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Brigitte Bardot threatens Russia move over sick elephants

YoopyaJanuary 7, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 7, 20130

Former French film star Brigitte Bardot has threatened to apply for Russian citizenship unless France stops two sick zoo elephants from being put down. The...

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Class of 2012: Diploma dilemma for Europe grads

YoopyaJanuary 7, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 7, 20130

PARIS (AP) — Estelle Borrell knew she wanted to work in law since she was a teenager, when she interned at a court in Versailles,...

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David Cameron says UK should ‘ask for change on Europe’

YoopyaJanuary 7, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 7, 20130

Britain is “perfectly entitled” to ask for a change in its relationship with Europe, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew...

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Russia’s Mordovia woos new citizen Gerard Depardieu

YoopyaJanuary 7, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 7, 20130

The Russian region of Mordovia has invited French actor Gerard Depardieu to set up home there, hours after he received his Russian passport. Governor Vladimir...

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The avalanche follows an accident which claimed the lives of six on Friday

YoopyaJanuary 7, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 7, 20130

Two Italian skiers have died in an avalanche in north-eastern Italy, in the same valley where six Russian tourists were killed a day earlier. The...

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Mixed response to CofE decision to allow gay bishops

YoopyaJanuary 5, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 5, 20130

A decision by the Church of England to allow gay men in civil partnerships to become bishops has prompted criticism from both liberals and traditionalists....

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Putin makes French film star Depardieu a Russian

YoopyaJanuary 4, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 4, 20130

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted citizenship to Gerard Depardieu, the French movie star whose decision to quit his homeland to avoid a...

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Deposits stable in euro zone periphery in November: ECB

YoopyaJanuary 4, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 4, 20130

(Reuters) – Consumers and firms’ deposits in banks in troubled euro zone member states remained mainly stable in November, European Central Bank data showed, indicating that worst...

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Italy’s Monti fires opening salvo of second-term campaign

YoopyaJanuary 2, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 2, 20130

(Reuters) – Italy’s outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti pledged to cut labor taxes to fuel growth on Wednesday as he shed his neutral technocrat stance and fired...

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Italian Nobel scientist Montalcini dies at 103

YoopyaDecember 31, 2012

by YoopyaDecember 31, 20120

(Reuters) – Rita Levi Montalcini, joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and an Italian Senator for Life, died on Sunday at the age...