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In Pictures: Julian Assange and the WikiLeaks Scandal
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Hollande's victory: The world ponders a major shift
François Hollande's victory may represent change for not just France, but Europe as a whole.
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France presidential elections: the candidates challenging Sarkozy
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is fighting for reelection in the April 22 presidential poll. Here are the top 5 presidential candidates.
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French school shooting: Five responses to the gunman's attack
French authorities are searching for the gunman responsible for killing three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school in Toulouse yesterday. The event followed closely behind the murder of three French soldiers in the region. Here is a snapshot of reactions to the events from French and Jewish media.
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Turkey and France trade accusations of genocidal history
Turkey and France tussle over genocide bill: Turkey, angered by a French bill forbidding denial of the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide, accused France of committing genocide during its occupation of Algeria.
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Turkey and France in growing confrontation over French ‘genocide bill’
Turkey and France traded barbs Thursday, with the Turkish ambassador recalled from Paris. Turkey also suspended all bilateral political, economic and military cooperation.
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Turkey angered by French bill to criminalize 'Armenian genocide denial'
The French parliament is expected to pass a bill Thursday dealing with the 1915 killing of Armenians in present-day Turkey. Any denial could result in a one-year jail term and a $58,000 fine. Turkey is furious.
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Is Strauss-Kahn staging a political comeback – on his wife's coattails?
Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, whose political life seemed over after sexual assault accusations, is back with a speech criticizing the EU. Does this, and his wife's selection as 'Woman of the Year,' signal his comeback?
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French court convicts ex-Pres Jacques Chirac of corruption
Jacques Chirac, a savvy world diplomat and icon of France's ruling establishment for decades, will not go behind bars but was handed a two-year suspended sentence that goes on his criminal record. Anti-corruption crusaders, long frustrated by dirty dealings in the French political machine, rejoiced at the conviction.
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Doubts mount as Europe struggles with next steps in euro crisis
European stocks as well as the euro dropped as optimism from last week's euro crisis summit yielded to tough questions about the EU's ability to avert fresh crises.
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Europe's new fiscal union: how big a step out of crisis?
Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy have proposed a pact to form a European 'fiscal union' with strict financial rules in parallel with the EU. But Britain has balked, leaving it the odd man out.
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US stocks dive after ECB doesn't act
US stocks on the Dow dropped 198 points to close at 11997 after the head of the European Central Bank said there was no plan for purchases of European government bonds. The drop in US stocks was the worst since November.
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US stocks fall sharply after ECB inaction
US stocks were down near session lows in midday trading. The European Central Bank's announcement that it had no large-scale bond-buying plan undercut enthusiasm for US stocks.
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ECB not buying bonds? US stocks slide.
European Central Bank cuts interest rates but says it has no plan for large-scale purchases of European government bonds. Shares on Wall Street fall in early trading.
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Merkel, Sarkozy to Europe: shelve your sovereignty, save the euro
The plan put forth from the German and French leaders to save the euro amounts to a call for European states to give up full control over their own spending.
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How an obscure rule could trample EU dissenters
The EU might invoke an 'overpass' clause to head off individual nations' objections to more centralized budgetary powers.
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Good Reads: Saving Europe by handing the keys to Germany and France
The collapse of Europe's common currency may have been averted by a new France-German plan to centralize budget decisions, but critics worry about having Germany in charge.
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Opinion: Eurozone crisis: Leaders must make 'grand bargain' at summit
When European leaders meet in Brussels this week, they must reach a 'grand bargain' that addresses both immediate and long-term solutions to the eurozone crisis. Proposals to date, including by Merkel of Germany and Sarkozy of France, must go further.
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Is the US going to bail out Europe?
Officially, the International Monetary Fund is slated to help ease Europe's debt problems. But 20 percent of the IMF's funding comes from the US and Britain, and more money will be needed for a European bailout.
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Stocks rise despite the threat of a Germany credit downgrade
The Dow rose 78 points to close at 12097 after a threat to Germany's credit rating mostly erased an early morning rally
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As euro reels, France and Germany push to rewrite the rules
France and Germany agreed on a joint strategy to stem the European debt crisis: Rewrite the treaties that govern the eurozone.
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Stock market: Prices rise on hopes of euro deal
Stock market prices in Europe and much of Asia are buoyed as Merkel and Sarkozy meet in Paris to discuss closer political, economic union. But the stock market in China fall on its worsening economic outlook.
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Stock market caps its best week in two years
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 0.61 of a point to close at 12,019.42 but ended the week up 7 percent, the largest weekly gain since July 2009.
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Germany's Merkel takes hard line on fixes for eurozone debt crisis
German Chancellor Merkel is pushing guarantees of greater fiscal discipline in exchange for a more assertive European Central Bank role in addressing the eurozone debt crisis.
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Opinion: Morocco elections aren't a model for the Arab Spring as West claims
Contrary to the West's view, Morocco's parliamentary elections this weekend didn't signal a bold step toward democracy. They showed just how far the country has to go to achieve real reforms – and how much more power the king must give up.
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Europe debt crisis: Germany denies 'elite' plan
Europe debt crisis solution would be joint-issued euro bonds. Germany denies reports that it has initial plans to solve Europe debt crisis with euro bonds issued by nations with triple A credit.
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Iran nuclear stand-off: Why the war drumbeat has died down
Western countries are on alert for any decisive moves from Tehran that hint at an 'all-out bid' for an Iranian nuclear weapon. But in the meantime they are sticking to diplomatic measures.
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Russia blasts latest sanctions against Iran nuclear program
The latest sanctions against the Iran nuclear program target its oil and petrochemical industries. The US and France are also threatening more devastating measures against Iran's banks.
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US targets Iran's central bank as world takes aim at Iran's nuclear program
Secretary Clinton calls new US sanctions a 'significant ratcheting up of pressure on Iran.' Britain, France, and Canada also announce steps in wake of UN report citing 'deep concern' over Iran's nuclear program.
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