FamousAbout.com » Europe http://famousabout.com What's the Famous World News Online About? Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:07:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Europe’s cold snap claims more victims, travel hit (Reuters) http://famousabout.com/europes-cold-snap-claims-more-victims-travel-hit-reuters http://famousabout.com/europes-cold-snap-claims-more-victims-travel-hit-reuters#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:36:10 +0000 Jason http://famousabout.com/europes-cold-snap-claims-more-victims-travel-hit-reuters Reuters – Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims on Sunday, brought widespread disruption to transport services, and left thousands without power with warnings that low temperatures would continue into next week.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/europes-cold-snap-claims-more-victims-travel-hit-reuters/feed 0 Wen says China has stake in helping Europe (Reuters) http://famousabout.com/wen-says-china-has-stake-in-helping-europe-reuters http://famousabout.com/wen-says-china-has-stake-in-helping-europe-reuters#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:07:48 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/wen-says-china-has-stake-in-helping-europe-reuters Reuters – China has a stake in helping euro zone countries get through their debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments published on Sunday, pointing to Europe’s importance as a market and hinting at more possible support for beleaguered exporters.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/wen-says-china-has-stake-in-helping-europe-reuters/feed 0 European chill moves west, 122 die in Ukraine (Reuters) http://famousabout.com/european-chill-moves-west-122-die-in-ukraine-reuters http://famousabout.com/european-chill-moves-west-122-die-in-ukraine-reuters#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:21:39 +0000 AngeloVillanueva http://famousabout.com/european-chill-moves-west-122-die-in-ukraine-reuters Reuters – Bitterly cold weather that has claimed hundreds of lives in eastern Europe swept westwards over the continent on Saturday, blanketing Rome’s Colosseum with snow for the first time in three decades and disrupting air and rail traffic.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/european-chill-moves-west-122-die-in-ukraine-reuters/feed 0 Russia admits brief cut of gas supplies to Europe (AP) http://famousabout.com/russia-admits-brief-cut-of-gas-supplies-to-europe-ap http://famousabout.com/russia-admits-brief-cut-of-gas-supplies-to-europe-ap#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:10:46 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/russia-admits-brief-cut-of-gas-supplies-to-europe-ap AP – Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom natural gas giant acknowledged for the first time Saturday that it had briefly reduced gas supplies to Europe amid a spell of extreme cold.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/russia-admits-brief-cut-of-gas-supplies-to-europe-ap/feed 0 Iran calls on EU to review oil embargo decision (Reuters) http://famousabout.com/iran-calls-on-eu-to-review-oil-embargo-decision-reuters http://famousabout.com/iran-calls-on-eu-to-review-oil-embargo-decision-reuters#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:37:32 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/iran-calls-on-eu-to-review-oil-embargo-decision-reuters Reuters – Iran’s oil minister called on the European Union to review its decision to impose sanctions on the Islamic state’s oil exports and said that the international oil market was balanced.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/iran-calls-on-eu-to-review-oil-embargo-decision-reuters/feed 0 Clinton: US, Europe must do more against tyrants (AP) http://famousabout.com/clinton-us-europe-must-do-more-against-tyrants-ap http://famousabout.com/clinton-us-europe-must-do-more-against-tyrants-ap#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:37:09 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/clinton-us-europe-must-do-more-against-tyrants-ap AP – The Obama administration on Saturday called for stepped up U.S.-European cooperation to isolate tyrannies like the Assad regime in Syria, promote democracy in the Arab World and beyond and repair damage from the global financial crisis.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/clinton-us-europe-must-do-more-against-tyrants-ap/feed 0 Report: Monti says Italy a "safe place" (AP) http://famousabout.com/report-monti-says-italy-a-safe-place-ap http://famousabout.com/report-monti-says-italy-a-safe-place-ap#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:36:04 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/report-monti-says-italy-a-safe-place-ap AP – Italy is now a “safe place” amid market turbulence, Premier Mario Monti said in an interview published Saturday, pressing for Europe to turn its political energy to generating growth rather than further plans to strengthen budget discipline.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/report-monti-says-italy-a-safe-place-ap/feed 0 Facebook on collision course with new EU privacy laws (The Christian Science Monitor) http://famousabout.com/facebook-on-collision-course-with-new-eu-privacy-laws-the-christian-science-monitor http://famousabout.com/facebook-on-collision-course-with-new-eu-privacy-laws-the-christian-science-monitor#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:20:28 +0000 Carlo http://famousabout.com/facebook-on-collision-course-with-new-eu-privacy-laws-the-christian-science-monitor The Christian Science Monitor – With its initial public offering this week, Facebook is roaring ahead. However, new European Union privacy regulations are taking

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]]> http://famousabout.com/facebook-on-collision-course-with-new-eu-privacy-laws-the-christian-science-monitor/feed 0 Europe says aims to double e-commerce by 2015 (Reuters) http://famousabout.com/europe-says-aims-to-double-e-commerce-by-2015-reuters http://famousabout.com/europe-says-aims-to-double-e-commerce-by-2015-reuters#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:18:52 +0000 Carlo http://famousabout.com/europe-says-aims-to-double-e-commerce-by-2015-reuters Reuters – European Union competition ministers supported plans on Friday to remove barriers to electronic trade in a bid to spur economic growth and jobs by expanding the single market to the digital world, officials said.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/europe-says-aims-to-double-e-commerce-by-2015-reuters/feed 0 EU probes new Google privacy policy (AP) http://famousabout.com/eu-probes-new-google-privacy-policy-ap http://famousabout.com/eu-probes-new-google-privacy-policy-ap#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:14:12 +0000 AngeloVillanueva http://famousabout.com/eu-probes-new-google-privacy-policy-ap AP – The European Union’s data protection authorities have asked Google to delay the rollout of its new privacy policy until they have verified that it doesn’t break the bloc’s data protection laws.

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