BRUSSELS Top Stories
Caroline Wozniacki, of Denmark, hits a forehand return during her 6-2, 6-1 victory over Dominika Cibulkova, of Slovakia, in the quarterfinals of the New Haven Open tennis tournament in New Haven, Conn.
2013-05-22, The News & Observer
Top seed and former world No. 1Caroline Wozniacki was a second-round upset victim, while fourth-seeded AmericanSloane Stephens notched a pair of victories Wednesday at...
black clouds in the sky - monsoon weather - climate
2013-05-22, CounterPunch
It seems an odd time for environment policy wonks to throw a party. The level of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere is higher than it has been in three...
The front of a Sony Alpha A700 DSLR
2013-05-22, Kathimerini
Stocks in Europe fell ahead of a European Union leaders meeting and testimony by Federal Reserve ChairmanBen S. Bernanke on the economy. Most Asian stocks rose after the...
Varvara Lepchenko
2013-05-20, Star Telegram
The Sports NetworkAmericanVarvara Lepchenko was a hard- fought opening-round winner Monday at the $690,000Brussels...
Elena Baltacha of Great Britain competes against Shaui Zhang of China during the Day 2 of qualifying rounds of the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 20, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida - USA.
2013-05-20, Sky Sports
Great Britain'sElena Baltacha made a winning return to the WTA Tour following injury as she reached the second round of the...
As a Blackhawak helicopter rumbles overhead, Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter speaks with BGen Ron Lewis, right, at Gambrei during a visit to forward bases in Afghanistan, May 13, 2013.
2013-05-20, CounterPunch
A whistleblower has revealed extraordinary information on the U.S. government’s support for international terrorist networks and organised crime. The government has...
 
The Irish Times: Sir, – Our German readers are curious whether reports are true that the Irish Government has made a deal with Apple to the effect the Apple is only paying a two per cent tax on its income and that Apple has been using this non-taxing-regime to escape paying...
Scoreline2013-05-23
The Telegraph India: TENNIS Brussels Open Wednesday, women’s singles first round: Kirsten Flipkens (5, Bel) bt Madison Keys (US) 6-41-6 6-2; Romina Oprandi (Sui) bt Melanie Oudin (US) 6-2 6-2; Jamie Hampton (US) bt Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) 1-6 6-3 6-4; Zheng Jie (Chn) bt...
The Times of India: BRUSSELS: China'sZheng Jie knocked top seed Caroline Wozniacki out of the Brussels Open on Wednesday, just hours after prevailing in a three-set opener held over because of Tuesday's heavy rain. Zheng, the world number 51, eased...
The Irish Times: When Taoiseach Enda Kenny arrived at the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels to face a scrum of reporters, he had never seemed so prepared. Without waiting for an opening question from journalists, he was on the offensive: “I’d like to repeat that Ireland’s...
The Irish Times: French presidentFrançois Hollande said he and the British prime ministerDavid Cameron talked about the worsening conflict in Syria “all the way in train from Brussels” after the European Council last night. France and Britain had announced that they were...
The Irish Times: The European Commission is to impose more stringent conditions on state bailouts for troubled banks so that shareholders and junior bondholders suffer losses before taxpayers foot a rescue bill. The imminent revision of the EU state aid controls uses the...
The Irish Times: The Government has hotly rejected claims of a special tax deal between this country and Apple with Minister for FinanceMichael Noonan saying Ireland will not become the “whipping boy” for misunderstandings in the US Senate. Mr Noonan also warned TDs not to...
Chosunilbo: The European Union has announced a series of measures to crack down on tax avoidance and fraud, including the automatic exchange of bank information to catch cheats. European Union PresidentHerman Van Rompuy hailed as "unprecedented" a series of...
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CNBC: European parliament president Martin Schulz gave European UnionOfficials a measly three out of ten for their handling of the euro zone crisis, in an exclusive interview with CNBC on Wednesday. Speaking to CNBC in Brussels, Schulz gave the European Commission...
IMDb: In the international thriller Erased, ex-cia agent Ben Logan (Aaron Eckhart) discovers that he and his teenaged daughter (Liana Liberato)...
Deutsche Welle: EU leaders have have taken a major step to curb tax cheats, pledging to do more to stop companies actively avoiding taxes. The bloc's latest actions pave the way to ending banking secrecy among its 27 members. Leaders from the European Union agreed at a...