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UK government sets out legislative program (AP)

May 25th, 2010

AP - Queen Elizabeth II has opened Parliament nearly 60 times, but she will have an unfamiliar task Tuesday as she sets out the legislative program of a coalition government…

EU sets massive defense package for embattled euro (AP)

May 10th, 2010

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, right, greets Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou during an emergency meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels, Sunday, May 9, 2010. EU finance ministers meet in Brussels Sunday to discuss establishing a new 'stabilisation mechanism' to prevent the Greek debt crisis from spreading. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - The European Union and the International Monetary Fund pledged nearly $1 trillion Monday to defend the embattled euro, hoping to repel relentless attacks on the weakest of Europe’s…

EU sets up massive euro defense against markets (AP)

May 9th, 2010

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, right, greets Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou during an emergency meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels, Sunday, May 9, 2010. EU finance ministers meet in Brussels Sunday to discuss establishing a new 'stabilisation mechanism' to prevent the Greek debt crisis from spreading. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - The European Union and the International Monetary Fund pledged a massive nearly $1 trillion defense package for the embattled euro Monday, hoping to finally turn back relentless attacks…

Parties scramble as Britain sets May 6 election (AP)

April 6th, 2010

FILE - In this Wednesday March 24, 2010 file photo Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown attends the Budget Cabinet at 10 Downing Street in central London.  A day before he is expected to announce a national election Gordon Brown said Monday April 5, 2010 that only his Labour Party can be trusted to nurture Britain's fragile economic recovery. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, Pool, File)AP - Britain will hold a national election May 6, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Tuesday. The bitterly contested race will be dominated by a recession-wracked economy and a sense…

Geneva atom smasher sets collision record (AP)

March 30th, 2010

A view of a superconducting solenoid magnet at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva. European researchers said they would next week move to the next stage of the experiment that will recreate conditions close to the Big Bang that hatched the universe.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AP - The world’s largest atom smasher has set a record for high-energy collisions by crashing two proton beams at three times more force than ever before.


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Geneva atom smasher sets record for beam energy (AP)

March 19th, 2010

A view of a superconducting solenoid magnet at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva. The European Organisation for Nuclear Research said that the world's most powerful atom smasher will be brought up to unprecedented power by early April.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AP - Operators of the world’s largest atom smasher on Friday ramped up their massive machine to three times the energy ever previously achieved, in the run-up to experiments probing…