 Washington Post | Passport-free zone envelops Europe Globe and Mail, Canada - LONDON — As midnight approached in the centre of Europe yesterday, hundreds of border guards left their posts for good and began tearing down the last ... Europe celebrates tearing down of borders Border barrier comes down to let East Europe in Schengen stretches out across Europe |
 PhysOrg.com | Plan on Airline Emissions Hints at US-Europe Rift New York Times, United States - By JAMES KANTER European Union governments have scaled back a proposed law that would regulate emissions from any airline with takeoffs or landings in ... EU nations: all airlines flying to Europe should trade carbon ... EU scales back plans to limit airline emissions Airline Global-Warming Battle Heats Up Fast |
 365Gay.com | Health news: Europe reports increase in syphilis Kansas City Star, MO - “Syphilis used to be a very rare disease,” said Marita van de Laar of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. “I’m not sure we can say that ... Syphilis On The Rise In Europe |
 Spiegel Online | Europe Proposes Binding Limits on Auto Emissions New York Times, United States - The European Commission wants to limit automotive carbon dioxide emissions, a big obstacle in meeting Kyoto Protocol standards. ... Resistance to Europe's Emissions Plan Europe to enforce car emission standards EU Vehicle-Emissions Plan Could Stir Industry Fight |
 eFluxMedia | Eaton deals to grow in Europe and Asia BusinessWeek - Moeller, with about 8700 employees, does business in Western and Eastern Europe and in the Asia Pacific region. Phoenixtec Power Company Ltd., ... Eaton to Pay $2.8 Billion for Moeller, Phoenixtec (Update5)  ETN |
Abbott Labs gets OK for Humira in Europe CNNMoney.com - NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. (AP) - Abbott Laboratories said Thursday its anti-inflammatory drug Humira received marketing approval from the European Commission for ... Abbott's Humira wins EU clearance for psoriasis use |
 Javno.hr | Tech, energy help Europe stocks snap losing streak Reuters - By Blaise Robinson PARIS, Dec 20 (Reuters) - European stocks ended higher on Thursday, snapping a three-session losing streak as strong results from US firm ... Europe bond sales fall, banks hold ground -Thomson Europe shares end flat despite c.banks, Goldman UPDATE 1-Austria's Immoeast pretax earnings more than double |
 Turkish Press | Dollar Continues Rise in Europe Houston Chronicle, United States - 2007 AP FRANKFURT, Germany — The dollar was bolstered against the pound and euro Thursday after the head of the European Central Bank warned rising ... Inflation fears dim Europe Europe's Big Inflation Problem Europe moves to refinance banks |
Leading article: A seasonal reminder of the benefits of Europe Independent, UK - The complaint of Eurosceptics is a familiar one: "What has the European Union ever done for us?" Well there have been several developments this week alone ... |
Liverpool Daily Post, UK -
One of the few areas left for Moyes’s critics, now that Everton are doing well in Europe and in a cup semi-final, are his substitutions. ...
Everton end Alkmaar's proud unbeaten record Everton end Alkmaar's unbeaten record
David Moyes keeps quiet to aid Euro victory
Balkan
Rowing-Neykova wins Balkan sports personality of the year award
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SOFIA, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's European women's singles sculls champion Rumyana Neykova was named Balkans sports personality of the year on Thursday. ...
 Atlantic Online | Balkan Epic Atlantic Online - In 1937 the novelist Rebecca West traveled to the Balkans in search of a better understanding of that region's tensions and conflicts. ... |
Balkan drug ring smashed in Austria
B92, Serbia -23 hours ago
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Austrian police arrest 8 suspected drug dealersPR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
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Grenades Fall from Serb Truck
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Serbia military truck drops 18 bomb casesUnited Press International
Crates of grenades fall off truck on Serbian highway, none detonateEarthtimes
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VIENNA -- An international drug ring, mainly from the Balkans, has been busted in Austria, following a 9-month police operation. ...
Investing In the Balkans Has Its Perils Austrian police arrest 8 suspected drug dealers
Local gymnast rocks at World Championships in Quebec City
Village News Network, CA -8 hours ago
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Fallbrook residents Dave and Gae Moore recently cheered on their granddaughter, Aubree Balkan, a Senior National Team Member for Team USA Gymnastics for the ...
Bulgaria raises natural gas prices 9.9 pct Reuters - The Balkan country's sole gas wholesaler Bulgargaz had asked for 25.5 percent increase as of January and warned it may cut supplies if the regulator turned ... |
House Hunters Discover Albania BalkanInsight.com, Serbia - "Even by Balkan standards, Albania is unimpressive,” he wrote. But that was 2000, and today Watts, a British journalist, has changed his tune. ... Albanian Opposition to Protest Poverty Albania Loan for Power Company |
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A total of 18 cases had fallen from the truck while its driver was paying a toll, the source told Balkan Insight on condition of anonymity, ...
Hand grenades close Serbian highway toll Serbia military truck drops 18 bomb cases
Crates of grenades fall off truck on Serbian highway, none detonate
World
 China Daily | Pakistan Bomber Kills 35 in Attack on Former Minister (Update3) Bloomberg - By Ed Johnson Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- A suicide bomber targeting former Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao killed at least 35 people when he blew himself up in a mosque in northwestern Pakistan, the official Associated Press of Pakistan reported. 30 killed in Pakistan bombing 22 killed in Pakistan bomb blast |
 PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) | Zuma’s Attorney Questions Timing of Upcoming Graft Charges Voice of America - By Peter Clottey In South Africa, the attorney for Jacob Zuma, the newly elected president of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party has described as improper news that his client would soon be charged for corruption. Prosecutor Says Zuma Charges Near South Africa's Zuma-rang |
 Voice of America | Gaza Missiles and Israeli Operations Continue New York Times - By STEVEN ERLANGER JERUSALEM - Five Palestinian fighters were killed and an Israeli soldier was badly wounded Thursday in central Gaza, about a mile from the border with Israel, the Israeli Army and Palestinian medics said. Israeli troops kill Hamas militant in Gaza Four Palestinians killed in fighting with Israelis |
 Shanghai Daily | EU expands borderless zone Los Angeles Times - Officials from Austria and Hungary remove a border-crossing barrier between the two countries as part of the European Union’s move to eliminate such posts in its eastern member states. Open Borders Extended to 9 More Members of European Union EU Expands Border-Free Travel Zone |
 Brisbane Times | NZealand city rocked by aftershocks after major quake - UPDATE Forbes - WELLINGTON (Thomson Financial) - Aftershocks continued to rattle the eastern New Zealand city of Gisborne Friday as residents started counting the cost of a powerful 6.8 earthquake which smashed buildings in the commercial center. New Zealand quake wreckage clean-up begins in 'lucky' city New Zealand Town Declares Emergency After 6.6 Quake (Update1) |
 Turkish Press | Japan PM, SKorea's Lee to cooperate on NKorea - official Forbes - TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - South Korea's next leader Lee Myung-Bak agreed Friday with Japan's premier to work together to push forward a denuclearisation deal with North Korea, Japanese officials said. South Korea, Open for Business PRESS DIGEST - South Korean newspapers - Dec 21 |
 Canada.com | Thailand's Proxy Candidate TIME - If you're a Thai voter who longs for the return of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, then Samak Sundaravej is your man. Samak, Abhisit Restore Thai Democracy, Seek to Revive Economy Thai election signals return of a new political power |
 Voice of America | Man Cleared In Notorious N. Ireland Bombing Washington Post - By Kevin Sullivan LONDON, Dec. 20 -- A judge in Belfast on Thursday acquitted the only person ever charged with murder in the 1998 bombing in the Northern Ireland town of Omagh, which killed 29 people in the bloodiest attack of the province's three ... Belfast Judge Clears Suspect in Car Bombing Evidence valueless and police lied |
Putin and TIME: The View From Russia TIME - The first such call came from a friend on Wednesday, close to midnight, just after I had stopped surfing Russian TV newscasts, all full of proud reports that TIME had named Russian President Vladimir Putin its Person of the Year. Putin, the Kremlin power struggle and the $40bn fortune Bush: Putin leader of consequence, but to what end? |
 BBC News | Elizabeth II Outlives Victoria Today New York Times - By Patrick J. Lyons Long live the Queen, indeed. Just past teatime in London today (or about 10 am Eastern time), Elizabeth II will become the oldest monarch in Britain’s history, surpassing Victoria, who was 81 years, 7 months and 29 days old when she ... Queen becomes longest living British monarch Elizabeth II now Britain's oldest monarch |
 Washington Post | Japan's Foreign Minister Says Whaling Program Complies With Law Bloomberg - By Stuart Biggs and Keiichi Yamamura Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said his nation's whaling program in Antarctic waters is ``no problem'' because it complies with international law. Japan wants to discuss whaling with Australia Jonah and the whale-chasers |
 Spiegel Online | Hopes Dim for UN Solution for Kosovo New York Times - By WARREN HOGE UNITED NATIONS - The Security Council signaled Wednesday that it would not be able to resolve the status of Kosovo, the breakaway Serbian province, and that a solution would have to come from outside the United Nations. UN Security Council Kosovo Talks End in Stalemate UN Security Council Deadlocked Over Kosovo |
 Seattle Post Intelligencer | Australian Federal Court upholds Haneef visa decision Hindustan Times - Australian Govt will not seek cancellation of Mohd Haneef's work visa that has been reinstated by a court. Press Trust Of India In yet another legal victory for Mohd Haneef, the Federal Court of Australia on Friday upheld a decision to reinstate the ... Indian Doctor Free to Return to Australia Haneef wins Australian work visa |
 Voice of America | Ex-Guantanamo detainees walk free Guardian Unlimited - British resident and former Guantanamo Bay detainee Jamil el-Banna has walked free on bail. El-Banna was released from City of Westminster magistrates' court in London shortly before 4pm. Two freed Guantanamo inmates released on bail UK Men Freed From Guantanamo Face Extradition Bid (Update1) |
 Vancouver Sun | Sarkozy, in Rome, Meets With Pope Benedict New York Times - By IAN FISHER ROME - Affairs of state and more personal ones mixed to bring Italy and France a little closer as President Nicolas Sarkozy of France arrived here on Thursday for his first official visit. Nicolas Sarkozy Is in a Hurry France's Sarkozy meets Pope in Rome |
 Sioux City Journal | Torture chamber found north of Baghdad International Herald Tribune - AP BAGHDAD: Blood-splotches on walls, chains hanging from a ceiling and swords found on the killing floor of a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq torture chamber are the latest horrors discovered by US soldiers pushing into a province that remains an extremist ... Torture Chamber, Mass Graves Found by US Soldiers in Iraq Bomber Kills 6, Including US Soldier |
 Sky News Australia | Australia Puts Controls on Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Hicks (Update3) Bloomberg - By Ed Johnson Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks poses a terrorism risk after training with al-Qaeda and his movements will be restricted to protect the public when he is freed from jail next week, an Australian court ruled ... Australia judge limits ex-Guantanamo inmate Hicks Control order for detainee Hicks |
 Canada.com | GI among 19 dead in two attacks in Iraq Arizona Daily Star - AP BAGHDAD - A suicide bombing northeast of the capital and a car bombing in Baghdad on Thursday shattered the calm of an otherwise unusually peaceful holiday period in Iraq. Iraq 'torture chamber' discovered Suicide Attack Leaves 13 Iraqis Dead |
 Canada.com | Rice Says Differences Remain on Iran Sanctions Resolution Voice of America - By David Gollust US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is conceding continued differences among world powers on a proposed third UN sanctions resolution against Iran over its nuclear program. Bush and Bushehr US hits at Chinese oil deal with Iran |
 Ottawa Citizen | Two Paintings, Including Picasso, Stolen From Brazilian Museum AHN - Sao Paulo, Brazil (AHN) - Two paintings were stolen from a Brazilian museum, including a Picasso, when thieves broke in Thursday morning. Picasso Painting Stolen from Museum of Art of Sao Paulo Police hunt gang behind Picasso robbery |
