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UK Tightens Rules for Student Visas
Feb 7th
Days after Britain suspended issuing student visas in north India, Home secretary Alan Johnson has announced new measures intended to cut the number of student visas issued abroad
55 Countries Pledge Mitigation Targets to UN
Feb 3rd
The UN has received pledges from 55 countries, including India, for cutting their share of greenhouse gases by 2050, a development welcomed by the world body as an “important
EU Considers Using Airport Body Scanners
Jan 6th
European Union countries are considering new measures to boost airport security, including the use of a body scanner that has raised privacy concerns. EU experts are to meet Thursday in Brussels to
Spain Takes Over EU Presidency With Spectacular Light Show
Jan 1st
Spain has assumed the rotating European Union presidency with a spectacular light show in Madrid. Lights forming flags of all 27 EU members lit up a government building at midnight local time to
Somali Pirates Release Chinese Ship After Payment
Dec 29th
A Chinese ship with 25 crewmembers is said to be heading to a safe port after being released by Somali pirates late Sunday. The European Union’s anti-piracy force says the bulk carrier De Xin
EU Selects New President
Dec 29th
The European Union has chosen its first full-time president – Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy. Leaders of the 27-member bloc also chose a woman for the second top job – British
Josipovic, Bandic Likely to Vie for Croatian Presidency in Run-off
Dec 28th
Music professor Ivo Josipovic appears poised to come in first in Croatia’s presidential election. An exit poll released shortly after voting ended Sunday showed Social Democrat Josipovic with
Guinea Military Trying to Avoid International Prosecution for Killing Civilians
Dec 25th
Guinea’s military government is trying to avoid international prosecution of security forces responsible for killing opposition demonstrators by vowing to purge the army of soldiers guilty of
Mastermind of Auschwitz Theft Lives Abroad
Dec 23rd
A Polish prosecutor says a suspect outside Poland is the mastermind behind the theft of the Nazi sign ripped from the gates of the World War II Auschwitz death camp. Artur Wrona told reporters