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1, 2008, it will focus on issues close to home: Kosovo's independence and the efforts of neighboring Balkan countries to join the bloc. ...
Slovanian Presidency Programme (orginal full text) Slovenia fears Kosovo partition
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The Balkan States are an imprecisely defined group of from 9 to 12 nations, or parts of nations, located at the southeastern end of Europe. ...
Europe India Infoline.com | ArcelorMittal to buy 2 firms, in Europe and LatAm MarketWatch - 1 steelmaker, announced on Monday two deals, including one in Europe and at least its third in South America this month. Terms of the latest deals weren't ... ArcelorMittal Acquires Austrian Steel Distribution Company AreclorMittal To Acquire Austrian Steel Distribution Company ... |
Europe camp look to the future Ireland Online, Ireland - Henry De Bromhead will not be too disappointed if Sizing Europe does not win the bewleyshotels.com December Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown on Saturday. ... |
Economic slowdown to test Europe's top 50 corporate borrowers ... CNNMoney.com - The top 50 corporate borrowers, include the top 10 banks and top 10 insurance companies in Europe, said S&P. The 30 blue-chip corporates comprise eight ... |
 Kickoff | REACH EUROPE AND I'M OL-OFF Mirror.co.uk, UK - By James Nursey 24/12/2007 Olof Mellberg admits he is likely to leave Aston Villa on a free next summer but wants to help the club into Europe first. ... Mellberg denies doing Juve deal Aston Villa 1 Manchester City 1: Mellberg denies deal with Juventus Mellberg Hasn't Signed For Juventus |
Is Putin Europe's friend or foe - or something in between? Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - That's the question Europe is asking about Russia, and Russia about a newly aggressive Europe. President Vladimir Putin's choice of Dmitri Medvedev, ... |
 Montreal Gazette | STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK miners up as metal prices provide fillip Reuters UK, UK - Shares in UK miners feature among the leading FTSE 100 .FTSE stocks, with Antofagasta (ANTO.L: Quote, Profile, Research) up 3.6 percent, Lonmin (LMI. ... China lobbies against BHP's bid for Rio: reports |
 Boston Globe | Europe's border-free zone expands Tehran Times, Iran - Celebrations have been held after midnight to mark nine new states joining a European border-free zone. The Schengen agreement, which allows passport-free ... Europe's east-west border is at last wide open 'Borderless' Europe expands to the east Europe extends passport-free zone |
RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Czech Republic - Your source for news and information from Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Southwestern Asia. |
Eastern Europe fights for Hollywood cash Houston Chronicle, United States - Eastern European movie sites are fighting for Hollywood cash with nearly as much ferocity as the fake battles in the movies. As producers Ed Zwick and ... |
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will cut its estimates for economic growth in 2008 in the United States and Europe again because of ...
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 Shanghai Daily | Pro-Thaksin party seeks coalition CNN International - BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- The Thai political party that backs the country's ousted prime minister won nearly half the seats in parliamentary elections Sunday with 96 percent of the vote counted -- allowing it to form a coalition government, ... Former Premier’s Party Wins Thai Vote in Rebuke to Army Finally, an Election |
 Canada.com | Turkey Bombs Kurdish Rebels in Iraq for 2nd Day, Kurds Say New York Times - By STEPHEN FARRELL BAGHDAD - Turkish jets bombed separatist Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq for the second day in a row, Kurdish security officials said Sunday, although there was no immediate confirmation from the Turkish military. Turkey Bombs Iraq for Second Straight Day Turkish planes strike northern Iraq: Kurd official |
 Canada.com | Israeli, Palestinian talks to resume amid disputes Reuters - By Adam Entous JERUSALEM, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators planned to meet on Monday for a second round of US-backed peace talks bogged down by disputes over Jewish settlement building near Jerusalem. Israel Rejects Hamas Overture, and Presses Housing Construction Olmert says no talks planned with Hamas |
 Canoe.ca | Modi unanimously elected BJP legislators' leader Indian Muslims - By IANS Gandhinagar : Narendra Modi, the architect the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) third consecutive win in Gujarat, was Monday unanimously elected the leader of the party's legislators. BJP to announce fresh Modi term Hindu icon Narendra Modi sweeps back to power |
 Canoe.ca | Britain's Queen Takes Up YouTube ABC News - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II waves to guests, patients and staff at the Mildmay HIV Centre in Kampala, on the first day of her state visit to Uganda, in this Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007, file photo. Queen to urge care for vulnerable Her Majesty in cyberspace offers one's greatest hits |
 BBC Bulgaria | A Shift in South Africa Washington Post - LAST WEEK, South Africa offered a demonstration of democracy in a continent where it is still too rare. Thabo Mbeki, the country's president for the past decade, was defeated in an election for leader of the African National Congress (ANC) by former ... Zuma Sweeps South Africa's ANC Party Vote Nigeria: Zuma Zooms to Victory |
 Aljazeera.net | Nepal to End Its Monarchy in a Deal With Ex-Rebels New York Times - KATMANDU, Nepal (Reuters) - Nepal’s government agreed Sunday to abolish the centuries-old monarchy in a political deal with Maoist former rebels, but the decision will go into effect only after next year’s elections, party officials said. Nepal steps towards democracy Nepal's Former Maoist Rebels Agree to Rejoin Government |
 BBC News | Billions in Aid to Pakistan Was Wasted, Officials Assert New York Times - Mohammad Iqbal/AP Pakistani troops taking up positions this month at a vantage point over the Swat Valley, where militants have fought the army. US aid 'diverted' in Pakistan Pak used US aid for arms aimed at India: US officials |
 Albany Times Union | Saudi Police Arrest 28 in Foiled Plot During Hajj New York Times - By KATHERINE ZOEPF RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The number of men arrested late last week in a suspected plot to attack Muslim holy sites around Mecca and Medina during the hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage, was put at 28 in a statement issued Sunday by the ... Saudi Arabia Arrests 28 Al-Qaida Suspects for Attack Plot Saudi says arrests 28 al Qaeda militants |
 China Post | Uzbekistan Is Expected to Re-elect Its President New York Times - By DAVID L. STERN OSH, Kyrgyzstan - Voters in Uzbekistan went to the polls on Sunday in a presidential contest that is widely accepted as a foregone conclusion but that casts doubt on the country’s long-term stability. Uzbek leader gears up for long rule after election Uzbekistan Polls Close; Karimov Favorite in Controversial Election |
 Voice of America | Bhutto claims ruling party soft on extremists Seattle Times - By ASHRAF KHAN AP LARKANA, Pakistan - Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto accused the government Sunday of failing to crush Islamic extremists, days after a suicide bombing killed 56 people in a mosque. Govt failed to combat militancy: Benazir Pakistan's Bhutto says some madrasas groom killers |
 UC Daily News | Some Christians have no use for yule Seattle Times - By Jacqueline L. Salmon For them, there will be no Christmas tree, no wreaths, no lights, no Nativity scenes. Nor will there be that rich Christmas dinner, nor the traditional exchange of gifts. A Christmas story of the Incarnation Celebrating God's gift to the whole world |
 Enews 2.0 | Israel ministry plans 740 new homes on occupied land Reuters - By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Israel's construction ministry said on Sunday it proposed building about 740 new homes on occupied land near Jerusalem next year, a move that could disrupt newly launched peace talks with the ... 'Har Homa freeze never promised' Israel confirms settlement plans |
 Standard | Authorities Implement Strict Controls on Close Kenyan Election Voice of America - By Howard Lesser Tight security precautions are in place during the closing days of Kenya’s election campaign. Police are on the lookout for people trying to engage in fraud or seeking to disrupt this week’s presidential and parliamentary voting ... Young 'cheetahs' on the campaign trail in Kenya Kenya showing democratic muscle |
 Turkish Press | Sri Lanka says weekend war death toll tops 40 Reuters South Africa - COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan troops killed 41 Tamil Tiger fighters in a series of weekend clashes in the island's civil war-ravaged north, while three soldiers were also killed, the military said on Monday. Clashes kill 41 in N Sri Lanka over weekend 21 killed as fighting rages across Sri Lanka |
 domain-B | Emission Cuts Are `Feel Good,' Won't Save World, Lomborg Says Bloomberg - By Tasneem Brogger and Mathew Carr Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The world's lawmakers should abandon attempts to set ``optimistic'' targets for greenhouse-gas emissions, said Bjorn Lomborg, the author of the best-selling book ``The Skeptical Environmentalist ... US Sets New Bali Roadblock, Fair and Ambitious Climate Deal Under ... Just in case... |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Fog casts shroud over Christmas getaway Independent - By David Langton Dense fog and icy conditions brought misery yesterday to Christmas travellers hoping to make it home for the festive season. Fresh delays as more flights axed Travel delays continue as flights cancelled |
 AFP | Japan's Cabinet approves higher budget BusinessWeek - The Japanese Cabinet approved a budget for fiscal 2008 on Monday that is slightly larger than the current year, thanks largely to rising social security costs as Japan's population ages. Japan's Cabinet Approves Budget for Next Fiscal Year (Update1) Japan's Cabinet Approves New Budget, Spending |
 Twin Falls Times-News | Italian PM Prodi visits Afghanistan Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi held talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday and was expected to meet Italian troops serving with the NATO force in the country. Italian Prime Minister Visits Afghanistan Italy's PM visits Afghanistan |
 Boston Globe | North Korea denies alleged uranium enrichment program International Herald Tribune - AP SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea has again denied it has a uranium enrichment program, a South Korean official said Sunday, just days before Pyongyang's year-end deadline to declare its nuclear programs. North Korea told must come clean on uranium project Seoul urges NKorea to "have the courage to tell truth" on uranium |
