 | May 24 2013 | Stalin police criticism sparks anti-Semitism row in Russia ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) An explosive comparison made by a liberal Russian politician between Stalin's agents and Hitler's secret police has provoked a storm of abusive criticism in Russia that has been ... |
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| May 24 2013 | Hitler's shadow looms over anniversary of VW hometown ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Europe's number one carmaker Volkswagen is not keen on celebrating the 75th birthday of its German hometown of Wolfsburg on Sunday because of the long shadow cast by Adolf Hitler ... |
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| May 24 2013 | Fashion brands say street crime threatens Paris tourism ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) The streets of Paris are getting a reputation of being unsafe for tourists and this is a threat to business by the great brand names of French fashion, a top body representing the ... |
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| May 24 2013 | Journalism on verge 'of extinction' in DR Congo: media NGO ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Journalists' lives are in danger and they are being prevented from reporting freely in areas of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that are controlled by armed M23 rebels, the NGO ... |
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| May 24 2013 | Air China orders 100 Airbus A320 jets worth $8.8 bn ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Air China said on Friday it had ordered 100 Airbus A320 series medium-range single-aisle passenger jets, which carry a catalogue price of $8.8 billion (6.8 billion euros).
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| May 24 2013 | Landmark Swiss-China trade deal on horizon in July ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Switzerland and China could sign a landmark free-trade agreement as early as July, the Alpine country said Friday, as Beijing seeks to underscore its growing global ties via deals ... |
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| May 24 2013 | China's Catholics show fervour in Shanghai celebration ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Thousands of Chinese Catholics gathered in Shanghai on Friday for a celebration to honour the Virgin Mary, in a show of religious fervour permitted by the Communist-ruled ... |
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| May 24 2013 | Ivorian student anger over university revamp ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Last year's reopening of Ivory Coast's universities was a grand affair, turning the page on a bloody leadership crisis that had forced their closure with new lecture halls, added ... |
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| May 24 2013 | News Corp approves split into two firms June 28 ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) News Corp said Friday its board approved the breakup of the media-entertainment conglomerate headed by Rupert Murdoch into two separate companies, to be effective June 28.
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| May 24 2013 | Default should be option for eurozone nations: Bundesbank ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) The head of the German central Bundesbank Jens Weidmann said on Friday that eurozone countries should be able to default, a possibility which the EU has gone to great lengths to ... |
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