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A Balkan fable
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A Balkan fable
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The risk of another Balkans fudge is clear. There is a strong EU consensus that European “rule of law” missions, involving police, judicial and political ...
New Slovenian president: small nation can lead European Union  Voice of America | Serbia warns of a new Balkan war as peace talks over Kosovo fail Times Online, UK - The prospect of a new Balkans conflict came closer last night after Serbia made threats of “war” with the breakaway province of Kosovo. ... Stopping another Balkan crisis NATO prepares for possibility of new Balkan conflict The Balkan split |
Ski Paradise in the Elena Balkan VisitBulgaria.net (press release), Bulgaria - The slopes under Chumerna peak in the Elena part of the Mountain Balkan Range are covered with snow. Skiers enjoy the steep slope and are even booking ... |
An overview of proceedings at the UN tribunal for the former ... International Herald Tribune, France - JURISDICTION: Perpetrators of atrocities committed during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, including grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, ... |
 New York Daily News | 'Romeo & Juliet' with a Balkan twist New York Daily News, NY - Director Roko Markolovic grew up with the regional conflict in the Balkans and wanted to write a love story about it. "At first it sounded a little too much ... |
Sofia Echo, Bulgaria -
The tradition has continued annually to 2007, with this year’s ceremony held at Hotel Balkan in Gabrovo on December 2. Sylvia Hinkova, executive director of ...
World  Sky News | Wife Of Missing Canoeist To Be Quizzed By Police ABC News - John Darwin and his wife Anne, Panama City, Panama - 2006 'Missing' canoeist John Darwin and his wife Anne appear in a picture reportedly taken Panama last year. Wife of 'canoe man' leaves Panama Wife of canoeist flies back to UK |
 Spiegel Online | Doves find fault with Iran report too Los Angeles Times - Vahid Salemi / AP IN IRAN: A technician at a nuclear facility outside Isfahan. Experts said Tehran’s uranium enrichment, though it has peaceful applications, could allow it to kick-start a weapons program. Rice, Lavrov to Discuss Iranian Nuclear Issue in Brussels Bush Administration Credibility Suffers After Iran NIE Report |
 Turkish Press | Row over peer presence at EU summit Guardian Unlimited - A row has erupted over Gordon Brown's decision to send former international development secretary Baroness Amos to represent Britain at the controversial EU-Africa summit. Zimbabwe: Mugabe Storm Holds Summit Hostage Action sought on Darfur and Mugabe at EU-Africa summit |
 KIMA CBS 29 | CIA Destroyed Tapes of Interrogations New York Times - Thomas H. Kean, left, and Lee H. Hamilton releasing the Sept. 11 commission's report on July 22, 2004. By MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 - The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two ... Of the Shadow War … CIA destroyed video of 'waterboarding' al-Qaida detainees |
Voice of America | NATO Agrees on Kosovo Force FOX News - By PAUL AMES, AP Writer BRUSSELS, Belgium - NATO foreign ministers agreed Friday to maintain a strong peacekeeping force in Kosovo to handle any flare-up of violence in the province, which appears poised to move toward independence from Serbia after ... NATO warning over Kosovo violence NATO Foreign Ministers to Discuss Role In Kosovo, Afghanistan |
 Swissinfo | Delegates Forge Ahead at Bali Climate Change Conference Voice of America - By Chad Bouchard The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali is nearing its halfway mark. Senior delegates are hopeful an international agreement will be reached on how to control harmful climate emissions when the Kyoto Protocol expires in ... Carbon traders bet on Bali climate talks' success Climate Talks Moving Toward No Rules for China, India (Update1) |
 The Age | Bosses detained as china mine blast death toll rises Reuters - BEIJING, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Police have detained managers and officials at a north China coal mine where a gas blast killed more than 100 people, state media reported on Friday. Deaths rise to 105 in China mine blast 105 Victims in the Chinese Coal Mine Explosion |
 eFluxMedia | Pakistani Opposition Party Deadlocked Over Electoral Demands Voice of America - By VOA News Officials from Pakistan's two main opposition parties say they have reached a deadlock in negotiations to draw up a joint set of demands they want the government to meet, to avoid an election boycott. Detained Pakistani Seeks to Revive Judiciary Cause Power Over Principle in Pakistan |
 KFOXtv.com | Ships Collide, Oil Spills Off Korean Coast CBS News - A Hong Kong-registered tanker spills oil into the sea after an accident near Mallipo beach, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Yun Seok-ee) See the locations of some of the world's worst spills. Tanker Spills Oil Off South Korea FACTBOX: Key facts about oil spills |
 Aljazeera.net | Bush Engages Foreign Foes As Policy Shift Accelerates Wall Street Journal - By JAY SOLOMON WASHINGTON -- The White House said that President Bush sent a letter directly to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il seeking cooperation in implementing a pact to dismantle its nuclear arms in exchange for full normalized relations. Bush Writes to North Korean Leader FACTBOX-Previous US comments about Kim Jong-il |
 Canada.com | Small pro-Putin party won't contest president vote Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fair Russia, the smaller of two parties backing President Vladimir Putin, will not nominate its own candidate for the presidential election in March, the party's leader said on Friday. Putin's party to name presidential candidate December 17 Putin's party to name 'successor' |
 Philadelphia Inquirer | Treacherous cyclone hitting Fiji islands CNN - (CNN) -- Powerful tropical cyclone Daman closed in on Fiji on Friday, threatening the Pacific island chain with home-destroying winds and dangerous floods. Cyclone intensifies as heads towards Fiji Category 4 cyclone roars toward islands |
 eFluxMedia | S.Lanka shares fall 0.7 pct on war, rates; rupee up Reuters - By Shihar Aneez COLOMBO, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell 0.7 percent on Friday as fears of further fighting in a war with Tamil rebels and high interest rates kept investors on the sidelines, while the rupee rose for a 4th straight day. Sri Lanka Warns of More Rebel Attacks Against Civilians Fighting kills 19 Tamil rebels in northern Sri Lanka, says military |
 Voice of America | Package Bomb Kills 1 in Paris New York Times - Police and fire personnel near a Paris law office where a package exploded on Thursday. A motive had not been determined. By ELAINE SCIOLINO PARIS, Dec. 6 - An explosion from a bomb in a package delivered to a law office in the heart of Paris killed ... Secretary killed in Paris parcel bomb attack Paris Bomb Blast Kills One |
 VietNamNet Bridge | Nigeria: TI Corruption Poll - Petty Bribery Increases in Country AllAfrica.com - A global corruption survey released yesterday by Transparency International (TI) has revealed that Nigeria, alongside nine other countries notably Albania, Cambodia, Cameroon, FYR Macedonia, Kosovo, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania and Senegal, ... Global Survey Finds Latin America Ranks 4th in Demanding Bribes Survey: World's poorest are hardest hit by corruption |
 Sabah | Israel says US questions settlement move Reuters - By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Israel confirmed on Friday that the United States asked it to explain a plan to build new homes on occupied land in the Jerusalem area, a move Palestinians say could wreck peace talks launched just last ... Politics: 'I will continue to do what's unpopular' Annapolis peace conference is worthwhile |
 Philadelphia Inquirer | Female Suicide Bomber Kills 15 In Attack on Opponents of al Qaeda Wall Street Journal - AP BAGHDAD -- A female suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt Friday outside the offices of a local anti-al Qaeda group that has joined forces with the US, killing at least 15 people, police officials said. Female suicide bomber kills 16 in Iraq Female Suicide Bomber Kills 15 North of Baghdad |
 Boston Globe | FACTBOX-Conflict in Darfur Reuters - Dec 7 (Reuters) - European and African parliament members and human rights groups told leaders on Friday they would be ignoring the plight of thousands of civilians if they failed to tackle Sudan's Darfur crisis at an EU-Africa summit. Lack of Donated Copters Harms Darfur Effort, UN Leader Says Annan: EU-African Summit Should Pressure Sudan on Darfur |
 PRESS TV | CHRONOLOGY-Events in Lebanon since Hariri's killing Reuters - Dec 7 (Reuters) - Lebanon's presidential election has been delayed for four days to Dec. 11, the parliament speaker said on Friday. Lebanon's Partliament Plans to Select President Friday Vote on Lebanon president delayed |
 ABC News | Oprah Winfrey Presents: Barack Obama ABC News - Talk show host Oprah Winfrey (R) poses with US Senator Barack Obama (L) and his wife Michelle Obama at an Obama' 08 fund-raiser for Barack Obama's presidential campaign, hosted by Winfrey at her home in Montecito, California September 8, 2007. Obama Campaign Seeks to Translate `Oprah Effect' to Politics |
