Europe

Lamy warns over bank bail-outs

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Head of WTO to urge governments to resist growing pressures for protectionist measures and to keep the channels of trade open in finance as well as industry

Oxfam to G-8: Climate change will spread hunger

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

AMSTERDAM -- Chronic hunger may be "the defining human tragedy of this century," as climate change causes growing seasons to shift, crops to fail, and storms and droughts to ravage fields, an advocacy group said.

• Oxfam to G-8: Climate change will spread hunger - Miami Herald
• Oxfam to G-8: Climate change will spread hunger - San Diego Union
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Albanian Democratic party set for second term

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Albania's right-of-centre Democratic Party is set for a second four-year term after a Socialist opposition splinter group agreed to join a coalition government in the wake of a tightly contested election

action: (I)D-day, 8th July

A Fistful of Euros (Free subscription) | yesterday

OK, it’s coming down to the wire. Next week, on Wednesday, 8th July, the Government is going to put three regulations before the House of Commons. These are the crucial executive orders that put the guts of the Identity Cards Act in place; specifically, they are the ones that make it possible to force anyone [...]

Far right, facing barrage, fails in mayoral bid

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

PARIS -- A leftist candidate backed by an array of political parties successfully staved off his far-right opponent in a mayoral race Sunday that the National Front had hope would start its comeback.

Europe's vendetta

Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

Hedge funds should be supervised and regulated, as they already are in much of Europe. But it is unfair of the French and German governments to penalise these foreign "locusts" for domestic failures

Maya Moore will miss the remainder of World University Games

UCONN | Women's Basketball (Free subscription) | yesterday

Maya Moore said Sunday afternoon that a sprained right knee, suffered in a scrimmage against Australia prior to the beginning of the World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia, will prevent her from playing in the tournament which continued earlier today with...

Church of England bishop says gays should 'repent'

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday

LONDON -- A senior Church of England bishop has angered gay-rights campaigners by saying homosexuals should repent.

World University Games, Swimming: Day One Underway

Swimming World Magazine News (Free subscription) | yesterday

BELGRADE, Serbia, July 5. THE first night of long course meter swimming at the World University Games is underway in Serbia. Men's 400 free finals Poland's Przemyslaw Stanczyk held off a hard-char...

World University Games, Swimming: Several National Records Fall; Ryosuke Irie Shines

Swimming World Magazine News (Free subscription) | yesterday

BELGRADE, Serbia, July 5. THE first night of long course meter swimming at the World University Games featured several national records falling by the wayside. Meanwhile, Ryosuke Irie set up a potent...

BULGARIA: Opposition party ahead in legislative elections, say exit polls

France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday

Exit polls showed Bulgaria's opposition Gerb party to have won 41% of the vote in legislative elections Sunday, but this may not be enough for an absolute majority over the ruling Socialist Party.

World University Games, Diving: China's Pan Zhaowei Wins Men's Three-Meter Event

Swimming World Magazine News (Free subscription) | yesterday

BELGRADE, Serbia, July 5. CHINA's Pan Zhaowei topped the men's three-meter springboard event at the World University Games. Pan cruised to a winning tally of 467.15 points. Mexico's Yahel Ernesto ...

World University Games, Water Polo: Men's Preliminary Competition Continues

Swimming World Magazine News (Free subscription) | yesterday

BELGRADE, Serbia, July 5. ANOTHER day of preliminary competition is in the books for the men's water polo draw at the World University Games held in Belgrade. Croatia stomped France, 17-6, to open ...

Belgrade: The pipeline deal between Russia, Italy, Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece envisages completion of the project by 2015

Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | yesterday

(birn) The pipeline deal between Russia, Italy, Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece envisages completion of the project by 2015. During the often blazing heat that suffocates Serbia during the summer, it can be easy to forget how close, last winter the whole country came to freezing, when a dispute broke out between Russia and Ukraine, shutting off gas supplies to great swathes of South Eastern Europe. With...

'The town is dying'

IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday

The impoverished population of this sleepy Bulgarian town faces a bizarre choice of candidates in the general election.