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Key dates in EU antitrust action against Microsoft

By the Associated Press - Associated Press

Illustration United States and Israel by John Camejo for The Washington Times

HANSON: On the verge of earth-shattering change

By Victor Davis Hanson

Trucks transport shipping containers at the port of Tianjin, China, in February 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

U.S. trade deficit falls to $48.7 billion in May

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy speaks to the parliament in Madrid on Wednesday, July 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Spain imposes further austerity measures

By Ciaran Giles and Daniel Woolls - Associated Press

Italian Finance Minister Mario Monti (right) talks with Spanish Finance Minister Luis de Guindos Jurado during the meeting of European Union finance ministers in Brussels on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

EU extends Spain’s deficit timeline by a year

By Don Melvin and Slobodan Lekic - Associated Press

EU Parliament rejects ACTA anti-piracy treaty

By Don Melvin - Associated Press

EU Parliament rejects ACTA anti-piracy treaty

By DON MELVIN - Associated Press

EU court OKs resale of software licenses

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

H.E. Pavlos Anastasiades, ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the United States, is interviewed at The Washington Times in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, July 3, 2012. (Ryan M.L.Young/The Washington Times)

Cyprus to pursue growth and austerity during its EU presidency

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks March 2, 2012, during a media conference after an EU summit in Brussels. (Associated Press)

Demands grow for U.K. to consider cutting EU ties

By David Stringer - Associated Press

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Calls grow for Britain to cut EU ties amid debt crisis

By David Stringer - Associated Press

A couple and a child wearing a Spanish soccer jersey pass by a shop with a discount sale sign and samples of postcards — including one with a picture of Bankia bank buildings — on July 1, 2012, the day of the Euro 2012 soccer final match in Madrid. Bankia is one of several big banks that will need billions in rescue loans. (Associated Press)

Eurozone unemployment hits new record in May

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Belarus’ Lukashenko may attend Euro 2012 final

By MARIA DANILOVA - Associated Press

Belarus’ Lukashenko attends Euro 2012 final

By MARIA DANILOVA - Associated Press

World Briefs: Iran feels pinch of new sanctions

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves an EU Summit in Brussels on Friday, June 29, 2012. European leaders have agreed to use the continent's permanent bailout fund to recapitalize struggling banks, and agreed to the idea of a tighter union in the long term. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Merkel defends concessions in euro crisis

By Geir Moulson and Toby Sterling - Associated Press

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on June 28, 2012. (Associated Press)

Stock market cuts losses with late comeback

By Christina Rexrode - Associated Press

Key dates in EU antitrust action against Microsoft

By the Associated Press - Associated Press

Indian ringneck parakeets fly over Le Jardin du Roi spice garden at moonrise on the main island of Mahe in the Seychelles, and one rests on a bamboo branch there. The birds, which first appeared in the Seychelles in the 1970s, are pretty to see but are marked for eradication because they carry a disease that could be fatal to native black parrots. (Associated Press)

Cute parakeets in Seychelles doomed

By Jason Straziuso - Associated Press

EU presses rare earths dispute with China

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press