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  • Feb 7, 2006
  • 7 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: Concentration in steel sector likely

Luxembourg's financial regulator received today the details of Mittal's proposed takeover of...

  • Feb 7, 2006
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FRANCE/GERMANY: Protests show job market unease

Demonstrations are expected across Germany and France today in defence of job protection and...

France
  • Feb 7, 2006
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EUROPEAN UNION: Commission champions cross-border M&A

French bank BNP Paribas yesterday made a 9 billion euro (11 billion dollars) offer for Italy's...

  • Feb 6, 2006
  • 1 min read

NATO: Members seek to carve out new role for NATO

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking at a security conference in Munich at the weekend,...

Nato
  • Feb 6, 2006
  • 1 min read

FRANCE: Sarkozy to privilege skilled migrant workers

Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday presented proposals that would radically change...

France
  • Feb 3, 2006
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EUROPE/US: Governments at risk over CIA flights

Switzerland allowed non-commercial US aircraft access to Swiss air space again on February 1...

United States
  • Feb 3, 2006
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IRAN/UN: IAEA to start the long road towards sanctions

The board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) -- the UN's nuclear watchdog -- is set...

Iran
  • Feb 3, 2006
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NATO/AFGHANISTAN: Increased troops may be insufficient

The Dutch parliament yesterday voted to send an extra 1,400 troops to Afghanistan, after a long...

Nato