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No escape from slump for Europe’s top economies in July

YoopyaAugust 3, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 3, 201202

(Reuters) – Europe’s biggest economies endured another torrid month in July as businesses battled slumping demand, according to surveys on Friday that gave scant hope...

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Madonna voices love for tolerant France in Paris show

YoopyaJuly 27, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 27, 201205

(Reuters) – Pop star Madonna treated fans to an intimate show at Paris’ famed Olympia theatre on Thursday, voicing her love for a France that...

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French MPs throw out proposal to audit their expenses

YoopyaJuly 26, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 26, 201206

Members of the French parliament have thrown out a proposal to audit their allowances as the government prepares austerity measures for the economy. They voted...

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Analysis: Hollande’s growth drive dogged by reality of austerity

YoopyaJuly 25, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 25, 201202

(Reuters) – The champion of a moderate stimulus plan for Europe, at home French President Francois Hollande is turning his back on the sort of...

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Forest fires in northeast Spain kill 4, all French

YoopyaJuly 23, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 23, 2012010

(Reuters) – Two big forest fires raging in the border area between France and northern Catalonia in Spain since Sunday have killed a fourth person,...

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French avalanche: Memorial held for victims in Chamonix

YoopyaJuly 14, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 14, 201204

A memorial service has taken place for the nine climbers killed in Thursday’s avalanche in the French Alps. During the ceremony at the church of...

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Europe’s Muslims edge towards synchronizing Ramadan

YoopyaJuly 12, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 12, 201202

(Reuters) – When the Muslim holy month of Ramadan arrives next week, fasting will definitely begin on Friday in Germany, probably the same day in...

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Airports crisis will damage Britain: Branson

YoopyaJuly 9, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 9, 201203

(Reuters) – Britain’s economy will fall behind the rest of Europe unless London’s capacity-constrained Heathrow hub gets a third runway and the government improves immigration...

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Fury as Toulouse killer Mohamed Merah’s words broadcast

YoopyaJuly 9, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 9, 201207

French police have launched an investigation into how a TV channel came to broadcast recordings of conversations between the Islamist killer Mohamed Merah and police....

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Training flaws exposed in Rio-Paris crash report

YoopyaJuly 6, 2012

by YoopyaJuly 6, 201204

(Reuters) – Pilot error, defective sensors, inadequate training and insufficient oversight combined to send an Air France passenger plane plunging into the south Atlantic in...