Darling rows with EU over IMF chief
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Business & money: Chancellor refuses to abide by decision of other 26 countries to back French socialist Dominique Strauss-Kahn as candidate for post.
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The International Monetary Fund's board said on Monday any country could nominate a candidate to succeed IMF Managing Director Rodrigo Rato, throwing open to worldwide competition a job customarily given to Europeans.
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BRUSSELS: Euro zone finance ministers yesterday voiced concern about the euro&#39;s surge to record highs against the dollar, with some pressing for international co-operation to tackle such exchange rate swings.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, saying the euro&#39;s gains against the dollar are ``worrying,&#39;&#39; called for changes to European Union budget rules to give governments more leeway on spending.
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Robert Kilroy-Silk causes uproar in the European Parliament - on the day his party discuss his expulsion.
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The European Union's new justice chief, Rocco Buttiglione, has come under fire from MEPs challenging his disapproval of homosexuality and his support for setting up migrant gateways outside the bloc.
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"I'm worried about the growing attacks that France is deploying against its European allies, against the Germans, the Luxembourgers, against all of the European countries."  France faces thinly concealed and growing frustration from Paris' European partners, irked at President Nicolas Sarkozy's strident position towards EU spending limits and attacks on the ECB. via Raw Story
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling on Sunday defended his handling of the crisis at troubled bank Northern Rock, after a highly critical report by an influential committee of lawmakers.
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The row over Italy's choice as its European commissioner dominates today's papers.
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WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS  - The surprise resignation of the International Monetary Fund's head prompted calls for the search for his replacement to reach beyond Europe, but European finance officials quickly laid claim to the succession.
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EU leaders meet in Brussels amid battles over a bid to create a European government with a permanent president and its own diplomatic corps.
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A new row engulfs European Commission over an undisclosed conviction of one of its members.
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UK chancellor Alistair Darling joins growing calls for a probe into the role credit agencies played  in the world financial crisis.
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The International Accounting Standards Committee has been pressured by some European politicians who want the board to be more accountable to governments.
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Jean-Claude Trichet, European Central Bank president, clashed publicly with Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday, warning the French president that he was violating European Union treaties by attempting to influence monetary policy and that his actions could backfire.
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LONDON: A new row erupted around a British cabinet minister at the weekend amid questions whether he had received preferential treatment to speed up the adoption of a baby boy from the United States.
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Chancellor Alistair Darling comes under fire from the Tories and Lib Dems over his handling of Northern Rock.