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France rejects asylum request by Wikileaks founder Assange
France swiftly rejected on Friday a request for asylum by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.BBC announces it will cut more than 1,000 jobs
The BBC said Thursday that it is cutting more than 1,000 jobs, mostly in management, as part of a long-term drive to ...US seeks extradition of FIFA officials from Switzerland
Switzerland said Thursday the United States had formally requested the extradition of seven FIFA officials arrested in May in a wide-ranging probe ...WikiLeaks claims NSA targeted German ministers beyond Merkel
WikiLeaks published a list of German phone numbers Wednesday that it claimed showed the U.S. National Security Agency eavesdropped on senior German ...Russia blasts Finland for barring parliament speaker
Moscow on Wednesday slammed Finland for refusing entry to the speaker of Russia\'s parliament in the latest high-profile spat between the Kremlin ...Greek PM makes new bailout offer after IMF default
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made a fresh reform proposal to eurozone ministers on Wednesday after Greece became the first advanced economy ...Greece misses IMF payment as crisis deepens
Greece has missed its deadline to make a €1.6 billion repayment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), placing it in arrears. It ...Eurozone refuses Greek bailout extension
Eurozone finance ministers declined to extend Greece\'s bailout Tuesday hours before its expiry and a possible IMF default but talks will continue ...Europe to end mobile roaming charges
The European Union has agreed to end mobile roaming charges within two years and allow travelers with European phone plans to pay ...Berlusconi gave dancer millions for Bunga Bunga silence
Silvio Berlusconi paid an exotic dancer and other young women some ten million euros for their silence over what went on at ...