Provides the latest RSS feeds for Europe News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Russia Herald.com http://www.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/88176adfdf246af5/ en-us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:05:13 -0500 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:05:13 -0500 30 With Russia and China blocking a U.N. resolution condemning the crackdown on protests in Syria, the prospects for a quick end to the conflict seem bleak. President Bashar al-Assad can also rely on sup http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203312763/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:15:34 -0500 VoA - News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203312763/cs/1/ The decision to strip Alberto Contador of his Tour de France title and ban him for two years for doping is another blow to the sport, cycling greats Eddy Merckx and Miguel Indurain have said. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203298483/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:10:36 -0500 ANI http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203298483/cs/1/ Presently, Martian surface is a barren, arid desert but the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft has provided strong evidence that an ocean may have covered parts of the red planet billions http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203293378/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:00:02 -0500 ANI http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203293378/cs/1/ Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador has no plans to retire after being banned for two years and being stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203292338/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:40:11 -0500 ANI http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203292338/cs/1/ Europe continues to battle the intense cold and heavy snowfall and it is expected that the weather will stay the same till the end of the week. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203291193/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:10:14 -0500 ANI http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203291193/cs/1/ Greece has agreed to cut 15,000 jobs from its government workforce amid growing international pressure to quickly complete deals to cut its debt and impose more unpopular austerity measures. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203285260/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:15:07 -0500 VoA - News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203285260/cs/1/ ATHENS - Unions in Greece went on strike against austerity measures Tuesday as Prime Minister Lucas Papademos tried hard to persuade leaders of his coalition government to accept the tough bailout pla http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203305960/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:43:40 -0500 Russia Herald.com http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203305960/cs/1/ UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Russia's U.N. ambassador denied reports that he threatened Qatar could be "wiped off the map" during contentious negotiations over a Syrian peace resolution ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308820/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:25:49 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308820/ Russia remains a 'friend of the Arab world' even though its veto on a United Nations Security Council resolution has been misunderstood by some Arab countries, Ambassador Vitaly Churkin ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306840/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:25:31 -0500 Ya Libnan http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306840/ BEIRUT (AP) — Russia's foreign minister is urging Syria's president to move ahead with reforms as a way to resolve a bloody 11-month uprising.Sergey Lavrov met with President Bashar ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309018/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:23:52 -0500 WHP CBS 21 http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309018/ Russia 2-1 SerbiaPula's goal six minutes from time sent Russia through to the semi-finals and denied Serbia, who had led, a first appearance in the last ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308959/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:21:16 -0500 UEFA http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308959/ The Swiss Competition Commission has informed UEFA it has decided to take no action on FC Sion's complaint alleging that UEFA had committed an abuse of a dominant ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308958/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:21:14 -0500 UEFA http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308958/ The free-to-air broadcaster RTCG has replaced IN TV as UEFA's content partner in Montenegro for the remainder of the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308960/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:21:13 -0500 UEFA http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308960/ Gold held steady near $1,720 an ounce on Tuesday, awaiting a breakthrough on talks over a second bailout deal for Greece as its leaders fight to avoid a chaotic debt default, with European leaders ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307707/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:20:53 -0500 Trade Arabia http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307707/ Swollen rivers in Bulgaria and Greece have burst their banks, leaving dozens of homes underwater, as Bulgarian officials declared a day of mourning for eight people confirmed killed after a dam ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308987/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:20:51 -0500 West Australian http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308987/ Thorsten Heins, who took over from RIM's long-time co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie in a dramatic management shakeup in late January, made his first keynote speech to a BlackBerry ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308527/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:19:07 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308527/ According to police estimates, the pro-Putin demonstration question drew a whopping 138,000 people, more than the estimated 80,000 to 100,000 who reportedly attended the anti-Kremlin protest. But ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308982/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:15:38 -0500 Spero News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308982/ Swiss prosecutors have launched an initial investigation to see whether Turkey's EU minister breached the law by denying that the mass killings of Armenians a century ago were ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308983/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:15:34 -0500 Spero News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308983/ Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has offered assurances that he is committed to ending the violence between Syrian forces and antigovernment ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308985/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:15:16 -0500 Spero News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308985/ The Russian goverment has announced it will pay a premium of 4 million rubles ($134,000) to Russian athletes who bring home gold medals from the Olympic Games in London this ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308986/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:15:00 -0500 Spero News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308986/ Whether it be an escrow account or a budget commissioner, the latest demands by Germany show just how absurd negotiations over Greece's future have become. It is high time to bring an end to ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309021/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:57 -0500 Spiegel Online http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309021/ The cold snap which has held Europe in its grip for over a week has yet to relent. Several countries have reported rising numbers of casualties as a result of the deep freeze. Holland, meanwhile, ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309004/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:56 -0500 Spiegel Online http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309004/ Britain on Tuesday marked the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, the first global celebrity author and chronicler of a world of urban inequality that looks a lot like the one we live in ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309003/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:12:31 -0500 SBS http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309003/ Greeks angered at salary and pension cuts being imposed on their country have burned a German flag as Prime Minister Lucas Papademos pushes ahead with talks to achieve a make or break ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309001/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:12:28 -0500 SBS http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309001/ Geneva, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuba ratified on Tuesday the importance of nuclear disarmament to the international community. Speaking at the Conference on Disarmament, the Cuban delegate Yusnier ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308902/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:12 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308902/ London, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Young children choosing their own food are less prone to obesity, published BMJ Open journal. Once babies stop receiving brest milk, is best they select among several ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309030/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:10 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309030/ Havana, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Tuesday rejected recent statements about the island expressed by the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309031/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:09 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309031/ Beijing, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) The Vice President of China, Xi Jinping, is to pay an official visit next week to the US from Feb. 13th, the first stop in a tour through Feb 22nd that takes him to ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308581/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:08 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308581/ Moscow, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to Syria today where he will meet with the country''s president, Bashar al-Assad, and analyze the internal ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308994/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:06 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308994/ Tehran, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Ali Larijani, president of the Iranian Majlis (parliament), announced on Tuesday that it is ready to pass a bill that would stop oil exports to Europe, in response to ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308580/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:02 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308580/ ROME - An Italian court has refused to lift an order of house arrest for Francesco Schettino, the captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off a Tuscan island last month.A court in ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307859/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:08:03 -0500 New York Post http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307859/ Russian and Bulgarian ministers have expressed satisfaction at improved business and toursit ties due to recent liberalizations of the visa regime between the two countries. Monday through ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309005/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:07:14 -0500 Novinite http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309005/ Turkey has suspended shipping of natural gas to Greece because of technical reasons in Shah Deniz platform, APA reports quoting Reuters. BP Azerbaijan spokeswoman Tamam Bayatly said that Shah Deniz ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307873/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:06:43 -0500 News.Az http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307873/ German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have come up with a new plan for Greece – to create a 'blocked' bank deposit account, through which the Eurozone ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309027/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:06:36 -0500 New Europe http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309027/ AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO The cruise liner Costa Concordia aground in front of the harbour of the Isola del Giglio (Giglio island) after hitting underwater rocks on January 13. Italian rescuers ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307866/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:05:38 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307866/ NEW YORK -- The euro rose against the dollar on expectations that Greek politicians will agree on a new cost-cutting plan.Greece needs to agree on new austerity measures in order to receive more ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306941/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:03:09 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306941/ Rival BA-Iberia's cargo traffic rose 0.9 percent in the same period Air France-KLM blamed a weak global economy and the timing of the Chinese New Year for cargo revenue slumping 10.3 percent in ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307137/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:56:47 -0500 Journal of Commerce http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307137/ MADRID, Feb 7, 2012 (IPS) - Spain's new conservative government has announced changes in environmental policy that are a significant step backwards for environmental protection in the ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307374/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:56:24 -0500 IPS http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307374/ The leaders of France and Germany say the 17 countries that use the euro need to improve their competitiveness to move beyond the debt crisis that has crippled the currency union over the past ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306944/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:56:16 -0500 IOL http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306944/ Middle East Media Research Institute , an Israel-centric propaganda outfit run by a former colonel in Israeli intelligence, has posted a video and transcript of an interview with retired ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309047/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:56:03 -0500 Infowars.com http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309047/ Informed sources have uncovered a US plot entailing a Turkish incursion and a full-scale Israeli strike to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309048/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:46 -0500 Infowars.com http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309048/ French flag-carrier Air France warned yesterday it would cancel up to half of its long-haul flights as aviation workers pursued a strike against plans to require them to give 48 hours notice of a ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307138/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:27 -0500 Global Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307138/ Queen Elizabeth II 's Diamond Jubilee.Onlookers lined St John's Wood High Street in north London to watch as the troops left their nearby barracks, to move permanently to Woolwich, south ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309013/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:20 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309013/ Costa Concordia disaster has deepened after one of her relatives denied reports that the young woman was in a relationship with the ship's captain. Cemortan, 25, reportedly told investigators ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309015/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:18 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309015/ ANCIENT patches of a giant seagrass in the Mediterranean Sea are now considered the oldest living organism on Earth after scientists dated them as up to 200,000 years old.Australian scientists ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309014/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:15 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309014/ Agence France-Presse photo A judge in Milan on Tuesday ruled that Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi will go to trial for the publication by one of his media outlets of ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308973/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:54:10 -0500 Turkish Daily News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308973/ Chinese futures fell broadly Tuesday as concern over the unfinished Greek austerity negotiations and a fall in the domestic stock market weighed on prices.The most active copper contract on the ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309042/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:52:18 -0500 Global Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309042/ Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the top security agency yesterday to crack down on Islamist insurgents to prevent any attacks ahead of a March presidential election, which Prime Minister ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309043/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:55 -0500 Global Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309043/ Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt wants Swedes to consider working until the age of 75 and to be ready to switch careers after 50, he said in an interview published in daily Dagens Nyheter ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309044/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:43 -0500 Global Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309044/ Authorities employed explosives, icebreakers and tractors yesterday in the battle to overcome Europe's big freeze, as dozens more died of hypothermia and tens of thousands remain cut off by ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308607/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:41 -0500 Global Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308607/ Britain's attorney general said yesterday he was "very concerned" about the release on bail of radical cleric Abu Qatada, amid a hail of press criticism, but said the government was ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309045/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:16 -0500 Global Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309045/ ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's coalition government caved in to demands to cut civil service jobs, announcing 15,000 positions would go this year, amid mounting international pressure to ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308991/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:49:14 -0500 Fox 23 http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308991/ France will face Estonia in their final warm-up match before taking on England in their first UEFA EURO 2012 Group D clash this summer. The French Football Federation today ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308969/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:48:33 -0500 FIFA http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308969/ Middle East Bureau Chief Martin Seemungal says Russia is a major player because it sells billions of dollars in arms to Syria and is pretty much the only influence in that ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309019/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:42:42 -0500 CTV http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309019/ The avocado industry is testing technology to prevent fruit ripening in transit that it hopes will open up markets in Europe. Two thousand trays of fruit were exported to France in December packed ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306837/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:40:10 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306837/ Covering World Travel and the Oregon coast: Astoria, Seaside, Cannon Beach, Manzanita, Nehalem, Wheeler, Rockaway, Garibaldi, Tillamook, Oceanside, Pacific City, Lincoln City, Depoe Bay, Newport, ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306823/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:39:26 -0500 Beach Connection http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306823/ The euro bought US$1.3111 and 100.57 yen in Tokyo midday trade, compared with US$1.3129 and 100.49 yen in New York late Monday. The euro is likely to fluctuate against the dollar and yen as ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306939/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:35:44 -0500 The China Post http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306939/ SINGAPORE--Oil prices fell in Asian trade Tuesday on concerns debt-ridden Greece might fail to secure a second bailout and expectations of weaker US energy demand, analysts ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308992/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:35:42 -0500 The China Post http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308992/ BELGRADE: Authorities used everything from ice-breaking explosives to tractors on Tuesday to overcome Europe's big freeze, as dozens more died of hypothermia and tens of thousands remained cut ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306015/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:35:13 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306015/ Greece was fighting to avoid economic disaster tonight amid political stalemate, nationwide strikes and controversial claims that the country could leave the eurozone without triggering a single ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306938/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:33:36 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306938/ Shares in Europe closed flat and US stocks were edging higher on hopes that Greek political leaders will agree on the terms needed to secure fresh bailout funds. Greek PM Lucas Papademos is holding ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306838/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:30:15 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306838/ The union representing professional soccer players said Tuesday its members are mistreated financially by clubs in Eastern Europe, which can lead to the greater risk of ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308523/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:30:00 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308523/ Europe freeze kills 89, fears rise over Russian gas Heavy snowfall across eastern Europe cut off hundreds of villages today and rescue teams struggled to evacuate people in southern Bulgaria where ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308588/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:25:46 -0500 One News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308588/ U.S. stocks traded edged higher on Tuesday as investors awaited the outcome of discussions on a bailout package for Greece that would help the country avoid a chaotic default.Greek officials worked ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306691/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:19:04 -0500 MSNBC http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306691/ Japan’s observation of Northern Territories Day on Tuesday is not the best way to strengthen relations with Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Russia "regrets" that Tokyo ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308884/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:18:28 -0500 RIA Novosti http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308884/ The Yantar shipyard in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad has completed the final tests of a missile frigate for the Indian navy, the company’s spokesman Sergei Mikhailov said o ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309016/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:18:24 -0500 RIA Novosti http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309016/ The Russian Air Force will receive more than 10 modernized Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers by 2020, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. According to official data, Russia has at least 16 ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309024/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:18:15 -0500 RIA Novosti http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309024/ The message was delivered to bishops attending a Vatican-backed symposium on clerical sex abuse that is aimed at compelling them to draft and enforce tough policies to protect children and root out ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308995/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:16:59 -0500 The Independent http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308995/ BELGRADE -- Authorities used explosives, icebreakers and tractors Tuesday in the battle to overcome Europe's big freeze, as dozens more died of hypothermia and tens of thousands remained cut ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308531/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:11:39 -0500 National Post http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308531/ Markets were mixed in sometimes choppy trading at midday on Tuesday, as forecasts of slowing production in China and declines in factory output in Germany weighed on investor sentiment, while ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306711/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:11:09 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306711/ Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Damascus, February 7, 2012, in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA. ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308999/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:10:49 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308999/ Police in Gothenburg, Sweden, Tuesday searched for a man suspected in the stabbing of 10-year-old girl outside of a school. The girl, who was stabbed in the neck Monday, was recovering in a ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307598/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:09:36 -0500 UPI http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307598/ financial services unit, said it was a matter of crafting exemptions in the draft EU bank law so Britain, Sweden and others can tailor their local supervision. "I am sure that this will end ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308976/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:42 -0500 Yahoo http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308976/ European stocks closed narrowly mixed Tuesday as the markets kept a wary eye on developments in Greece where the government meets soon on another set of tough and unpopular austerity measures. ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308944/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:21 -0500 Yahoo http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308944/ orthopedic biomaterials market will see fierce competition in an environment of reduced reimbursement and limited hospital budgets. More than 70 companies offer orthopedic biomaterials products in ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308945/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:03 -0500 Yahoo http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308945/ The Chinese government has effectively banned Chinese airlines from participating in the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which was extended on January 1, 2012 to flights ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308953/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:05:54 -0500 Yahoo http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308953/ The plaintiffs argued their payments should begin from 1997, despite their initial rejections. But the court ruled the monthly payment of approximately euro150 could only be backdated to 2005. ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309007/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:58:47 -0500 Associated Press http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309007/ But Green, who has died aged 110, was the last known surviving veteran of World War I. She was serving with the Women's Royal Air Force as a waitress at an air base in eastern England when the ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309008/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:58:43 -0500 Associated Press http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309008/ Socialist lawmaker Serge Letchimy from Martinique questioned Interior Minister Claude Gueant about his comments that some civilizations - notably France's - are worth more than ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309009/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:58:40 -0500 Associated Press http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309009/ Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- A top-level Russian delegation sought to prod President Bashar al-Assad toward a political settlement after Russia shored up the Syrian leader by blocking United Nations action ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309038/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:57:53 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309038/ U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the House Budget committee hearing on the state of the Economy on Capitol Hill in Washington February 2, ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307169/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:54:35 -0500 Reuters http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203307169/ BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Russia's leading natural gas supplier Gazprom has admitted it's having trouble keeping up with European demand, but denies that it has broken any export contracts. ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308940/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:50:57 -0500 Market Watch http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308940/ BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Italy is reporting shortages in its Russian natural gas supply as unusually frigid temperature continue to grip Europe, putting a strain on supplies, the Financial Times ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308941/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:50:28 -0500 Market Watch http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308941/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks started lower Tuesday as Greece tried to reach consensus on budget cuts needed for further rescue funds. The Dow Jones ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308943/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:49:48 -0500 Market Watch http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308943/ FXstreet.com (Crdoba) - US stocks opened lower on Tuesday as investors continue to look for a deal in Greece to implement more austerity measures needed to receive funds from the Troika and avoid ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306726/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:47:52 -0500 FXstreet http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203306726/ FITITOL--> FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - After much delay, the EU leaders became more aggressive about Greece's future if a deal doesn't come soon, suggesting an inevitable default as EUR ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309022/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:47:39 -0500 FXstreet http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203309022/ On the surface, most of these cases seem so different from present-day Russia as to be irrelevant to the success or failure of the current protests against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308970/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:43:58 -0500 Japan Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88176adfdf246af5/id/203308970/