Friday, January 25, 2013

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Franco-German motor sputters in crucial euro year
BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) – Germany and France will put on a show of total unity this week to mark the 50th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty that cemented their post-war reconciliation. But beneath the public display of friendship, the Franco-German motor that has long driven Europe is sputtering and unlikely to offer new policy breakthroughs this year to help speed the euro zone fully out of its crisis. French President Francois Hollande will travel to Berlin for a joint cabinet meeting and session of parliament due on Tuesday. …


Gough leads five Canadians into top-15 at luge World Cup, Germans sweep top four
WINTERBERG, Germany – Calgary’s Alex Gough led five Canadian sleds into the top-15, and three in the top-10, in women’s singles and doubles luge action at the World Cup on Sunday.


Clashes with Egypt police over trial of protesters
Egyptian police and protesters clash outside a courtroom in Alexandria, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. Riot police fired tear gas Saturday to disperse demonstrators throwing stones outside an Alexandria courtroom where the city's ex-security director and other officers are on trial for the killing of protesters during Egypt's 2011 uprising. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ramadan)CAIRO (AP) -- Dozens of people are battling hundreds of riot police for a second day outside a courthouse in Egypt's northern Mediterranean city of Alexandria where policemen are being tried for allegedly killing protesters during the nation's 2011 uprising.


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