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'Europe has shown it wants to be a supersize Switzerland'...she had "high capability and a smart style". "The appointments have strengthened the influence of the European parliament and of the European political parties," he told the Guardian. Hix responded that the jobs were distributed not... In this article: EU, Europe, Brussels, Mark Leonard, Jose Manuel Barroso, and Switzerland |
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Yahoo! News | 7 hours ago
Europe match-fixing probe targets 200 games (AFP)
AFP/DDP/File - In what one UEFA official called Europe's worst ever match-fixing scandal, investigators said criminals … 44 mins ago BOCHUM, Germany (AFP) - In what one UEFA official called Europe's worst ever match-fixing scandal,...
In this article: Germany, Turkey, Austria, Switzerland, Champions League, Gianni Infantino, and SV Hamburg
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 10 hours ago
Europe sees signs of improvement
EUROPE-BASED investors are still emerging from the gloom of the 18-month global downturn but when they come up for air, Australia is a likely target, despite the stronger currency. In the meantime, conditions are tough. However, investors...
In this article: North America, London, Australia, UK, Germany, and Sydney
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 13 hours ago
Europe rocked by fresh match-fixing scandal
...scandal reportedly involving huge sums of money placed with Asian bookmakers on suspect matches in nine countries. Police across Europe carried out raids and arrests on Thursday, with German prosecutors suspecting that players, coaches,...
In this article: SSV Ulm, Turkey, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, German Football Federation, SV Hamburg, Fenerbahce Istanbul, and European country
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Reuters | 17 hours ago
Bookies see Europe stocks bouncing back
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Yahoo! News | 18 hours ago
Europe names Belgian PM as first president (AFP)
In this article: Herman Van Rompuy, European Union, Agence France Presse, Carl Bildt, Tony Blair, and Fredrik Reinfeld
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Times Online | 23 hours ago
How Europe came to choose two troupers to perform its starring roles
Navigation - link to other main sections from here How Europe came to choose two troupers to perform its starring roles David Charter and Philip Webster When the concept of a new president for Europe was first drawn up by Valery...
In this article: EU, Tony Blair, David Miliband, Baroness Ashton, Jan Peter Balkenende, Iraq War, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, and Britain
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Reuters | 1 day ago
Kremlin accuses Yushchenko of Europe gas blackmail
The Kremlin on Thursday accused Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko of blackmailing Europe on gas in response to a letter in which Yushchenko called on Russia to change the terms of gas contracts. Kremlin foreign policy aide Sergei...
In this article: Viktor Yushchenko, Russia, and The Kremlin
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Reuters | 1 day ago
Europe stocks set to outperform U.S., UK
...European growth will be broadly at the same level. However, lower household debt levels in core Europe than in the United States and UK will put the European consumer in a better position. European Cental Bank figures show 2008 gross debt...
In this article: United States, UK, Credit Suisse, Germany, Callus, Competitive advantage, and Unemployment
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AP Online | 1 day ago
US recovery seen outpacing Europe in 2010
...- The world's rich and developed economies will grow faster next year, but recovery will remain modest, with the U.S. and Japan outpacing Europe, a Paris-based watchdog said Thursday as it raised its forecasts. The Organization for...
In this article: U.S., Unemployment, Paris, Japan, Deflation, and Asia
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Reuters | 1 day ago
India Reliance ups fuel sales to Africa, cuts Europe
...in East Asia like Korea and Japan. The shipments from Asia must have gone to Middle East or Europe... Some premium fuel matching European standards was shipped to Asia," a trade source said. Reliance's fuel supplies to Africa rose 57...
In this article: Reliance Industries, Africa, Middle East, United States, International Energy Agency, Asia, Jamnagar, Iran, and Carbon
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Europe (IPA: /ˈjʊərəp|/) is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains (or the Kuma-Manych Depression), and the Black Sea to the southeast. Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean and other bodies of water to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea and connected waterways to the southeast. Yet the borders for Europe—a concept dating back to classical antiquity—are somewhat arbitrary, as the term continent can refer to a cultural and political distinction or a physiographic one.
Europe is the world's second-smallest continent by surface area, covering about 10,180,000 square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi) or 2% of the Earth's surface and about 6.8% of its land area. Of Europe's approximately 50 states, Russia is the largest by both area and population, while the Vatican City is the smallest. Europe is the third most populous continent after Asia and Africa, with a population of 731 million or about 11% of the world's population; however, according to the United Nations (medium estimate), Europe's share may fall to about 7% by 2050. In 1900, Europe's share of the world's population was 25%.
- Area:
- 10,180,000 km (3,930,000 sq mi)
- Demonym:
- European
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