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Japan, EU agree to start free-trade negotiations
Japan and the European Union agreed Monday to start negotiations for a free-trade pact encompassing nations that account for nearly a third of the ...
Arab League gives Syrian seat to opposition
In a symbolic blow to embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad, senior Arab diplomats said Sunday that they will transfer Syria's seat in their main ...
EU leaders fail to agree on arming Syrian rebels
On the second anniversary of the uprising that evolved into Syria's brutal civil war, leaders at a European Union summit Friday found themselves ...
Europe eases the austerity whip _ a little
Three and a half years into its government-debt crisis, there are signs that Europe is adopting a gentler approach toward austerity. Political leaders ...
Workers protest to get EU leaders to end austerity
Some 10,000 workers from across the European Union protested outside a summit of EU leaders Thursday, demanding they end years of austerity and focus ...
Hungary rejects criticism of constitution changes
Rejecting criticism from the EU, the U.S. and human rights groups, Hungary's prime minister insisted Thursday that recent constitutional changes ...
EU lawmakers reject $1.3tn budget proposal
The European Parliament overwhelmingly rejected a proposal for the European Union's €960 billion ($1.3 trillion) budget Wednesday, in the latest ...
Obama to speak to Organizing for Action summit
President Barack Obama plans to speak Wednesday night to donors and Democratic activists who are building support for a nonprofit group formed to ...
McCain: Obama should have Camp David budget summit
Sen. John McCain says President Barack Obama should invite lawmakers to Camp David or the White House to hammer out a last-minute deal to avert deep ...
Asia stocks mixed, Japan's Nikkei up as yen falls
Japan's benchmark stock index jumped Monday after Group of 20 finance officials refrained from directly criticizing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ...
Q&A: Currency the latest threat to global economy
The world economy faces a new threat. Instead of a banking collapse or too much debt, fears are growing that countries are using their currencies as ...
G20 finance chiefs in exchange rate pledge
Finance chiefs from the world's 20 leading industrial and developing countries attempted Saturday to calm fears that governments are using foreign ...
Stocks waver as investors watch G20 talks
Stock indexes are little changed in midday trading on Wall Street as investors keep a close eye on a meeting of global finance ministers in Moscow.
Putin urges G20 ministers to consider social cost
Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on financial chiefs of the world's leading industrial and developing nations to consider the ...
Yen stutters again as focus turns to G-20 meeting
The yen started falling again Friday amid speculation that the upcoming meeting of finance ministers and central bankers in Moscow will not criticize ...
Stocks inch higher as finance ministers meet
Stocks are opening modestly higher on Wall Street as investors keep a close eye on a meeting of global finance ministers in Moscow. The Dow Jones ...
Japan economy shrinks, fueling push for weak yen
Japan's economy shrank in the last three months of 2012, its third straight quarter of contraction, giving the government ammunition to defend its ...
G7 seeks to defuse currency war fears
The Group of Seven leading industrial nations, which includes the U.S., Japan and Germany, warned Tuesday that volatile movements in exchange rates ...
Pakistani, Afghan clerics bicker over peace summit
Pakistani clerics threatened Tuesday to boycott a peace conference in Afghanistan after a dispute over whether to invite the Taliban, another sign of ...
EU leaders battle over budget at tough summit
A European Union summit to decide EU spending for the next seven years entered a second day after all-night negotiations left a standoff over spending ...
Islamic summit backs Syria dialogue
Leaders at an Islamic summit on Thursday urged a dialogue between the Syrian opposition and regime just as a new initiative for talks proposed by an ...
Iran's Ahmadenijad entices Egypt into alliance
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tried Thursday to entice Egypt into a new alliance that could reshape the turbulent Middle East, speaking of ...
Syria, Sunni-Shiite split arise at Muslim summit
An Islamic summit that opened in Egypt on Wednesday lay bare the multiple divisions within the Muslim and Arab worlds, with conflicting approaches to ...
EU summit to debate austerity budget, tough cuts
Many European Union leaders will push for a harshly pared-down budget at their summit this week but the EU parliament insists it is ready to reject ...
African leaders meet in Ethiopia amid Mali crisis
African leaders met in the Ethiopian capital Sunday for talks dominated by the conflict in Mali as well as lingering territorial issues between the ...