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CAMERON DOES SPLITS OVER EU
by Caroline Colebrook
PRIME MINISTER David Cameron last Tuesday declared he would use his power to veto any new European Union treaty that did not safeguard the British interests. He meant the interests of British capitalism and in particular the disproportionate global financial powers of the City of London, which date back to the heyday of the trade in slaves, sugar, cotton and tobacco between the 16th and 18th centuries.
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Anger on the streets of Russia
by our European Affairs correspondent
THOUSANDS of riot police have been rushed to Moscow and St Petersburg to quell the anger on the streets following last Sunday’s disputed parliamentary elections, which many claim were rigged by the government. Though the front of Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin was once again returned to office his United Russia party had its overall majority cut to 13 seats in the State Duma, the Russian parliament.
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[ Anger on the streets of Russia ]
