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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Europe - US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner upbeat on European reforms‎

Published on Dec 6, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ A positive tone from US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as he started a three-day blitz of euro zone officials.

In Europe to urge decisive action to save the euro and resolve the crushing debt crisis, Washington's top money man said he sees "encouraging signs" from Europe.

Geithner started in Germany, at the European Central Bank, which the US would like to see take more decisive action.

Neither the American nor ECB president Mario Draghi commented on what they had discussed.

Russia - Protests spread over Russian election result / Россия - Протесты распространяется на русском результатов выборов

Published on Dec 6, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ The Russian general election may be over but anger about the outcome rumbles on. Opponents of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whose United Russia party won the vote, have promised more street protests over what they believe was a rigged election.

Large numbers of them were arrested, including a high-profile anti-government blogger, after police deemed illegal their rally in the centre of Moscow.
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Россия всеобщих выборов может быть более, но гнев о результатах грохочет далее. Оппоненты премьер-министра Владимира Путина, чьи партии 'Единая Россия выиграла голосование, обещали больше уличных протестов над тем, что они считают, были сфальсифицированы выборы.

Большое количество из них были арестованы, в том числе громких антиправительственных блоггер, после того как полиция считает незаконным свое митинг в центре Москвы.
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Prominent arrests and convictions in Russia protests

Published on Dec 6, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Police have arrested as many as 300 people, including journalists, as demonstrators in Moscow defied a ban on unnapproved protests.

This is the second day people have taken to the streets, angry at alleged election fraud on Sunday, and fed up with Vladimir Putin's United Russia Party.

More people were held after similar protests in St Petersburg and the southern city of Rostov-on-Don.

Among those detained by police are opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, prominent activist Ilya Yashin and opposition blogger Alexei Navalny.

Полиция арестовала до 300 человек, включая журналистов, а демонстранты в Москве бросили вызов запрету на unnapproved протестов.

Это уже второй день люди вышли на улицы, сердясь на предполагаемое мошенничество выборов в воскресенье, и сыты по горло Единая Россия Владимира Путина партии.

Все больше людей были проведены после того, аналогичные акции протеста в Санкт-Петербурге и Ростове-на-Дону.

Среди задержанных полицией являются оппозиционный политик Борис Немцов, видный активист Илья Яшин и оппозиции блоггер Алексей Навальный.

Britain - Charlotte Harris tells the Leveson Inquiry: News International spied on me and my children

Uploaded by telegraphtv on Dec 6, 2011

Charlotte Harris, a lawyer for Mishcon de Reya who represents phone hacking
victims, tells the Leveson Inquiry that she and her family were spied on by
News International.