International Herald Tribune - Europe
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The Saturday Profile: Palestinian Helps Romania Remake Its Emergency Care System
Dr. Raed Arafat returned to his post at the Romanian Health Ministry after protesters in the streets supported him.
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Amid Efforts to Rescue Greece, a Lack of Trust From Allies
While Portugal, Ireland and other countries may be struggling, Greece has found itself in a category of its own — a nation the rest of Europe no longer trusts.
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Spain Approves Changes to Labor Policy
The changes are designed to loosen rigid rules by cutting the cost of layoffs and encourging companies to hire the young and unemployed.
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Russia Convicts Engineer of Passing Secrets to U.S.
Vladimir V. Nesterets, an engineer at a space facility, was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Friday for giving classified information to the C.I.A, according to Russian officials.
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Turmoil Erupts in Kremlin-Protected South Ossetia
The opposition leader in the Georgian enclave of South Ossetia was to be inaugurated as president, but her plans were thwarted by police officers apparently acting on Russia’s orders.
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St. Petersburg Police Chief Fired on Medvedev’s Orders
The dismissal came on the orders of President Dmitri A. Medvedev, amid a probe into the death of a 15-year-old boy in police custody.
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Italy’s Leader Is Optimistic About Greece and Euro
Mario Monti said Friday that Greece’s government had made a “remarkable effort” to reach new austerity agreements with lenders to avoid a calamitous default.
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Disgruntled Greeks Protest New Austerity Measures
Prime Minister Lucas Papademos’s fragile coalition was plunged into turmoil as European leaders expressed doubts about Greece’s commitment to achieving solvency.
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Man Gets Life Term for Killing 2 U.S. Airmen in Germany
Arid Uka, a native of Kosovo, testified that he shot the men at the Frankfurt airport to prevent them from deploying to Afghanistan.
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Op-Ed Contributor: Another Trial for Shylock
Once again, William Shakespeare’s Shylock is at the center of a trial, and as always, the trial reveals more about his attackers than it does about him or his creator.
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World Briefing | Europe: Turkey: Intelligence Chief Must Testify
Their testimony is part of an investigation into a Kurdish separatist group and is the latest round in a power struggle between the country’s security forces and its intelligence agency.
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Voyages: My Debt to Ireland
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Germany Expels Four Syrian Diplomats in Spy Case
As tensions mounted between Western nations and Syria, Germany said on Thursday that it had ordered the expulsion of four staff members from the Syrian Embassy.
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World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Plotters Are Sentenced
Nine Islamic militants who pleaded guilty to planning terrorist attacks on a wide variety of targets, including the London Stock Exchange, were sentenced to lengthy jail terms on Thursday.
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World Briefing | Europe: Romania: Government Voted In
Parliament approved a new government on Thursday whose leader promised to keep the austerity measures the country imposed but also to raise public-sector salaries as soon as he can.
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World Briefing | Europe: France: Former Sarkozy Aide Faces Investigation in Bettencourt Affair
Éric Woerth, a former aide to President Nicolas Sarkozy will be formally investigated on suspicion of influence peddling and concealing illegal political financing, a French court said.
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Putin Support Tepid but Broad in Industrial Russia
A working-class city in Russia embodies support for Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin, though it seems to be based mostly on an absence of options.
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Baltasar Garzón, Prominent Rights Judge, Convicted in Spain
Baltasar Garzón was found to have overstepped his authority in a wiretapping case and ordered suspended from the courts for 11 years.
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