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  France: Drugmaker on trial, suspected in deaths

  The makers of a diabetes and weight loss drug suspected in the deaths of hundreds of people went on trial Tuesday, facing charges they misled the ... 

• Germany's SAP to recruit tech staff with autism

  German software giant SAP AG said Tuesday it plans to recruit people with autism to take make full use of their talents to process information. 

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  Does France have right plan to revive its economy?

  The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite. 

• German central bank: Economy to improve 'markedly'

  Germany's central bank expects the country's economy to improve "markedly" in the second quarter — a development that could boost the wider eurozone ... 

• Ex-Saab executives arrested on accounting charges

  A Swedish prosecutor says three former executives of automaker Saab Automobile AB have been arrested on accounting fraud charges. Prosecutor Olof ... 

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  Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics

  The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of ... 

• US says Pakistan curbing explosive fertilizers

  Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs ... 

• 51 die in 2 South Sudan clashes; army retakes town

  Twenty-four people died in a battle between South Sudan's military and rebel fighters the government believes to be supported by neighboring Sudan, ... 

• Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5B deal

  Actavis is buying Warner Chilcott in an all-stock transaction valued at about $8.5 billion which would create the third-biggest specialty ... 

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  SKorea analyzing NKorea's 4 projectile launches

  South Korea is analyzing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of ... 

• Mice return from a month in space

  A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said ... 

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  Pope leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with 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, ... 

• UEFA lifts 2nd year of Malaga ban

  European football's governing body has revoked the second year of the ban it had imposed on Malaga for not meeting its financial fair-play regulations 

• Cyprus drops limits on 8 more foreign banks

  Cyprus on Friday got rid of limits on money transfers and withdrawals for international clients of another eight foreign banks doing business in the ... 

• Fitch downgrades Slovenia amid banking concerns

  Fitch Ratings agency has downgraded Slovenia's credit grade by one notch, citing a weak economic outlook and a frail banking system. It cut the ... 

• IMF says Cyprus at risk of even deeper recession

  The IMF said Friday that substantial risks still loom for the Cypriot economy even after a multi-billion dollar international bailout aimed at ... 

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  Top officials call to overhaul euro institutions

  Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region ... 

• Czech, US cooperate in developing new reactors

  The United States says it has completed a transfer of 75 kilograms (165 pounds) of salt coolant material to the Czech Republic as part of cooperation ... 

• 4-month strike at PSA Peugeot Citroen plant ends

  A four-month strike at a car factory north of Paris has come to an end, although the workers say they will still fight a plan to close the plant. 

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  European car sales up for first time since 2011

  The European auto industry may be showing the first signs of a slowdown in its sales free-fall, according to data from the European automaker's ... 

• AP Moller-Maersk posts Q1 profit

  Denmark's shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk says its first quarter earnings ticked up 13 percent to 9.5 billion kroner ($1.6 billion), partly ... 

• UN: 14 Iranian exiles moved from Iraq to Albania

  The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations ... 

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  Cyprus may presell gas reserves to ease crisis

  Cyprus may presell the country's offshore natural gas reserves to raise cash quickly and pull it out of its deep financial crisis, the country's ...