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President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan presented a joint front against Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad even as Obama shies away from deeper U.S. involvement in the conflict, such as sending weapons to the rebels.
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Lawmakers from David Cameron’s Conservative Party voted against the government’s legislative program in a show of defiance over his policy toward the rest of Europe.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she views the U.K. as an “important member of the European Union” and will lobby “our British friends” to stay in the bloc.
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Bovis Homes Group Plc, a U.K. homebuilder, said sales are improving faster than expected this year as government initiatives to boost homebuying start to have an effect.
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Prime Minister David Cameron refused to rule out selling the British government’s stake in Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc at a loss as the lender’s management eyes a sale by late 2014.
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Prime Minister David Cameron said other political parties have their heads in the sand over the European Union as his Conservative lawmakers pushed him to bring forward a referendum on Britain’s continued membership.
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Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said Europe’s planned financial transactions tax is regarded with “enormous” skepticism by central banks in the region.
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Allies of President Barack Obama are warning the administration that it has been too slow in responding to a cascading set of scandals and risks letting Republicans define his second term and derail his agenda.
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U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron will make the agreement of a global strategy to fight dementia one of his priorities for next month’s Group of Eight meeting.
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Visiting the U.K. over the past week, I realized for the first time that Britain might actually leave the European Union. Of course, it has talked about this eventuality, on and off, almost since it joined -- but for years the constant whining could be dismissed as so much background noise. Things have changed. Attitudes are hardening, and by promising an “in or out” referendum on EU membership after the next election, Prime Minister David Cameron may have put the country on a course that will force it to choose.
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