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CORRECTED-INSIGHT-Ageing deepens debt-laden Europe's economic woes
Reuters(Corrects names in paragraphs 8, 35, 44) * Growth, productivity to suffer as population ages * Demographics to put Europe's social contract under strain * Emigration adds to challenge for likes of Latvia, Portugal By Alan Wheatley, Global Economics...Tags: Politics, Latvia, United Nations, Baltic Region, Productivity
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Top cop McCarthy helps make gun arrest overnight
Tribune reporterIt’s always busy for Chicago Police on New Year’s Eve but when Austin District Patrol Officer William Riga learned he’d be elbow to elbow with the superintendent himself, another factor was in the mix. “Initially I felt a...Tags: Firearms, Austin (Chicago, Illinois)
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Travel postcard: 48 hours in Riga
ReutersRIGA (Reuters) - A city of the medieval Hanseatic league of trading nations with a mix of Latvian, Germanic and Russian cultures, Riga has a rich 800-year history and a vibrant modern buzz. A trip to the Latvian capital is an opportunity to see world...Tags: Sculpture, Latvia, Museums, UNESCO, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Utopía: Televisa, AMLO y su reconciliación
Sin mediar ninguna pregunta de Joaquín López-Dóriga, el conductor de El Noticiero, edición estelar del Canal de las Estrellas, el candidato presidencial de lo que ya nombran como Movimiento Progresista, explicó ante el silencio sepulcral del primero:...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company
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World watch
Italy Italy will reinstate passport controls for the G8 Summit to be held July 8-10 in L'Aquila. The controls will be in place from June 28 through July 15, meaning all travelers arriving in Italy must be prepared to show their passports. Normally such...Tags: Politics, Latvia, Immigration, Death, European Union
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France's two faces on NATO
JACQUES CHIRAC IS expected to step down next year as France's president, so his clownish performance at Tuesday's NATO summit in Riga, Latvia, was apparently something of a final Bronx cheer for his fellow Atlantic Alliance leaders. At a time when the...Tags: NATO, Iraq, France, Afghanistan
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The Nordic Mystery Boom
Americans are often unaware of major cultural trends developing just slightly off the beaten path. Take the Scandinavian Whodunit Boom. A month ago, Karin Fossum's novel, "The Indian Bride," won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best mystery. Fossum, a...Tags: Walter Matthau, Elmore Leonard, Georges Simenon, Fiction, New York
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Lisa Eichhorn: an American in 'Riga'
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"Defenders of Riga," a post- World War I drama on a large scale, is Latvia's submission for this year's best foreign film Oscar. It's the biggest film to be released in the Baltic nation, surpassing "Titanic," the previous record holder, at the box...Tags: London (England), Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Drama (genre), Latvia, World War I (1914-1918)
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