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EU commission appointments...grin with satisfaction. But their preference for centralised financial oversight may put them on a collision course with the desire in London, Europe's leading financial centre, for a more autonomous structure. Already this year, the... In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, EU, Michel Barnier, Angela Merkel, France, Europe, and London |
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AP Online | 4 days ago
GM to present Opel plan to unions on Wed
...will be cut across Europe. Opel's Bochum plant in northwestern Germany will remain open, Reilly indicated, saying: "Bochum remains an important part of the resources of General Motors in Europe going forward." Reilly spoke after meeting...
In this article: General Motors, Opel, Bochum, European country, Juergen Ruettgers, Angela Merkel, Germany, and Sberbank
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washingtonpost.com | November 02, 2009
Merkel's quiet ascension in Germany could envelope Europe
...zero glamour, beige pantsuits and a spouse who rarely appears in public. And yet, partly by default and partly by design, Merkel is now the de facto leader of Europe. Over in Britain, Gordon Brown's Labor Party is immolating itself. Over in...
In this article: Angela Merkel, Germany, European Union, Nicolas Sarkozy, Helmut Kohl, Sausage, Potato, Christian Democrat, and Recession
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SPIEGEL ONLINE - International | 6 days ago
Europe's Safe Choice: The Technocrats at the Top of the EU
He then gave Europe's Socialists the choice of three names: Peter Mandelson, the British business secretary, Geoff Hoon, the British defense minister during the Iraq War, and Catherine Ashton, the largely unknown EU trade commissioner. The...
In this article: European Union, Herman Van Rompuy, Catherine Ashton, Gordon Brown, Jose Manuel Barroso, Tony Blair, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Brussels
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USATODAY.com | November 03, 2009
Merkel calls for strong deal on climate change
...you one day." While noting that next Monday is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Merkel called for Europe and the United States to join forces to help "overcome the walls of the 21st century." "We should be able to...
In this article: Angela Merkel, Climate change, Global warming, Germany, United States, Iran, Washington, and Afghanistan
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The Sun | November 18, 2009
Germans to block Blair
...government are behind Van Rompuy for this job." Within hours, Labour's Europe minister Chris Bryant hit back by branding Van Rompuy a "federalist" who threatened Britain's national interest. And he slammed shadow foreign secretary William...
In this article: Tony Blair, William Hague, EU, Brussels, Berlin, Labour, and Chris Bryant
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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%.
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- 10,180,000 km (3,930,000 sq mi)
- Demonym:
- European
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