Provides the latest RSS feeds for Europe News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Herald Globe.com http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/cat/88176adfdf246af5/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 06:06:29 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:06:29 -0400 30 A novel oral, inactivated Escherichia coli diarrhea vaccine has been developed in Sweden and a clinical phase I-study of this vaccine has now been successfully completed. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) bacteria are the primary cause of diarrhea in children living in low and middle income countries result in 400 million diarrheal episodes and approximately 300 000 deaths among children ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709119/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:20:04 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709119/scat/88176adfdf246af5 The 54,512 home sales recorded in Spain in this year's first quarter represent a decline of 21.5 percent from the same period in 2012, the development ministry said. Foreigners were the buyers in 17 percent of the transactions. The decline in the first quarter reflects the impact in the sector of the end of the tax deduction for buying a primary residence and the increase in the levy on new ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708112/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:40:01 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708112/scat/88176adfdf246af5 The heads of state and government of the European Union held a summit Wednesday in an effort to make more progress in fighting tax evasion and tax fraud. EU leaders are targeting tax crimes both within the borders of their countries and in foreign tax havens despite the reluctance of Austria and Luxembourg. The leaders of the EU's 27 member states are expected to give the go ahead to the ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214707155/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:10:01 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214707155/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Italy has the lowest graduation rates in Europe with just one-fifth of people aged 30-34 holding a university degree, according to a study. A total of 31 percent of Italian families cannot afford to pay for their children's university studies, and must take out loans or have their offspring seek jobs to help fund tuition and living costs, said the report by charity Save the Children. It said ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705066/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:40:01 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705066/scat/88176adfdf246af5 A 68-year-old American tourist underwent emergency surgery to remove a kidney after he was stabbed in Italy's Florence city. The tourist, who was not named, was attacked near the famous Duomo cathedral. Doctors at the Santa Maria Nuova hospital said the man suffered knife wounds to a kidney and a lung but was no longer critical, and was conscious and breathing unaided. Police arrested a ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704005/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:20:01 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704005/scat/88176adfdf246af5 MOSCOW Thorbjorn Jagland, secretary general of the Council of Europe, has told President Vladimir Putin that the human rights body is concerned about Russia's law requiring non-governmental organizations to register as foreign agents. Jagland said Europe will watch how the Kremlin implements the law that went in effect last November, a measure requiring non-governmental organizations ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700285/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:15:20 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700285/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Beijing, May 22 (Xinhua-ANI): The U.S. dollar advanced against most major currencies on Tuesday, but weakened against the euro after a U.S. Federal Reserve official indicated that the central bank may not taper its bond-purchasing program soon. St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said at an event in Frankfurt that the Fed should continue with the quantitative easing to boost ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214685516/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:03 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214685516/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Belgium is the venue for the second UEFA European U19 Championship elite round section to kick off, with 2012 semi-finalists England joining the hosts, Scotland and Georgia in Group ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709357/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:15:10 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709357/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Even Jupp Heynckes, 68 and with three decades of coaching experience behind him, feels this has been an "extraordinary season" forFC Bayern Mnchen that could yet end in a ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709358/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:15:09 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709358/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Jrgen Klopp told UEFA.com the way his Borussia Dortmund side played in the group stage was "surprising" and gave him belief they could achieve something special this ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709218/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:15:09 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709218/scat/88176adfdf246af5 PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity retreated again in May despite a slight improvement in manufacturing, a survey showed on Thursday, offering little hope of a quick exit from recession in the euro zone's second-biggest economy.Data compiler Markit said its preliminary composite purchasing managers index, covering activity in the services and manufacturing sectors, was unchanged in ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709051/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:15:01 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709051/scat/88176adfdf246af5 STOCKHOLM -; Groups of youth have burnt down a restaurant, torched more than 30 cars and injured three police in a fourth night of riots in suburbs of the Swedish capital that started following a fatal police ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709260/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:12:31 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709260/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Police and forensic officers near the scene of an apparent attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. British officials said one person has died and at least two people have been wounded in an attack in southeast London. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709262/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:12:29 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709262/scat/88176adfdf246af5 According to reports, Bulls scrum-half Jano Vermaak could be the latest player from the franchise to head overseas. The Bulls waved goodbye to a number of senior players at the end of the 2011 season, with Fourie du Preez, Victor Matfield, Danie Rossouw, Bakkies Botha, Gurthro Steenkamp and Gary Botha all moving abroad and it appears they face a similar fate at the end of the current ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709360/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:11:07 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709360/scat/88176adfdf246af5 A press conference related to Islamic Olympic Games to take place in Azerbaijan in 2017 was held in Hilton hotel in Baku. "The European Olympic Games-2015 will be the first comprehensive competitions in Azerbaijan," Youth and Sports Ministers of Azerbaijan Azad Rahimov ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709245/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:09:14 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709245/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has decreed to take measures related to nomination of Baku to host the European Football Championships in 2020. According ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709080/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:09:08 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709080/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Official say Paris is ready to support British initiative to blacklist armed wing of Hezbollah on EU's list of terrorist organizations; France has been cautious of such a move fearing it could destabilize ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709019/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:05:58 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709019/scat/88176adfdf246af5 According to the Federal Migration Service’s data, one of every five crimes in Moscow is committed by non-residents. It became known at the FMS board meeting on Wednesday that Russia intends to tighten up the immigration laws. A proposal was presented to oblige CIS citizens to receive an invitation to arrive in the Russian Federation. Experts believe it will not complicate life of illegal ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709361/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:05:56 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709361/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Newmark tweeted last night: "Local mosque in Braintree attacked by man with knives and incendiary device. Man arrested. No one injured."Mr Newmark added: "Just met with leaders of local mosque in Braintree which was attacked this evening. Thanked local police for their swift response."Essex Police said a 43-year-old from Braintree was arrested on suspicion of possession of an ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709363/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:05:06 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709363/scat/88176adfdf246af5 The police and security services have had repeated success since the 7/7 outrage in 2005, which left 52 innocent people dead, but they have been under constant threat of the lone wolf terrorist.Dubbed the ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709362/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:05:06 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709362/scat/88176adfdf246af5 The Markit Composite PMI, which measures activity across the German economy, came in at 49.9, up from 49.2 in April (where a 50-point reading separates expansion from contraction) German manufacturing output rose slightly, but was balanced out by a small drop in services. And France's private sector kept shrinking, with a composite PMI of 44.3 -- a long way from that 50-point ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709040/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:04:37 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709040/scat/88176adfdf246af5 European football leagues could launch legal challenges if Qatar attempts to move the FIFA World Cup 2022 to winter, the head of Germany's top league has ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709081/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:59:19 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709081/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Imagine Derek Jeter leading the New York Yankees off the field because opposing fans were yelling racial slurs and throwing bananas at his team. Or a game between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls halted because of unrelenting race-baiting from the ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709364/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:50:09 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709364/scat/88176adfdf246af5 PARIS (AP) -- International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has appeared at a special Paris court to face questioning over a controversial arbitrage deal that she oversaw as French finance ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709365/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:49:57 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709365/scat/88176adfdf246af5 ATHENS (Reuters) - The euro zone may give Greece more time to meet fiscal targets agreed under its international bailout, the chairman of the euro zone finance ministers said in an interview published on Thursday. "The Commission's approach ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709085/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:49:01 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709085/scat/88176adfdf246af5 manufacturing activity unexpectedly contracted in May, stoking worries of an economic slowdown in the country's economy. Additionally, investors worried the U.S. Federal Reserve will soon reduce its asset-purchase program, after minutes from the latest policy meeting and comments from Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested the bank will begin tapering its easing program in coming months. The Stoxx ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709273/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:46:05 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709273/scat/88176adfdf246af5 The EURO posted a key reversal down on Wednesday. The lowrange close sets the stage for a steady to lower opening when Thursday's night session begins trading. Stochastics and the RSI remain neutral to bearish signalling that sideways to lower prices are possible nearterm. If it extends the decline off May's high, April's low crossing is the next downside target. Closes above the ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709083/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:45:28 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709083/scat/88176adfdf246af5 More than EUR6.9m is being allocated to 62 research projects, including the development of new drugs for cancer treatment.Minister for Research and Innovation, Sen Sherlock, will today announce Government funding for the projects through Science Foundation Ireland.It is expected the funding will allow the development of early discoveries and inventions with commercial potential.Director General ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709084/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:42:36 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709084/scat/88176adfdf246af5 European credit markets are opening sharply lower on the back of an extremely volatile overnight session in Asia. As of 0645GMT according to Tradeweb, the iTraxx Main index is 4bp wider at 91.5bp having tightened to another new S19 and 3yr plus generic low of 87bp on the close yesterday. The Crossover index is 17bp wider at 386bp having traded down to the S19 low of 367bp last night, a level that ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709079/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:40:01 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709079/scat/88176adfdf246af5 LONDON | Thu May 23, 2013 3:05am EDT LONDON May 23 (Reuters) - European equities went into a tailspin early on Thursday, spooked by concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve could soon taper its stimulus programme and compounded by weak economic data from China. By 0703 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 was down 20.75 points, or 1.7 percent, at 1,235.53, having closed at its highest level since mid-June ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709367/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:05:46 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214709367/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Two goals from Tarabai and one from fellow Brazilian Jackson Lima secured a tenth Maltese Cup for Hibernians FC, as they beat Qormi FC 3-1 in the final for the second season in a ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708352/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:04:12 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708352/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Extra-time goals from Horacio Cardozo and Romeo Surdu propelled Apollon Limassol FC towards a 2-1 win against neighbours AEL Limassol FC in Wednesday's Cypriot Cup ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708351/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:04:11 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708351/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Retail Ireland - part of employers group IBEC - says retailers are now focusing more on their online operations. In its online retailing survey, Retail Ireland says the Irish online market spend is €4.1 billion and this is predicted to grow to €21 billion by 2017. But it also says there are barriers to this expansion like delivery costs, set-up costs, poor broadband speeds and a lack ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708178/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:38 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708178/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Almost €7 million in funding for 62 early stage scientific research projects is to be announced by the Government. The funding is being targeted at projects which may have a commercial benefit with further development. The investment is being made as part of Science Foundation Ireland's Technology Innovation Development Award programme. It is also being carried out in collaboration ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708179/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:36 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708179/scat/88176adfdf246af5 In an exclusive interview with columnist of "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" Victoria Panfilova, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister spoke about the state of Russian-Azerbaijani relations, issues of the Karabakh conflict, and also answered a number of questions. "We, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, had a constructive exchange of views. If there is a need for our intervention ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708350/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:58:19 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708350/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Claire Duffin - 23 May 2013 A cub scout leader confronted terrorists just seconds after they had beheaded a soldier asking them to hand over their weapons and warning them: "It is only you versus many people, you are going to ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708354/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:54:12 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708354/scat/88176adfdf246af5 ATHENS ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708353/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:56 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708353/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Mexico and Germany pledged on Wednesday to promote bilateral tourism, air connectivity and the flow of visitors, Mexico's Ministry of Tourism said in a ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708242/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:50:14 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708242/scat/88176adfdf246af5 European stock futures declined as data showed Chinese manufacturing is shrinking and as investors awaited data that a contraction in euro-area industry is continuing. U.S. index futures and Asian shares also dropped. Futures on the Euro Stoxx 50 Index, a benchmark for the euro area, lost 1.6 percent to 2,781 at 7:13 a.m. in London. Futures on the U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index slid 1.4 ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708355/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:41:32 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708355/scat/88176adfdf246af5 LONDON | Thu May 23, 2013 2:02am EDT LONDON May 23 (Reuters) - European stock futures pointed to a sharply weaker start on Thursday after a poor factory activity survey from China and on concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve could decide to cut its bond purchases in the next few meetings. At 0601 GMT, futures for Euro STOXX 50, UK's FTSE 100, Germany's DAX and France's CAC were ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708357/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:02:38 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708357/scat/88176adfdf246af5 MOSCOW | Thu May 23, 2013 2:00am EDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's second largest bank VTB (VTBR.MM) wants to sell its stake in Societe Generale's (SOGN.PA) Russian unit Rosbank and may part with it by the end of the year, the Kommersant daily on Thursday cited an executive as saying. State-controlled VTB owns a 10 percent stake in Rosbank, and stated its wish to exit after ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708358/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:00:01 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708358/scat/88176adfdf246af5 warn of "ugly racism and Islamophobia". At this time, when so little is known, it’s worth noting that images of the crime are not neutral – they will play an active part in deciding what the Woolwich murder means – and what is done about it. The images we are all consuming with disgust are doing more than just showing us something horrible. There’s a political ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214707420/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:52:41 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214707420/scat/88176adfdf246af5 New York, May 23 : Russia has been asked to increase the level of staff it commits to UN peacekeeping missions around the world, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214707421/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:50:32 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214707421/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, a cub scout leader, talked with the killers and kept her nerve as one of them told her: "We want to start a war in London tonight."Mrs Loyau-Kennett (48), from Cornwall in England, was one of the first people on the scene after the two killers butchered a soldier in Woolwich yesterday.She was photographed by onlookers confronting one of the attackers, who was ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214707422/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:47:15 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214707422/scat/88176adfdf246af5 THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST people could have over EUR700 billion hidden from international tax authorities - keeping it shielded in Irish financial institutions. That's according to Oxfam Ireland, which has warned that the new focus on corporate tax avoidance should not distract from the methods used by wealthy individuals to avoid income tax payments. The charity says wealthy individuals ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214707250/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:32:01 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214707250/scat/88176adfdf246af5 LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - European shares were set to fall sharply on Thursday, with a poor factory activity survey from China and concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve could decide to cut its bond purchases in the next few meetings hurting sentiment. HSBC's preliminary survey of purchasing managers showed China's factory activity shrank for the first time in seven months in May, raising ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708295/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:26:20 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214708295/scat/88176adfdf246af5 In recent days, French President Franois Hollande has been under pressure from the European Union (EU) and also from his own Socialist Party (PS) to accelerate austerity measures, amid a slowdown of the French and world economy. On Wednesday May 15, Franois Hollande went to Brussels to meet the President of the European Commission, Jos Manuel Barroso, and twenty EU commissioners. The EU ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706337/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:48:57 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706337/scat/88176adfdf246af5 23 May 2013 Shoppers on a busy London street looked on in horror as two men brandishing meat cleavers hacked an off-duty soldier "like a piece of meat" in broad ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706340/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:38:18 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706340/scat/88176adfdf246af5 23 May 2013 EMERGENCY services were called to the scene of the Woolwich attack at 2.20pm, and within 30 minutes the incident was setting social media ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706341/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:38:17 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706341/scat/88176adfdf246af5 23 May 2013 KATE Windsor, the Duchess of Cambridge, was on hand to welcome Olympians, Paralympians and officials from the 2012 London Games to the first Buckingham Palace garden party of the ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706342/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:38:16 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706342/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Jeevan Vasagar Berlin - 23 May 2013 GERMAN women should be encouraged to "stay at home and bring three or four children into the world", rather than relying on immigration to solve the country's demographic crisis, the Catholic Archbishop of Cologne has ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706339/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:38:16 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706339/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Davis was picked from a shortlist of 10 names to win the fifth Man Booker International Prize, which is presented once every two years for "achievement in fiction on the world stage".The 60,000 (EUR70,000) prize is awarded to a living author for a body of work published originally in English or available in translation in English.Davis's stories are among the shortest ever written ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706338/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:38:15 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706338/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Dutch minister of infrastructure and environment, Mrs. Melanie Schultz van HaegenPeople celebrates the finish of the expansion project of the Port of Rotterdam on May. 22, 2013. (Xinhua/Port of ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706343/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:37:11 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706343/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday hailed Vietnam's valued relationship with France and declared that the two nations are making efforts to develop their ties to the strategic partnership level in 2013. The PM made the comments at a meeting with the former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who is on an official working visit to the country. Dung declared ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706344/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:32:57 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706344/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Scores of police reinforcement are being sent to Milan to calm crime fears after a Ghanaian immigrant killed three people, Italy's interior minister ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706205/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:08:00 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706205/scat/88176adfdf246af5 The savage murder of a man believed to be a soldier on a London street in a suspected terror attack was "beyond belief" but will only strengthen Britain's support for its armed forces, newspapers say.Two suspected Islamists were arrested following the attack, which happened in broad daylight, but not before they had launched a filmed tirade against Britain's involvement in ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705282/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:35:10 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705282/scat/88176adfdf246af5 (MENAFN) The Bank of Greece announced that the country's current account balance posted a deficit of USD1.65 billion in March from a deficit of USD2.88 billion in 2012's same period, reported Reuters.The central bank added that the figure represents a plunge of 43 percent from a year before.It attributed the declining deficit to deep economic reduction and cost-competitiveness ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705283/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:31:35 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705283/scat/88176adfdf246af5 has banned the import of poultry and poultry products , including eggs, from the province of Catalonia, Spain, in view of the World Organization for Animal Health's notification regarding an outbreak of low-pathogenic H7N1 avian influenza on a poultry farm in the province.A CFS spokesman said about 4,600 metric tons of frozen poultry meat were imported into Hong Kong from Spain last ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705284/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:29:46 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705284/scat/88176adfdf246af5 French President Francois Hollande (R) and British Prime Minister David Cameron leave the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 22, 2013. French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday condemned the assassination of a British soldier in the suburbs of London after their meeting in Paris. (Xinhua/Etienne ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705285/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:27:46 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705285/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Solar panel arrays. Most of these are made in China. Not if Europe can help it. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Chinese solar panel industry isn't having any luck with the European Union, which has slapped high tariffs on Chinese made photovoltaics. China and the E.U. agreed to discuss alleged dumping by China into Europe, undercutting local solar panel producers. The talks were held ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705131/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:27:28 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705131/scat/88176adfdf246af5 SCOTLAND'S External Affairs Minister Humza Yousaf sparked fresh anger yesterday over claims the UK Government wanted to pull out of the European ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705286/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:16:14 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705286/scat/88176adfdf246af5 (2 mins ago) Europol said 18 people, mostly Sri Lankans, were arrested in joint police raids in Britain and France on suspicion of being part of a human trafficking ring that smuggled South Asian immigrants into Britain. ';During the joint operation, 11 suspects were arrested in the UK and seven in France. All persons arrested, except [for] one Dutch national, were of Sri Lankan ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705235/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:15:27 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705235/scat/88176adfdf246af5 The Vatican took a step on Wednesday to show greater financial transparency by publishing the first report from its financial watchdog agency and announcing new regulations to fight money laundering and terrorism financing. The report from the Financial Intelligence Authority showed the agency received six internal reports on suspicious transactions in 2012, up from one a year earlier, and that ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706123/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:12:19 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706123/scat/88176adfdf246af5 to security prisoners, including terrorists convicted of murder, debates have ensued in European Parliaments, among them Norway, the UK and Holland. Now, Denmark's financial aid to the PA is likewise being questioned in Danish Parliament. Danish MP ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705287/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:06:16 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705287/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Angela Merkel appointed him for his charm and political skill as marshal of her vision of a 'green revolution' in Europe's biggest power market. A year on, Peter Altmaier finds himself spurned by many environmentalists, disdained by industry and viewed coolly by a public wary of the costs. Now, the chancellor herself seems to be turning her back on him, an increasingly isolated ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705288/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:05:18 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214705288/scat/88176adfdf246af5 annual report by Amnesty International cites the increasing number of refugees around the world, and the lack of support for them, as the key human rights issue for the past year. The London-based group also calls the Internet an important tool in fighting human rights abuses, and calls on governments to increase access to it. Amnesty International reports that the number of refugees worldwide ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704285/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:28:32 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704285/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Professor Leri studied the response of rats to foods containing unnaturally high concentrations of sugar, fats and taste enhancers, such as HFCS and foods like ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704327/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:23:56 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704327/scat/88176adfdf246af5 British police on Wednesday arrested two people as they tried to quell anti-Islamist disorder following the brutal murder in London of a man, believed to be a ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704328/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:23:55 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704328/scat/88176adfdf246af5 The British government's emergency response committee has been activated after a man, believed to be a soldier, was butchered in a terror attack in ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704329/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:23:53 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704329/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Witnesses to the killing in London of a man reported to be a British soldier say the attack was "crazy" and have described the men suspected of the attack as "animals". Two men are believed to have attacked the man in the street in the London suburb of Woolwich with machetes, knives and a gun. Eyewitnesses say the two men attacked the man in broad dayligh, then remained ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704330/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:23:52 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704330/scat/88176adfdf246af5 WASHINGTON, May 23 (Itar-Tass) - U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed the intention to strengthen U.S.-Russian relations, including economic relations, as he talked with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev. The White House press service reported on Wednesday that Obama had joined Patrushev's meeting with Thomas Donilon, the national security advisor to the U.S. ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704332/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:18:34 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704332/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Police forensic officers investigate a crime scene in Woolwich, southeast London May 22, 2013. A man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital in London neighbourhood of Woolwich on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Yin Gang) Related:Strong indications SE London attack by terrorists: British PMLONDON, May 22 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron said there are strong ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704333/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:16:29 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704333/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Two men attacked one man in Woolwich in Southeast London on Wednesday afternoon, leaving one dead, and two injured, Britain's Metropolitan Police (MPS) said.The two attackers were carrying weapons and were shot by police arriving on the scene. They have been taken to separate hospitals for treatment, MPS Commander Simon Letchford said."At approx 1420 we were called to reports of an ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704334/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:16:27 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704334/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Francois Hollande, the president of France, stood in the Elysee Palace last Friday (17 May) and declared that he would lead an initiative to inject new life into the European Union. It was, he solemnly announced, his duty as the leader of a founding nation of the ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704335/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:15:14 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704335/scat/88176adfdf246af5 A dispute over whether Pope Francis performed an exorcism intensified with a well-known exorcist insisting that Francis helped ';liberate'; a Mexican man possessed by four different ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704336/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:09:47 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704336/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Lakshmi Mittal to keep a factory open. Players throw barrels and beams at police in the "Kill Mittal" game inspired by the long-lasting -- and ultimately unsuccessful -- struggle in France's northeastern town of Florange to stop the closure of steel blast furnaces owned by Mittal. "This game is not an incitement to violence or to beat up the big bosses. I purposefully chose ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704337/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:09:46 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704337/scat/88176adfdf246af5 WASHINGTON, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – US President Barack Obama reaffirmed on Wednesday his desire to strengthen the bilateral relationship with Russia during talks with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, National Security Council Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said. Obama briefly joined a meeting between Patrushev and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon in Washington. ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704339/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:07:23 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704339/scat/88176adfdf246af5 LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - European Cup/Champions League final results since the competition began in 1955-56: Date Venue Winners Runners-up 1956 Paris Real Madrid 4 Stade Reims 3 1957 Madrid Real Madrid 2 Fiorentina 0 1958 Brussels Real Madrid 3 AC Milan 2 (after extra time) 1959 Stuttgart Real Madrid 2 Stade Reims 0 1960 Glasgow Real Madrid 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 3 1961 Berne ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704340/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:04:49 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704340/scat/88176adfdf246af5 EU leaders have agreed that the automatic sharing of individuals' bank account data, a key measure to prevent tax evasion, should become law across all member states by the end of the year, European Union President Herman Van Rompuy says.At the close of a one-day summit, final conclusions flagged by Van Rompuy at a press conference called on member states to complete adoption of regulation ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704341/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:04:47 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704341/scat/88176adfdf246af5 By Mike Collett LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Saturday's Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund will see the European Cup presented at Wembley for a record-extending seventh time. The old Wembley hosted five finals, in 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978 and 1992. The new stadium hosted the final in 2011. After Wembley, the Heysel Stadium in Brussels has staged five final ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704342/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:04:46 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704342/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Starbucks Corp. have been objects of wrath in Europe in recent months for creative accounting methods that appear to allow them to pay as little into the public purse as possible. This week a Senate subcommittee released a blistering report that detailed how Apple used an elaborate web of offshore subsidiaries to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes. By keeping profits in other ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704269/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:57:23 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704269/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Paris Hilton is recording her second album, Showbiz411.com reported Wednesday. The entertainment news website said Hilton divulged her new business relationship with Cash Money Records while in France for the Cannes Film Festival. The album will feature many hip hop performers such ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704447/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:47:02 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704447/scat/88176adfdf246af5 LUXEMBOURG ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704267/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:16:54 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704267/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt blamed the violence on 'hooliganism' and appealed for calm after the riots spread from northwestern to southern Stockholm. ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214703191/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:14:18 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214703191/scat/88176adfdf246af5 English at universities, amid a storm of controversy in a nation fiercely protective of its identity. The measure, which would also introduce lessons in other languages as part of a wider bill ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214703193/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:00:37 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214703193/scat/88176adfdf246af5 One lingering mystery in the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings is whether the dead suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, played a role in the unsolved murders of three men, one of them his best friend, in a Boston suburb in 2011. That question deepened early Wednesday when a man in Orlando, Fla., who was being interviewed by at least one F. B. ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706345/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:59:21 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214706345/scat/88176adfdf246af5 rioting in immigrant suburbs of Sweden's capital, shocking a country that has dodged the worst of the financial crisis but failed to defuse youth unemployment and resentment of asylum ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214703168/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:13 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214703168/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Tax Evasion Dangerous for Europe: Schulz ) "Angela Merkel will not change the message, which has been a successful one until today in Germany, before the election," he said. But Schulz warned that if the euro zone crisis were to worsen, Germany would not be able to escape its impact. "If the EU goes more-and-more in the direction of a deeper crisis, sooner or later the crisis will ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214703194/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:55:40 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214703194/scat/88176adfdf246af5 LONDON (AP) -- Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime - shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver. Soon after, arriving police shot and wounded the unidentified assailants and took them into ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214703195/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:53:06 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214703195/scat/88176adfdf246af5 The Metropolitan Museum of Art's galleries for its world-renowned collection of European Old Master paintings from the 13th through the early 19th century will reopen on May 23 after an extensive renovation and reinstallation. This is the first major renovation of the galleries since 1951 and the first overall reinstallation of the collection since 1972. Increased in size by almost ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214703196/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:47:02 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214703196/scat/88176adfdf246af5 FILE - In this March 8, 2013 file photo, a Syrian refugee tries to put out a fire as black smoke rises in the sky over the Zaatari refugee camp in northeast Jordan. A report on human rights issued by Amnesty International on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, the London Based human rights group said worldwide indifference to the plight of political and economic refugees is making the world a much more ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214703145/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:46:11 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214703145/scat/88176adfdf246af5 The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession: Spain, France, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German government of Angela Merkel is sinking Europe. Eurostat data was released on Wednesday (15th) and are relative to GDP in the euro area in the first ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702999/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:31:53 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702999/scat/88176adfdf246af5 British Prime Minister David Cameron says the daylight killing of a man on a south London street near an army barracks appears to be a terrorist ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214701999/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:09:16 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214701999/scat/88176adfdf246af5 CS Fola Esch are celebrating their first Luxembourger title in 73 years thanks to an emphatic derby win against AS Jeunesse Esch which means they have an unassailable four-point ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702013/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:07:53 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702013/scat/88176adfdf246af5 FC Shakhtar Donetsk underlined their domestic dominance as a 3-0 win against FC Chornomorets Odesa in the Ukrainian Cup final wrapped up Mircea Lucescu's side's third successive ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702014/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:07:51 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702014/scat/88176adfdf246af5 The UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) adjudicatory chamber has met in Nyon, Switzerland, and has taken further decisions with regard to the cases mentioned in media release No. 83 of 21 December 2012: http://uefa.to/17EZkFKEight clubs had been sanctioned by the CFCB due to the presence of significant overdue payables and had to settle payments by 31 March 2013, in order to avoid the ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214701749/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:07:50 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214701749/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Police investigating the butchering of a man on London's streets have confirmed the arrests of two men, who may have been inspired by the Boston ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702015/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:04:58 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702015/scat/88176adfdf246af5 A mother confronted the two men who hacked to death a man in London, asking them to hand over their weapons and warning them: "It is only you versus many people, you are going to lose", it has been reported.Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, 48, told the Daily Telegraph that one of the attackers said to her that they wanted to start a war in London.The mother-of-two, a cub scout leader from Cornwall ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702016/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:04:57 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702016/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Polish doctors have pulled off a revolutionary face transplant this week. A 33-year-old who suffered a workplace accident received the life-saving transplant. "It is Poland's first face transplant and also the first in the world done to save the patient's life," Anna Uryga, spokeswoman for the Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology in ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702303/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:57:36 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702303/scat/88176adfdf246af5 world leaders who control nations with a combined $11.8 trillion GDP and corporations valued at $893 billion collectively. "We've selected women that go beyond the traditional taxonomy of the power elite (political and economic might)," Forbes' Caroline ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702018/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:57:35 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702018/scat/88176adfdf246af5 /enpproperty--> Berlin is "making special arrangements" to welcome Premier Li Keqiang during his upcoming visit to show the European power's determination to deepen strategic relations with the world's second-biggest economy, Shi Mingde, the Chinese ambassador to Germany, told China Daily before Li's visit. Li, who is on his first tour to Europe since taking ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702019/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:55:32 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702019/scat/88176adfdf246af5 I understood that they were swearing at me. The female police officer was holding my hair.... One of the male officers punched me in my face.... My beating went on for approximately five minutes. Then the guard from the Exarheia police station heard my screams, entered the room and tried to take me away from [them]..... I was then transferred again to the Exarheia police station where I spent the ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214701799/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:53:06 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214701799/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal has named a strong squad for the upcoming friendlies in Asia, with Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie named alongside the recalled Erik Pieters and John ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702021/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:50:49 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214702021/scat/88176adfdf246af5 BEIJING (Reuters) - European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank, leaving them scrambling for a solution short of hand-carrying cash into the impoverished ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214701729/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:43:37 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214701729/scat/88176adfdf246af5 The U.S. Justice Department has formally acknowledged that the United States has killed four American citizens in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan since ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700613/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:00:27 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700613/scat/88176adfdf246af5 An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia to stand trial for the deaths of 32 passengers. Captain Francesco Schettino has been charged with manslaughter, causing a shipwreck, and abandoning ship before all the passengers were safe. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. The Costa Concordia struck rocks and capsized off the coast of ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700444/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:00:27 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700444/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Coach Peter Stger paid tribute to an FK Austria Wien that never give less than 100% after they wrapped up their 24th Austrian Bundesliga title in style, avoiding a potentially thorny final ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700626/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:58:54 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700626/scat/88176adfdf246af5 FK Buducnost Podgorica "deserved" their 1-0 win against ten-man holders FK Celik Niksic in the Montenegrin Cup final, according to victorious coach Radisav ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700627/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:58:54 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700627/scat/88176adfdf246af5 BERLIN - The Israeli embassy slammed the German Green Party on Wednesday for its Bundestag efforts to label products from the West Bank, calling those efforts "another try to negatively single out Israel while promoting an economic boycott of it."In a statement ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700292/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:50:24 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700292/scat/88176adfdf246af5 22 May 2013 A mother confronted the Woolwich attackers, asking them to hand over their weapons and warning them: "It is only you versus many people, you are going to lose", it was reported ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700628/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:49:37 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700628/scat/88176adfdf246af5 John Kerry , the US secretary of state, has been urging the EU to reach consensus on a change that would allow weapons to be delivered to the rebels - though without any decision to do so at this stage.Diplomatic sources said on Wednesday that Britain now has the support of France, Italy and Spain, while Germany is neutral. But Austria, Finland, Sweden and the Czech Republic are still opposed. ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700588/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:49:09 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700588/scat/88176adfdf246af5 American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 – Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel hosted the Netherlands' Minister of Defense Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert at the Pentagon today, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700629/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:46:53 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700629/scat/88176adfdf246af5 /enpproperty--> No political party in the German Parliament supports Brussels' decision to levy punitive tariffs against China's exports of solar panels, a German politician said. Hans-Josef Fell, a senior member of the Bundestag, the German Parliament, admitted Germany and the European Commission hold conflicting positions on the issue. Speaking before Premier Li Keqiang's ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700630/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:46:16 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700630/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Belgium China's Zheng Jie knocked top seed Caroline Wozniacki out of the Brussels Open just hours after prevailing in a three-set opener held over because of Tuesday's heavy rain.Zheng, the world number 51, eased past the Dane 6-2, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals.After Tuesday's washout, 10 first round matches were yet to finish, with all eight second-round matches also on the ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700631/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:43:46 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700631/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday. "Because of the decisions that have been taken by Hezbollah and the fact that they are fighting very harshly the Syrian population, we have decided to ask that the military branch of the Hezbollah would be considered as a terrorist organisation," Fabius told reporters in English. The United States has long designated the Lebanon-based militant group, ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700632/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:42:56 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700632/scat/88176adfdf246af5 A jailed member of Russia’s Pussy Riot punk band is said to have gone on hunger strike. Maria Alyokhina is protesting over not being allowed to be in court for a parole hearing. She was jailed after performing a ';punk prayer'; in a Moscow cathedral against Vladimir Putin, during his re-election ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700609/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:29:45 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700609/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Statistics from the Hotel Price Radar show a general increase in average room prices in the UK in the first few months of 2013. This increasing trend has not been seen entirely throughout Europe however, with hotel rates in Athens, Milan and Warsaw all showing double digit reductions in price comparison changes over the last year. The average rate of a hotel room in Warsaw is down 16% compared ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700637/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:29:43 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700637/scat/88176adfdf246af5 FRANCE will call for the military arm of Hezbollah to be added to an EU terror blacklist due to its backing of the Syrian regime, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says. "Because of the decisions that have been taken by Hezbollah and the fact that they are fighting very harshly the Syrian population, we have decided to ask that the military branch of the Hezbollah would be considered as ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700636/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:21:21 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700636/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Top seed Caroline Wozniacki was bundled out of the Brussels Open by China's Jie Zheng on Wednesday.Wozniacki's preparations for the French Open - which starts at Roland Garros next week - took a blow with the surprise defeat, which came in straight sets at the WTA Premier event.The unseeded Zheng was dominant throughout the contest, which lasted exactly 100 minutes, winning herself 15 ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700638/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:17:03 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700638/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Civilians gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Kamaliyah neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699070/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:51:47 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699070/scat/88176adfdf246af5 King of Swaziland Mswati III (Front) and one of his 13 wives disembark from a plane after arriving at Katunayake International airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 13, 2012. ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699261/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:51:47 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699261/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Egyptian riot police take up positions outside the building where former president Hosni Mubarak is being tried in connection with the killing of Arab Spring ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699262/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:51:47 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699262/scat/88176adfdf246af5 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Under pressure from global financial circles, the Vatican has published its first annual report from its financial watchdog agency.It also announced new regulations to fight money laundering and terror financing.The Vatican created the oversight agency in 2010 in an effort to shake its image as a secretive tax haven and improve its reputation in global financial circles. ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699014/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:51:20 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699014/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Dubbed relegation candidates by some last summer, HNK Hajduk Split rounded off an impressive season with a title after edging out NK Lokomotiva Zagreb in a thrilling Croatian Cup ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699283/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:50:05 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699283/scat/88176adfdf246af5 The UEFA Champions Festival- a free four-day football celebration- opens its doors to the public on Thursday at the The International Quarter, close to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699284/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:50:04 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699284/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Herman Nackaerts, left, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, shakes hands with Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, after their talks at the permanent mission of Iran in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. U.N. nuclear agency officials are meeting with Iranian counterparts in a renewed attempt ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699229/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:47:36 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699229/scat/88176adfdf246af5 An author who pens stories the length of a sentence has scooped this year's Man Booker International Prize.American writer Lydia Davis has written some short stories of conventional length, but most range from one to three pages, while others are just a paragraph or sentence long.Davis was picked from a short list of 10 names to win the fifth Man Booker International Prize, which is ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699285/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:46:58 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699285/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Montevideo, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, on Saturday will begin a four-day official visit to the Republic of China. Accompanied by a government and a business delegation, the president, who left here at 14:00 hours (local time) to Paris, where he will make a stop over for Beijing, he will Sunday travel by train to the city of Tianjin to hold meetings with Chinese ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699269/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:46:09 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699269/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Britain said the killers' use of "Islamic slogans" indicated they were motivated by their faith.A statement from the council said: "This is a truly barbaric act that has no basis in Islam and we condemn this unreservedly. Our thoughts are with the victim and his family."We understand the victim is a serving member of the Armed Forces. Muslims have long served in this ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699286/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:41:02 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699286/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Pentagon Press Secretary George Little provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel hosted the Netherlands' Minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert at the Pentagon today. Secretary Hagel strongly emphasized the importance of the Netherlands as both a bilateral partner and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ally and, on behalf of the Department of ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699287/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:37:58 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699287/scat/88176adfdf246af5 ."All the times [in the past] that I have said that I would be staying, at the end I changed clubs. This time I am not going to say anything."I still have two more years left on my contract but anything can happen. I have changed teams several times and then I planned to stay at a single club for a long time but it did not happen."I miss Italy. It's my second home. The clubs ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699288/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:34:48 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699288/scat/88176adfdf246af5 WASHINGTON, May 22 (RIA Novosti) –A group of US lawmakers is set to travel to Russia to investigate the Boston Marathon bombings, and try to boost cooperation between the former Cold War rivals, the office of Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, who is leading the delegation, said Wednesday. "As Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699290/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:31:33 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699290/scat/88176adfdf246af5 MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – An international conference on European security opens on Thursday in Moscow with Russia hoping to discuss approaches to the new pan-European security architecture in an open dialogue with the European Union and the NATO. The two-day conference, titled Military and Political Aspects of European Security, brings together senior defense officials from Russia, ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699289/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:31:33 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699289/scat/88176adfdf246af5 STOCKHOLM | Wed May 22, 2013 5:28pm EDT STOCKHOLM May 22 (Reuters) - A Swedish prosecutor wants to question Victor Muller, former chairman of bankrupt carmaker Saab, for an inquiry into suspected tax offences, a Swedish newspaper reported on Wednesday. Swedish prosecutors on Tuesday questioned Saab's former Chief Executive Jan-Ake Jonsson and two other executives as part of its tax ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700635/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:28:07 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700635/scat/88176adfdf246af5 LONDON (AP) -- In a brutal daylight attack which raised fears that terrorism had returned to London, two men with butcher knives hacked another man to death near a military barracks Wednesday before police wounded them in a ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699256/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:26:39 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699256/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed May 22, 2013 5:22pm EDT * Britain accused of hypocrisy for not signing up * Body agrees tougher disclosure measures in Sydney By Emma Farge and William James GENEVA/LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - The UK and French governments will join a global initiative that will require oil and mining firms to comply with new disclosure measures aimed at tackling corruption, British Prime Minister David ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700634/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:22:41 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214700634/scat/88176adfdf246af5 PARIS - France's Foreign Ministry says it is strengthening security measures, hiring more guards and buying new equipment to help protect French facilities abroad amid shifting threats. Ministry spokesman Philippe Lalliot said Wednesday that the measures are being applied primarily in Africa and the Middle East, but did not name a specific threat as a reason for the move. France has been ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699291/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:04 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699291/scat/88176adfdf246af5 US Ambassador to Turkey: "Turkish-American relations to grow in trade, too" ISTANBUL - US Ambassador to Turkey, Francis Ricciardone pointed out on Tuesday that the accustomed strong Turkish-American relations will grow in the trade sector, too.Ricciardone, attending 11th International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF' 13) and opening the American booths there, stated that the booths ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699292/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:14:02 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699292/scat/88176adfdf246af5 The European Space Agency says a new research hub will strengthen Europe's contribution to the global hunt for asteroids that may strike Earth. Located at the European Space Research Institute near Rome, the center will take part in the search for Near-Earth Objects, or NEOs, asteroids or comets that orbit the sun and whose orbits come close to that of Earth. The NEO Coordination Center ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699293/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:12:04 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214699293/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Two U.K. government officials say a brutal attack that left one man dead near a London military barracks appears to have been motivated by radical Islam. Two men apparently attacked another man near ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214698264/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:41:23 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214698264/scat/88176adfdf246af5 FC Shakhtar Donetsk underlined their domestic dominance as a 3-0 win against FC Chornomorets Odesa in the Ukrainian Cup final wrapped up Mircea Lucescu's side's third successive ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697878/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:40:04 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697878/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Having already beaten Olympique Lyonnais in the 2010 final, VfL Wolfsburg captain Nadine Kessler says they have a plan to upset the favourites but "don't want to focus on defending ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697877/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:40:04 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697877/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Teodora Albon will referee the UEFA Women's Champions League final and as she spoke about her pre-match preparation she said her high-level playing experience is a huge ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697880/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:40:03 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697880/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Player of the match in the last two finals, Camille Abily told UEFA.com she would settle for someone else taking the personal glory - as long as Olympique Lyonnais earn a third straight ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697879/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:40:03 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697879/scat/88176adfdf246af5 A man believed to be a serving British soldier has been brutally murdered near a London barracks in what Prime Minister David Cameron says appears to be a terrorist attack. Cameron called the attack "appalling" and said there are "strong indications it is a terrorist incident." Armed police shot and wounded the two suspected attackers. One broadcaster showed footage of one ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697883/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:37:06 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697883/scat/88176adfdf246af5 The captain of the Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the Tuscan coast killing 32 people, has been ordered to stand trial for ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697882/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:37:04 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697882/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Scientists have unveiled a concept vaccine against flu they say may protect against various strains with a single jab.Tested in ferrets, considered good human models, the synthetic vaccine uses nanotechnology to attack parts of the influenza virus that different strains have in common, they wrote in the journal Nature."It provides a basis for development of universal influenza vaccines and ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697885/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:37:02 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697885/scat/88176adfdf246af5 One of the men behind a barbaric terror attack on the streets of London has been filmed wielding a bloodied meat cleaver and saying, "We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you."The black man, dressed in a grey hooded jacket and black woolly hat, apologises to members of the public, who witnessed the horrific scenes before making a number of political statements.A man ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697884/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:37:01 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697884/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Muslim leaders from across the globe have knelt in prayer for the Holocaust dead at the Auschwitz's notorious Wall of Death in an emotional visit to the Nazi German death camp in southern Poland.Imams from Bosnia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States offered traditional Muslim "salat" prayers facing south towards their holy city of Mecca, ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697886/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:37:00 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697886/scat/88176adfdf246af5 The killing of a man in broad daylight is thought to be the first terrorist attack on British streets since the 2005 London bombings when 52 people were killed by four suicide bombers on London's transport network.Since then, there have been a number of other plots, the first coming just two weeks after July 7, when another group of four bombers attempted to replicate the earlier attack but ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697887/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:36:59 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697887/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Brussels, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The summit of the European Union (EU) finished today with the commitment of the leaders of the bloc to go toward an agreement against the fiscal evasion, although its adoption will have to wait at least until this year ends. As the president of the European Commission, Jos Manuel Durao, reported, in the meeting there was a consent to adopt the revision of the ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697888/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:35:58 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697888/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Containerized export volume from Europe to North America reached 322,300 20-foot-equivalent units in March, its highest volume since July 2012 and the second highest volume in this lane since the JOC began collecting this data in January 2011, according to data from Container Trades Statistics, ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697805/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:43 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697805/scat/88176adfdf246af5 MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - Number of people who received injuries as a result of a micro-tornado in the town of Yefremov in the Tula region some 300 km to the south of Moscow has reached twenty, a spokesman for the regional branch of the Ministry for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense /EMERCOM/ told ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697890/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:37 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697890/scat/88176adfdf246af5 David Cameron vowed, as he condemned the "absolutely sickening" killing in London."Tonight, our thoughts should be with the victim, with their family, with their friends," the Prime Minister said."People across Britain, people in every community, I believe, will utterly condemn this attack."We have had these sorts of attacks before in our country and we never buckle ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697891/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:30:46 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697891/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Lewis Hamilton 's new team-mate was found snoring in the Mercedes motor-homeon Wednesday, his head in the lap of the British driver who rubbed his ears affectionately. "He was out late last night," said Hamilton, with a grin as wide as the paddock. "When I go to bed, he sits next to the bed or on it, and that's how he snores."This might suggest that he is getting the ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697892/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:29:55 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697892/scat/88176adfdf246af5 WASHINGTON, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Republican US lawmakers are taking steps to bar the United States from sharing classified missile defense technology information with Russia, draft legislation that was amended in the US Congress Wednesday shows. The lawmakers included language in the proposed Defense Authorization Bill, which was in the early stages of the legislative process in Congress ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697893/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:21:10 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697893/scat/88176adfdf246af5 European Commission (EC) President Jose-Manuel Barroso described the figure as 'unacceptable' and said it was a result of 'illegal fraud'.The Portuguese politician, who revealed the loss in a speech yesterday, said the figure was almost double the budget deficit of all member states.Mr Barroso said: "The total loss of revenue due to illegal fraud and unacceptable evasion ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697894/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:18:09 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697894/scat/88176adfdf246af5 BERLIN ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214698889/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:11:15 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214698889/scat/88176adfdf246af5 BERLIN ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704331/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:11:15 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214704331/scat/88176adfdf246af5 , Italy’s controversial media tycoon and three-time prime minister, could be maneuvering to instigate the collapse of Italy’s government for the second time in less than six months, while pollsters say Berlusconi would likely emerge victorious from a new round of ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697762/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:10:41 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697762/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Caroline Wozniacki , at the WTA Brussels Open. Weather earlier in the week forced a crowded 18-match card for Wednesday, with several players forced to play twice so the tournament could end on schedule Saturday. However, the final second-round match of the day will have to be completed Thursday, as ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697897/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:01:20 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697897/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed May 22, 2013 3:52pm EDT * Radical change said needed to fulfill potential * Taxes, legal issues cited as barriers * Russian officials say reform to come gradually By Robert Evans GENEVA, May 22 (Reuters) - Russia, long touted as an engine of growth for the stuttering global business aviation industry, needs radical changes in its taxation and regulatory system if it is to fulfil that promise, ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697539/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:52:00 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697539/scat/88176adfdf246af5 (Reuters) - Marko Arnautovic, banned by his club Werder Bremen for the last three weeks of the season after he was caught speeding on a German motorway, has been included in Austria's squad for the World Cup qualifier against Sweden. "He has been punished for his misdemeanour in Bremen," Austria coach Marcel Koller told reporters. "But I need my best players and I do not want to do without ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697889/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:35:36 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214697889/scat/88176adfdf246af5 PARIS -- The European Union has announced a series of measures to crack down on tax avoidance and fraud, including the automatic exchange of bank information to catch cheats. European Union President Herman Van Rompuy hailed as "unprecedented" a series of measures against tax evasion agreed to Wednesday by the bloc's 27 leaders during a brief summit in Brussels. Among them: ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214696417/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:31:08 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214696417/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Actor Will Smith and son Jaden will line up alongside an array of football greats for Saturday's Ultimate Champions Match in London, free to attend and streamed live on ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214696282/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:28 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214696282/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Olympique Lyonnais are aiming for an unprecedented third straight final win at Stamford Bridge on Thursday, but VfL Wolfsburg hope to take the title at the first attempt with their team ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214696443/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:28 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214696443/scat/88176adfdf246af5 London final ambassador Steve McManaman believes that amaxi-pitch donated by UEFA to Churchill Gardens Estate in Pimlico will have a lasting legacy for the local ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214696445/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:27 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214696445/scat/88176adfdf246af5 FK Partizan have made history in Serbia by becoming the first club to win six successive league titles, claiming their 25th crown overall with a2-0 victory at relegated FK ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214696444/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:27 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214696444/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Umaglesi Liga champions FC Dinamo Tbilisi won the Georgian Cup for a tenth time, beating FC Chikhura Sachkhere 3-1 in the final. "I'm so happy right now," said coach Dusan ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214696446/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:25 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214696446/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Reuters © (L-R) Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras listens to Austria's Chancellor Werner Faymann and Latvia's Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis as they pose for a family photo during a European Union leaders summit in Brussels May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Laurent ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214696361/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:24 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214696361/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Reuters © Men are silhouetted against a video screen as they pose with Samsung Galaxy S3, Nokia Lumia 820 and iPhone 4 smartphones (L-R) in this photo illustration taken in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Dado ... http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214696447/scat/88176adfdf246af5 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:21 -0400 http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/sid/214696447/scat/88176adfdf246af5