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UK opposition calls for country-by-country tax reporting
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour party, tapping into widening public anger over corporate tax avoidance, wants the government to push for new international rules to force companies to report profit and tax payments country-by-country....Tags: G8, Starbucks Corp., Google Inc., Lobbying, Political Corruption
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Analysis: Airline emissions deal may not come before EU deadline
Reuters(Reuters) - Hope is fading for a global deal to regulate the airline industry's greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a fall deadline, even though failure could push the industry back to the brink of a trade war over the European Union's emissions trading...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Ecosystems, International Organizations, Federal Aviation Administration, Global Warming
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ANALYSIS-Airline emissions deal may not come before EU deadline
Reuters* EU emissions trading provoked ire from U.S., China, others * European officials gave UN agency fall deadline to show progress * Little decided so far, resolution may not be ready in time By Allison Martell May 19 (Reuters) - Hope is fading for a...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Ecosystems, International Organizations, Federal Aviation Administration, Global Warming
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EU says worried by Russia's human rights record
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union criticized Russia's human rights record on Sunday, saying it was increasingly concerned at a wave of restrictive legislation and prosecutions against activists. The 27-nation bloc cited the cases of protesters...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, John Kerry
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Greece to sell Postbank, Proton in July, stress-test big banks
ReutersATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's bank rescue fund will aim to sell Hellenic Postbank and Proton by mid-July with big banks continuing to absorb small lenders as part of plans to revive the battered sector, the country's foreign lenders said in an inspection...Tags: Restructuring and Recapitalization, Finance, International Monetary Fund, Economy, Business and Finance
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Cameron 'losing control' as rift with party core widens
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron is "losing control of his party", Conservative Party grandee Geoffrey Howe said on Sunday, as a row raged over whether a close aide to Cameron had labeled grassroots activists "mad, swivel-eyed...Tags: Parties and Movements, BBC, International Organizations, Margaret Thatcher, Newspaper and Magazine
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Cameron "losing control" as rift with party core widens
Reuters* Cameron, grassroots at odds over Europe, gay marriage * Conservative grassroots accused of being "mad" * Cameron hints could end coalition early By Mohammed Abbas LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron is "losing control...Tags: BBC, International Organizations, Margaret Thatcher, Newspaper and Magazine, United Kingdom
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Independent Scotland open to Cyprus-style bank risks, says Britain
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - An independent Scotland would have a vastly oversized financial sector that would leave it vulnerable to a Cyprus-style banking crisis, Britain's finance ministry says. Before a referendum due in September 2014 on whether Scotland...Tags: Finance, Gross Domestic Product, David Cameron, National Government, United Kingdom
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Palestinians in West Bank's Area C suffer in limbo
MALEH, West Bank — In remote Palestinian villages of the northern Jordan Valley, children read by gas lamp, and water must be purchased from miles away, even when electricity lines and water pipes to Israeli settlements run directly past their...
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Germany's Merkel visits Pope, urges tougher market controls
ReutersVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Pope Francis on Saturday and, apparently responding to his criticism of a heartless "dictatorship of the economy", called for stronger regulation of financial markets. On Thursday, Francis...Tags: G20, Germany, Music, Financial Markets, Religious Leaders
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EU finds time to tell restaurants how to serve olive oil
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Critics ridiculed European Union bureaucrats on Saturday for taking time off fighting the euro zone's debt crisis to impose strict new rules on how restaurants serve olive oil. From January 1, 2014, eateries will be banned from...Tags: Market and Exchange, International Organizations, European Parliament, Politics, European Debt Crisis
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Supporters and opponents of Ukraine president clash in Kiev
ReutersKIEV (Reuters) - Supporters and opponents of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich scuffled as both sides held large rallies in the capital Kiev on Saturday, police and local media said. A dozen young men hurled stones and plastic water bottles at...Tags: Hungary, Ukraine, Riots, Punishment, Prisons
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