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The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens an exhibition featuring its entire collection of Picasso art.
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European Globalisation Adjustment fund (EGF) aid must be delivered faster and more simply to unemployed workers hit by the financial crisis or globalisation, concluded the Budgets and Employment committees after evaluating the fund on Wednesday.
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A newborn horse Einstein 14 inches tall weighing just six pounds could be the world's smallest.
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South Korea's Oh Eun-sun becomes the first woman climber to scale the world's 14 highest peaks.
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In one Lithuanian cinema Pasaka, audience members peddle on stationary bicycles to create the energy powering the projector.
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Thousands of french farmers took their tractors to the streets in Paris to draw attention to the falling income that could put them out of business.
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The European Commission today proposed the conclusion of visa facilitation and readmission agreements with Georgia.
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European Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas, responsible for transport, today presented to the College a preliminary assessment of the economic consequences for the air transport industry of the volcanic ash crisis.
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Boosting economic recovery, investing in Europe's youth and in tomorrow's infrastructures are the priorities of the 2011 draft budget adopted by the Commission on 27 April 2010.
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A set of two-square-metre capsule apartments in Beijing give struggling individuals a chance to have their own space.
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Hundreds turn out at a park in Brighton, Massachusetts, in an attempt to break the world record for the most people throwing rubber chickens at the same time.
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Fire sweeps across downtown Port-au-Prince market.
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The World Bank is adding its weight to efforts to save the world's endangered tigers.
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According to European ATM Security Team (EAST) data, in 2009, criminal activities related to these devices caused damage amounted to 312 million Euros – which is 36% less than a year earlier.
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Brazil hosts Pet Fashion Week, highlighting high-end fashion and accessories for seriously pampered pooches.
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Playboy founder's Hugh Hefner $900,000 donation tops off a $12.5 million fundraising drive to protect the land where the landmark lies
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President Barroso this evening phoned Viktor Orbán to congratulate him personally, emphasising his clear election victory, based on a pro-European programme and a strong commitment to European values.
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On Wednesday 29 April, the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, will embark on his first trip to China since the start of the new Commission, giving continuation to the close cooperation established in the past 5 years.
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The statue of the Little Mermaid that has sat atop Copenhagen's harbour for nearly a hundred years is unveiled at the Shanghai World Expo.
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European Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia welcomes proposed commitments by Visa Europe to significantly cut its multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) for debit card payments.
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