A powerful car bomb blew up outside the Athens stock exchange on Wednesday, slightly wounding one woman, in what Greek police suspect was the latest attack by leftist or anarchist groups. The Athens bourse opened normally despite suffering extensive damage. Eight vehicles nearby were set ablaze. Leftist and anarchist groups have staged attacks against business
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The scheduled meeting between President of the Republic Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat for Thursday, to launch the second round of the direct talks on Cyprus, has been postponed, Presidential Commissioner George Iacovou said. Iacovou told a press conference that the occupation regime’s attitude towards pilgrims who were trying to cross
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A pilgrimage from the village of Pyrgos in the Paphos district to the church of Saint Mamas in the Turkish occupied area of Morphou, via the Limnitis checkpoint, was called off on Wednesday, due to delays caused by the Turkish Cypriot side. A total of 650 Greek Cypriot pilgrims on 27 coaches were set to
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The platform of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot teachers ''United Cyprus'' staged a bicommunal event on Tuesday at Ledra Palace in Nicosia, on the occasion of the World Peace Day, to declare the will for peace in Cyprus and reunification of the island. The teachers held two separate marches from either side of Nicosia, and
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World stocks fell on Wednesday after an overnight sell-off on Wall Street, with both Asia and Europe rattled by concerns over the sustainability of this year's equity rally. The dollar was weaker against a basket of major currencies, although Wall Street looked set for a flat start. Anxiety about the health of financials and worries
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A powerful car bomb blew up outside the Athens stock exchange on Wednesday, slightly wounding one woman, in what Greek police suspect was the latest attack by leftist or anarchist groups. The Athens bourse opened normally despite suffering extensive damage. Eight vehicles nearby were set ablaze. Leftist and anarchist groups have staged attacks against business
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Internet auction house EBay Inc plans to sell a majority stake in its online phone unit Skype for $1.9 billion to private investors including Silver Lake, a deal analysts said was worth more than expected but may curb eBay's growth potential. The deal valued Skype at $2.75 billion but was well below the $3.1 billion
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Sony Corp plans to launch 3D TVs next year in a move to spur sales amid slowing growth in flat TV demand, the Financial Times said. Sony CEO Howard Stringer will announce the 3D TV launch as well as plans to make its Vaio PCs, PlayStation 3 game machines and Blu-ray players compatible with the
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Oil edged above $68 a barrel on Wednesday, after a 3 percent drop in the previous session, as a data showing a drawdown in U.S. crude stocks raised expectations of demand growth in the world's biggest energy consumer. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will release weekly crude inventory data at 1430 GMT as the
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European stocks fell in early trade on Wednesday, losing ground for the third straight session and mirroring sharp losses on Wall Street and in Asia, with financial shares among the hardest hit. At 0812 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was down 1.1 percent at 944.05 points. The benchmark index, which shed
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