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[Comment] End violence against women
Umm Durmān :: Sudan | about 2 hours ago
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Approximately 250,000 to 500,000 women and girls were raped in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, at least 200,000 cases of sexual violence, mostly involving women and girls, have been documented since 1996. (Photo:...
Tags: sexually violence, European Commission, European Union, empower women, Sudan, Umm Durmān, Women's rights, Rape, Social Issues, Sex crimes, Domestic violence, Sexual violence, Violence, South Kivu, Gender studies
Sops for drug exporters avoiding Europe
Mumbai :: India | about 5 hours ago
Credibility The European Union has been seizing Indian generic drugs en route Latin America and Africa citing patent violations. The Department of Pharmaceuticals has submitted a freight subsidy scheme for exporters to the Commerce Ministry so that they could take...
Tags: Indian, Latin America, WTO, European Union, European Commission, Ashok Kumar, Brazil, Africa, generics drug, India, Mumbai, Pharmaceuticals policy, Pharmacology, Clinical research, World Trade Organization, Pharmaceutical industry in China, Pharmaceutical industry, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals in India
The new European Commission
Brussels :: Belgium | about 5 hours ago
Credibility Tuesday 24 November 2009� � The selection of a new European Commission, never the simplest of political tasks, will this year be more complex than ever. Politically and institutionally, 2009 contains a whole range�of permutations�regarding the 'how?',...
Tags: European Commission, Belgium, Brussels, European Union, Federalism, Permutation
European Labor Market Stays Tough Despite Crisis
Brussels :: Belgium | about 8 hours ago
Credibility Unemployment in the European Union has been climbing for the last year and a half, reaching 9.2 percent (up 2.5 percent), which represents a 6.1 percent rise in the number of job losses, totaling 22.1 million people. At the same time, the European labor...
Tags: labor market, European Commission, European Union, european labor, Belgium, Brussels, Unemployment, Full employment, Macroeconomics, Employment protection legislation, Labor economics, Recession, Labor, Flexicurity, Types of unemployment
MEPs flex legal muscles over police reforms ahead of new treaty
Brussels :: Belgium | about 9 hours ago
Credibility The European Parliament on Tuesday (24 November) rejected reform proposals for the bloc's police and anti-terrorism agency, Europol, in an attempt to delay the decision until after the new EU treaty comes into force, granting the legislature more powers.
Tags: European Parliament, Belgium, Brussels, Member of the European Parliament, Europol, European Union, Treaty of Lisbon, EUobserver, European Commission
U.S. senators urge Europe to act on Oracle, Sun deal
Brussels :: Belgium | about 21 hours ago
Credibility Fifty-nine U.S. senators, led by John Kerry and Orrin Hatch, have urged European antitrust regulators to conclude their investigation of the Oracle and Sun Microsystems merger and justify any further delay in making a decision on the deal. "The EC is...
Tags: European Union, Oracle-Sun, European Commission, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., U.S, Belgium, Brussels, Oracle Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Business Finance, Open Travel Alliance, John Kerry, Oracle Database, MySQL, SQL, Competition law, Politics, Technology Internet, Orrin Hatch, Cross-platform software
Barroso has full house of commissioner nominees
Brussels :: Belgium | about 23 hours ago
Credibility European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso on Tuesday (24 November) received the final names of commissioner nominees, meaning that he can start the distribution of portfolios, a process keenly watched by national governments. Reflecting the electoral...
Tags: Mr Barroso, ELDR, Jose Manuel Barroso, Barroso Commission, Jos� Manuel Barroso, commissioners nominees, Joaquin Almunia, Belgium, Brussels, Siim Kallas, Andris Piebalgs, Viviane Reding, President of the European Commission, Olli Rehn, European Commission, European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
EU parliament takes first shot at hedge fund regulation
Brussels :: Belgium | about 23 hours ago
Credibility A new report on hedge fund and private equity regulation, published by an influential MEP on Wednesday (25 November), highlights the diverging views held by European parliamentarians and the Swedish EU presidency on the matter. The report by the French...
Tags: European Commission, EU parliament, Jose Manuel Barroso, European Parliament, European Union, Lisbon Council, Belgium, Brussels, Josￃﾩ Manuel Barroso, Treaty of Lisbon, Maoism, Economy of the European Union, Lisbon Strategy, Politics, President of the European Commission, Barroso Commission, Institutional investors, Funds, Bulgarian Socialist Party, European Commissioner for Multilingualism, Neelie Kroes, Eurochambres, Boyko Borisov, Financial services, Investment, Charlie McCreevy, Private equity, Business Finance, Sergei Stanishev, Hedge fund, Collective investment scheme
Panasonic, Sanyo can merge, U.S. regulators say
Brussels :: Belgium | 1 day ago
Credibility U.S. antitrust approval to merge, the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday. Panasonic plans to start its tender offer for Sanyo shares soon after it wins regulatory approval in 11 countries and regions, including China, Europe and the United States.
Tags: Sanyo Electric, European Commission, Panasonic, FTC, rechargeable batteries, Belgium, Brussels, Sanyo, Battery, Nickel-metal hydride battery, Recyclable materials, Semiconductor companies, Panasonic Corporation, Business Finance, Technology Internet
H1N1 Swine Flu Deaths In Europe Doubling Every Two Weeks
The European Center for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that swine flu deaths in Europe are doubling every two weeks. Commenting on a spike in H1N1 deaths in Iowa, Dr. Gregory Schmunk told KCCI news that what doctors there are seeing in...
Tags: h1n1, flu, swine, europe, influence, us, usa, united states, swine flu, European Commission, h1n1 swine, Barack Obama, U.S, flu deaths, San Francisco, Music, Ron Paul, Adam Lambert, health
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