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"Getting Shorter, Going Hungrier": Children In The UK Are Living In Poverty
Children's lives in the UK are changing. They are becoming shorter in height. More of them are going hungry than they were a few years ago.
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European Union Break-up No Longer Unthinkable: German Vice Chancellor
Germany's insistence on austerity in the Eurozone has left Europe more divided than ever and a break-up of the European Union is no longer inconceivable, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel told Der Spiegel magazine.
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Austerity Cuts Challenge European Police Facing Terror Threat
Europe is facing the spectre of attacks by ISIS jihadists with police numbers in some countries hit by austerity cuts, raising questions about whether this is making it easier for assailants to slip through the net.
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Greek 'No' Wins Referendum With Over 61% of Votes: Near-Complete Results
More than 61 per cent of Greek voters on Sunday rejected fresh austerity demands by the country's EU-IMF creditors in a historic referendum, official results from over 95 percent of polling stations showed.
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Greece Defies Europe With Overwhelming 'No' in Referendum
Greeks voted overwhelmingly "No" on Sunday in a historic bailout referendum, partial results showed, defying warnings from across Europe that rejecting new austerity terms for fresh financial aid would set their country on a path out of the euro.
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Alexis Tsipras: The Premier Playing Roulette With Greece's Future
In the five months since he came to power vowing to deliver his country from years of biting austerity, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has kept Greece and Europe guessing.
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Dollar Rallies on US Data, Europe Woes
The US dollar rallied on Tuesday after a string of healthy economic data boosted near-term rate hike prospects, while Greece's financial crisis and signs of growing opposition to austerity in Spain weighed further on the euro.
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UK Election Results: David Cameron Set to Return as PM as Conservatives Head for Effective Majority
Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives looked on course today for a surprise victory in Britain's general election which could redefine the country's future in Europe and herald more austerity cuts.
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Syriza Party Supporters Hail Greek Effect in Europe After Historic Win
Supporters of Greek anti-austerity party Syriza wildly cheered Sunday's election victory, confident that the first-ever victory by a leftist party in Greece would help turn back austerity in Europe.
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French Far Right in "Earthquake" Win as Europe Votes
Eurosceptic nationalists scored stunning victories in European Parliament elections in France and Britain on Sunday as critics of the European Union more than doubled their seats in a continent-wide protest vote against austerity and unemployment.
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Fearful for their jobs, Spaniards take deep wage cuts
Fearful of joining the one in four workers out of a job, Spanish employees are accepting ever deeper salary cuts as they pay the price of the economy's growing competitiveness.
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Holcim CEO flies economy class, says austerity means him too
The austerity measures coincide with a difficult business climate for the company, whose shares are lagging behind its competitors in Europe, and a growing distaste for corporate excess.
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Pope Francis leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally on Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience, hours after he held talks at the Vatican about the economic crisis with Germany's leader.
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No alternative to austerity, says IMF chief
IMF chief Christine Lagarde insisted today there was no alternative to the agenda of austerity being pushed across Europe, after massive demonstrations in several countries demanded an end to the policies.
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Around the world, angry workers unite on May Day
Workers around the world united in anger during May Day rallies Wednesday - from fury in Europe over austerity measures that have cut wages, reduced benefits and eliminated many jobs altogether, to rage in Asia over relentlessly low pay, the rising cost of living and hideous working conditions that have left hundreds dead in recent months.
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"Getting Shorter, Going Hungrier": Children In The UK Are Living In Poverty
Children's lives in the UK are changing. They are becoming shorter in height. More of them are going hungry than they were a few years ago.
-
European Union Break-up No Longer Unthinkable: German Vice Chancellor
Germany's insistence on austerity in the Eurozone has left Europe more divided than ever and a break-up of the European Union is no longer inconceivable, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel told Der Spiegel magazine.
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Austerity Cuts Challenge European Police Facing Terror Threat
Europe is facing the spectre of attacks by ISIS jihadists with police numbers in some countries hit by austerity cuts, raising questions about whether this is making it easier for assailants to slip through the net.
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Greek 'No' Wins Referendum With Over 61% of Votes: Near-Complete Results
More than 61 per cent of Greek voters on Sunday rejected fresh austerity demands by the country's EU-IMF creditors in a historic referendum, official results from over 95 percent of polling stations showed.
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Greece Defies Europe With Overwhelming 'No' in Referendum
Greeks voted overwhelmingly "No" on Sunday in a historic bailout referendum, partial results showed, defying warnings from across Europe that rejecting new austerity terms for fresh financial aid would set their country on a path out of the euro.
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Alexis Tsipras: The Premier Playing Roulette With Greece's Future
In the five months since he came to power vowing to deliver his country from years of biting austerity, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has kept Greece and Europe guessing.
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Dollar Rallies on US Data, Europe Woes
The US dollar rallied on Tuesday after a string of healthy economic data boosted near-term rate hike prospects, while Greece's financial crisis and signs of growing opposition to austerity in Spain weighed further on the euro.
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UK Election Results: David Cameron Set to Return as PM as Conservatives Head for Effective Majority
Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives looked on course today for a surprise victory in Britain's general election which could redefine the country's future in Europe and herald more austerity cuts.
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Syriza Party Supporters Hail Greek Effect in Europe After Historic Win
Supporters of Greek anti-austerity party Syriza wildly cheered Sunday's election victory, confident that the first-ever victory by a leftist party in Greece would help turn back austerity in Europe.
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French Far Right in "Earthquake" Win as Europe Votes
Eurosceptic nationalists scored stunning victories in European Parliament elections in France and Britain on Sunday as critics of the European Union more than doubled their seats in a continent-wide protest vote against austerity and unemployment.
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Fearful for their jobs, Spaniards take deep wage cuts
Fearful of joining the one in four workers out of a job, Spanish employees are accepting ever deeper salary cuts as they pay the price of the economy's growing competitiveness.
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Holcim CEO flies economy class, says austerity means him too
The austerity measures coincide with a difficult business climate for the company, whose shares are lagging behind its competitors in Europe, and a growing distaste for corporate excess.
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Pope Francis leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally on Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience, hours after he held talks at the Vatican about the economic crisis with Germany's leader.
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No alternative to austerity, says IMF chief
IMF chief Christine Lagarde insisted today there was no alternative to the agenda of austerity being pushed across Europe, after massive demonstrations in several countries demanded an end to the policies.
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Around the world, angry workers unite on May Day
Workers around the world united in anger during May Day rallies Wednesday - from fury in Europe over austerity measures that have cut wages, reduced benefits and eliminated many jobs altogether, to rage in Asia over relentlessly low pay, the rising cost of living and hideous working conditions that have left hundreds dead in recent months.
