Chaos in Athens amid second day of anti-austerity clashes

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FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE | 20.10.2011 | 14:00 UTC
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EUROPE
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Finance
Chaos in Athens amid second day of anti-austerity clashes

Greece was in the grips of violent protests Thursday as the country's
international creditors forced a second parliamentary vote on further harsh
austerity measures. The World Bank said the crisis could still spread.

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Kosovo
NATO begins dismantling Serb barricade in northern Kosovo

NATO-led troops have fired tear gas to disperse angry Serb crowds manning
roadblocks at a contested border crossing in northern Kosovo. The soldiers
have used armored vehicles to remove the barriers.

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Finance
France and Germany gear up for crucial eurozone summit

The leaders of France and Germany are holding fresh talks ahead of a crunch
summit on the eurozone debt crisis. President Nicolas Sarkozy and
Chancellor Angela Merkel are under pressure to draw up a plan of action.

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Banking
Trichet urges immediate action on eurozone crisis at farewell gala

Despite the festive atmosphere at a gala hosted by the European Central
Bank to send its president, Jean-Claude Trichet, into retirement,
persistent worries about the eurozone debt crisis dominated the evening.

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Turkey
Between hope and despair - the latest Kurdish conflict in Turkey

The attack by Kurdish rebels on Turkish military and police posts has lead
to a renewed division between the Turkish government and the Kurdish
workers' party.

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Turkey
Ankara places indirect blame on Europe for PKK violence

Following Wednesday's bloody PKK attacks on Turkish military posts, Ankara
was quick to lay the blame, at least partially, on its Western neighbor.
Turkey urged the EU to help it "take action" against separatists.

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BUSINESS
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Auto Industry
Paris tests Autolib' electric car-sharing program

France caught the world's attention when it launched its Vélib'
bike-sharing scheme in 2007. Now Paris is preparing another mobility
revolution. It's testing a new electric car-sharing program to be launched
in December.

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Auto Industry
Is Germany's vision of electric mobility realistic?

The German government wants to see one million electric cars on the
nation's roads by 2020. Researchers have been assessing if that is at all
possible and have found the best government policy may be to do nothing.

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Economy
Spanish officials fight negative outlook for debt recovery

Moody's has joined the other two major ratings agencies and downgraded
Madrid's long-term debt. Spanish government bonds were downgraded by two
notches to A1. But the nation's leaders are putting up resistance.

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Banking
EU raids banks on allegations of interest rate manipulation

European antitrust officials have raided several banks in various EU
countries as part of an investigation into suspicions of collusion in the
financial derivatives sector.

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