New EU President Pushes For More Balkan Nations AHN - The EU's focus in the coming months, aside from the proposed entry of Balkan states as members, will be on the politically charged atmosphere in Kosovo ... Kosovo's independence and its global ramifications Slovenia paves the way for Kosovo independence EU Foresees 'Less Than Total' Independence For Kosovo |
The Balkan Factor Transitions Online, Czech Republic - Yet, while by no means tragic, the lack of attention and even regard for the positions of the western Balkan countries on Kosovo is unfortunate. ... |
Balkan Culinary Wars I: Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece in a ... Balkan Travellers, Bulgaria - A dozen modifications of the same dish are at the bottom of a deep culinary dispute on the Balkans. The Bulgarian banitsa, the Serbian gibanica, ... |
 New York Times | A Serbian Director’s Eye Remains Fixed on Uncomfortable Truths New York Times, United States - Mirjana Jokovic, left, and Lazar Ristovski in Goran Paskaljevic’s “Cabaret Balkan,” from 1998. Mr. Paskaljevic is having a retrospective at the Modern. ... |
 Euronews.net | Balkan gas pipeline to cost more than initial estimate Euronews.net, France - Nord Stream, the company that is planning to build a pipeline under the Baltic Sea to bring gas from Russia to Germany, has said it is going to cost more ... |
Slovenian EU Presidency Wants to Speed up Serbian EU Entry Deutsche Welle, Germany - Leaders of Slovenia, which currently holds the EU's rotating presidency, have said Balkan expansion is on their agenda. And that includes not only Croatia ... |
 Village Voice | Dance on Camera 2008 Village Voice, NY - One of the most arresting film portraits on view is Pierre Coulibeuf's 1999 Balkan Baroque (showing January 11). The extraordinary Serbian performance ... |
 Scientific American | Apple to charge same for downloads across Europe-EU Reuters - O: Quote, Profile, Research) will equalise prices for its iTunes downloads across Europe within the next six months, the European Commission said on ... Report: Apple to Settle with EU Over iTunes Pricing in Europe Apple to lower UK iTunes prices Apple seen set to resolve Europe's iTunes case |
 Javno.hr | Defensive plays boosts Europe shares, pharmas lead Reuters - By Amanda Cooper LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - European shares rallied on Tuesday as investors embraced defensive stocks such as pharmaceuticals and utilities, ... Europe shares echo rally in US stocks after data STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Oil stocks rise as investors go defensive PREVIEW-Indian IT firms' Q3 profit up, focus on US slowdown |
 Javno.hr | More Empty Seats on Europe's Jets Wall Street Journal - EasyJet, Europe's second-largest budget airline by passengers carried after Ryanair Holdings PLC, said its average passenger load factor fell 2.2 percentage ... EasyJet shares tumble on December traffic report  LON:EZJ |
GDF Europe works council wants more time to give opinion on Suez ... CNNMoney.com - 9, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- The European works council of Gaz de France (OOTC:GZFCF) is to ask for more time to give its opinion on ... |
UPDATE 2-DBRS shuts Europe units, cuts jobs in N.America Reuters - BERLIN/LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Canadian ratings agency DBRS has closed its European offices and cut an unspecified number of jobs in its New York and ... UPDATE 1-Ratings agency DBRS closes Europe branches DBRS shuts European bureaus DBRS shuts European offices in credit slump |
Europe posts 1st gains of year Chicago Tribune, United States - European stocks advanced Tuesday for the first time this year, as metal producers gained on higher copper prices and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ... Roche Leads Drug Stocks Higher, Rises Most in 5 Years (Update1) |
 Teamtalk.com | Alex Ferguson focus falls firmly on Europe in United rallying cry Times Online, UK - A rallying call from Sir Alex Ferguson, the manager, included a pointed reference to the need to succeed in Europe, while Edwin van der Sar, the United and ... FERGIE LOOKING TO WIN IT ALL FERGIE: MAKE MINE A TREBLE Fergie: We have matured |
US Dollar Mixed in Europe The Associated Press - LONDON (AP) — The US dollar was mixed against other major currencies in European trading Tuesday morning. Gold rose. The euro traded at $1.4705, ... Dollar Rises, Gold Mixed in Europe US Dollar Mixed, Gold Rises in Europe |
 BusinessWeek | In Europe, New Life for Nuclear BusinessWeek - With its low carbon dioxide output and resistance to rising oil and gas prices, nuclear power generation meets many requirements of European countries ... FACTBOX-New nuclear power plants British nuclear decision likely to help sway others |
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Traveling throughout Europe and visiting with numerous scholars and researchers, Jones makes the case that if your knowledge of the fall of Rome is colored ...
World  BBC News | Abbas and Olmert agree to talks for Bush visit Reuters - By Adam Entous JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed on Tuesday, on the eve of a visit by President George W. Bush, to get peace talks moving despite major differences over Jewish settlement construction near Jerusalem. Bush to depart on high-security Mideast peace mission Mideast leaders vow to refocus on talks |
 RTE.ie | Kenya Crisis Worsens as Opposition Cools to Talks New York Times - A volunteer used a whip to control a hungry crowd on Tuesday after food being distributed by the Red Cross ran out in Mathare. By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN NAIROBI, Kenya - The political mood darkened again in Kenya on Tuesday, with opposition leaders cooling ... Kenya’s Opposition ODM Dismisses Kibaki’s Cabinet Appointment Kenyan Opposition Leader Rejects Meeting |
 Canada.com | Bhutto's son admits inexperience Los Angeles Times - AP ‘POLITICS...IS IN MY BLOOD’: Leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, said in London, “Although I admit that my experience to date is limited, I intend to learn. |
 BBC Bulgaria | Sarkozy in Love Wall Street Journal - By NIDRA POLLER PARIS -- Does the president of a 21st-century democratic nation have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? Sarkozy Says Press Is Free to Ignore His Personal Life French president kisses and tells |
 Alalam News Network | Sri Lanka's Civil War: Not Over Yet TIME - Troops surround the site of a bomb blast that killed Sri Lankan politician DM Dassanayake in the town of Ja-Ela, outside Colombo, Jan. 8, 2008 The Sri Lankan government's decision this week to officially pull out of a 2002 ceasefire agreement with the ... S.Lanka says kills 38 Tigers, captures rebel area Sri Lankan Blast Kills an Official |
 Javno.hr | Gulf ship incident US "propaganda"-Iran speaker Reuters - TEHRAN, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Iran's parliament speaker has dismissed US accusations that Iranian boats aggressively approached three US Naval ships in the Gulf this week as part of a "propaganda campaign" against the Islamic state. |
 Alalam News Network | Scout saves Maldives leader from assassin Guardian Unlimited - A Scout has been credited with saving the life of the controversial president of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, in what appeared to be an assassination attempt yesterday. How ‘One Brave Boy Saved the President’s Life’ Maldives President Escapes Assassination Attempt (Update1) |
 Voice of America | Conspiracy Theories Thrive in Pakistan Wall Street Journal - By PETER WONACOTT RAWALPINDI, Pakistan -- As the probe into Benazir Bhutto's assassination deepens, many Pakistanis already have strongly held theories about who killed her. Bhutto inquiry gains leeway Economic woes deepen gloom before vote in Pakistan |
 CBC.ca | South Africa: ANC to Back Zuma With New Arms-Deal 'Report' AllAfrica.com - THE African National Congress (ANC) said yesterday a party committee would compile a "factual" report on SA's controversial multibillion-rand arms deal so the party could decide how best to support its president, Jacob Zuma, in his coming trial on ... South Africa’s Ruling Party Supports Zuma Presidency Despite ... Zuma’s allies pack top ANC committee |
 PRESS TV | Ex-Liberia Head's Trial Hears War Horrors CBS News - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is seen in court as his trial reopened at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday Jan. 7, 2008, six months after it was adjourned when he boycotted the opening session and ... Taylor War Crimes Court Hears Tales of Horror Liberia: Expert Testifies Charles Taylor Diamond Deals |
 The Moscow Times | Georgia on Our Mind Wall Street Journal - By MART LAAR Saturday's re-election of Mikheil Saakashvili takes Georgian democracy a step forward. The largely free and fair contest helps repair Georgia's international image, which suffered after November's clashes between opposition protesters and ... |
 DigitalJournal.com | China bans free plastic shopping bags BusinessWeek - China's government announced it will ban shops from giving out free plastic bags and called on consumers to use baskets and cloth sacks instead to reduce environmental pollution. China: Free Plastic Shopping Bags to Be Banned China announces plastic bag ban |
 WBBM780 | Obama Appeals to Kenyan Opposition Leader to Resolve Conflict Bloomberg - By Viola Gienger and Julianna Goldman Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama appealed to Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga to work toward resolving a crisis over the country's elections that has led to as many as ... Seek peace, Obama urges Kenya Obama Reaches Out to Kenyan Leaders |
 eFluxMedia | Rockets Fired From Lebanon Hit Israel New York Times - By ISABEL KERSHNER and GRAHAM BOWLEY JERUSALEM - Two Katyusha rockets fired from Lebanon landed in northern Israel early Tuesday, causing some property damage but no injuries, Israeli military officials said. Early warning system fails to spot Katyushas in North Israelis, Palestinians agree to discuss core peace issues |
 Brisbane Times | Troops wade into garbage crisis CNN International - ROME, Italy (CNN) -- The police and military will joins forces in Naples to deal with a garbage crisis that has led to mountains of trash piling up across the city, the Italian prime minister said Tuesday. Italy's PM orders "trash tsar" to end crisis Naples rubbish: Prodi turns to former police chief |
 NDTV.com | Sudanese Soldiers Fire on UN Peacekeepers in Darfur New York Times - By AP KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Sudanese soldiers shot at a convoy of United Nations peacekeepers in Darfur, critically wounding a local driver and destroying a fuel tanker barely a week into the force’s new mission in the region, United Nations officials ... Chad says ready to strike rebels in Sudan's Darfur UN protests after Darfur attack |
 Peninsula On-line | Former Premier’s Wife Arrested on Return to Thailand New York Times - By THOMAS FULLER BANGKOK - The wife of the ousted Thai prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, returned from exile Tuesday to face charges of corruption and an uncertain future for her family and its political allies. Wife of Ousted Thai Leader Returns to Face Corruption Charges Ex-Thai PM's wife arrested in Bangkok |
 Canada.com | Bolivia seeks a path to unity CNN - LA PAZ, Bolivia (CNN) -- Representatives of the Bolivian government and opposition governors plan to meet next week in an effort to keep the country from splintering apart. Morales and foes say Bolivia should stay together Constitution struggle opens Bolivia's old east-west divides |
 Voice of America | FACTBOX: Quotes from New Hampshire primary candidates Reuters - (Reuters) - Sen. John McCain won the New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday, an early battlefield in the state-by-state process of picking Democratic and Republican candidates for the November US presidential election. McCain defies odds with win, but tough races loom Shock win for Clinton the Comeback Kid |
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A London dentist detained as he boarded a plane to Pakistan carrying night sights and computer discs full of military information was jailed yesterday for four and a half years.
Man jailed over terrorism charges Terrorist Admitted 'He Hoped To Kill Many,' Scotland Yard Says
