Daily News Roundup – 6 August 2012

  Europe Mario Monti warns of “psychological break-up” of the European Union In an interview with Germany’s der Spiegel magazine yesterday, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti warned that the eurozone crisis was creat...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 4 AUGUST 2012

Africa and Middle East Syria urgency heightens in crisis Reports of new fighting have come out of Syria’s two main cities Damascus and Aleppo. Both are strategically very important to both rebels and official forces as the co...
by Tom Dunbar
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 3 AUGUST 2012

Africa and Middle East Syria waits for UN General Assembly vote The United Nations (UN) is today voting on a resolution that will condemn efforts by the Security Council to fail in finding a solution to the Syria crisis. The vo...
by Tom Dunbar
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 2 AUGUST 2012

Europe Suspected terror cell arrested in Spain A suspected al-Qaeda trio has been arrested in southern Spain. One man, believed to be a Turkish national, was arrested near San Rogue where explosives were obtained. Two linked su...
by Tom Dunbar
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Daily News Roundup – 1 August 2012

  Europe Scheme launches in UK to prompt lending  The Funding for Lending initiative, a new scheme to prompt banks and other lenders to make more money available to homeowners and businesses, has come into operation in th...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Daily News Roundup – 31 July 2012

  Europe Romanian President survives impeachment vote  Romanian President Traian Basescu has survived a referendum on his impeachment, with turnout below the 50% threshold needed to validate the vote.  Of those who voted...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Daily News Roundup – 30 July 2012

  Europe Spanish recession deepens, but borrowing costs fall  Official figures show a contraction of 0.4% inSpain’s GDP for the second quarter of the year.  This shows the country’s recession deepening as it follows ...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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DAILY NEWS ROUND UP – 27 JULY 2012

Middle East & Africa  Syria army sparks further conflict in Aleppo The United States (US) has expressed grave concern over the Syrian army’s assault on the rebel stronghold Aleppo, Syria’s second city. The US state dep...
by Tom Dunbar
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