04.07.2009 - Obama to mend fences in Russia
The US president is due to arrive in Moscow on a visit to mend ties sorely tested by a series of political disputes and Russia's brief war with Georgia last summer. Obama is expected to sign a transit deal for US military goods through Russia to Afghanistan and ink a framework accord on replacing a key Cold War-era weapons treaty...

04.07.2009 - News
Two new cases of swine flu in the Czech Republic

Two more cases of swine flu have been registered in the Czech Republic, bringing the total number of cases recorded here to 17. According to the Czech Health Ministry, one man fell ill with the H1N1 virus after returning to the Czech Republic from the United States, while the second contracted the virus on holiday in Thailand...

04.07.2009 - German politicians step up pressure on banks to start lending
German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck in a newspaper article to be published in Sunday's tabloid Bild, warned banking managers over their reluctance to lend.  
He says that he was doubtful that a bill passed on Friday in Berlin to allow German banks to park their toxic assets in a so-called bad bank structure will be enough to get the banks back into the business of providing credit...

04.07.2009 - Cancellara takes opening stage of the Tour de France
DW-WORLD: Spain's Contador seeks second Tour de France title Alberto Contador is back after missing last year's Tour de France. The 2007 Tour champ is a favorite to win but faces tough competition from his Astana teammates - including Lance Armstrong - and Germany's best riders...

04.07.2009 - Nuclear plant shuts down after second mishap
The Swedish-owned electric utility, Vattenfall, which operates the Kruemmel nuclear power station in northern Germany, said it turned off the reactor on Saturday after a problem with one of the power plant's two machinery transformers. The defect caused a sudden drop in voltage which, in turn, blacked out between 1,500 and 1,800 traffic lights in Germany's second-largest city of Hamburg and darkened a number of shopping malls...

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