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		<title>Payday Loans Documentation is a Thing of the Past!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you do not comprehend what a payday loan is, it is one of the fastest ways to have cash without much of a hassle. Lenders will need a verification of firm income (over the recent 3 months in the least), a checking financial credit, and observance with the least amount age stipulations. This is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you do not comprehend what a payday loan is, it is one of the fastest ways to have cash without much of a hassle. Lenders will need a verification of firm income (over the recent 3 months in the least), a checking financial credit, and observance with the least amount age stipulations. This is nice info for those people who have some emergency bills to return, unexpected car maintenance, or also the necessity to return for a medical emergency. <a href="http://365paydayloans.co.uk/">UK payday loans</a> without faxing have been specially designed so that they are as trouble-free as possible, and the online application may be filled in during some minutes. If you begin the procedure early enough, you might even have the finance in your bank account on the very same day.</p>
<p>In a matter of several hours you are going to reach your object not leaving your chair. At last you need to comprehend that it is achievable to receive wherewithal straight away. No fax <a href="http://cash722.com/">payday loans online</a> make it quite realistic for many people to choose to use one instead of going into their unsecured overdraft or to go over their credit card line.</p>
<p>Now we do not own the time for seeking after a fax to send required documents. Time is flowing rapidly enough in case you have an urgent monetary situation in your disposal, faxing payday loans papers, for example bank account data and pay sheets might be rather ingurgitating and you may not be able to possess the papers you are required at the right anyhow. As luck would have it, transferring payday loans documentation is an aspect of the past when you apply for payday loans online from a lending organization that provides free of faxing payday loans.</p>
<p>Finding and faxing payday loans documentation is thought to be very strained occurrence for many clients. In case exploited as they were created, they can truly help in an emergency. However, the payday loan foundations are going to shut their eyes on your bad experience with loans and are going to give you the sum you want for short time period.</p>
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		<title>A Smooth Running Food Supplement Business with Wholesale Coconut Oil</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coconut oil is – as the name indicates &#8211; extracted from the white meat of the coconut. For centuries coconut oil was the primary fat source in the tropical world. Wholesale coconut oil is used as food, medicine and in industry. Today, coconut oil is a popular food supplement and many people use it on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Coconut oil is – as the name indicates &#8211; extracted from the white meat of the coconut. For centuries coconut oil was the primary fat source in the tropical world. <span id="more-1247"></span><em><a href="http://www.privatelabelwholesale.net/wholesale-coconut-oil">Wholesale coconut oil</a></em> is used as food, medicine and in industry. Today, coconut oil is a popular food supplement and many people use it on daily basis. Since coconut oil is very heat stable it is ideal to use for frying.</p>
<p>Instead of what specialist thought before, it turned out that coconut oil doesn’t raise the cholesterol level, in fact the tropical oil is heart healthy since the fatty acids that comprise the oil are, unlike other saturated fats, easy metabolized. And another great feature &#8211; for all you out there who want to loose weight! – is that it contains far less calories than other cooking fats!</p>
<p>Health related benefits of coconut oil are numerous; the oil has a positive affect on hair, skin, cholesterol level, weight loss, immunity, digestive system, kidneys, heart and blood pressure and it helps to relief stress and increases bone and teeth strength. All these advantages can be attributed to some acids that the oil contains; capric acid, lauric acid and caprylic acid.</p>
<p>These acids have a soothing and disinfecting affect as they are antibacterial, antimicrobial and antifungal. The acids antioxidant improves the immune system and the liver function. Besides that, regular use of the oil will improve absorption of other nutrients and increase energy. The oil is also used for anti dandruff purpose and can be applied for a healthier and softer skin.</p>
<p>If you have a food supplement business, you should really consider to make it part of your range of products. Your customers will be happy if you offer the oil in, for example weight-loss packages. These packages can include the other weight-loss products you have and the coconut oil; as said before, it is a low-calorie product and it will increase digestion.</p>
<p>Coconut oil can also be offered as hair product or in healthy-hair packages, and skin care products. Buying wholesale coconut oil is a wise step to expand your business. Look for a provider with good service and let your business boost!</p>
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		<title>Striking Raise of Unemployment Rate in Germany</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[European Union is faced with a problem of unemployment due to various factors, mainly economic. A lot of people lose their jobs each day. Germany is not an exception: it is seeing the greatest unemployment since the reunification of the state times.
December showed around 7.2 percent of unemployed people within the country; January astounded everyone [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>European Union is faced with a problem of unemployment due to various factors, mainly economic. A lot of people lose their jobs each day. Germany is not an exception: it is seeing the greatest unemployment since the reunification of the state times.</p>
<p>December showed around 7.2 percent of unemployed people within the country; January astounded everyone by the lightning rise to 7.9 percent that cannot but rouse indignation of average citizens.</p>
<p>Analysts soothe people by stating that it’s seasonal drop of employment and that the predicted percent of unemployment was more deplorable than it is. They state that the labor market in Germany is strong and it will survive seasonable problems. Analysts convince that the recruitment programs will be improving due to the rise in economy.</p>
<p>The German government forecast a smaller economic growth for the passed 2010. However, the growth rate was bigger that raise hopes for the improvement of situation with unemployment this year.</p>
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		<title>New Four-Year Austerity Plans for Irish People</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worldwide economic crisis has affected almost all areas of our life. A number of countries strived to keep afloat by their own powers, the others resort to help of neighbors of IMF. Recent year has witnessed a number of EU countries in providing austerity plans to cover national debts and recover from the recession.
Without a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Worldwide economic crisis has affected almost all areas of our life. A number of countries strived to keep afloat by their own powers, the others resort to help of neighbors of IMF. Recent year has witnessed a number of EU countries in providing austerity plans to cover national debts and recover from the recession.</p>
<p>Without a doubt, governments’ austerity measures have faced a strong opposition from the side of average citizens. France, Greece and the UK are among the lands were national demonstrations and boycotts are common these days. Ireland is the next country to provide austerity measure plan. Irish government has adopted a four-year economic plan intended to cover national debt and save billions. This austerity plan focuses on raising taxes for population and cutting work places and social programs. This is supposed to be a great challenge both for the government and the Irish people.</p>
<p>The four-year plan is targeting at winning back of world markets and saving the 85bn bailout taken from IMF. The greater percentage of funds will go for enhancing the Irish bank system. At present banking system outlives tough times predicting the possibility of credit defaults. The IMF agreed to issue the bailout with the request to provide national saving plans. The following points unveil the four-year austerity measures: VAT will increase by 1% to 22% in the course of two years; income taxes will raise significantly for people whose income is more than average; minimum wages will be cut; more than twenty-five thousand working places will be cut; cuts in welfare payments and new yearly tax for households and properties will raise also dramatically.</p>
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		<title>Fast Payday Loans: Modern Approach towards Emergency Financial Situations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emergency financial situations can be either pleasant (wedding, homecoming, child birth, purchases etc.) or frustrating (fines, bills, funeral and other expenses). It won’t be a surprise for you if I say that irrespective of the background such situations require quick financial solutions. Fiscal solution presupposes obtaining quick cash. Modern technology has opened to people a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Emergency financial situations can be either pleasant (wedding, homecoming, child birth, purchases etc.) or frustrating (fines, bills, funeral and other expenses). It won’t be a surprise for you if I say that irrespective of the background such situations require quick financial solutions. Fiscal solution presupposes obtaining quick cash. <span id="more-1217"></span>Modern technology has opened to people a great many convenient services to simplify everyday routine. Among such services are <a href="http://www.abouttitleloan.com/">payday loans online</a> that give a helping hand in most unpredictable situations.</p>
<p>What can be the quickest and most convenient way of getting cash? Right you are: online payday loan servicing is always beside you when you need a certain amount of money quickly and without formalities.Not surprisingly fast payday servicing is one of the most widespread all round the world. Most loan lenders are available on the web, so all procedures connected with borrowing can be arranged online. Only a few minutes of your time and the desired sum can be in your hands! Online application for <a href="http://ezfastpayday.com/">fast payday</a> is void of any additional proofs. Standard questions like your surname, banking account (where the cash will be transferred), social security number, employment and contacts are enough for lenders to make a decision. No credit report checks, no rating or previous performances investigation. The only thing that is of great interest for lenders is you ability to repay.</p>
<p>Online application is processed almost instantly for the data verification is realized within a few minutes. Once your online application for fast payday loan is approved, you can expect to receive the money right to your checking account in a few hours or within next business day. That’s all, your financial difficulty is resolved!</p>
<p>In conclusion I should ask you: what kind of servicing can provide similar servicing with such speed? I think you will be puzzled with the answer because you know that payday loans are available online all day long that guarantees quick receiving of cash.</p>
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		<title>The Main Problems of Internet Marketing and SEOP.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know what Internet Marketing is? An average internet user will answer: “Internet Marketing is a set of special techniques to owners of corporate web-resources to promote their site on the Internet and, thus developing a trademark of their company, to get through the use of networking technology more profits.”
We have a quite common [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you know what Internet Marketing is? An average internet user will answer: “Internet Marketing is a set of special techniques to owners of corporate web-resources to promote their site on the Internet and, thus developing a trademark of their company, to get through the use of networking technology more profits.”</p>
<p>We have a quite common interpretation of the term. Moreover, the interpretation is clearly talking about the fact that a man that uses it has no idea what internet marketing really is. It is known by the specialists of <a href="http://wink.com/p/SEOP-Inc.">SEOP.com</a>.</p>
<p>Marketing and the Internet</p>
<p>Currently, there is a narrow understanding of marketing among the economists. However, in today&#8217;s economic environment the task of management is not only in a consumer demand but the balance of needs of all market participants from a position of general, economic and social interests, becomes the main one. <span id="more-1183"></span></p>
<p>The Internet as a global information system is largely governed by natural economic laws, so it is potentially able to reduce this tension by a kind of &#8220;equalization of opportunities&#8221; for all users of the environment. Nevertheless, the economic gap between consumers and producers is growing steadily, because of observed now in the market of a catastrophic shortage of qualified specialists in the field of Internet marketing.</p>
<p>Here is an average example: just imagine a very common situation in which a user wishes to purchase on the Internet any article of trade, for example, a portion of their favorite pizza. But despite all efforts they can’t find the proposals for its sale, or finding such, they remain unsatisfied with offered price or the method of payment. From the other hand it can be a company that doesn’t get the required profit. </p>
<p>All these problems should be solved by a marketing analyst.</p>
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		<title>Australia Reduces Mining Tax</title>
		<link>http://www.turkdilivekulturu.com/2010/07/02/australia-reduces-mining-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Australian government has reached a deal with mining companies over controversial tax plans.
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had announced plans for a 40% tax on miners&#8217; profits.
But a compromise agreement negotiated by his successor, Julia Gillard, has now reduced the rate to 30% for coal and iron ore miners.
But petroleum and gas operations [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img alt="" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/45958000/jpg/_45958096_xcu_photo_copper_smelter_at_mount_isa_mine_australia.jpg" class="alignright" width="226" height="170" /> The Australian government has reached a deal with mining companies over controversial tax plans.</p>
<p>Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had announced plans for a 40% tax on miners&#8217; profits.</p>
<p>But a compromise agreement negotiated by his successor, Julia Gillard, has now reduced the rate to 30% for coal and iron ore miners.</p>
<p>But petroleum and gas operations will still pay a pre-existing 40% tax rate, the government said.</p>
<p>However that will now cover onshore oil and gas projects as well as the offshore operations previously subject to it.</p>
<p>Smaller iron ore and coal companies, with annual profits below A$50m (£28m; $42m), will not be required to pay the new tax.</p>
<p>The plans are still expected to raise billions of dollars for the government, however. <span id="more-1181"></span></p>
<p>TV row</p>
<p>When Mr Rudd announced the tax plans earlier this year, he said he expected to raise A$9bn a year.</p>
<p>The revised plan would raise A$1.5bn less, the government said, but cuts to company tax rates that were to be paid for by the mining tax will still go ahead.</p>
<p>The BBC&#8217;s Nick Bryant in Sydney says the deal brings to an end one of the most angry battles between the government and corporate sector that Australia has seen.</p>
<p>The row played out on prime time television with confrontational advertisements from both sides, and played a key part in the demise of Mr Rudd, our correspondent says.</p>
<p>In a country often called the &#8220;quarry of the world&#8221;, many Australians believe their personal prosperity is inextricably linked with the fortunes of the mining giants, he adds.</p>
<p>Companies including BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto had launched an aggressive lobbying campaign against Mr Rudd&#8217;s tax plan, warning that it could harm economic growth.</p>
<p>But industry executives welcomed the fresh deal, calling it &#8220;a positive outcome&#8221;.</p>
<p>Ms Gillard said the &#8220;breakthrough agreement&#8221; would &#8220;deliver a better return for the Australian people for the resources they own and which can only be dug up once&#8221;.</p>
<p>Many political observers suggest that, having stuck a deal, Ms Gillard&#8217;s Labor Party &#8211; which has already seen a surge in the polls following her becoming leader last week &#8211; may call an election imminently to capitalise on its popularity.</p>
<p>Opposition parties have vowed to oppose the tax and scrap it if they win office.</p>
<p>From <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/">BBC News</a>.</p>
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		<title>Increasing of Bank Tax</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have renewed calls for a global bank levy and a financial transaction tax.
The two leaders said they would call for the measures in a joint letter to the president of the G20 ahead of a summit later this month.
G20 finance ministers had distanced themselves from bank [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img alt="" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48074000/jpg/_48074933_009538311-1.jpg" title="Two Leaders" class="alignleft" width="226" height="170" />German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have renewed calls for a global bank levy and a financial transaction tax.</p>
<p>The two leaders said they would call for the measures in a joint letter to the president of the G20 ahead of a summit later this month.</p>
<p>G20 finance ministers had distanced themselves from bank taxes at a meeting earlier this month.</p>
<p>A bank tax would protect taxpayers from having to bail-out banks in the future.</p>
<p>Proceeds from the taxes would go into a fund that could be accessed during any future financial crises.</p>
<p>A number of countries have been calling for taxes on banks since governments spent billions of dollars bailing out banks across the world following the financial crisis that began in 2008.</p>
<p>However, so far there has been no agreement. <span id="more-1169"></span></p>
<p>&#8216;Not satisfied&#8217;</p>
<p>Many governments are concerned that if they unilaterally impose a tax, banks will simply move to countries that have not introduced such measures.</p>
<p>Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy aim to reignite interest in a global bank tax</p>
<p>Following a meeting of finance ministers earlier this month, many commentators thought the resolve for bank taxes was weakening.</p>
<p>The French and German leaders are looking to strengthen this resolve once again ahead of the next G20 meeting in Toronto on 26-27 June.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are not yet satisfied with what&#8217;s been achieved since the first G20 and we think we need to forge ahead on regulation,&#8221; said Mrs Merkel.</p>
<p>According to the Reuters news agency, European Union leaders will agree in principle on Thursday to introduce a levy on financial institutions, after which the details will be worked out by the European Commission.</p>
<p>&#8220;The European Council agrees that a levy on financial institutions should be introduced to ensure that they contribute to the cost of crises,&#8221; draft conclusions of a council meeting said, Reuters reported.</p>
<p>From <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/">BBC</a>. </p>
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		<title>Short-Selling Products Banned by Germany</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 15:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shares in Europe and Asia fell on Wednesday after a surprise move by Germany to ban some types of short-selling of financial products.
Analysts said Berlin&#8217;s move had led to uncertainty and had added to fears for Europe&#8217;s banks.
Key share indexes in London, Paris, Frankfurt lost between 1.5% and 1.8%. Japan&#8217;s Nikkei 225 closed 0.5% lower.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shares in Europe and Asia fell on Wednesday after a surprise move by Germany to ban some types of short-selling of financial products.</p>
<p>Analysts said Berlin&#8217;s move had led to uncertainty and had added to fears for Europe&#8217;s banks.</p>
<p>Key share indexes in London, Paris, Frankfurt lost between 1.5% and 1.8%. Japan&#8217;s Nikkei 225 closed 0.5% lower.</p>
<p>The euro hit another a four-year low against the dollar. It fell to below $1.215 before recovering to $1.222.</p>
<p>Analysts said comments by German chancellor Angela Merkel that the &#8220;current crisis&#8221; facing the euro was &#8220;the biggest test Europe has faced in decades&#8221; were doing nothing to help stop the euro&#8217;s falls.</p>
<p>Meanwhile oil fell to $68 a barrel, as concern over tighter financial regulation sparked a move away from riskier assets.</p>
<p>Lucrative</p>
<p>The German financial regulator has banned traders in the country from &#8220;naked&#8221; short-selling of euro-denominated government bonds and of shares in the country&#8217;s 10 most important financial institutions.</p>
<p>Short-sellers usually borrow shares, sell them, then buy them back when the stock falls and return them to the lender, keeping the difference in price. <span id="more-1146"></span></p>
<p>&#8220;Naked&#8221; short selling occurs when a trader sells a financial instrument that has not yet been borrowed.</p>
<p>BBC business editor Robert Peston said the regulator saw a ban on the shorting of government bonds &#8211; or debt &#8211; as an attempt to stop &#8220;what it would see as mischievous bets by investors that the financial difficulties of the likes of Greece and Portugal will worsen&#8221;. </p>
<p>&#8220;It thinks that such bets are what force down the price of Greek and Portuguese government bonds, which then spook investors, and make it much more difficult and expensive for the likes of the Greek and Portuguese governments to borrow vital new money,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>The German ban will run from 19 May to 31 March 2011. It will also apply to the use of credit derivatives to bet on a fall in the value of the debt of a eurozone government, unless the investor owns some of the relevant debt. </p>
<p>Credit default swaps are financial derivatives that provide insurance for losses if a borrower goes bankrupt, and have become a lucrative trading market.</p>
<p>&#8216;Uncoordinated&#8217;</p>
<p>Germany&#8217;s market regulator, Bafin, said that the &#8220;extraordinary volatility of the bonds of eurozone states&#8221; had justified the short-selling ban.</p>
<p>However, many are questioning whether Bafin&#8217;s actions will have much impact unless other regulators do the same, given that the trading of government bonds and bank shares is a global business.</p>
<p>Michael Barnier, the EU commissioner for the internal market and financial regulation, said Germany&#8217;s actions would be &#8220;more efficient if they are coordinated at European level&#8221;.</p>
<p>He added it would &#8220;make sense for this to be addressed when European finance ministers met on Friday&#8221;.</p>
<p>The commission already has a task force looking into issues including naked selling, Mr Barnier added.</p>
<p>Greece&#8217;s Prime Minister George Papandreou has regularly claimed that traders betting on Greek government bonds had added to the woes of his debt-hit country.</p>
<p>And he warned that failing to control such &#8220;speculators&#8221; could cause international conflict.</p>
<p>&#8220;If policy does not hold sway and we simply let markets and ultimately forces behind markets take the decisions, we will go towards a world of great flux and possible crises, even conflict,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Pressure on euro</p>
<p>Mrs Merkel made her comments on the euro &#8220;crisis&#8221; as she defended Germany&#8217;s contribution to a near trillion-dollar package to prevent the spread of troubles suffered by debt-ridden Greece.</p>
<p>She said Europe needed a &#8220;stability culture&#8221; to ensure the survival of the Euro.</p>
<p>Currency expert Jeremy Stretch of Rabobank said that while Mrs Merkel needed to portray a bleak picture of the state European economy to MPs in Germany, the negative sentiment was being picked up by traders.</p>
<p>&#8220;There is scope for further downward pressure on the euro in the short to medium term,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>&#8216;Circuit breakers&#8217;</p>
<p>Meanwhile, US regulators have proposed new trading restrictions to try to avoid a repeat of the plunge in values suffered earlier this month.</p>
<p>On 6 May, the market fall quickly spread out of control, and so the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is now proposing so-called &#8220;circuit breakers&#8221;.</p>
<p>These would halt trading in a stock for five minutes if it fell more than 10% in five minutes.</p>
<p>The new rules would apply to all stocks in the Standard &#038; Poor&#8217;s 500 index.</p>
<p>From <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/">BBC News</a>.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify"> Belgian parliament voted for a ban on women wearing veils in public places. If the upper house approved the bill, Belgium becomes the first country in Europe, have adopted laws against wearing Muslim clothing, a fully veiled woman&#8221;s face. </P>
<p align="justify"> As the channel &#8220;EuroNews&#8221; </a>, the organization Amnesty International condemned the decision. &#8220;This bill is grossly violate the human right to freedom of speech and religious freedom. The decision creates a very dangerous precedent for other European countries&#8221;, &#8211; said the head of the Brussels branch of David Nichols. </P>
<p align="justify"> Despite to split the acute political crisis in Belgium, the vote in Parliament was almost unanimous &#8211; with only two abstentions.  <span id="more-1143"></span> </P>
<p align="justify"> in Belgium is very rare to see a woman in a veil or nikab, so this bill here is purely symbolic. &#8220;If you can not imagine for anyone no threat &#8211; says a resident of Brussels &#8211; the wearing of the veil thing is normal, it should be taken around them. We live in a multicultural society where everyone should respect the religion and culture of others.&#8221; </P>
<p align="justify"> In France, a similar document will be discussed on May 19. Designed in Paris version of the bill stipulates that citizens, force women to wear veils, faces a fine of 15 thousand euros, or a year in prison. </P></p>
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