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French fishermen, port workers step up blockades
AFP - 1 hour 50 minutes agoLA ROCHELLE, France (AFP) - - French fishermen angry at high fuel costs kept up a week-long blockade of Atlantic ports Saturday, as striking workers paralysed two other major ports in protest at privatisation plans. More »
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Spanish police arrest five hackers
AFP - Sunday, May 18MADRID (AFP) - - Spanish police on Saturday announced the arrest of five hackers accused of attacking government websites in the United States, Asia and Latin America. More »
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EU, Latin America leaders stress trade, environment at summit
AFP - Saturday, May 17LIMA (AFP) - - EU and Latin American leaders vowed to do more to further trade between their regions and tackle global warming and poverty as they wrapped up a summit late Friday in the Peruvian capital Lima. More »
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Corpse stench drives Russian doomsday cult from cave: officials
AFP - Saturday, May 17MOSCOW (AFP) - - Toxic fumes from rotting corpses drove the final members of a Russian doomsday cult from the cave where they had been waiting six months for the end of the world, officials said Friday. More »
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Gorbachev blasts Jaruzelski trial as 'persecution'
AFP - Saturday, May 17MOSCOW (AFP) - - Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has refused to testify in the trial of Poland's last communist leader, blasting the court case as "baseless persecution" in an interview published Friday. More »
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Russian doomsday cult emerge from cave: officials
AFP - Saturday, May 17MOSCOW (AFP) - - Toxic fumes from rotting corpses drove the final members of a Russian doomsday cult from the cave where they had been waiting six months for the end of the world, officials said Friday. More »
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BA earnings rise sharply despite soaring fuel costs
AFP - Saturday, May 17LONDON (AFP) - - British Airways said Friday that its annual net profit more than doubled as it cut costs to help offset record high fuel prices while the group offered its first dividend in seven years. More »
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Eight detained in France for ties to Uzbek extremists
AFP - Friday, May 16PARIS (AFP) - - French police detained eight suspects on Friday who allegedly helped bankroll extremists in Uzbekistan and were said to have ties to Al-Qaeda, a source close to the case said. More »
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British Energy says has received several offers for company
AFP - Friday, May 16LONDON (AFP) - - Nuclear power operator British Energy said Friday that it has received several offers from parties interested in the company as Britain prepares major new atomic energy investment. More »
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Corpse stench drives Russian doomsday cult from cave: agency
AFP - Friday, May 16MOSCOW (AFP) - - The final members of a Russian doomsday cult on Friday quit the cave where they had been waiting six months for the end of the world after the stench of rotting corpses threatened them with intoxication, Interfax reported. More »
- Russia claims capture of Georgian spyAFP -Saturday, May 17
- Support melts away for wax British PMAFP -Friday, May 16
- Italian anti-crime crackdown nets immigrant RomaniansAFP -Friday, May 16
- Russia urges NATO to help stop military build-up in GeorgiaAFP -Friday, May 16
- As prices soar, even wealthy Finland sees food queues flourishAFP -Friday, May 16
- Berlusconi's government wins parliamentary green lightAFP -Friday, May 16
- British bank Barclays reports 1.0 billion-pound hit from credit squeezeAFP -Friday, May 16
- Credit Agricole announces profits slump on new writedownsAFP -Friday, May 16
- One dead, four hurt in Spanish barracks bombing blamed on ETAAFP -Thursday, May 15
- Gypsy encampments torched near Naples: agencyAFP -Thursday, May 15
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