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Friday, December 20, 2013

Morning Digest: S&P cut of EU rating dismissed by European officials

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12/20/2013
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S&P cut of EU rating dismissed by European officials
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Credit agency Standard & Poor's cut its long-term rating of the European Union by one notch to AA+ on Friday, saying it had concerns about how the bloc's budget was financed, a view EU leaders and other officials dismissed as misguided..
South Sudan government says open to talks as Africans mediate
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's government said on Friday it was ready for dialogue with rivals to prevent a return to war as African ministers sought to broker peace in the two-year-old nation, where hundreds have been killed in fighting this week..
European stocks inch up, euro dips on S&P downgrade
LONDON (Reuters) - European shares inched up on Friday with riskier assets still in demand following a broadly neutral shift in U.S. monetary policy, and the euro dipped after a credit agency cut its rating on the European Union..
Almost 90 hurt as ceiling collapses at London theatre
LONDON (Reuters) - Emergency services said nearly 90 people were injured on Thursday when part of the ceiling collapsed during a performance at a packed London theatre, bringing the city's West End entertainment district to a standstill..
Rogers blames positive test on Chinese food
PARIS (Reuters) - Australian rider Michael Rogers has blamed a positive test for the banned substance clenbuterol on food contamination, saying on Friday he never intentionally ingested the banned anabolic agent..
Spain privacy watchdog fines Google for breaking data law
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's privacy watchdog on Thursday fined Google for breaking the country's data protection law when combining personal information from its many different online services and failing to inform users clearly on how it uses their data..
China to expand presence in Antarctica with new research bases
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will expand its presence in Antarctica by building a fourth research base and finding a site for a fifth, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday, as the country steps up its increasingly far-flung scientific efforts..
Israeli woman appeals rabbinical ruling she must circumcise son
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli woman appealed to the Supreme Court on Wednesday against a rabbinical ruling that ordered her to circumcise her one-year-old son, the Justice Ministry said, in the first case of its kind..
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