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Eleven Other Countries with Big Auto Industry Problems

Steve Parker | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Renault, Chrysler, France, Suv, Cars, Spain, Prague, Ford, London, Madrid, Liverpool, General Motors, Japanese Cars, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Brussels, Zaragoza, Asia, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, Czech Republic, Berlin, Saabs, Renault Nissan, Member of Parliament, Gm, Volvo, British, Angela Merkel, Jeep, Japan, Europe, Opel, China, Antwerp, Home News
Steve Parker

Here's some of what's happening, mostly with GM, in Europe and Asia, two markets outside the U.S. hit hardest by the slowing automobile business.

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EU To Vote On Honey Bee "Recovery Zones" With Bee-Friendly Flowers

Reuters | Pete Harrison | Posted 11.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Europe, Honey, Bees, Biodiversity, Agriculture Committee, Environment, Honeybees, Animals, European Parliment, Neil Parish, Eu, Honey Bee Crisis, Home News

STRASBOURG, France - Honey bees, whose numbers are falling, must be given flowery "recovery zones" in Europe's farmlands to aid their survival, a lead...

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Five Mistakes by DC and Detroit Hurt Detroit Three's Survival Shances

Steve Parker | Posted 11.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Russia, Congress, US Auto Industry, Chrysler, Car Dealerships, The Huffington Post, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Honda, Dodge Viper, Cars, Detroit Auto Show, Future of General Motors, Mike Pence, Ford, St. Petersburg, Automakers, Auto Bailout, Obama Auto Industry, Los Angeles Auto Show, Green Cars, Southern California, General Motors, Hybrid Cars, US Senate, Los Angeles Auto Show Green, Electric Cars, Congressional Oversight, Detroit, Greensburg Indiana, Nissan Motors, Detroit Auto Industry, Fuel Economy, Bankruptcy, Gm, Environmentalists, Detroit Three, Jeep Commander. Hemi Hybrids, Washington DC, American Honda, Daewoo, Honda Fit, Continuously Variable Transmission, Barack Obama, American Auto Industry, Las Vegas, Auto Industry Rescue Legislation, Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Volt, Dodge, XTRONIC CVT, South Korea, Kirk Kerkorian, Harry Reid, Consumers, Jeep, Auto Industry Bailout, Europe, Auto Industry, Golden Parachutes, Lordstown, Detroit Automakers, Reid Auto Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Automobiles, Home News
Steve Parker

Sen. Reid's new bailout bill for the Detroit Three does not set additional fuel-economy requirements, nor does it establish a government oversight board. That's two strikes against getting our money's worth.

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Italians Are in Love -- with Obama

Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin | Posted 11.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Catholic Church, Europe, Italy, Berlusconi, Obama, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Obama International Reaction, Umbria, Obama Reaction Abroad, Silvio Berlusconi, Election Results, Obama Berlusconi, Election Reaction, Home News
Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin

Our friends implore us for Obama buttons or any other campaign memorabilia we can find, and it seems as if every Italian stranger we've encountered has been unable to contain themselves with excitement.

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Sarkozy: US Missile Shield Won't Improve Security In Eastern Europe

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 11.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Nicolas Sarkozy, Sarkozy, Us Missile Shield, Dmitry Medvedev, Medvedev, Europe, Russia, Home News

NICE, France — France's U.S.-friendly president sent a clear message Friday to the next American administration: Plans for a U.S. missile shield...

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View From Europe: Hillary Would Be Great As Madame Secretary

Steve Kettmann | Posted 11.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Secretary of State, Afghanistan, France, Germany, Obama's Cabinet, Obama, Europe, Paris, Hillary Clinton, Berlin, Obama Cabinet, Obama Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Clinton Secretary of State, Home News
Steve Kettmann

choice of Hillary Clinton to be his Secretary of State would represent a great show of respect to our allies that he wants the best available person to handle the job of being his top diplomat.

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Iceland's Iconic Singer- Bjork To Take Center Stage for CoolPlanet2009

Stefanie Michaels | Posted 11.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Stefanie Michaels, Europe, Adventure Girl, Iceland, Environment, Aluminum Smelters, Nattura.org, Global Warming, Bjork, coolplanet2009, Unric, Home News
Stefanie Michaels

UNRIC - the United Nations Information Centre for Western Europe is launching its second European public information campaign, "CoolPlanet2009", to ra...

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Not Everyone in Europe Happy America Has Black President

Sean Jacobs | Posted 11.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Obama Presidency, Europe, John McCain, Germany, President Obama, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day, Obama President, 2008 Election, Obama, Obama Wins, Joe Biden, Election, Election Results, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Election Analysis, Politics News, HuffPost Election Reaction, Presidential Election, Election Reaction, Election Day 2008, Obama Election Day, Presidential Results, World Reaction Obama, Obama Administration, Obama White House, Obama Priorities, Obama Transition, Obama Issues, President Elect Obama, Home News
Sean Jacobs

Though Europeans generally rejoiced in Barack Obama's election as 44th President of the US, a number of leading European lawmakers and journalists have made "foot-in-mouth comments."

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Don't Go to Italy: They'll Shoot You

Marta Mondelli | Posted 11.11.2008 | Home

Read More: European Union, Italy, Europe, Italians, Mafia, Stereotypes, Home News
Marta Mondelli

Sicily is one of the most beautiful places I've been in the world: great landscape, incredibly rich history and art, fantastic food, and... mafia. We all know that.

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Europe's Usurpation of the Obama Triumph

Andrei Markovits | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home

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Andrei Markovits

Europe is rejoicing in the Obama victory and claiming it as a direct result of their moral superiority over Americans while at the same time hiding their own shortcomings and intolerances.

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Lewis Hamilton Wins F1 Championship; First Black Driver in Sport's History

Steve Parker | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Renault, Lewis Hamilton, Australia, Oceania, Brad Daugherty, Honda, Robert Kubica, Abu Dhabi, Pro Stock Motorcycle, Wendell Scott, Formula 1, North America, Heikki Kovalainen, Asia, Energy, Nhra, McLaren Mercedes, Toyota, Ron Dennis, Michael Schumacher, Brazil, Nascar, Willy T. Ribbs, Sao Paulo, Top Fuel, Barack Obama, Ferrari, Force India, Formula One, Montreal, Richard Pryor, Funny Car, Bmw, Drive for Diversity, Kinetic Energy, Pro Stock, Europe, Nba, Kinetic Energy Recovery System, Interlagos, Kers, Melbourne, Cars, Sauber, Home News
Steve Parker

Lewis Hamilton, 23 and the first Black driver in the history of Grand Prix racing, won the World Driving Championship on Sunday, the most coveted title in all of motorsports.

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Sarah Palin's Not Done Yet - The World's New "Ugly American"

Steve Kettmann | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home

Read More: Russia, World Series, France, Germany, Vladimir Putin, Europe, Philadelphia Phillies, Russia Georgia War, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Reaction, Home News
Steve Kettmann

We might all think that, come Tuesday, if indeed all goes as expected (nail-gnawing encouraged), Sarah Palin will mercifully retreat from public view ...

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Obama Signals the End of Days, Colorado Evangelicals Tell Irish Times

Dan Treul | Posted 10.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Election 08, John McCain, U.S. Presidential Election, Colorado, Foreign Press Coverage, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Evangelicals, Homosexuality, Foreign Media, Foreign Coverage, James Dobson, Ireland, Europe, Vote 2008, Focus on the Family, Irish Times, Home News
Dan Treul

The story in the Irish paper underscores the kind of comic disbelief that has distinguished foreign coverage and reception of the American presidential campaign this year.

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Asian And European Leaders Urge New Financial Rules

Washington Post | Ariana Eunjung Cha | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Financial Crisis, Stock Market, Europe, China, Home News

Leaders from Asia and Europe on Saturday called for new rules and stronger regulation of the global monetary and financial system at the close of a tw...

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Could McCain-Palin win in Europe?

Alexander Dresner | Posted 10.22.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Europe, European Views on America, Sarah Palin, Home News
Alexander Dresner

Many Europeans are appalled at the way in which the American Right seemingly views anti-intellectualism in its politicians as a virtue.

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UK Is Now World's #1 Offshore Wind Power Producer

Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 10.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Uk, S Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Environment, Green News, Offshore Wind Power, Climate Change, Europe, Home News

With the completion of a new 194 MW wind farm off the coast of Skegness, Lincolnshire the United Kingdom has overtaken Denmark to claim the offshore w...

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Escape to Europe, Our Election Follows

Chris Savage | Posted 10.21.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Europe, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Italy Obama, McCain Obama, Obama McCain, Sarah Palin, Europe Mccain, Europe Obama, Europe American Presidential Election, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Home News
Chris Savage

In this small Italian town at the base of the Alps, I could watch the presidential debate in English on CNN, in English on the BBC and on no less than three other channels shown with a slight delay and translated instantly into Italian.

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2,000 Days Since "Mission Accomplished"

Denis Campbell | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Bush Administration, Barack Obama, Iraq War, George W. Bush, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Bush Iraq, Lipstick on a Pig, Media, Keith Olbermann, Europe, Iraq, War in Iraq, John McCain, Iraqi Exiles, Home News
Denis Campbell

Now the war barely merits an above the fold headline. When we should be having a great national debate, we're bogged down in lip-sticked pigs, one group crying terrorist at every corner and a shadowy group of election 'officials' poised to steal yet another election.

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Europe Hopes Next U.S. President Will Reconcile an Embittered Friendship

Emily Henry | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

Read More: European Union, Europe, International, 2008 Presidential Election, Home News
Emily Henry

They were once close, fast friends. But over the last eight years, Europe and America have grown apart. There was no "it's not you, it's me," conversa...

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Europe Puts More On The Line For Banks Than US

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON and EMMA VANDORE | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Billion Rescue Program, Europe, Wall Street Crisis, Banks, Home News

PARIS — Europe put $2.3 trillion on the line Monday to protect the continent's banks, a figure that dwarfs the Bush administration's $700 billio...

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Notes on Europe - Chrysler's troubles, Nardelli speaks, VW buys-out dealers, death of a neo-fascist

Steve Parker | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Automotive News, Europe, John McCain, Chrysler, Cars, Volkswagen AG, Highland Park, Austria, Daimler, Daimlerchrysler, Joerg Haider, Kurt Waldheim, Wall Street Crisis, Cerberus Capital Management, Nissan Sentra, Brilliance Jinbei Automotive, Dodge, Robert Nardelli, Germany, Jeep, Brilliance, Autobahn, China, BS4, Home News
Steve Parker

Chrysler's CEO, Robert Nardelli, who has been running the company for just 14 months, fears the collapse of an "extremely fragile" auto industry amid ...

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European Leaders Agree To Inject Cash Into Banks

New York Times | DAVID JOLLY and KATRIN BENNHOLD | Posted 10.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Europe Leaders, European Union, Europe, European Banks, Eu, Home News

European financial and political leaders agreed late Sunday to a plan that would inject billions of euros into their banks in a bid to restore confide...

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The White House's Final Folly

Eric Margolis | Posted 10.10.2008 | Home

Read More: India, White House, Islam, Latin America, Australia, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Washington DC, Pakistan Democracy, Afghanistan War, Wall Street, Us, Muslim, Iraq, Israel, Europe, China, International, Home News
Eric Margolis

In its final days in office, the White House has engineered an historic nuclear deal with India that Congress, unaware of the import, approved last week.

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Nobel Prize - Is There an American Eligible?

Rick Ayers | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home

Read More: American Literature, Nobel Prize, Literature, Horace Engdahl, European Literature, Swedish Academy, Europe, Home News
Rick Ayers

The comments of the Swedish Academy secretary suggesting that an American is unlikely to win the Nobel Prize in Literature this week have provoked great patriotic upswellings.

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An American in Paris

Jessica Roy | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home

Read More: American Identity, Expats, Europe, Paris, Home News
Jessica Roy

I am an American woman. What does this mean, other than the fact that French men believe that we are easy and want to touch my hair on the Metro?

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