UAE Defends Its Ouster of Foreign Groups
 05.04.2012 19:08  3440399 views  0 comments
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Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates is defending its closure of a U.S.-funded pro-democracy group and other foreign institutions and says that licensing issues forced the move. The state news agency WAM quotes an official as saying some groups violated the terms of their license and others did not have licenses. Thursday's terse statement by Abdul Rahim al-Awadhi, assistant UAE Foreign Minister for legal affairs, gave no other details. In the past two weeks, the UAE closed branches of the German pro-democracy group Konrad...
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Spain Becomes Focus as Euro Debt Fears Return
05.04.2012 18:49 3492574 views 0 comments
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MADRID (AP) — Rising concerns over Spain's economy and its ability to handle its debts sent its cost of borrowing higher Thursday, sparking fears that Europe's debt crisis is flaring up again after a brief respite. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors Spain has become the focus of investors concerns with many worried about the ability of the government to push through a big austerity program at a time when its economy is heading for a return to recession and unemployment stands at around 23 percent. A disappointing set of Spanish bond auctions on Wednesday — where it managed to raise...
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IMF: Portugal Is on Track but Big Risks Remain
05.04.2012 18:31 2779324 views 0 comments
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Bailed-out Portugal's economic recovery program is proceeding as planned but "formidable challenges" stand in the country's path amid a steep recession and market misgivings about Europe's response to its debt crisis, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors Portugal's debt-laden economy was engulfed by the debt crisis crippling the 17 countries that use the euro last year. It followed Greece and Ireland in taking an international bailout after worried investors began charging unaffordable amounts to lend the country money,...
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Ferdinand Porsche, Sports Car Designer, Dies at 76
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, the design chief credited with the classic 911 sports car and grandson of the automaker's founder, has died at age 76. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors Carmaker Porsche AG said Porsche died Thursday in Salzburg, Austria. No cause was provided. Porsche, known as F.A. to his colleagues, was head of the Porsche design studio in the early 1960s when the company developed the sleek 911 model that remains its brand-defining product. The car is now in its seventh version, and its sloping roofline, long, low hood and prominent headlights have...
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Berlusconi Ally Quits in Corruption Scandal
05.04.2012 18:13 2495453 views 0 comments
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Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors ROME (AP) — An official of Italy's anti-immigrant Northern League party says Silvio Berlusconi's longtime political ally has quit as party chief amid a widening corruption scandal. Umberto Bossi, the League's founder and firebrand populist, quit the top post of party secretary during a summit in Milan on Thursday, according to Matteo Salvini told Radio Padania, the League's radio network. Salvini quoted Bossi as saying that wrongdoers in the scandal involving alleged skimming of party funds should "pay" for their errors. Bossi himself has denied wrongdoing....
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