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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 August 2012

  Europe Standard Chartered settles with New York regulator over Iran deals British bank Standard Chartered has agreed a $340m (£217m) settlement with the New York State Department of Financial Services over its recent ac...
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Daily News Roundup – 14 August

  Europe Breivik could have been stopped sooner, inquiry concludes An independent inquiry into Anders Behring Breivik’s attacks on a Christian youth camp in July 2011, which left 77 people dead and more than 240 wounded,...
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Daily News Roundup – 13 August 2012

  Europe Thousands flee fires in the Canary Islands as blazes sweep Spain Rampant forest fires on La Gomera, in Spain’s Canary Islands, have forced the evacuation of more than 5,000 people since Friday, with 910 taken by...
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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 – 7 August 2012

  Europe Standard Chartered shares crash after allegations of laundering with Iran Shares in Standard Chartered have fallen 15% in early London trade this morning despite the bank’s denial that it illegally “schemed”...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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