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The Reichstag- Germany's Parliamentary Building
The Reichstag is where Germany’s roughly 600 members of parliament have their meetings. The building is an amazing structure that looks rather antiquated on the outside and strikingly modern in parts of the inside. It has been remodeled several...
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EU Parliament in push to limit U.S. data access
Reuters* Leading lawmakers want judge to oversee data transfers * A national supervisor should also have a say * Majority of Yahoo! and Google users based outside U.S. By Claire Davenport BRUSSELS, June 19 (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers want to...Tags: Justice and Rights, The Washington Post, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Google Inc.
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Switzerland buries U.S. tax law, banks seen at risk
ReutersBERNE (Reuters) - Swiss lawmakers dealt a death blow on Wednesday to a draft law which aimed to protect the country's banks from criminal charges in the United States for helping wealthy Americans evade tax. The Swiss government has warned that the bill'...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Swiss Confederation, Economy, Business and Finance, Trials, Lower House
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Czech ruling party backs speaker to be first woman PM
ReutersPRAGUE (Reuters) - The ruling Czech Civic Democrats have proposed Miroslava Nemcova as the next prime minister following the resignation of Petr Necas in a corruption scandal, the party said on Wednesday. Nemcova, speaker of the lower house of...Tags: Government, Politics, Petr Necas, Political Corruption
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European parliament committee backs ban on planet-warming F-gases
Reuters* F-gases up to 23,000 times more damaging than CO2 * Emissions of F-gases have risen 60 percent since 1990 * Lawmakers voted to phase out F-gases by 2020 in several sectors * F-gases will be banned in new equipment by 2020 By Barbara Lewis and...Tags: Honeywell International Incorporated, European Parliament, Energy Saving, European Union, Politics
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Europe faces uphill battle over youth unemployment
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will hold a summit later this month to tackle the growing scourge of youth unemployment. But there's a problem: the 6 billion euros they want to use to get to grips with the issue aren't yet available....Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Sweden, European Union, Portugal, Spain
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Germany's ruling coalition on course for re-election - poll
ReutersBERLIN, June 19 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their junior coalition partner, the Free Democrats (FDP), are on course to win enough votes to form a narrow majority, a poll showed on Wednesday, before an election on Sept....Tags: Arts and Culture, Parties and Movements, Elections, National Government, Social Sciences
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Germany's ruling coalition on course for re-election: poll
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their junior coalition partner, the Free Democrats (FDP), are on course to win enough votes to form a narrow majority, a poll showed on Wednesday, before an election on September 22....Tags: Arts and Culture, Parties and Movements, Elections, Angela Merkel, Social Sciences
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Swiss upper house keeps US tax deal alive; set for lower house
ReutersZURICH, June 19 (Reuters) - Swiss upper house lawmakers kept alive a draft law aimed at ending a long-running U.S. tax probe into hidden offshore accounts at Swiss banks on Wednesday, leaving the final say with the lower house, which has previously...Tags: Prosecution, Swiss Confederation, Upper House, Lower House, Crime, Law and Justice
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Swiss upper house keeps U.S. tax deal alive; set for lower house
ReutersZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss upper house lawmakers kept alive a draft law aimed at ending a long-running U.S. tax probe into hidden offshore accounts at Swiss banks on Wednesday, leaving the final say with the lower house, which has previously rejected it....Tags: Prosecution, Swiss Confederation, Lower House, Crime, Law and Justice, Upper House
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Dozing prince a cult hero for disenchanted Czechs
Reuters* Foreign Minister nodded off at climax of corruption row * His slogan: "When they talk rubbish, I sleep." * Rebellious style appeals to Czechs fed up with politics * Many other politicians tainted by suspicions of graft By Christian Lowe and Jana...Tags: Prosecution, Prague (Czech Republic), Elections, National Government, European Union
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PRESS DIGEST-Canada-June 19
ReutersJune 19 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL * Amid questions about the Prime Minister's Office, Senate...Tags: International Travel, Travel, National Government, Verizon Communications, Poetry
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