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EU Pledges Billions In Climate Aid To Poor Countries

AP | AOIFE WHITE | Posted 12.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Copenhagen, Climate, European Union, Green, Global Warming, Climate Aid, Aid, Eu, Climate Change, Nicolas Sarkozy, Green News

BRUSSELS — EU leaders agreed Friday to commit euro2.4 billion ($3.6 billion) a year until 2012 to help poorer countries combat global warming, a...

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Europe's Next Step Regarding Jerusalem

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 12.10.2009 | World

Read More: Intifada, Jerusalem, Road Map, Abbas, European Union, Obama, Eu, Settlements, World News

This week, the Israeli arrogance seems to be facing a reality check. The next logical step is for the EU countries to refuse products produced in East Jerusalem.

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Americans Arrogant at UN Climate Conference (COP15)

Mike Smith | Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Jonathan Pershing, Sweden, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Eu, Un Climate Change Conference, Green News

American bombast and European Union snark were on full display at Day One of the UNFCC in Copenhagen today. U.S. Envoy Jonathan Pershing said "there is a deal to be done" in Copenhagen.

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EU: Jerusalem Should Be Joint Capital

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 12.08.2009 | World

Read More: European Union, Palestine, Israel, Jerusalem, Eu, EU Jerusalem Plan, World News

BRUSSELS — European Union foreign ministers urged Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday to make Jerusalem their shared capital, prompting a swi...

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Greece: Debt Leads To Worries Of "New Iceland" Situation

guardian.co.uk | Helena Smith | Posted 12.01.2009 | World

Read More: Greece, Athens Olympics, Greece Debt, European Union, Iceland Financial Crisis, Eu, Iceland, World News

The likelihood of Greece becoming the next Iceland and plunging into bankruptcy looms over a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels today as the ...

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Palestinians Seek EU Support For Independent State

AP | MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israel-Palestine, United Nations Security Council, European Union, Palestinians, Israel, Eu, World News

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinians asked the European Union on Monday to back their plan to have the U.N. Security Council recognize an inde...

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Think Tank's Advice To Europe: Stop 'Fetishizing' American Relationship

Spiegel Online | Gregor Peter Schmitz | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Uk, India, Bulgaria, France, Middle East, Obama, Spain, Diplomacy, Dc, Merkel, Nato, White House, Poland, Germany, European Council on Foreign Relations, Czech Republic, Cold War, Think Tank, Us, Israel, Fetishization, Afghanistan, Post American, European Union, Eu, Warburg Prize, Foreign Policy, Trans-Atlantic Economic Council, Wwii, State Department, Eu Usa Summit, Special Relationship, Angela Merkel, Europe, China, Soros, George Soros, World News

The council released a study on Monday called "Toward a Post-American Europe," based on wide-ranging interviews and research conducted in the 27 EU me...

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Crucifix Banned From Italy's Schools By New EU Court Ruling

AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Public Schools, Islam, Crucifixes Banned, Atheism, EU Courts, Catholicism, Italy Schools, Immigration, Italy, Eu, Catholics, Religion, Education, Italian Schools, Courts, Vatican, Pope, Separation of Church and State, Faith, World News

ROME — The Vatican on Tuesday denounced a ruling by the European court of human rights that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public sch...

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Italy: Crucifixes Banned In Schools, Rules European Court Of Human Rights

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Crucifixes, European Court of Human Rights, Catholicism, European Union, Christianity, Italy, Eu, World News

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the use of crucifixes in classrooms in Italy....

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CIA Rendition Plane Spotted In Birmingham UK

The Guardian | Robert Booth | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

An American plane named in an inquiry by the European parliament into alleged CIA torture flights landed at Birmingham airport last month and was met ...

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UK Banks To Sell Hundreds Of Branches After Bailout From Government

AP | RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Uk, Nationalization, Financial Reform, Bailouts, Banks, Rbs, Northern Rock, Eu, Lloyds Banking Group, Credit Crunch, Fiscal Policy, Business News

LONDON — The Royal Bank of Scotland, Northern Rock, and Lloyds Banking Group are to sell off as many as 700 branches in the next few years in exchan...

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David Miliband EU Foreign Minister?

guardian.co.uk | Ian Traynor in Brussels | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: David Miliband, Foreign Affairs, David Miliband Foreign Minister, EU Foreign Minister, Europe, Foreign Minister David Miliband, Eu, World News

David Miliband, the foreign secretary, is the subject of growing talk in Brussels, Paris, Berlin and Scandinavia that he is in line to become Europe's...

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Pfizer-Wyeth Merger Tentatively Approved By FTC

AFP | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Europe, Divestiture, Federal Trade Commission, Anticompetitive, Drug, Eu, Wyeth, Divest, ftc.gov, Pharmaceutical, Merger, Ftc, Pfizer, Conditions, Business News

NEW YORK (AFP) -- US regulators gave tentative approval Wednesday to a deal allowing Pfizer to buy pharmaceutical Wyeth, boosting the size of the worl...

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EU's Lucky Charm: Ireland Supports Lisbon Treaty - Now What?

Human Rights First | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Lisbon Treaty, European Union, Guy-Verhofstadt, Human Rights, Ireland, Eu, World News

By Joelle Fiss Human RIghts First Pennoyer Fellow BRUSSELS, October 3, 2009 - "This is a day of celebration for Ireland and for Europe", chuckled for...

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Tony Blair Set To Become Europe's First President: Report

Times London | Philip Webster, David Charter, Roger Boyes and Charles Bremner | Posted 12.01.2009 | World

Read More: European Union, Europe, Tony Blair European President, Eu, Tony Blair, World News

Tony Blair is in line to be proclaimed Europe's first president within weeks if the Irish vote "yes" in today's referendum. ...

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EU To Admit More Refugees

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: African Refugees, War Refugees, European Commission, Conflict Zones, Refugees in Europe, African Immigrants, Eu Refugees, Eu Resettlement Programme, European Union, Eu, Europe, Refugees, World News

The European Commission has unveiled plans to allow more refugees from conflict zones and poor nations into European countries....

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Silvio Berlusconi Calls For Gag On EU Commissioners

The Guardian | John Hooper in Rome | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: Prime-Minister-Silvio-Berlusconi, Berlusconi Eu Commissioners, Berlusconi, Italy Berlusconi, Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister Berlusconi, Silvio Berlusconi Scandal, European Union, Italy, Eu, Eu Voting Bloc, World News

Italy's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, today threatened to block the workings of the European Union unless commissioners and their spokespeople we...

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Sudan's Darfur War Over, Says UN Commander

Reuters | Andrew Heavens | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

Read More: Joint Commander Agwai, Darfur, Darfur Conflict, Martin Luther Agwai, Africa, Khartoum, Justice and Equality Movement, United Nations, Darfur War, Darfur Violence, Sudan, Un, Eu, Sudan Darfur, JEM Rebel, World News

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's Darfur region is no longer in a state of war and only has one rebel group capable of mounting limited military campaigns,...

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Ireland's Economic Crisis Wreaks Havoc On Sports Teams

Wall Street Journal | JOELLEN PERRY | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, Irish Amature Sports, Irish Sports, Gaelic Football, Ireland Economy, Ireland Emigration, European Economies, Irish Immigrants, Ireland, Ireland's Economic Crisis, Irish Abroad, Eu, Hurling, Gaa, World News

A key gauge of Ireland's economic health isn't found in the island nation's business districts or trading floors, but on the football fields of the ru...

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MTV, EU Team To Fight Climate Change

AP | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, MTV Climate Change, European Union, Mtv, MTV EU, MTV EU Climate Change, Eu, MTV European Union, Green News

BRUSSELS — The European Union is teaming up with music channel MTV to raise awareness among teens about the dangers of climate change. EU Envir...

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Cloned Animals: EU Joins US, Canada On Allowing The Sale Of Food From Cloned Animals' Offspring

DW-WORLD.DE | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: European Supermarkets, Germany, Health, Cloned Progeny, Cloned Animals, Animal Clones, Cloned Offspring, Eu, Cloned Meat, World News

Milk and meat from the progeny of cloned animals could soon be hitting the shelves of European supermarkets. Some groups have been critical of such pr...

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From Tehrangeles to Tehran: Noise and Static

Parvez Sharma | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Shohreh Agdashloo, Radio-Farda, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Larry King, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, Abbas-Kiarostami, Tehran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Mousavi, Eu, Firdausi, World News

The cacophony of voices here in the United States rises and the confusion continues. I will (and urge you to) stay away from all of these pundits, as much as possible and keep on trying to get more voices from in there.

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Geert Wilders: Israel Is No Friend Of The EU

Jerusalem Post | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Geert Wilders Israel, Geert Wilders Islam, Geert Wilders, Foreign Affairs, European Union Israel, European Union, Israel, Eu, Advocacy, World News

Basking in the glow of his spectacular election showing in last week's European Union (EU) vote, Geert Wilders, the head of the Dutch Freedom Party, t...

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Left Out in Europe

Robert Kuttner | Posted 07.15.2009 | World

Read More: European Union, EU Parliament, Britain, Germany, Center-Left, Eu, Center-Right, World News

The European left got clobbered in the recent elections for the European parliament. The vicious cycle continues -- the left offers little to voters, and the right keeps being elected.

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Pirates Have Boarded The Good Ship Europe: Will Music, Media and Movie Companies Walk The Plank?

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 07.10.2009 | Media

Pirates have been the scourge of the music and film industry for years, swapping and "stealing" songs and movies with no regard for the law. But now the pirates will be making the law.

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