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ASEAN leaders sign charter amid Myanmar row Reuters - By Geert De Clercq SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Ten Southeast Asian leaders signed a historic charter on Tuesday that aims to create an economic bloc encompassing a half-billion people, but controversy over Myanmar threatened to spoil the ASEAN party. Southeast Asia Adopts Charter ASEAN faces tough road to become EU-style economic bloc |
Nationwide French protests put pressure on Sarkozy Reuters Canada - By Francois Murphy PARIS (Reuters) - French teachers, postal workers and other civil servants began a one-day strike on Tuesday, joining forces with protesting transport workers to challenge President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to reform the economy. French public-sector pay strike ups pressure on govt amid ongoing ... Pressure grows on French president as state workers join strike |
 Canada.com | Pakistan election date set CNN International - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf headed for a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as elections for Pakistan's national assembly and its four provincial assemblies were scheduled for January 8. Pakistanis think Saudi-bound Musharraf to meet Sharif Pakistan election chief confirms January poll date |
 KATU | Death toll in Ukraine mine blast up to 88 - official UPDATE Forbes - KIEV (Thomson Financial) - The toll from a weekend coal mine blast in eastern Ukraine jumped to 88, making it the worst mining catastrophe in the country's post-Soviet history, an official said. Ukraine Mourns Coal Miner Deaths Ukraine's mine death toll rises |
 Alalam News Network | How Kosovo May Foster EU Unity Wall Street Journal - By MARC CHAMPION BRUSSELS -- European diplomats say they are confident the European Union will avoid a humiliating split over the future of Kosovo. EU Opposes Independence Plans by Kosovo's Election Winner Balkans to splinter if Kosovo breaks away: Serbia |
 Canada.com | Israel, Palestinians in final push for joint paper Reuters - By Wafa Amr RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinians are making a last-ditch effort under US and Arab pressure to prepare a joint document before a US-hosted peace conference next week, officials said on Tuesday. Israel to free 441 Palestinian prisoners Olmert and Abbas Try for Joint Text |
 BBC News | FACTBOX-Khmer Rouge casts lingering shadow over Cambodia Reuters - Nov 20 (Reuters) - Chief Khmer Rouge interrogator Duch stood before the UN-backed "Killing Fields" tribunal on Tuesday, the first public appearance by a senior Pol Pot cadre at the court investigating Cambodia's genocide. Cambodian Genocide Court Opens Khmer Rouge Hearing (Update1) Push for Khmer Rouge trials "serious" |
 BBC News | Diamond wedding celebration shows 'firm' goes on Guardian Unlimited - The crowds were much smaller yesterday than 60 years ago - barely a smattering outside Westminster Abbey and around Parliament Square - but otherwise the Queen must have wondered at how little had changed as she returned to the abbey to commemorate her ... A suitably regal anniversary Queen heads for Malta for wedding anniversary |
 Philadelphia Inquirer | Japan Fleet Sets Off to Hunt Humpbacks ABC News - A crew member of Japanese whaling vessel Yushin Maru waves upon departure for a hunt that will include humpbacks - a favorite among whale-watchers - for the first time in decades at a port of Shimonoseki, southwestern Japan, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007. US Joins Critics of Japan's Whaling Plans US asks Japan to "refrain' from whaling expedition |
 Chosun Ilbo | Bangladesh cyclone toll tops 3000 Los Angeles Times - A woman mourns the death of her 7-year-old son in Choto Taltoli village, in southern Bangladesh. More than 1000 are missing, officials say, and bodies are discovered by the hour in rivers and paddies. Cyclone death toll rises UN airdrops food to cyclone victims |
 Canada.com | Vote on Lebanon president faces further delay Reuters - By Tom Perry BEIRUT, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Lebanon's rival political camps remained at loggerheads on Tuesday over who should replace its pro-Syrian president, who has only four days left in office. Trying to Hold Lebanon Together French FM acknowledges obstacles to critical consensus on new ... |
 Turkish Press | Bangladesh central bank asks banks to help farmers Reuters - DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's central bank has asked banks to give fresh credit to farmers affected by last week's devastating cyclone, even if they have not paid back previous loans, to help them grow the next rice crop. Bangladesh makes fresh aid plea Bangladesh Seeks Help for Storm Victims |
 Boston Globe | Iraqis arrest 43 after convoy guards shoot woman Los Angeles Times - The firm involved has contracts with the US, but no Americans were detained. The incident might show how far the government is willing to fight immunity for foreign security contractors. Dozens detained in Iraqi shooting 43 People Detained After Shooting in Baghdad |
 Brisbane Times | Australian Labor Retains Lead Ahead of Election, Newspoll Says Bloomberg - By Gemma Daley Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Australia's opposition Labor Party maintained its lead over the government ahead of an election on Nov. 24, a Newspoll shows. Australian Elections: 4 days to go Howard says Rudd would be for life, not just Christmas |
 PRESS TV | Polls open in Jordan parliamentary elections Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordanians began voting on Tuesday in parliamentary elections expected to tighten the grip of tribal leaders, centrist and pro-government deputies and which the opposition Islamists say they expect government fraud. Polls open in Jordan parliamentary elections Jordan holds parliamentary vote |
 Gulf Times | An attack on the media Asia Pacific Media Network - The farce that 'enlightened moderation' is fast becoming was once again exposed when the authorities succeeded in shutting down Geo TV and ARY news on midnight Friday. Pakistan: Dubai Should End Shutdown of Pakistani Channels US Envoy Pushes Pakistan To End Media Blackout |
 PhysOrg.com | Climate Change Report Sets up Bali Emissions Meeting Wired News - By Alexis Madrigal 11.19.07 | 8:30 PM Rajendra Pachauri of India chairs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. Emissions Growth Must End in 7 Years, UN Warns  Comment by Peter Altman Climate Policy Prjct Mgr, Natl Environmental Trust |
 The Age | Missing girl's father visits burial house Guardian Unlimited - The father of Dinah mcnicol yesterday paid an emotional visit to the house in Margate where the missing teenager's body is thought to have been buried for 16 years. Victim's father visits Margate house Death house father visits scene |
 CBC Manitoba | British Colombia Promises Probe of Taser Death Voice of America - By VOA News The Canadian province of British Colombia says it will launch a public investigation into the killing of a Polish immigrant shot by a Taser stun gun at Vancouver's airport. Taser death triggers inquest, apology Province calls inquiry into airport Taser death |
 KPIC | Bangladesh storm toll over 3000 Reuters - By Anis Ahmed DHAKA (Reuters) - Four days after super cyclone Sidr killed more than 3000 people in Bangladesh, rescuers struggled on Monday to reach isolated areas along the country's devastated coast to give aid to millions of survivors. Cyclone death toll surpasses 3000 Bangladesh cyclone toll surpasses 2000 |
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FIRST BULGARIAN TOUR OF VASKO VASSILEV STARTS
Sofia Echo, Bulgaria -
The tour, freemix, would consist of popular melodies as well as new repertoire, combining, among others, Balkan and Bulgarian folklore, Spanish flamenco, ...
Alalam News Network | EU fears unrest after Kosovo poll MSNBC - "We need a soft landing on this issue or we'll have a hard crash," said Carl Bildt, Sweden's foreign minister and an experienced mediator in Balkan ... EU Warns Kosovo Against Unilateral Move, Fears Balkan Tumult Independence loses its magic in Kosovo vote US and Europeans try to avert breakaway by Kosovo with new year ... |
Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey -
Noting that there is in fact a degree of consensus among EU states on recognising Kosovo independence, Sabine Freizer, a Balkan analyst with the ...
A Balkan crisis that some see as overblownInternational Herald Tribune, France -
In a recent paper published by the European Stability Initiative, a group based in Berlin that advocates the eu's expansion throughout the western Balkans, ...
 Enews 2.0 | The Balkan bad boy's warning Guardian Unlimited, UK - According to Belgrade, it is the US, Britain and France who now endanger stability in the western Balkans by rashly backing Kosovo's independence. ... Preliminary results confirm Thaqi as winner of Kosovo elections Russian Duma deputies question legitimacy of Kosovo vote Kosovo election winner calls for speedy formation of government |
Sofia: Time for a Balkan Renaissance Sofia News Agency, Bulgaria - Traditional folk music, with singing, Balkan bagpipes, accordion, flute and tupan (drum), is provided by top ensembles. Hadjidraganov's Houses, 75 Kozloduy ... |
 Voice of America | EU Peacekeepers Search Home of Suspected Karadzic Helper Voice of America - ... have raided the home of a Bosnian Serb suspected of being a part of the support network to the most wanted Balkan war crimes suspect, Radovan Karadzic. ... Bosnian Politicians Dismiss Fears of New War EU Troops Raid Home in Karadzic Hunt EUFOR raids home of Karadzic's aid |
