Reuters - European Union competition ministers supported plans on Friday to remove barriers to electronic trade in a bid to spur economic growth and jobs by expanding the single market to the digital world, officials said.
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2012-02-04 09:06
2012-02-04 09:06
Slovaks rally to protest corruption (AP)
AP - For the second time this year, allegations about corruption that appeared on the Internet are causing anti-government protests in Slovakia.
2012-02-04 09:06
UN says cattle raiding behind South Sudan massacre (AP)
AP - A U.N. staff member was shot during a clash that broke out as officials met to discuss a weekend cattle raid massacre that left 78 people dead, including many women and children, U.N. officials said Friday.
2012-02-04 09:06
Gay candidate faces tough battle in Finland vote (AP)
AP - For his supporters, Pekka Haavisto's breakthrough into Finland's presidential runoff defies fears that tolerance is waning in Finland. The gay environmentalist who lives with an Ecuadorean immigrant faces off Sunday against a veteran conservative.
2012-02-04 09:06
Group breaks into Syrian embassy in Berlin (AP)
AP - Berlin police say 20 people forced their way into Syria's embassy in the German capital and damaged offices there.
2012-02-04 09:06
Diplomats: UN nuclear agency pressures Tehran (AP)
AP - Seemingly failed talks this week between Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency have instead increased pressure on Tehran to defuse suspicions before another meeting later in the month that it secretly worked on atomic arms, diplomats said Friday.
2012-02-04 09:06
Spain says US to help in nuclear clean-up (AP)
AP - Spain said Friday it had received guarantees that the United States will help clean up land contaminated with radioactivity after a mid-air collision in 1966 dumped four U.S. hydrogen bombs in the country's south.
2012-02-04 09:06
Abuse victim: church at top must ask forgiveness (AP)
AP - An Irish woman raped as a teen by a priest said Friday some clergy sex abuse victims are questioning motives behind an upcoming Vatican-backed symposium, where she hopes the pope and other Catholic leaders will ask for forgiveness for those who failed to protect children.
2012-02-04 09:06
Russia opposition fears cold snap to shrink protest (Reuters)
Reuters - Russian opposition leaders said on Friday that unusually cold weather threatened to cut numbers at a protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule planned for Saturday.
2012-02-04 09:06
Unemployment falls sharply in US, rises in Europe (AP)
AP - Unemployment falls sharply in US, rises in Europe
2012-02-04 09:06
Bosnia passes laws key to EU bid, Muslims agree to census (Reuters)
Reuters - Bosnia passed laws on Friday seen as crucial to reviving its European Union accession bid, with Serb, Croat and Muslim leaders agreeing to the first census since 1991 and to a single state-level body to coordinate EU aid programs.
2012-02-04 09:06
Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany (AP)
AP - Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies.
2012-02-04 09:06
Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens (Reuters)
Reuters - Nine Romanian children were taken into care after a baby died in an unheated house, joining at least 189 others killed by a Siberian front which strengthened its hold over Eastern Europe on Friday and spread further west.
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