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Dutch Prime Minister And Cabinet Quit After Failed Austerity Talks

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his cabinet resigned on Monday after talks on new austerity package failed.

Euro Zone Annual Budget Deficit Down, But Debt Up In 2011

A banner featuring a Euro coin is seen on the European Commission headquarters building ahead of a European Union heads of state summit in Brussels

The 17-member eurozone managed to reduce deficits to 4.1 percent of the gross domestic product in 2011, down from 6.2 percent in the previous year, according to official European Union figures released Monday. Overall debt increased to 87.2 percent of GDP from 85.3 percent.

FDA Drafts Additional Safety Tests For Nanotech

FDA Seeks Additional Regulations In Nanotech

U.S. health regulators said consumer products that use nanotechnology may have unknown effects on the human body, and advised food and cosmetic companies to further study the safety of these tiny particles.

Spain and EU deficit calculations add up

Spain's budget deficit was confirmed at 8.5 percent of economic output in 2011 by the EU's statistics office Eurostat on Monday, dispelling doubts about the new Spanish government's reading of its national accounts.

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The Sacyr Vallehermoso Tower is reflected on the Repsol office building in Madrid

Spanish Oil Exec Urges Caution Following Second Argentine Seizure

Fearing a trade war, a Spanish oil executive is asking Madrid to take a cautious approach to how it responds to Argentina's seizure of two subsidiaries of a Spanish oil major .

US Stock Futures Poised For Higher Open On GE, Microsoft Earnings

Stocks were poised for a higher open, putting the S&P 500 on track to snap a 2-day drop, after better-than-expected results from Microsoft and General Electric Co propelled what has been a solid earnings season to date.

South Sudan Troops To Withdraw From Heglig Oil Field

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir ordered his forces to withdraw from the town of Heglig on Friday, even though he still believes the oil field is property of South Sudan.

GE, Microsoft Earnings Lift Stock Futures

Stock index futures rose on Friday, indicating the S&P 500 may snap a 2-day decline, after better-than expected results from Microsoft and General Electric Co propelled a solid earnings season.

US Stock Futures Rise After GE, Microsoft Earnings

Stock index futures rose on Friday, indicating the S&P 500 may snap a 2-day decline, after quarterly results from Microsoft and General Electric Co propelled a solid earnings season.

EU To Suspend Sanctions On Myanmar

The European Union will formalize a suspension of sanctions against Myanmar next Monday, allowing for major easing on restrictions against the country over the next year.

Airline Passenger Data To Be Shared Between EU And US

The European Union parliament approved a deal on Thursday that will allow U.S. authorities to store sensitive data on trans-Atlantic airline passengers.

Spanish Debt Sale Holds Markets In Check

German bond yields hovered near record lows and the euro held steady on Thursday ahead of bond auctions by Spain and France that are key to investor confidence in Europe's ability to tackle growing economic and fiscal problems.

Asian Shares Flat Awaiting Spanish Bond Sale

Asian shares moved in a narrow range Thursday after the previous day's rally as investors grew cautious ahead of a key Spanish bond sale that would test the market's risk appetite as concerns mounted over the euro zone's debt crisis.

Japan Cuts Iran Oil Imports Further; Europe, Taiwan Follow Suit

Japan slashed its oil purchases from Iran in April, cutting imports from the Islamic Republic by nearly 80 percent.

Iran: The West Cannot Force Us To Surrender

Iran said that the nuclear negotiations have proved that Western countries are unable to force Iran to surrender and give up its absolute and legitimate rights to use peaceful nuclear energy.

he Atlantic Cruiser, sailing under the colours of Antigua and Barbuda, arrives at the port of Iskenderun, southern Turkey

Turkey To Search Mysterious German-Owned Ship Suspected Of Carrying Arms To Syria’s Assad

The ship flies an Antigua and Barbuda flag and that it is chartered to a Ukrainian company.

Britain's PM Cameron talks with Nobel laureate and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence in Yangon

Burma Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi To Visit Europe For First Time In 24 Years

Nobel Prize Laureate and opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, plans to leave Myanmar to visit Europe - her first time out of the country in 24 years.

Syria Selling Gold Reserves As Sanctions Bite: Sources

Syria is trying to sell gold reserves to raise revenue as Western and Arab sanctions targeting its central bank and oil exports begin to bite, diplomats and traders said.

Spain Bailout: Not If, But When, Experts Say

Economic experts watching Spain don't know how much money will be needed or precisely when, but some are near certain that Madrid will eventually seek a multi-billion euro bailout for its banks, and perhaps even for the state itself.

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde attends a Eurogroup meeting ahead of a two-day EU leaders summit in Brussels March 1, 2012.

IMF Raises 2012 Global Growth Forecast To 3.5%

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its global growth forecast despite a persisting Eurozone debt crisis.

French Foreign Minister Juppe and Syrian Auditing Consultant Chatti as they attend an international conference on Syria in Paris

Sanctions Hurting Syria: French Foreign Minister

About 90 percent of Syrian crude exports went to Europe -- oil revenues represented about one-fifth of Syria’s GDP.

IMF Inches Toward Deal On Boosting Firepower

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday appeared to be inching toward a deal on boosting its financial firepower with Japan, Sweden and Denmark committing a total of $77 billion to help contain the euro zone debt crisis.

The Schmallenberg virus - named after the German town where it was first detected in November - infected sheep and cows on at least 2,600 farms in eight EU countries between August and October last year. Thought to have been spread for hundreds of miles a

Schmallenberg Virus: Scientists Say Spread Is A Warning To Europe

The outbreak of a new livestock disease in western Europe last year, particularly harmful to offspring, could move further into areas surrounding the worst affected countries in the next cycle of new births, scientists say.

European Debt Concerns Weigh on China’s FDI

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China continued to fall for the fifth consecutive month in March, as concerns over European sovereign debt crisis curbed investments by companies in the world’s second largest economy.

Vacation Is Over, Euro Zone Crisis In 2012 Back: Roubini

Vacation is over and the euro zone crisis in 2012 is back as fundamental realities of high debt and low growth set in again, said economist Nouriel Roubini of Roubini Global Economics in a recent commentary amid rising yields for Spanish and Italian sovereign debt.

The euro zone saw a trade surplus after four months of gains.

Euro Zone Saw Trade Surplus, But EU A Trade Deficit

The euro zone experienced a €2.8 billion trade surplus in February, however the European Union as a whole suffered a €9.4 billion deficit, a Eurostat report said Monday.