Thursday, February 7, 2008

Balkan
Šešelj continues cross-examination of Balkan expert
B92, Serbia - 21 minutes ago
The French Balkan expert had called Šešelj "Mihajlović’s intellectual descendant.” The defendant countered with the claim that Mihajlovic’s Chetniks had ...
Macedonia tries to trademark popular Balkan food as national dish
Southeast European Times, MD - 59 minutes ago
By Zoran Nikolovski for Southeast European Times in Skopje - 07/02/08 Ajvar is a popular Southeast European spread made of red peppers and eggplant that ...
Reporting seminar open to Balkan journalists
International Journalist's Network - 19 hours ago
... and Robert Stiftung Foundation are hosting the “Economic and Political Reporting from Southeast Europe ” program for journalists from the Balkans. ...

Peninsula On-line
John Bolton: Kosovo's independence a danger to Balkan stability
RussiaToday, Russia - Feb 6, 2008
I think the mix in the Balkans actually tends to destabilise other countries, like Montenegro and Macedonia, that also have Albanian populations. ...
A tilt in Serbia needs a shove Boston Globe
Serbia Votes for the Future New York Times
EU Delays Signing of Political Agreement With Serbia (Update1) Bloomberg
Financial Times - Independent
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PM in Bucharest, energy pact signed
Athens News Agency, Greece - 2 hours ago
Speaking in Bucharest, Karamanlis reiterated that Greece backs all the Balkan countries in their Euro-Atlantic course, but on condition that they fulfil all ...
PM in Romania, energy accord to be signed Athens News Agency
PM Karamanlis departs for Romania Athens News Agency
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Bosnian Serbs Say Tadic Poll Win Boosts Balkan Stability
Serbianna.com, MI - Feb 5, 2008
... Serb Prime Minister Milorad Dodik Monday hailed Boris Tadic's victory in Serbian presidential polls, saying it would stabilize the volatile Balkans. ...
Greece's Michaniki says Egypt unit to have share capital upped to ...
Forbes, NY - 1 hour ago
Michaniki will cover 70 pct of the capital hike, while its other units -- Balkan Export and Hellenic Pipeworks -- will respectively account for 25 pct and 5 ...
Serbia Voted For Balkan Stability, Croatia
Serbianna.com, MI - Feb 5, 2008
ZAGREB (AFP)--Croatian President Stipe Mesic Monday hailed the re-election of his pro-Western Serbian counterpart Boris Tadic, saying it meant Belgrade ...
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Jerusalem Post, Israel - 7 hours ago
By BEN JACOBSON With Gypsy breakbeat punks Balkan Beat Box, who are signed to New York's JDub Records, playing sets for 80000 at Tennessee's Bonnaroo ...
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Media Helping Media, UK - 2 hours ago
Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence - 2008/02/07 13:07 The Robert Bosch Stiftung and ERSTE Foundation announce the launch of the second year of ...

Europe

Turkish Press
Split Decision in Europe
Conde Nast Portfolio, NY - 2 hours ago
The European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4 percent. But the president of the central bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, ...
Europe Rates Steady, UK Drops on Inflation Pressure International Business Times
Dollar May Increase Against Euro on Slowing Growth in Europe Bloomberg
Europe’s Central Banker Engineers His Economics New York Times
Bloomberg
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Canada.com
Europe watchdog pulls out of Russia election
Reuters - 4 hours ago
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Europe's main election watchdog said on Thursday it would not send observers to Russia's March 2 presidential election because of ...
RussiaTodayEurope election watchdog should be reformed: Russia Canada.com
Citing restrictions, election observers will skip Russian ... International Herald Tribune
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Canada.com
Parent seen behind Titan Europe approach -analyst
Reuters UK, UK - 6 hours ago
Shares in Titan Europe, which counts heavy machinery maker Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) as its biggest customer, rose 18 percent to 165 ...
ANALYSIS-Recession risks to sour Europe's mining shares Reuters UK
Europe shares tick higher; telecoms, utilities rise Reuters
Europe shares lose 2 pct after US services data Reuters UK
Reuters
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BBC News
EU vote would help Europe - Hague
BBC News, UK - 12 hours ago
A referendum on the EU treaty would rekindle people's interest in Europe and restore some "badly needed trust" in UK politics, William Hague says. ...

The Chronicle Journal
Space for Europe
International Herald Tribune, France - Feb 6, 2008
By Giovanni F. Bignami When the aging Shuttle brings the European Space Agency's Columbus module up to the International Space Station on Thursday and its ...
AssociatedPressCountdown begins for US-Europe space mission AFP
NASA fuels space shuttle for launch from Florida Reuters India
BBC News - Florida Today
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Earthtimes
Cisco Q2 orders up 8 pct in Europe, 24 pct in emerging mkts
Reuters - 18 hours ago
O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday that second-quarter year-over-year order growth in Europe was 8 percent and that order growth was 24 percent ...
Techs lead European shares lower; rates in focus Reuters
Cisco CEO says US, Euro CEOs marked by caution Reuters
Cisco sees weaker than expected third quarter Reuters
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West Europe Jan car sales seen down 0.9 pct
Reuters - 1 hour ago
PARIS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - West European new car sales in January are expected to have fallen 0.9 percent to 1.216 million vehicles and the full year will be ...
Death Rates From Cardiovascular Causes Vary Widely Across Europe U.S. News & World Report
UK has worrying variations in heart disease OnMedica
New figures reveal changing patterns of stroke and heart disease ... EurekAlert (press release)
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Moscow shares lower as investors exit eastern Europe
Forbes, NY - 1 hour ago
MOSCOW (Thomson Financial) - Shares were lower in afternoon trade as investors sold shares across emerging European markets on concerns about the effect of ...
Moscow shares lower afternoon as investors dump emerging markets Forbes
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Green laws and regulation risk energy crisis, say Europe's power ...
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 8 hours ago
Europe is facing an energy crisis because of green-influenced legislation and regulation, and difficulty in obtaining planning approval for key projects, ...
Energy industry warns EU climate plans reduce Europe's energy security EUobserver.com
German utilities plan "a step foward" -EU Guardian Unlimited
EU energy firms dropping projects over CO2: exec Reuters UK
European Business Guide
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Washington Post
Asia Markets Fall after Dow Drop; Europe Holds Steady
FOXBusiness - Feb 6, 2008
AP LONDON -- European stocks shrugged off sharp drops in Asian markets Wednesday after a tumble on Wall Street fanned investor fears that a US recession ...
Asia markets stumble but Europe shrugs after 370-pt tumble on Wall ... Hays Daily News
Asian Stocks Sink After Dow's Plunge The Associated Press
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World

CBS News
Pakistan Arrests 2 Men in Connection With Bhutto Assassination
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
By Khaleeq Ahmed Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistani investigators arrested two men in connection with the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, the Interior Ministry said.
Pakistani police arrest 2 suspects in Bhutto assassination CNN International
2 Suspects Nabbed Over Bhutto Killing The Associated Press
Xinhua - Monsters and Critics.com - AFP - Times Online
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Voice of America
Chad President Urges EU Force To Take Up Positions Quickly
Wall Street Journal - 42 minutes ago
AP PARIS -- Chad President Idriss Deby Thursday called for a planned European peacekeeping force to quickly take up positions in Chad to ease pressure on his own forces that have been stretched by a rebel attack on the capital.
Analysis: Chad unrest may be over oil United Press International
Chad President Urges EU Force to Deploy The Associated Press
Reuters - BBC News - Voice of America - International Herald Tribune
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Citizen
NATO struggles for unity amid Afghan troop concerns
Reuters - 2 hours ago
By Patrick Lannin and Sue Pleming VILNIUS/KABUL (Reuters) - NATO struggled to maintain unity over the war in Afghanistan on Thursday after the United States raised concerns that some members were not willing to let their troops "fight and die" to ...
Karzai denies tensions with West BBC News
Rice: Afghanistan Has Come Long Way The Associated Press
ABC Online - International Herald Tribune - CNN - United Press International
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PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
Israeli Forces Kill 7 in Gaza
New York Times - 32 minutes ago
By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM - Israeli forces killed six Palestinian militants and a civilian in Gaza early on Thursday, and militant groups in Gaza stepped up their rocket fire against nearby Israeli population centers, as hostilities escalated for ...
Egyptian FM threatens to break Palestinians' legs if they breach ... International Herald Tribune
Seven Palestinians killed in Gaza Strip as violence rages (Roundup) Monsters and Critics.com
Aljazeera.net - The Associated Press - Jerusalem Post - AFP
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Canada.com
Citing restrictions, election observers will skip Russian ...
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour ago
By CJ Chivers MOSCOW: The principal election-observation organization in Europe said Thursday it would not send observers to monitor Russia's remaining presidential campaign and the election on March 2, citing severe restrictions imposed on its work by ...
Monitors to miss Russian election Guardian Unlimited
OSCE Will Not Observe Russian Election The Associated Press
Xinhua - Bloomberg - Monsters and Critics.com - Reuters
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BBC News
Australia Shows Japanese Whaling Images
The Associated Press - 3 hours ago
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia released grisly surveillance pictures of the slain carcasses of two whales being hauled aboard a ship, stepping up its campaign Thursday against Japanese whaling in Antarctic waters.
Australia releases whaling photos BBC News
Evidence challenges Japan's 'humane' whale killing Sydney Morning Herald
Times Online - eFluxMedia - AFP - United Press International
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CNN-IBN
Jolie: Internally displaced Iraqis need more help
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Paul Tait BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Hollywood star and humanitarian activist Angelina Jolie appealed on Thursday for more international help for the millions of Iraqis displaced internally and abroad, UN officials said.
Transcript: CNN interviews Angelina Jolie CNN International
Angelina Jolie calls for aid to refugees on Iraq visit AFP
The Associated Press - Ecorazzi - People Magazine - American Chronicle
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Turkish Press
Pakistani militants 'calls truce'
BBC News - 6 hours ago
A leading militant group in the Pakistani region of South Waziristan is reported to have declared a truce and is willing to enter peace talks.
Secret Talks Led to Pakistan Cease-Fire The Associated Press
Taliban truce before Pakistani elections Sydney Morning Herald
AFP - Voice of America - New York Times - Reuters
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Boston Globe
Japan says don't rush to conclusions on dumplings
AFP - 45 minutes ago
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan on Thursday warned against rushing to the conclusion that Chinese dumplings behind a health scare here were intentionally poisoned, following allegations of politically motivated sabotage.
Japan Tobacco's Net Climbs 24% Wall Street Journal
Japan Tobacco Profit Rises 15% on Overseas Sales (Update3) Bloomberg
TIME - BBC News - Telegraph.co.uk - Reuters
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Peninsula On-line
Thousands in Pakistan Mourn at Bhutto's Tomb
Voice of America - 3 hours ago
By VOA News Thousands of people gathered Thursday, at the tomb of Pakistani opposition leader and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto to mark the end of the 40-day mourning period for her death.
Pakistan arrests two over Bhutto killing Telegraph.co.uk
Prayers mark Bhutto mourning end BBC News
Reuters - Bloomberg - Monsters and Critics.com - eFluxMedia
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Washington Post
Ecuador peasants defy roaring volcano, return home
Reuters - 33 minutes ago
By Alexandra Valencia COTALO, Ecuador (Reuters) - Hundreds of poncho-clad Ecuadorean peasants climbed back to their hamlets on Thursday, defying a roaring "Throat of Fire" volcano that a day earlier forced them to flee their homes built in the shadow ...
Volcano sparks Ecuador evacuation BBC News
Ecuador tense over next volcanic blast United Press International
Voice of America - Los Angeles Times - Bloomberg - eFluxMedia
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Canada.com
US Bars 10 Leading Kenya Politicians
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The United States said Thursday it was barring 10 leading Kenyan politicians from entering the US, the first time Washington has blamed them for the postelection violence that has brought the African country to the brink of ...
Murder charges for Kenya police BBC News
US targets 10 Kenyans for visa restrictions AFP
Reuters South Africa - Voice of America - Reuters - CNN
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Malaysia Star
US resumes military programmes with "democratic" Thailand
Monsters and Critics.com - 7 hours ago
Bangkok - The US government on Thursday resumed military assistance programmes with Thailand after a cabinet was sworn in following elections, ending the 16-month term of a military-appointed government.
US resumes Thailand military aid BBC News
Thailand to revive controversial war on drugs Reuters India
Xinhua - Reuters - AFP - Voice of America
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CTV.ca
NATO defense ministers' meeting fails to procure troops for ...
Xinhua - 36 minutes ago
VILNIUS, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- No NATO ally has come forward to pledge additional troops to southern Afghanistan at a meeting of NATO defense ministers, a NATO official said Thursday.
Canada's demand for extra troops in Afghanistan 'non-negotiable' AFP
France says considering Afghanistan reinforcements Reuters
Canada.com - BBC News - CTV.ca - The Canadian Press
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Sydney Morning Herald
Van der Sloot: I fabricated Holloway story
United Press International - Feb 5, 2008
ORANJESTAD, Aruba, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- A man named by Joran van der Sloot as the person who helped him get rid of Natalee Holloway's body in 2005 says he can prove he was not in Aruba at the time.
AssociatedPressAruba Sees Secret Video in Holloway Case Washington Post
ABC News - The Associated Press - WJBF-TV - WTOK
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Spiegel Online
Police sift ruins of deadly German fire
CNN International - 5 hours ago
LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany (CNN) -- Investigators in southwest Germany are continuing to search the ruins of a building where nine people, including five children, were killed in a weekend fire.
Investigators Visit German Fire Site The Associated Press
German Bomb Threat Made as Erdogan Visits Site Where Turks Died Bloomberg
Reuters UK - Reuters - International Herald Tribune - Spiegel Online
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BBC Bulgaria
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Teaching Children to Kill, US Says
Washington Post - 8 hours ago
By Sudarsan Raghavan BAGHDAD, Feb. 6 -- The Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq is training boys as young as 10 to kidnap and kill, US and Iraqi officials asserted Wednesday, showing propaganda videos seized from suspected insurgent hideouts that ...
In Seized Video, Boys Train to Fight in Iraq, US Says New York Times
Videos show Al Qaeda in Iraq insurgents training boys, US says Los Angeles Times
BBC News - International Herald Tribune - The Associated Press - Reuters
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Voice of America
Bangladesh's corruption probe sets back interim government
Christian Science Monitor - 1 hour ago
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed's victory signals continued tensions that could spill into the region. By Simon Montlake Bangladesh's High Court has quashed a corruption case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, ...
Former Bangladesh premier's trial stopped United Press International
Court defers date for indicting Hasina Hindu
BBC News - Voice of America - Bloomberg - The Associated Press
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The Moscow Times
Former Yukos executive to undergo treatment at hospital, officials say
International Herald Tribune - 2 hours ago
AP MOSCOW: A gravely ill former executive of the dismantled oil giant Yukos will be transferred from jail to a civilian clinic for treatment for AIDS-related cancer and tuberculosis, a Russian prison authority said Thursday.
Russian prison to hospitalise sick Yukos executive ABC Online
Khodorkovsky condemns Putin rule BBC News
Reuters - Reuters UK - AFP - Euronews.net
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Regina Leader-Post
China Inaugurates Year of Rat
Voice of America - 3 hours ago
By Stephanie Ho People around China welcomed the Lunar New Year, the biggest holiday in the Chinese calendar, with fireworks and family celebrations.
AssociatedPressNZ Post issues stamps to celebrate Chinese Year of Rat Xinhua
Telegraph.co.uk - Reuters UK - WCBS-TV New York - Fort Worth Star Telegram
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