 Philadelphia Inquirer | EU Vows to Prevent Balkan Chaos After Kosovo Deadline (Update5) Bloomberg - 10 (Bloomberg) -- European Union foreign ministers vowed to prevent chaos in the Balkans as a deadline for the independence of the breakaway Serb province ... Oh, those Balkans again! EU-US showdown with Russia over Kosovo Talking tough but sick of fighting: Serbs prepare for Kosovo showdown |
US and Nato allies tear open old Balkan wounds Financial Times, UK - Sir, In your editorial "Decision time looms in Kosovo" (December 10) you write that "as many EU states as possible must publicly back the conditional ... |
Birth of a nation: But will Kosovo spark another Balkan crisis? Independent, UK - In short, as in the other independent Balkan states, things will get worse before they get better. And hope, as an Albanian man across the border in Albania ... |
Bulgarian tourism with Balkan awards Focus News, Bulgaria - Three prestigious Balkan awards were presented to Bulgarian tourist objects in the regular congress of the Balkan Association of Hotel and Restaurant ... |
Balkan Insight Website Launch BIRN, Serbia - 11 12 2007 Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, has launched its new website - a comprehensive online news service on Balkan political, ... |
Fellowship’s Moving On Launched in Podgorica BIRN, Serbia - The Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence, an initiative of the Robert Bosch Stiftung and Erste Foundation, in cooperation with the Balkan ... |
Bulgaria receives EU backing for second nuclear plant Kyiv Post, Ukraine - Last year, Russia's Atomstroyexport won a $5.7 billion deal to build two 1000 megawatt reactors at the Danube port of Belene - the Balkan country's second ... |
Antidote to nationalism Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - The Balkan problem is deemed ‘solved’ for all relevant financing and face-saving purposes. Except that that’s rubbish. Except that, in a few days' time, ... Council conclusions on Western Balkans - 2840th External Relations ... |
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'Why, once Jakes went out to cover a revolution in one of the Balkan capitals. He overslept in his carriage, woke up at the wrong station, didn't know any ...
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 China Daily | Can the Planet be Saved in Bali? TIME - Sen. John Kerry speaks to journalists as newly-appointed Australian Environment Minister Peter Garrett looks on at a hotel near the venue of the UN Climate Change Conference 2007 in Nusa Dua on Bali island, December 10, 2007. Row over 2020 emissions goal sours Bali climate talks US says no to firm emissions targets |
 NDTV.com | Putin's backing of Medvedev likely to boost Russian markets MarketWatch - By Polya Lesova, marketwatch NEW YORK (marketwatch) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's endorsement Monday of the presidential candidacy of Dmitry Medvedev, the chairman of oil giant Gazprom, will likely boost the Russian equity markets, ... |
 Javno.hr | Twenty killed in Algiers bombings: source Reuters - ALGIERS (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded in the Algerian capital on Tuesday, killing 20 people and wounding 43, a security source said. 'Terror' blasts rock Algerian city Algeria Explosions Kill at Least 27 People in Capital, AFP Says |
 Malaysia Star | Gore Urges Bold Moves in Nobel Speech New York Times - Former Vice President Al Gore and Rajendra K. Pachauri, the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, during the Nobel Peace Prize 2007 award ceremony today in Oslo. |
 Twin Falls Times-News | Pro-Musharraf party denies election rigging claims USA Today - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's ruling party denied Tuesday that January's parliamentary elections would be rigged in its favor and accused the opposition of making the accusation because they feared defeat at the polls. And Sharif Makes Three in Pakistan Pakistan's Religious Group Splits Over Ballot Boycott (Update1) |
 Canada.com | NATO, Afghan Forces Retake Taliban Stronghold Voice of America - By VOA News NATO and Afghan forces have driven out Taliban fighters from their stronghold in southern Afghanistan after days of fighting. Afghan and NATO troops take key town in Helmand from Taliban Four-day attack forces Taliban fighters out of key stronghold |
 Canada.com | Search for Kosovo compromise fails Los Angeles Times - INDEPENDENCE CRY: Kosovo Albanians rally in Pristina, the provincial capital, to press their leaders to follow through with promises of independence from Serbia. Cold War simmering in Kosovo Future Kosovo PM tells Serbs 'Don't Fear Independence' |
 Canada.com | Israeli ground troops kill three in Gaza Strip raid Reuters UK - By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - About 30 Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles pushed as far as 2.5 miles into the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, sparking clashes with Palestinians that killed at least three militants, medics and militants said. Large Israeli incursion into Gaza Thirty Israeli Tanks Move Into Southern Gaza Strip |
 Turkish Press | Mullen reassures Israel on Iran Los Angeles Times - By Peter Spiegel, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer TEL AVIV -- The top US military officer attempted to reassure Israeli defense leaders Monday that the United States still views Iran as a serious threat to the Jewish state, even as the Israelis disagree ... Israel bombed out The NIE Fantasy |
 MSNBC | Former pariah Kadafi is welcomed to France Los Angeles Times - But the Libyan strongman's five-day visit draws the ire of human rights groups and even a member of Sarkozy's Cabinet. By Geraldine Baum, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer PARIS -- After 34 years, Col. Qaddafi Arrives, Tent and All, in Paris France, Libya sign agreements on arms, reactor |
 Xinhua | Mugabe's Apologists Wall Street Journal - By MARIAN L. TUPY VICTORIA FALLS, Zimbabwe -- Robert Mugabe's participation in the European Union-Africa summit in Lisbon over the weekend was a triumph of Zimbabwean diplomacy. Africa-Europe Summit Concludes with Mixed Results Trade Deals Stymied at Lisbon Meeting |
 BBC News | Pakistan test-fires cruise missile Reuters - ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan successfully tested a cruise missile with a range of 700 km (435 miles) on Tuesday, the military said. Pakistan Test-Fires Nuclear Capable Cruise Missile (Update1) Pakistan Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missile |
 TV3 News | Australia Shocked by Case of Raped Indigenous Girl New York Times - By TIM JOHNSTON SYDNEY, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 11 - Australia has been rocked by the case of a 10-year-old indigenous girl who was gang raped in her home community, and the revelation that her nine rapists had not been given prison sentences, ... Nine who gang raped girl, 10, escape jail Rudd Condemns Release of Gang Rapists in Australia, Herald Says |
 CNN-IBN | Gujarat: Online battle for ballots Indian Muslims - By Kashif-ul-Huda, twocircles.net By Kashif-ul-Huda, twocircles.net The Gujarat election of 2007 is the most keenly watched state assembly election of recent times. Sonia replies to Election Commission notice Sonia sends reply to EC notice |
 Turkish Press | Fujimori outburst at trial captivates Peru Los Angeles Times - The former president screamed at a panel of judges, protesting the human rights and corruption charges against him in proceedings broadcast live. UDPATE 2-Peru's Fujimori says innocent of murder charges Peru's Fujimori Maintains Innocence as Trial Begins, AFP Says |
 Canada.com | Police Find Secret Passage Through a Wardrobe to Darwin's Hideout ABC News - By LAURA WESTMACOTT British police released a photo of John Darwin today in an effort to determine where the 'dead canoeist' has been for the past five years, as his wife told a British newspaper the couple had hoped to slip away and start a tropical ... "Missing" British canoeist's wife charged Wife of "Canoe Man" due in court |
 Edmonton Journal | S. Korea Expected to Declare Oil Spill Coastline a Disaster Area Voice of America - By Kurt Achin South Korean officials say they will declare a long stretch of the country's western coastline a disaster area. The move makes residents and businesses eligible for compensation as an enormous oil spill devastates wildlife and fishing ... South Korean Spill Hits Seafood, Birds, Tourism 'Enormous' damage in South Korean spill |
 eFluxMedia | 50 migrants feared dead as boat capsizes Guardian Unlimited - Greek and Turkish coastguard officials were last night searching the Aegean sea for the survivors from a boat carrying up to 100 illegal migrants, at least half of whom are believed to have drowned in a perilous crossing from Turkey to the EU. Migrant-laden vessel sinks between Turkey and Greece Migrant Boat Sinks Off Western Turkey, At Least 51 Dead |
 EiTB | Argentina's president sworn in Los Angeles Times - Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, former first lady and the nation's first elected female head of state, says she is up to the task. Roles Swap in Argentina’s Palace as First Lady Takes Over Argentina's Fernandez succeeds husband as president |
 BBC News | Cuba to Allow UN Human Rights Monitoring Voice of America - By VOA News Cuba says it will allow UN monitoring of its human rights starting in 2009, as authorities broke up a small protest by dissidents calling for improved human rights on the communist-run island. Cuba says it will sign civil rights accord Cuba to allow UN human rights monitoring |
