italy's River Po after 'sabotage'
2/24/10 BBC, Google bosses convicted in Italy
2/24/10 BBC, French rail SNCF sorry for 'racist' alert on Romanians
February 22, 2010
2/22/10 Bowers, Guardian, Falkland Islands oil drilling begins
February 20, 2010
2/20/10 Batty, Guardian, Dutch government collapses after Labour withdrawal from coalition
February 19, 2010
2/19/10 Doyle, McClatchy, Once again, quest for Armenian genocide resolution begins
February 13, 2010
2/13/10 Story et al, NYT, Wall St. Helped Greece to Mask Debt Fueling Europe's Crisis
February 12, 2010
2/12/10 Weir, CSM, 20 insurgents killed as Jihadist attacks rise in Russia's Caucasus
February 11, 2010
2/11/10 Socor, Asia TImes, Shtokman gas project postponed
February 10, 2010
2/10/10 Vistesen, Guardian, Keeping the eurozone afloat
2/10/10 CNN, Greek workers strike as government tightens belt
February 7, 2010
2/07/10 Bowcott, Guardian, Thousands to lose jobs as universities prepare to cope with cuts
2/07/10 Johnson, Baseline Scenario, Europe Risks Another Global Depression
2/07/10 BBC, UK economy 'faces crisis' warns former IMF economist
2/07/10 Evans & Norton-Taylor, Guardian, RAF 'relying' on drones in Afghanistan
February 6, 2010
2/06/10 Faiola, NYT, Debt crisis unsettles European economy
February 5, 2010
2/05/10 Chick, CSM, Romania agrees to host US missile interceptors
January 26, 2010
1/26/10 Salzman, WSWS, How big business financed a radical right-wing party in Austria
January 24, 2010
1/24/10 BBC, New records of UK convicts sent to Australia go online
January 23, 2010
1/23/10 Al Jazeera, UK halts 'bomb detector' exports
January 17, 2010
1/17/10 Doward, Guardian, Eastern European immigration 'has hit low-paid Britons'
January 16, 2010
1/16/10 Virgo, IPS, RIGHTS: Italy Shows its Ugly Side
January 13, 2010
1/13/10 BBC, Ford leads in MOT failures as figures are revealed
January 11, 2010
1/11/10 Roberts, Guardian, Russian energy group with the power to plunge Europe into darkness
1/11/10 Webb, Guardian, UK gas reserves down to six hours as imports fail to arrive
1/11/10 BBC, Gurkha veterans lose pensions test case battle with MoD
January 10, 2010
1/10/10 Jordans, AP, Switzerland, other European nations are slapping rich drivers with massive traffic fines
1/10/10 Connolly, Guardian, Anarchists in Berlin turn anger on new 'bourgeoisie'
January 9, 2010
1/09/10 BBC, Migrants evacuated from southern Italian town
1/09/10 Hooper. Guardian, Racial violence continues in Italy as four migrant workers wounded in shootings
January 8, 2010
1/08/10 Bhadrakumar, Asia Times, Russia, China, Iran redraw energy map
January 7, 2010
1/07/10 Macalister, Guardian, 1970s-style rationing as National Grid cuts off gas to factories
January 6, 2010
1/06/10 WorldFocus, Ethnicity still divides Bosnia, threatening its fragile peace
1/06/10 Boseley, Guardian, Care homes forcing elderly to have feeding tubes fitted
December 31, 2009
12/31/09 BBC, Iceland approves new Icesave deal
December 29, 2009
12/29/09 Al Jazeera, Putin warns US over missile defence
12/29/09 Carver, FT, Russia to curb speculative capital inflows
12/29/09 BBC, British anger at China execution
December 28, 2009
12/28/09 Al Jazeera, Russia opens far east oil terminal
December 27, 2009
12/27/09 Townsend, Guardian, 1,500 injured soldiers could face discharge
12/27/09 Preston, Guardian, Still a special relationship
December 24, 2009
12/24/09 WorldFocus, Reflections on Yegor Gaidar: Russia's 'shock therapist'
12/24/09 Al Jazeera, Russia to modernise nuclear arsenal
December 23, 2009
12/23/09 Guardian, Who killed cock robin? The hungry Cypriots did in annual slaughter
12/23/09 BBC, Flood waters drench city of Venice
12/23/09 Weir, CSM, Why nearly 60 percent of Russians 'deeply regret' the USSR's demise
December 21, 2009
12/21/09 Ley, BBC, Greek finances face 'credibility gap'
December 16, 2009
12/16/09 Ostalski, BBC, Yegor Gaidar: The price to pay
December 15, 2009
12/15/09 Sparrow, Guardian, Sir Jeremy Greenstock at the Iraq war inquiry - live
12/15/09 BBC, EU cuts import tariffs in a bid to end 'banana wars'
December 14, 2009
12/14/09 Meikle, Guardian, Metal thieves suspected in rail delays
December 13, 2009
12/13/09 Lazareva, BBC, Russia-France arms deal raises concerns for neighbours
12/23/09 BBC, Blair's Iraq war comments 'surprised' defence secretary
December 11, 2009
12/11/09 BBC. Greek government bonds have biggest drop in 11 years
December 10, 2009
12/10/09 Norton-Taylor, Guardian, US did not involve Britain in crucial Iraq decisions, Chilcot inquiry told
December 5, 2009
12/05/09 BBC, Racist abuse against Balotelli feared at Inter-Juve tie
December 4, 2009
12/04/09 BBC, UFO investigations unit closed by Ministry of Defence
November 29, 2009
11/29/09 Pommereau, CSM, Swiss vote to ban minarets showcases new populism
November 28, 2009
11/28/09 BBC, Energy price rules 'not being imposed'
11/28/09 Harding, Guardian, Russia says terror attack most likely cause of train crash
November 27, 2009
11/27/09 Stacansky, IPS, BALKANS: Apologising to Sterilised Roma Women - Slovakia's Turn
November 22, 2009
11/22/09 Lewis, Guardian, Secret files show UK courts were misled over 9/11 suspect Lotfi Raissi
November 19, 2009
11/19/09 BBC, Russia enshrines ban on death penalty
November 18, 2009
11/18/09 BBC, EU seeks Russian energy boost
November 17, 2009
11/17/09 Feffer, FPIF, Europe's Wild East
November 14, 2009
11/14/09 BBC, Private 'police' provoke concern
November 13, 2009
11/13/09 Butt, Guardian, Migration is spreading creationism across Europe, claims academic
11/13/09 BBC, UK climate targets 'unachievable' "
November 10, 2009
11/10/09 Edwards, Telegrap[h, State to 'spy' on every phone call, email and web search
11/10/09 BBC, 'Banks on steroids' worry France
November 6, 2009
11/06/09 Shepherd, Guardian, Institutional racism keeps black teachers out of top posts - report finds
11/06/09 Moya, Guardian, Mandelson: EU must not stifle investment
November 1, 2009
11/01/09 Webb, Guardian, Winter crisis could see UK 'run out of gas in hours'
October 30, 2009
10/30/09 Ciobanu, IPS, EASTERN EUROPE: Loans Make the Middle Class Poor
10/30/09 Williams, Guardian, Gender pay gap still as high as 50%, UK survey says
October 29, 2009
10/29/09 Kirby, BBC, France migrant policy criticised
October 28, 2009
10/28/09 Lobe, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Scandinavia Leads World in Pro-Poor Policies
10/28/09 Suny, Nation, Empire Falls: The Revolutions of 1989
October 25, 2009
10/25/09 FT, Vanguard speeds up DC launch plans
October 24, 2009
10/24/09 Lyall, NYT, Ever-Present Surveillance Rankles the British Public
October 23, 2009
10/23/09 BBC, Rich Germans demand higher taxes
October 20, 2009
10/20/09 BBC, 'Extremists hijack' military name
10/20/09 Suri, IPS, HEALTH: EU Blocking Medicines for the Poor
10/20/09 Rodgers, BBC, At the centre of time
October 16, 2009
10/16/09 Bowcott & Owen, Guardian, Iraqi army confronted UK deportation officials on Baghdad plane
October 15, 2009
10/15/09 Ahmed, CNN, Fast Internet access becomes a legal right in Finland
October 11, 2009
10/11/09 Templeton, Times Online, Doctors say EU working week is killing patients
10/11/09 McKie, Guardian, Shark fin ban ends cruel slaughter
10/11/09 BBC, Russia economy 'to shrink 7.5%'
October 9, 2009
10/09/09 Ansel, PSL, U.N. reports massive population drop in Russia
October 7, 2009
10/07/09 BBC, MI5's would-be spies
October 6, 2009
10/06/09 Kennedy, BBC, Citizen patrols hit Italy streets
September 29, 2009
9/29/09 Aloisi, Reuters, 'Modern Slave' Migrants Toil in Italy's Tomato Fields
9/29/09 Barnes, Guardian, Draconian drug tests
September 24, 2009
9/24/09 Topping, Guardian, Calais immigrants move out of the 'jungle' into the wasteland
September 22, 2009
9/22/09 BBC, Calais migrants set to lose camp
September 20, 2009
9/20/09 Ganley, AP, Countdown to destruction at French migrant camp
9/20/09 Chassay, Guardian, Russian killings and kidnaps extend dirty war in Ingushetia
September 19, 2009
9/19/09 BBC, UK 'should help' Calais migrants
9/19/09 BBC, Serbian gay parade is called off
September 17, 2009
9/17/09 Norton-Taylor, Guardian, Army chief General Sir David Richards says ships and jets no longer the answer
September 16, 2009
9/16/09 Page, The Register, US Spec Ops operates psywar websites targeted at UK
September 14, 2009
9/14/09 Harding, Guardian, Stalin grandson in court fight to clear dictator's name
9/14/09 BBC, Migrants risk lives for Europe
September 13, 2009
9/13/09 Mathiason, Guardian, Britain 'may be forced to bail out tax havens'
September 12, 2009
9/11/09 BBC, Thatcher's fight against German unity
September 11, 2009
9/11/09 Hardiang, guardian, Russia has huge political and economic problems, says Dmitry Medvedev
September 6, 2009
9/06/09 BBC, Economy 'to bounce back by 2010'
September 5, 2009
9/05/09 BBC, Straw admits Lockerbie trade link
September 1, 2009
9/01/09 BBC, EU bans old-fashioned light bulbs
9/01/09 Chomsky, FPIF, Chomsky - Response to Williams re: Serbian
August 31, 2009
8/31/09 BBC, Africans 'under siege' in Moscow
August 30, 2009
8/30/09 Jagger & Baldwin, Times Online, Downing Street approved Lockerbie bomber deal
August 29, 2009
8/29/09 Barry, NYT, Chechnya and Its Neighbors Suffer a Relapse
8/29/09 BBC, Growing marginalisation of Hungary's Roma
August 25, 2009
8/25/09 Cross, Guardian, CCTV: the worst of all possible worlds
8/25/09 Roberts, BBC, The lost children of Franco-era Spain
August 22, 2009
8/22/09 BBC, Chemist warning on drug shortages
August 19, 2009
8/19/09 Travis, Guardian, Government to stem flow of migrant workers to protect British jobs
August 14, 2009
8/14/09 Reid, BBC, Italian bloggers' silent protest
August 12, 2009
8/12/09 Al Jazeera, Russian economy in record decline
August 11, 2009
8/11/09 Elliott, Guardian, If we're back to business as usual it's curtains for Labour
8/11/09 BBC, UK denies Iran revolution plans
August 10, 2009
8/10/09 Slack, Uk Mail, March of the state spies: One in 78 adults came under state-sanctioned surveillance last year
August 6, 2009
8/06/09 BBC, Putin seeks new Turkey gas deal
July 29, 2009
7/29/09 BBC, Russia to drill for oil off Cuba
July 28, 2009
7/28/09 Reuters, Migrants to Italy Face 'A Kind of Slavery': OIM
July 27, 2009
7/27/09 Soros, CNN, Soros: In revolutionary times the impossible becomes possible
7/27/09 Dujisin, IPS, CZECH REPUBLIC: Roma Exodus Provokes Diplomatic Conflict
July 26, 2009
7/26/09 Furbury & Robrequain, Les Echos, Cohn-Bendit: "Sarkozy Must Stand Fast on the Carbon Tax, a Revolutionary Measure"
7/26/09 Syal & Townsend, Guardian, Police expose flaws in army's torture inquiry
July 23, 2009
7/23/09 Guardian, National swine flu help service to be launched
July 22, 2009
7/22/09 Charlton, AP, Workers lock up execs in new French 'bossnappings'
7/22/09 Elliott, Guardian, British industry faces a long slog out of the recession, CBI says
July 21, 2009
7/21/09 BBC, 'Glass ceiling' blocking top jobs
July 20, 2009
7/20/09 BBC, Medieval battle records go online
July 19, 2009
7/19/09 Hinsliff, Guardian, Revealed: the hidden benefits of a private-school education
July 17, 2009
7/17/09 Cobban, IPS, MIDEAST: Turkey Gets Boost from Pipeline Politics
July 15, 2009
7/15/09 Bhadrakumar, Asia Times, Pipeline deal is sweet music for Iran
July 13, 2009
7/13/09 Marquand, CSM, Will Nabucco pipeline deal free Europe from Russian gas?
July 12, 2009
7/12/09 Starcansky, IPS, EUROPE: Bringing Up a 'Lost Generation'
July 9, 2009
7/09/09 Cobain, Guardian, Further evidence that Pakistan tortured suspects for Britain
July 8, 2009
7/08/09 BBC, Sink immigrants' boats - Griffin
7/08/09 Jucca, Reuters, Swiss to Stop UBS Handing over Data in US Tax Row
July 6, 2009
7/06/09 Quinn CSM, One president for 27 nations: Can Tony Blair lead Europe?
July 2, 2009
7/02/09 BBC, Nigaz name sparks racism debate
July 1, 2009
7/01/09 Quinn, CSM, Brave new world of British workers: floating 'labor hostels'
7/01/09 Stracansky, IPS, AUSTRIA: Racism on a Sharp Rise
June 30, 2009
6/30/09 Seager, Guardian, UK economy shrinking at fastest rate in more than 50 years
June 23, 2009
6/23/09 Katwala, Guardian, When is inequality unfair?
6/23/09 Drago, IPS, RIGHTS-SPAIN: 'Universal Justice' Threatened
June 22, 2009
6/22/09 Parfitt, Guardian, Trouble in the north Caucasus
6/22/09 Goldstein, CSM, Banking, the Swedish model
June 21, 2009
6/21/09 BBC, Europe bank chief warns on debt
June 18, 2009
6/18/09 Morrison, AP, Attacks continue on Romanians in Northern Ireland
June 17, 2009
6/17/09 Momigliano, BBC, Why Italy is taking Gitmo prisoners
6/17/09 Times Online, Racist attacks force over 100 Romanians to take shelter in church
June 16, 2009
6/16/09 BBC, Anger over 'secret Iraq inquiry'
6/16/09 BBC, BA asks staff to work for nothing
June 15, 2009
6/15/09 Criscione, CSM, The next 'moon landing?' Norway plans deep-sea CO2 storage.
6/15/09 BBC, Human rights laws 'being abused'
June 13, 2009
6/12/09 BBC, US 'kept Guantanamo deal from UK'
June 9, 2009
6/09/09 Moss & Crace, Guardian, Is fascism on the march again?
6/09/09 Guardian, Nick Griffin abandons BNP press conference under hail of eggs
June 8, 2009
6/08/09 Campbell, Guardian, Andrew Brons: the genteel face of neo-fascism
6/08/09 Guardian, Icelandic banks complete takeover of West Ham
June 5, 2009
6/05/09 Traynor, Guardian, Anti-immigrant right win 15% of Dutch vote in European elections
May 31, 2009
5/31/09 Soal & Cobain, Guardian, British agents would have had ministers' OK for collusion in torture - ex-MI6 chief
May 29, 2009
5/29/09 de Pommereau, CSM, Why Germans are starting to strike - like the French
5/29/09 Dodd, Guardian, Foreign Office abandoned me to Iraqi jail torture, Briton says
May 23, 2009
5/23/09 Dougherty, NYT, Latvia Races to Cut Deficit to Keep to Its Bailout Deal
May 22, 2009
5/22/09 Stracansky, IPS, EUROPE: Trafficking Rises as Incomes Fall
5/22/09 Stracansky, IPS, EUROPE: Trafficking Rises as Incomes Fall
May 21, 2009
5/21/09 Gillian, Guardian, Gurkhas granted right to settle in the UK
5/21/09 Desai & Weir, Reuters, UK risks losing AAA rating
5/21/09 BBC, In search of Europe: Latvia
May 20, 2009
5/20/09 Lyall, NYT, Report Details Abuses in Irish Reformatories
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 Marson, CSM, Ukraine's economic straits raise worries about radicalism
5/15/09 BBC, Russia to sign gas pipeline deal
May 14, 2009
5/14/09 Puzanghera, LAT, Intel fined $1.45 billion by European antitrust regulators
May 13, 2009
5/13/09 Fresco, TimesOnline, Crime lords 'running empires from jail using PlayStations'
May 10, 2009
5/10/09 BBC, Immigrants hurt in Greek violence
5/10/09 Squires, CSM, Italy to stem a human tide of immigrants
May 9, 2009
5/09/09 Ley, BBC, Malta struggles with desperate refugees
May 8, 2009
5/08/09 Fisher, PSL, Thousands of Roma protest racist attacks and discrimination
5/08/09 Seager, Guardian, Bank of England braced for third wave of financial crisis
May 7, 2009
5/07/09 Hagengruber, CSM, A victory for cheese eaters? US-EU trade spat defused.
May 5, 2009
5/05/09 Brand, AP, EU takes aim at Canada, bans seal products
5/05/09 Mulholland, Guardian, Home Office 'names and shames' 16 people banned from UK
5/05/09 Marson, CSM, Ukraine: opening of secret archives shines light on famine, repression
5/05/09 Yusuf, CSM, Georgia accuses Russia of backing attempted coup
May 4, 2009
5/04/09 BBC, European economy 'will shrink 4%'
May 3, 2009
5/03/09 Vidal, Guardian, Russia to build floating Arctic nuclear stations
5/03/09 Beaumont, Guardian, Bosnia lurches into a new crisis
5/03/09 Doward, Guardian, Fears of rat plague in UK grow
May 1, 2009
5/01/09 Hickman, Independent, How Britons Fuel Destruction of the Rainforest
5/01/09 Taylor, Guardian, Campaigners monitored by civil servants
5/01/09 BBC, Bankers made 'astonishing mess'
5/01/09 BBC, First female Poet Laureate named
April 30, 2009
4/30/09 Travis, Guardian, Black and Asian people targeted in stop and search surge
4/30/09 BBC, Murder raises ethnic tension higher
April 26, 2009
4/26/09 Hutton, Guardian, Britain's no longer a world power, so let's be a better, fairer nation
April 22, 2009
4/22/09 BBC, Darling unveils 50% top tax rate
April 15, 2009
4/15/09 BBC, Blockades halt channel crossings
April 14, 2009
4/14/09 BBC, Germany Bans Monsanto's GM Maize
4/14/09 Yates, CNN, Glass beads found off Georgia shed light on Spanish empire
4/14/09 BBC, Poland to seek $20bn IMF credit
April 13, 2009
4/13/09 McKenzie, IPS, FRANCE: Under the Eiffel Tower, a Desperate Game Plays Out
April 10, 2009
4/10/09 BBC, Georgians plan mass disobedience
April 7, 2009
4/07/09 Buchanan, BBC, Irish downturn hits man and beast
4/07/09 BBC, Eurozone's GDP revised downwards
April 6, 2009
4/06/09 Herman, FPIF, Serb Demonization as Propaganda Coup
April 4, 2009
4/04/09 BBC, Roman police find sewer children
April 3, 2009
4/03/09 EDIE, Climate change action plan created
4/03/09 BBC, Australia backs indigenous rights
April 2, 2009
4/02/09 BBC, Sweden allows same-sex marriage
April 1, 2009
4/01/09 Loven & Hurst, AP, US, Russia call for nuke cuts in sweeping agenda
March 31, 2009
3/31/09 Wyatt, BBC, UK in Iraq, the beginning of the end
3/31/09 Desai & Wroughton, Reuters, France threatens G20 walkout
3/31/09 Marquand, CSM, Germany's hard line on the stimulus: Why Merkel says 'Nein'
3/31/09 Kollewe, Guardian, UK has run out of money to pump into economy, OECD warns
March 30, 2009
3/30/09 BBC, Mapping the fall of communism
March 29, 2009
3/29/09 Kole, AP, Bosnia's jobless rate at 43 percent and rising
3/29/09 Borger & Fuchs, Guardian, Spanish judge to hear torture case against six Bush officials
March 28, 2009
3/28/09 Hyde, Guardian, No more excuses. It's time for another Iraq whitewash
5/28/09 BBC, Russia to build 6 nuclear subs with cruise missiles
3/28/09 BBC, 'Nothing to discuss' on Falklands
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 Norton-Taylor & Cobain, Guardian, Torture victim Binyam Mohamed: don't scapegoat MI5 officer
3/27/09 BBC, Russian 'Arctic military' plan
3/27/09 Seager, Guardian, UK recession: 'It's even worse than we thought,' says ONS
March 26, 2009
3/26/09 NPR, U.K. Can't Sell Its Debt
3/26/09 BBC, EU warns Spain over development
3/26/09 Escobar, Asia Times, Liquid war: Welcome to Pipelineistan
3/26/09 Mock & McLaughlin, Independent, Fears of unrest in eastern Europe grow as Czech government collapses
March 25, 2009
3/25/09 EDIE, Europe running out of water
3/25/09 BBC, Romania gets IMF emergency loan
March 23, 2009
3/23/09 Baltic Times, Human trafficking from Lithuania increases
3/23/09 BBC, Call to scrap 'illegal databases'
March 21, 2009
3/21/09 Murray & Jan, AP, Romania weighs decriminalizing consensual incest
March 20, 2009
3/20/09 White, CSM, Latvia uses police to quash talk of economic collapse
3/20/09 BBC, Nazi trial letters open to public
3/20/09 BBC, Port awaits liquid gas delivery
March 19, 2009
3/19/09 Saltmarsh & Jolly, NYT, Workers Protest Across France
3/19/09 McKenzie, FRANCE: Young Face a Jobless Future
March 18, 2009
3/18/09 Wearden, Guardian, UK faces worse recession than US and Europe, IMF warns
3/18/09 BBC, (UK) Unemployment passes two million
3/18/09 BBC, UK to set out anti-torture rules
3/18/09 BBC, Czechs halt US missile treaties
March 17, 2009
3/17/09 BBC, Failing hospital 'caused deaths'
3/17/09 BBC, Russia announces rearmament plan
March 14, 2009
3/15/09 Hutton, Guardian, Look no further than inequality for the source of all our ills
March 11, 2009
3/11/09 Wintour et al, Guardian,G20 deal at risk as US-Europe rift grows
March 10, 2009
3/10/09 BBC, Russia now 'top heroin consumer'
March 9, 2009
3/09/09 Evans & Sharrock, Times Online, Security guards stood by as gunmen killed Northern Ireland soldiers
March 7, 2009
3/07/08 Kramer, NYT, The Last Days of the Oligarchs?
3/07/09 BBC, Treasury takes 65% Lloyds stake
March 5, 2009
3/05/09 Osborne, Guardian, UK employees can still be forced to retire at 65, EU court rules
March 4, 2009
3/04/09 Walberg, IntelDaily, Europe: Prison of nations
March 3, 2009
3/03/09 BBC, Spanish jobless total rises again
March 2, 2009
3/02/09 Charter, Times Online, New 'Iron Curtain' will split EU's rich and poor
3/02/09 Lopatka & Dokoupil, Reuters, EU says crisis worst in memory, helping new EU states
March 1, 2009
3/01/09 Brand, AP, Merkel rejects bailout plan for eastern EU nations
February 28, 2009
2/28/09 Fisher, PSL, Irish workers take to the streets to protect jobs and wages
February 27, 2009
2/27/09 Dymond, BBC, Hungarians feel force of economic storm
February 26, 2009
2/26/09 Al Jazeera, UK admits to Iraq rendition case
February 25, 2009
2/25/09 Cutter, PSL, European toxic waste dumped in Africa
February 24, 2009
2/24/09 BBC, Latvian debt is given junk status
2/24/09 BBC, Straw vetoes Iraq minutes release
February 23, 2009
2/23/09 Lamb, Guardian, Fairtrade Week: smallholders farm a route out of poverty
February 22, 2009
2/22/09 Falloon, Reuters, Europe says all markets must be regulated
2/22/09 Travis, Guardian, Foreign workers could be barred from entering UK
2/22/09 Reuters, EU leaders back oversight, tax haven sanctions
2/22/09 Townsend, BBC, UK agents 'colluded with torture in Pakistan'
February 21, 2009
2/21/09 BBC, Huge protest over Irish economy
February 20, 2009
2/20/09 Cronin, IPS, MIDEAST: 'EU Paying for Gaza Blockade'
2/20/09 Kindall, BBC, Iran in 'backroom offers' to West
2/20/09 BBC, Latvian PM quits as crisis bites
February 18, 2009
2/18/09 Milmo, Independent, Dumped in Africa: Britain's Toxic Waste
February 17, 2009
2/17/09 Al Jazeera, Jobless Chinese stranded in Romania
February 16, 2009
2/16/09 BBC, Rome to dismantle illegal camps
February 14, 2009
2/14/09 Bilefsky, NYT, In Romania, Children Left Behind Suffer the Strains of Migration
2/14/09 Linklater & Rosie, TimesOnline, Secret plan to deprive independent Scotland of North Sea oil fields
February 12, 2009
2/12/09 WorldFocus, Gypsies are at home in Hungary, but still don't fit in
2/12/09 Jha, Guardian, UK government announces green makeover for every home by 2030
2/12/09 Macalister, Guardian, Britain should prepare for massive loss of landmass, warn engineers
February 11, 2009
2/11/09 Lasseter, McClatchy, A Ukraine mystery: Who benefited from Russian gas sales?
February 9, 2009
2/09/09 BBC, Storm fear to shut Paris airports
2/09/09 BBC, Countries face new UK visa rules
2/09/09 BBC, Latvia's economy shrinks rapidly
February 8, 2009
2/08/09 USA TOday, New anticapitalist party born in France
2/08/09 BBC, Swiss to extend EU worker access
February 7, 2009
2/07/09 Cronin, IPS, TRADE: South Africa in Growing Conflict With EU
2/07/09 Eckel, AP, Russia allows transit of US military supplies
February 6, 2009
2/06/09 Weir, CSM, Global downturn hammers Ukraine's economy
February 4, 2009
2/04/09 BBC, Deal hope in foreign workers row
2/04/09 Norton-Taylor, Guardian, US threats mean evidence of British resident's Guantanamo torture must stay secret, judges rule
2/04/09 BBC, Italy torn by racial strains
2/04/09 CNN, Post-Soviet nations to form military force
February 3, 2009
2/03/09 Sturcke, Guardian, Anti-foreign labour strikes bed in as talks continue
February 2, 2009
2/02/09 BBC, France unveils stimulus package
February 1, 2009
2/01/09 Doward et al, Guardian, Unions: Labour was warned about jobs for foreigners
2/01/09 Henley, BBC, French government fears rise of left
2/01/09 Fisher, PSL, More than two million protest anti-worker policies in France
2/01/09 BBC, EU rules 'not protecting workers'
January 31, 2009
1/31/09 BBC, Crisis may 'spark social unrest'
1/31/09 BBC, Thousands protest in Russian east
January 29, 2009
1/29/09 Seward, AP, Nationwide French strike shuts trains, subways
January 28, 2009
1/28/09 Booth, Times Online, UK economy will shrink faster than rest of the developed world, IMF predicts
January 27, 2009
1/27/09 Blomfield, Telegraph, Russian stability threatened by anger over economy
1/27/09 Schliefer, CSM, Gas dispute with Russia boosts European interest in alternative pipeline
1/27/09 Kinver, BBC, UK gets biofuels research centre
January 25, 2009
1/25/09 Oakeshoft, Times Online, Women losing jobs twice as fast as men
January 24, 2009
1/24/09 Seager & Milner, Guardian, Lights go out across Britain as recession hits home
January 23, 2009
1/23/09 Wielaard, AP, Pending EU deal to take Iran group off terror list
1/23/09 BBC, Spain's jobless rate hits 13.9%
January 19, 2009
1/19/09 BBC, New plan to boost banks' lending
January 17, 2009
1/17/09 BBC, Downturn hits Romania's tinkers
January 16, 2009
1/16/09 Momigliano, CSM, Russian gas cutoff energizes nuclear comeback
1/16/09 BBC, Irish bank set to be nationalised
January 14, 2009
1/14/09 IntelDaily, EU to nationalise North Sea oil and gas
January 12, 2009
1/12/09 BBC, Petrol bombs hit French synagogue
January 10, 2009
1/10/09 Rodgers, BBC, Rise of Russia's political fortune
1/10/09 BBC, Accord signed in Russian gas row
1/10/09 BBC, Ukraine 'making gas crisis worse'
January 8, 2009
1/08/09 Monaghan, Daily Telegraph, Bank of England cuts interest rates to lowest in more than 300 years
January 7, 2009
1/07/09 Zhdannikov & Polityuk, Reuters, Russian gas flow halted through Ukraine to Europe
January 6, 2009
1/06/09 Weir, CSM, Europe begins to feel gas pipeline pinch
January 4, 2009
1/04/09 Franchetti, TimesOnline, Russian gas cuts start to hit Europe
January 2, 2009
1/02/09 Wiley, BBC, Vatican divorces from Italian law
1/02/09 BBC, Ukraine accused of stealing gas
January 1, 2009
1/01/09 Stack, LAT, New Russian law ends jury trials for 'crimes against state'
1/01/09 BBC, Russia shuts off gas to Ukraine