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EUROPEAN NEWS: NEW YORK TIMES COVERAGE

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1. Hollande and Sarkozy in Crucial Runoff in France

A closely watched presidential election between the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and the Socialist candidate François Hollande is expected to have significant impact on Europe and the euro.

2. In Greece, a Vote Amid a Financial Crisis

Voters are expected to send a message to the traditional governing parties that are being blamed for the country’s economic woes.

3. German Party, Partner to Merkel, Faces Electoral Test

The pro-business Free Democrats, also known as the F.D.P., have failed to even reach the 5 percent threshold for representation in five out of the last six state elections.

4. In Spotlight of Power, Putin Keeps Private Life in Shadows

The longer that Vladimir V. Putin rules Russia, the more reports about his family life seem to be taboo.

5. On Education, What Would You Do as the British Prime Minister?

A major British bank is close to collapse. Do you bail it out publicly, help it out secretly or let it fail? Madrid business school students use a "10 Downing Street" simulation to learn decision-making.

6. Bondholders Bullish on Greece

Several banks and hedge funds are buying Greek bonds, betting that the nation will remain in the euro zone and that bondholders won’t take a haircut in a new debt deal.

7. Greeks Expected to Make Old Guard Pay for Turmoil

Along with French elections, and with a rising tide of anti-austerity sentiment across Europe, Greece’s vote is expected to have a clear impact on the future of the euro.

8. Code of Ethics for Overseas Education Agents

The so-called London Statement was drafted in March and unveiled in late April amid concerns about fraudulent practices by unscrupulous agents who recruit overseas students.

9. In Serbia, Voters Disillusioned by the Economic Crisis

The incumbent is expected to face a backlash from disillusioned Serbian voters buffeted by the economic crisis.

10. In Race to French Presidency, Hollande Sets His Own Pace

The rise of the Socialist François Hollande, who is slightly favored to win the French presidency on Sunday, is still a surprise to many in the country.

11. Letter from Europe: Lessons From a Russian Oligarch

Vladimir P. Evtushenkov says he and his wealthy compatriots who survived the past 20 turbulent years are not bling-loving, reckless philanderers but men who know that business requires expertise.

12. World Briefing | Europe: Armenia: Rally Balloons Explode At Campaign Rally

Scores of people were hurt in Yerevan, the capital, on Friday when gas-filled balloons exploded in a huge ball of flames at a campaign rally for Armenia’s Republican Party.

13. Double Blast in Volatile Russian Region Kills 13

At least 13 people were killed and over 100 injured in a double bombing at a police station in Russia’s tumultuous North Caucasus region late Thursday night.

14. Conservatives Fare Poorly in British Races, London’s Mayor Aside

At a time of deepening austerity, Britons seem to have turned against their national leaders in bellwether mayoral and local council elections.

15. Dominique Strauss-Kahn Faces New Sexual Assault Allegations

Investigators are examining allegations that Dominique Strauss-Kahn was involved in an assault at a Washington hotel in 2010, a spokesman at the prosecutor’s office in Lille said on Friday.

16. Serbs Losing Fervor for European Union Accession

With the Serbian economy lagging, voters are expected on Sunday to show their disenchantment with the government of Boris Tadic, which has advocated for membership to the bloc.

17. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Gay Rights Activist Nikolai Alekseyev Fined

A court on Friday fined Nikolai Alekseyev, a gay rights campaigner, about $170 for distributing what the law calls “gay propaganda.”

18. British Government Seeks Special Status at Hacking Inquiry

The government applied on Friday for the status of a core participant, given to those with a special interest in the hearings’ outcome, days before two key figures in the scandal were set to testify.

19. CERN Scientist Sentenced to 5 Years in Terrorism Case

Adlène Hicheur, a French-Algerian particle physicist, was arrested in October 2009 over his correspondence with an affiliate of Al Qaeda.

20. High & Low Finance: U.S. Chose Better Path to Economic Recovery

American policy makers have made decisions in the last year that strengthened the nation’s economy, while their European counterparts have made costly missteps.

21. World Briefing | Europe: Germany: 4 Charged in Terrorist Plot

Four men were charged Thursday with membership in a terrorist organization and accused of planning to carry out an attack in Germany.

22. Leaving Presidency, Russia’s Medvedev Fights for Relevance

The announcement that Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin would return as president dealt a heavy blow to President Dmitri A. Medvedev’s profile, suggesting that he meekly stepped away from a position he badly wanted.

23. Russian General Threatens ‘Pre-emptive’ Attacks

Russian officials have said previously that the antimissile sites could become targets in the event of war, but the threat of a pre-emptive attack on sites in Eastern Europe was new.

24. World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Ex-Officials in Murdoch Empire to Face Questions in Hacking Inquiry

Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, pivotal figures in the phone hacking scandal, will testify before a public inquiry next week.

25. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Ukraine Rejects Putin’s Offer For Yulia V. Tymoshenko

Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin on Thursday said Ukraine’s former prime minister, Yulia V. Tymoshenko, was welcome to receive medical treatment in Russia.

26. Britons Vote in Bellwether Midterm Ballot

At a time of austerity and fallout from the phone hacking scandal, Britons were expected on Thursday to use mayoral and local council elections as a rebuke of their country’ s coalition government.

27. France and Greece Poised for Crucial Votes Sunday

The outcome of Sunday’s elections is likely to be another blow to a German-designed austerity plan to cure the euro zone’s debt and banking crisis.

28. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Dagestan Hit by Deadly Blasts

Two powerful blasts near Makhachkala on Thursday killed as many as 20 people and wounded 30 others near a police post, news media reported.

29. Pressure Grows on Ireland’s Cardinal Brady to Resign

Abuse survivors, government ministers, priests, canon lawyers, police officials and human rights advocates were among those calling on Cardinal Sean Brady to step down.

30. British Satellite Broadcaster Defends Record

A day after a British parliamentary panel castigated Rupert Murdoch, BSkyB insisted on Wednesday that it was a “fit and proper” company to hold a broadcasting license.

31. Greek Official’s Corruption Case Hits Hard

The case of the former defense minister, Akis Tsochatzopoulos, has raised emotional issues in a political culture widely seen as rife with corruption.

32. BSkyB Distances Itself From Murdoch and News Corporation

Following a scathing British parliamentary report declaring Rupert Murdoch unfit to run a media empire, BSkyB insisted on Wednesday that its own track record should determine fitness to hold a broadcasting license.

33. Irish Cardinal Rejects New Accusations on Pedophile Priest

The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, said he would not step down despite new accusations he allowed a serial pedophile priest to keep his job, allowing the abuse to continue.

34. European Politics Dims Ukraine’s Chance to Shine

Ukraine’s hosting of the European soccer championships next month has become one of the most serious diplomatic disputes in its post-Soviet history.

35. British Spy Most Likely Was Killed, Coroner Says

The coroner said it was unlikely that the case would ever be resolved, and played down suggestions that facets of Gareth Williams’s private life had led to his death.

36. France Approaches the End of a Presidential Campaign With a Bitter Debate

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and his Socialist challenger, François Hollande, clashed on Wednesday night in their only televised debate before Sunday’s election.

37. Britain Remains a Dissenter as Europeans Try to Set Capital Reserves for Banks

Britain’s chancellor of the Exchequer was teased by his Czech counterpart as Europe’s finance ministers failed to reach an accord on the amount of capital reserves required for banks.

38. Serbia, at a Crossroads, Prepares for Elections

Facing a challenge from the right, the pro-Western president, Boris Tadic, will ask Serbian voters for a fresh mandate in voting on Sunday.

39. WORLD: TimesCast | Report Criticizes Murdoch

May 1, 2012 — A British parliamentary panel investigating the phone-hacking scandal found Rupert Murdoch unfit to run a large international corporation.

40. WORLD: TimesCast | Murdoch Apologizes

April 26, 2012 — During a second day of questions, Rupert Murdoch described an internal cover-up at The News of the World aimed at hiding the use of phone hacking.

41. The Lede Blog: Argentina Tweaks Britain With Olympic Ad Shot Secretly in Falklands

Britain's defense minister demanded an apology from the Argentine government on Friday for a "provocative" television commercial tied to the London Olympics that restates Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands.

42. The Lede Blog: Sarkozy Supporters Attack French Journalists

President Nicolas Sarkozy appears to have soured on the news media in France, lashing out on Friday at what he described as "intolerance and bias."

43. The Lede Blog: Updates on the French Presidential Debate

The Lede is following the first and only debate of the French election contest on Wednesday between President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Socialist rival, François Hollande.

44. ‘____ (The Cockfight Play)’ Comes to the Duke

An Oliver Award-winning play makes its way to New York from London, with its considered and blunt title intact.

45. Room for Debate: In Europe, Now What?

Is this the end of austerity? What happens to Europe if the Germany-France alliance is broken?

46. Opinion: The Outsourced Life

We can hire others to do almost anything. But do we want to?

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EUROPEAN NEWS: BBC COVERAGE

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BBC News - Europe

The latest stories from the Europe section of the BBC News web site.

1. France votes in crucial run-off

French voters are choosing between conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and socialist Francois Hollande in the second round of presidential elections.

2. Greek coalition 'losses at polls'

Exit polls in the Greek parliamentary election suggest the two main parties have suffered massive losses.

3. Clashes at anti-Putin protests

Protesters clash with police in Moscow ahead of the inauguration of Vladimir Putin for a third presidential term on Monday.

4. Armenia votes for new parliament

Armenians are going to the polls to elect a new parliament, in what is seen as a contest between the two main governing parties.

5. Serbia votes in tight elections

Serbs are voting in presidential, parliamentary and local elections in what is expected to be a tight race.

6. Merkel faces regional poll test

The Christian Democrats of German Chancellor Angela Merkel face a tough test in regional elections in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.

7. Surprise Nepal flood kills 13

Thirteen people have died in Nepal after a river near Mount Annapurna unexpectedly burst its banks, police say.

8. Scores injured at Armenia rally

At least 144 people are injured at a political event in the Armenia capital after clusters of gas balloons explode, officials say.

9. France jails physicist for terror

A scientist at the prestigious Cern laboratory is jailed for five years in France for plotting terrorist attacks.

10. Breivik: Island killings detailed

The court in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik begins hearing coroners' reports for the 69 people killed in a youth camp massacre on Norway's Utoeya Island.

11. New rape claim in DSK inquiry

A new allegation of gang-rape is made in the sex inquiry involving ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in France.

12. Ukraine treatment for Tymoshenko

Ukraine's jailed opposition leader Julia Tymoshenko has her application to travel abroad for medical treatment rejected.

13. VIDEO: World's first cow fighting championship

Switzerland stages the inaugural international cow-fighting championship.

14. AP apology to WWII scoop reporter

The Associated Press apologises for sacking the reporter who defied censors to report early that World War II had ended in Europe.

15. BNP sees quarterly profits fall

BNP Paribas, France's biggest listed bank, reports a 22% fall in first quarter net profit as the eurozone slowdown continues to have an effect.

16. Eurozone private sector 'shrinks'

The eurozone's private sector contracted sharply in April and more than initially thought, a survey suggests.

17. Chelsea bid to buy Battersea site

Chelsea make a bid to buy Battersea Power Station and redevelop it into a 60,000 capacity stadium.

18. Capello wants Premier League job

Fabio Capello wants "one more challenge" before retiring and is keen to manage a Premier League side.

19. Cavendish eyes Giro pink jersey

Team Sky rider Mark Cavendish targets the pink jersey and victory in the team time trial at the Giro d'Italia.

20. VIDEO: European Parliament

MEPs have had a lively and, at times, heated debate on progress towards EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights.

21. Albania profile

Provides an overview of Albania, including key events and facts about this European country

22. Andorra country profile

Provides an overview of Andorra, including key events and facts.

23. Armenia country profile

Provides an overview of Armenia, including key events and facts about this eastern European country

24. Country profile: Austria

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25. Azerbaijan country profile

Provides an overview of Azerbaijan, including key events and facts.

26. Belarus country profile

Provides an overview of Belarus, including key events and facts about this east European country

27. Belgium country profile

Provides an overview of Belgium, including key events and facts about this European country

28. Bosnia-Hercegovina

Provides an overview of Bosnia, including key events and facts about this European country which used to form part of Yugoslavia.

29. Bulgaria country profile

Provides an overview of Bulgaria, including key events and facts about this eastern European country

30. Croatia country profile

Provides an overview of Croatia, including key events and facts about this European country which used to be part of Yugoslavia

31. Cyprus profile

Provides an overview of Cyprus, including key events and facts about this bitterly divided island.

32. Czech Republic profile

Provides an overview of the Czech Republic, including key events and facts about this European country which was part of the former Czechoslovakia.

33. Denmark country profile

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34. Estonia country profile

Provides an overview of Estonia, including key events and facts about this small country on the Baltic sea

35. Finland country profile

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36. France country profile

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37. Georgia country profile

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38. Germany country profile

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39. Greece country profile

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40. Hungary country profile

Provides an overview of Hungary, including key events and facts about this eastern European country

41. Iceland country profile

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42. Ireland country profile

Concise information about Ireland and its people, including figures for area, population, main languages, religions, exports, and more.

43. Italy country profile

Provides an overview of Italy, including key events and facts about this European country

44. Latvia country profile

Provides an overview of Latvia, including key events and facts about this country which lies on the Baltic Sea

45. Liechtenstein country profile

Provides an overview of Liechtenstein, including key events and facts about this tiny European country

46. Lithuania country profile

Provides an overview of Lithuania, including key events and facts about this small country on the Baltic Sea

47. Luxembourg country profile

Provides an overview of Luxembourg, including key events and facts about this tiny but very wealthy European country

48. Macedonia country profile

Provides an overview of Macedonia, including key events and facts about this European country

49. Malta country profile

Provides an overview of Malta, including key events and facts about this small island state in the Mediterranean Sea

50. Moldova country profile

Provides an overview of Moldova, including key events and facts about this small eastern European country

51. Monaco country profile

Provides an overview of Monaco, including key events and facts about tiny kingdom on the Mediterranean Sea

52. Montenegro country profile

Provides an overview of Montenegro, including key events and facts about this Mediterranean country which used to be part of the former Yugoslavia

53. Netherlands profile

Provides an overview of the Netherlands, including key events and facts about this European country

54. Norway profile

Provides an overview of Norway, including key events and facts about this north European country

55. Poland profile

Provides an overview of Poland, including key events and facts about this European country

56. Portugal profile

Provides an overview of Portugal, including key events and facts about this European country

57. Romania profile

Provides an overview of Romania, including key events and facts about this European country

58. Russia country profile

Provides an overview of Russia, including key events and facts about this major world power

59. San Marino country profile

Provides an overview of San Marino, including key events and facts about this tiny European country

60. Serbia country profile

Provides an overview of Serbia, including key events and facts about this European country which used to be part of Yugoslavia

61. Slovakia country profile

Provides an overview of Slovakia, including key events and facts about this European country

62. Slovenia country profile

Provides an overview of Slovenia, including key events and facts about this European country which used to be part of Yugoslavia

63. Spain country profile

Provides an overview of Spain, including key events and facts about this tropical island off India's southern tip.

64. Country profile: Sweden

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65. Country profile: Switzerland

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66. Turkey country profile

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67. Country profile: Ukraine

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68. United Kingdom country profile

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69. Country profile: Vatican

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70. Regions and territories: Abkhazia

An overview of Abkhazia including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media.

71. Regions and territories: Ajaria

An overview of Ajaria including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media

72. Regions and territories: Ceuta, Melilla

A profile of the Spanish north African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla

73. Regions and territories: The Channel Islands

An overview of the Channel Islands including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media

74. Regions and territories: Chechnya

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75. Regions and territories: Corsica

An overview of Corsica including key facts and notes on the media

76. Regions and territories: Crimea

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77. Regions and territories: Dagestan

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78. Regions and territories: Faroe Islands

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79. Gibraltar profile

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80. Regions and territories: Greenland

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81. Regions and territories: Ingushetia

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82. Regions and territories: Isle of Man

An overview of the Isle of Man including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media

83. Kabardino-Balkaria profile

A profile of the southern Russian republic

84. Regions and territories: Kaliningrad

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85. Regions and territories: Kalmykia

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86. Regions and territories: Karachay-Cherkessia

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87. Regions and territories: Kosovo

An overview of Kosovo including key facts, leaders and notes on the media

88. Regions and territories: Nagorno-Karabakh

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89. Regions and territories: North Ossetia

Key facts, dates and events

90. Regions and territories: South Ossetia

An overview of South Ossetia, including key facts and political leaders

91. Trans-Dniester profile

An overview of the breakaway region in eastern Moldova

92. VIDEO: How the French cast their votes

France is voting in a run-off poll that could see a socialist win a French presidential election for the first time since 1988.

93. VIDEO: How to vote in the Greek election

Greeks are voting in parliamentary polls, with the country's two mainstream parties expected to lose support to anti-austerity candidates.

94. VIDEO: French campaign 'endless and vicious'

Journalist Christine Ockrent said the French were tired of the "endless, vicious and verbally violent" election campaign leading up to Sunday's final vote between Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy.

95. VIDEO: Scores hurt at Armenian rally

Scores of people have been injured in the Armenian capital Yerevan after clusters of gas balloons exploded at a political rally.

96. VIDEO: Zombies take to the streets of Prague

Hundreds of zombies have taken over the streets of Prague for the annual zombie walk through the Czech capital.

97. VIDEO: Tymoshenko daughter speaks out

Yulia Tymoshenko's daughter Eugenia says a hunger strike is the only way her mother can highlight her treatment by the authorities

98. VIDEO: Greeks go to the polls

The people of Greece, where the eurozone crisis first erupted, have begun voting in parliamentary elections.

99. VIDEO: Final day of campaigning in France

Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande have been campaigning for the final day ahead of Sunday's French presidential election.

100. Life in the city of 1,000 statues

In Rome, you are never far from a statue with a story to tell

101. Climate ship plots course through the battering waves

Rainbow coalition plots path towards global deal

102. Where now for Geert Wilders?

Is the star of Dutch anti-Islam politician on the wane?

103. Scientists, leave our bees alone!

UK scientists create the wrong kind of buzz in Sweden

104. A palace fit for a tsar

A mystery palace built, it's said, for Vladimir Putin

105. Breivik trial forces Norway to look again at insanity

Why Breivik has given Norway a legal headache

106. Cardinal Brady: Political leaders and Vatican at odds

Politicians and the Vatican at odds over Sean Brady's future

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EUROPEAN NEWS: TIMES OF LONDON COVERAGE

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Top stories from Times Online

Top stories from Times Online

1. Government scales back child worker vetting scheme

Plans to vet millions of people working with children and vulnerable adults are to be scaled back to “common sense” levels, the Government announced today

2. Live: Bloody Sunday families shown Saville report

9.40 BST On a January morning 38 years ago, 13 protesters died at the hands of British paratroopers and 14 were injured, one so seriously he died four months later. For many of their relatives, the years since have been dominated by the search for truth about what happened during 25 chaotic minutes in central Londonderry.

3. Inflation eases as food prices begin to fall

Inflation eased in May to 3.4 per cent from a 17-month high the previous month, helped by weaker rises in food and petrol prices.

4. News Corp reaches for the Sky with takeover offer

News Corporation, the media group headed by Rupert Murdoch, confirmed this morning that it had made an offer to take full control of BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster in which it has a 39 per cent stake.

5. Emails ‘prove BP systematically put safety at risk’

Congressional investigators have published a series of internal BP memos which they say proves that the British company systematically and negligently put safety at risk on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in order to increase profits.

6. Uzbekistan closes borders to refugees

Uzbekistan last night closed its borders to refugees fleeing neighbouring Kyrgyzstan as the numbers killed in the ethnic violence spiralled and aid agencies reported fresh allegations of atrocities from the survivors.

7. Benayoun could prompt Anfield exodus

Yossi Benayoun has taken a significant step towards leaving Liverpool for Chelsea by agreeing in principle a four-year contract with the Barclays Premier League champions.

8. BNP leader invited to meet Queen at Buckingham Palace garden party

Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party, has been invited to attend a Buckingham Palace garden party hosted by the Queen, The Times has learnt.

9. Gaza crossing points opened as Israel bows to international pressure

Israel bowed to international pressure yesterday when it agreed to reopen crossing points into Gaza for everyday goods.

10. Economy may never recover from banking crisis, warns OBR

The economy, more damaged by the banking crisis than previously admitted, will grow more weakly and may never fully recover, the new Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said yesterday.

11. Taleban zone's mineral riches may rival Saudi Arabia, says Pentagon

Afghanistan is sitting on mineral resources worth $1 trillion and could become one of the world$’s most important mining centres, the Pentagon announced yesterday, as it tried to drum up foreign investment and wean the country off the opium trade.

12. Families call for the truth 38 years after Bloody Sunday

On the edge of the Bogside in Londonderry stands a granite monument to the 14 men “murdered by British paratroopers on Bloody Sunday”. The simple signs at its foot proclaim: “Hope for Truth.”

13. BBC to break ranks on public sector pay

The BBC has ignored pleas for public sector pay restraint with a multimillion-pound offer to boost the salaries of more than 13,000 workers.

14. Bloody Sunday victims must be declared innocent, says McGuinness

Martin McGuinness has called for the Saville Inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings to exonerate all 27 of those killed and injured from claims that they posed an armed threat to British soldiers.

15. President Obama compares Gulf of Mexico oil leak to 9/11

President Obama predicted a wholesale rethink of America’s love affair with oil today, saying he believed the Gulf disaster would have as profound an impact on the American psyche and policy as 9/11.

16. Israel promises to ease its three year blockade of Gaza

Read more on the Turkish aid flotilla deaths at The Times's new website

17. Tax-cutting blow as CGT to raise £1.5bn less than planned

George Osborne faced a fresh blow over capital gains tax today after it emerged it is due to raise £1.5 billion less than expected.

18. 200 killed in ethnic fighting in Kyrgyzstan

China sends plane to rescue its nationals

19. OBR slashes economic growth forecasts

UK economic growth forecasts have been slashed, as the damage wreaked by the recession on long-term growth were assessed independently for the first time.

20. BP shares dive amid US senators’ £20bn escrow plan

Read how BP managers face years in jail and how America snubbed British offer of help with spill at The Times's new website

21. Brits storm Broadway in the Tonys

See pictures of last night's Tony awards, and read more about British successes at The Times's new website

22. President Obama to address nation on ‘epidemic’ effect of oil spill

President Obama will address the American people tomorrow night to prepare them for what his Administration accepts will be an environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, comparable in its reach and impact to “an epidemic”. In his first speech direct from the White House — a forum reserved by his predecessors for moments of national trauma and anxiety — Mr Obama will console those whose livelihoods have been affected by the BP oil spill; set out “what we can do and what we can’t do” to clean it up; and announce a plan to force BP to put aside billions of dollars for compensation payments, which will be paid by an independent body.

23. Lame duck defence chief Sir Jock Stirrup ‘must go now’

Read Times opinion on Sir Jock's bungled departure and more on the future of the British military at The Times's new website

24. New expenses chaos as MPs clash with watchdog

Read Times opinion on the expenses chaos and the latest on the Labour leadership at The Times's new website

25. Pakistan’s ISI military intelligence accused of directly funding Taleban

Read our investigation into Britain's military fiasco fighting the Afghan Taleban at The Times's new website

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EUROPEAN NEWS: FINANCIAL TIMES OF LONDON COVERAGE

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1. Greek far left poised for strong result

Exit polls shortly after the polls closed indicate strong gains for Syriza, a radical leftwing party that rejects the bailout programme

2. France votes in presidential election

Voters choose between a socialist promising higher taxes or a centre-right incumbent vowing lower social charges and spending cuts

3. Schäuble backs wage rises for Germans

‘Europe and the G20 are relying on us remaining an engine of growth’ finance minster tells magazine. ‘Wage increases ... reduce imbalances within Europe’

4. Chancellor promises focus on UK economy

George Osborne has promised a “100 per cent focus” on sorting out the economy following his party’s poor showing in last week’s local elections

5. Obama launches re-election campaign

Ohio speech marks the start of a campaign that will criss-cross the nation until election day in November

6. Buffett frets over health of Europe’s banks

For the first time, analysts mingle with the thousands of shareholders at the annual Berkshire meeting

7. Pharma rushes to avoid falling off ‘patent cliff’

Industry is seeing a flurry of licensing deals and acquisitions as companies try to offset a raft of looming patent expiries

8. Netanyahu expected to call early election

Israel’s leader is expected to call an early election in an attempt after strong recent polls and to secure a mandate as conflict looms with Iran

9. Bahrain arrests human rights leader

Nabeel Rajab of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights has been arrested and could join the centre’s co-founder Abdulhadi al-Khawaja in prison

10. Egypt’s transition confuses and frustrates

The drafting of the new constitution is deadlocked, parliament was shut last week, and the military council-appointed government is paralysed

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