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Belgian Connection: Three Held In Brussels Over Paris Attacks

Belgian police arrested three people on Saturday in raids in a poor, immigrant quarter of Brussels as they pursued emerging links between the Paris attacks and an Islamist bastion in France’s northern neighbor. Prime Minister Charles Michel said at least

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Britain To Hold Emergency Response Meeting After Paris Attacks

Britain will hold a government crisis meeting on Sunday chaired by Home Secretary Theresa May to assess the response after attacks in Paris killed at least 129 people, a government source said. “The Home Secretary [Theresa May] will chair a

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Poll: EU ‘Out’ Campaign Takes SIX POINT Lead

LONDON (Reuters) – More than 50 per cent of Britons want to leave the European Union while 47 per cent would like to remain in the bloc, an opinion poll conducted by pollster Survation on behalf of the ‘out’ campaign

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U.S. Targets ‘Jihadi John’ In Syria Air Strike

(Reuters) – The United States on Thursday carried out an air strike in Syria targeting the Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John,” who participated in gruesome videos showing the killings of American and British hostages, officials said. One U.S.

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Slovenia Erects Border Fence To Control Migrant Flow

VELIKI OBREZ/GIBINA, Slovenia (Reuters) – Slovenia started erecting a razor wire fence along parts of its border with Croatia amid heavy security on Wednesday, saying it wanted better control over the surge of migrants passing through as they make their

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TalkTalk Says Cyber Attack Will Cost £30-35 Million

LONDON (Reuters) – British broadband operator TalkTalk put the cost of last month’s cyber attack at 30 million to 35 million pounds, and said it was too soon to gauge the impact on customer numbers, although it did see an

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Britain Loses Top Energy Rating After Slashing Subsidies

(Reuters) – Britain has lost its top-notch energy policy rating from the U.N.-accredited World Energy Council after the government prematurely cut some renewable energy subsidies, creating uncertainty about how it will address support in future. The World Energy Council has

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Nationalist Indian Prime Minister Visits Britain, Expects Protests

(Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a mass rally on a visit to Britain this week that supporters hope will help him spring back from a humiliating election loss and reassert his authority on the global stage.India

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Migrants Go On Hunger Strike At Czech Detention Centre

PRAGUE (Reuters) – Dozens of migrants launched a hunger strike in one of the detention centres in the Czech Republic on Tuesday to protest against the duration of their stay, volunteers visiting the facility said. The Czech Republic has avoided

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Euro Rattled After Portugal Left Ousts Centre-Right Government

Left-wing parties ousted Portugal‘s ruling centre-right on Tuesday, in the first such move against an elected government since the end of dictatorship in 1974, paving the way for a Socialist-led administration to end years of austerity. The minority government warned

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EU Fails To Take Action To Stop Cheap Chinese Steel Imports

BRUSSELS, Nov 9 (Reuters) – European Union ministers failed to agree on Monday on urgent measures that steelmakers are demanding to stem a flood of cheap imports from China after the loss of some 5,000 jobs in the sector in

Chinese steel

Russia Faces Athletics Ban After Widespread Doping Offences

GENEVA (Reuters) – An international anti-doping commission recommended on Monday that the Russian Athletics Federation be banned from the sport over widespread doping offences – a move that could see the powerhouse Russian team miss next year’s Rio Olympics. The

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Catalonia Votes To Start Breakaway Process From Spain

Catalonia’s regional assembly voted on Monday in favor of a resolution to split from Spain, energizing a drive towards independence and deepening a standoff with central government in Madrid. The declaration, which pro-independence parties in the northeastern region hope will

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UK Steelmakers Call For Immediate EU Action On Chinese Imports

LONDON (Reuters) – British steelmakers called for business minister Sajid Javid to insist on immediate action against Chinese steel ‘dumping’ when he meets European Union economy and industry ministers in Brussels on Monday. Britain requested the emergency meeting after nearly

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Anti-Mass Migration Conservatives Win Croatia Election

Croatia’s conservative opposition won the country’s first election since it joined the European Union in 2013, partial results from Sunday’s election showed, but its narrow victory meant lengthy coalition talks were likely to follow in the next days or weeks.

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REPORT: Cameron Wants EU Referendum Next June

Prime Minister David Cameron favours holding a referendum on Britain’s European Union membership in June next year if leaders of other member states agree to the bulk of his reform plans at a December summit, The Times newspaper reported on

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Filipina Wins Transgender Pageant In Thailand

PATTAYA, Thailand – Filipina Trixie Maristela was crowned Miss International Queen 2015 on Friday at a contest in Thailand billed as the world’s largest transgender pageant. The 29-year-old beat 26 other competitors for the coveted crown, with second and third

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Polish Leaders Clash Over Attendance At EU Migration Summit

Poland’s president rejected suggestions on Friday that he had effectively ensured the country would not be represented at next week’s EU migration summit by setting the first sitting of the country’s new parliament for the same day. President Andrzej Duda

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No Show: Poland Set To Miss Out On EU Migration Summit

Poland’s president has effectively absented the country’s leadership from next week’s European Union (EU) summit on migration by calling the first new parliament sitting and formal post-electoral handover of power for the same day. Outgoing Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, backed

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EU Warns Against Escalation in South China Sea

The European Union made its strongest call yet for China and other Asian nations to resolve their dispute over the South China Sea, a position Brussels insists is neutral but that the United States is likely to welcome after pressing the bloc to speak up.

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Britain Says It Is Wrong To Rely On Allies To Tackle Islamic State

It is wrong for Britain to rely on allies to protect it from Islamic State (IS) militants, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said, calling on lawmakers to consider the case for extending air strikes to Syria from Iraq. The British government

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German Industry Orders Plunge Unexpectedly In September

BERLIN (Reuters) – German industrial orders dropped unexpectedly in September due mainly to weaker foreign demand, in a sign that Europe’s biggest economy may lose steam at the end of this year. Contracts for ‘Made in Germany’ goods were down

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FLASH: Germany Urges Travellers To Avoid Sinai, Contact Travel Operators

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged travellers to Egypt to avoid the Sinai Peninsula and, noting suspensions to some airlines’ services to Sharm el-Sheikh, urged those affected to contact their tour operators or airlines. In an update

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Two Arrested In Spain For Suspected Islamic State Terror Links

MADRID, Spain — The Spanish Interior Ministry says police have arrested two people of Moroccan origin on suspicion of recruiting militants and spreading propaganda for the Islamic State (IS) armed terrorist group. A ministry statement said the two, one of

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Turkey Arrests Nine Alleged Islamic State Members Preparing Attack

ISTANBUL, Turkey – Nine alleged members of Islamic State believed to have been preparing a suicide bomb attack on a political party’s offices in Istanbul have been remanded in custody by a court in southeast Turkey, the local governor’s office said.

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Greece Carries Out First Relocation Of Migrants, To Luxembourg

Greece on Wednesday carried out the first relocation of asylum seekers from its territory to Luxembourg, part of an EU-approved plan to ease the burden on border nations inundated by this year’s influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees. Six

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Swedish Police Clear Roma Camp In Pre-Dawn Raid

Nov 3 – Police forcibly removed about 100 people from a makeshift Roma camp in Sweden’s southern city of Malmo early on Tuesday, ending a long standoff over the site that has fuelled tensions over immigration. Dozens of police arrived

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