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Daily News Roundup – 20 July 2012

  Europe Rubber bullets fired in Spanish anti-austerity protest A day of nationwide protests against spending cuts in Spain has ended in violence, with police firing rubber bullets at protesters in Madrid.  Seven people w...
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Daily News Roundup – 20 August 2012

  Europe Czech police charge man over “Breivik-style” plot Police in the Czech Republic have charged a 29-year-old man, suspected of planning attacks similar to those by Anders Behring Breivik in Norway, with unlawful ...
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Daily News Roundup – 15 October 2012

  Europe Pakistani girl shot by Taliban travels to UK for treatment Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban last week for her pro-education campaigning, is being flown to the UK for medical tre...
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Daily News Roundup – 2 October 2012

  Europe British Labour party planning new qualifications Ed Miliband, leader of the UK’s Labour party and main opposition, will use his speech at his party’s annual conference in Manchester today to announce a new qualifi...
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Daily News Roundup – 1 October 2012

   Europe Eurozone unemployment reaches new heights Unemployment in the eurozone hit a fresh high of 18.2 million in August, according to the EU statistics agency.  The number of people out of work rose by 49,000, but re...
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Daily News Roundup – 8 August 2012

  Europe Standard Chartered shares recover Shares in British bank Standard Chartered have rebounded after their steepest one-day decline in decades.  The crash came as New York’s State Department of Financial Services a...
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Daily News Roundup – 23 July 2012

  Europe Markets rattled by more speculation over Spain’s regional debts Heavily indebted regional governments in Spain are at the centre of fears that they will push the national government into seeking a bailout for th...
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Daily News Roundup – 4 July 2012

  Europe Barclays boss to appear before MPs Bob Diamond, the former chief executive of Barclays who resigned yesterday after it was revealed that his bank had been involved in manipulating the interbank rate, will appear b...
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Daily News Roundup – 27 June 2012

  Europe EU summit to discuss direct recapitalisation of Spanish banks Spain’s Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said today that direct recapitalisation of Spain’s banks using EU bailout funds will be discussed at the m...
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