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

Spiegel Online | Gregor Peter Schmitz | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

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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

Read More: Egypt, Glasgow, EU Parliament, Rendition, Germany, Gulfstream, Torture, Cia, Sas, British Special Forces, Boeing 757 Comco, Shannon Airport, Dauphin 2, Eu, Helicopters, Glasgow Prestwick, Dauphin 2 Helicopters, Gulfstream Jet, Ireland, Stuttgart Airport, Romania, Bucharest, L-3 Integrated Systems, n478gs, Hereford, World News

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
Human Rights First

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 10.01.2009 | World

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Parvez Sharma

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

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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
Robert Kuttner

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

Read More: EU Parliament, Pirate Party, Sweden, Espn, Eu Parliamentary Elections, Economist, The Long Tail, Pirate Bay, File Sharing, Itunes, Wall Street Journal, Eu, Amazon.com, Google, Ipred, Chris Anderson, Aggregator, FREE: The Past and Future of a Radical Price, Huffington Post, Media News
Nathan Hegedus

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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Bring On The BNP - Out Of The Shadows

Deborah Hobson | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Racism, Anti-Racism, Hate, Far Right, European Parliament, Eu, British National Party, England, World News
Deborah Hobson

I know this motley crew of far right fantasists could never command support among the vast majority of right-thinking Britons.

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Is Fascism On The March Again In Europe? Historians Give Their Verdicts

The Guardian | Interviews by Stephen Moss and John Crace | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

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Does the election of two BNP MEPs and the success of the far right elsewhere in Europe mean we are facing the threat of fascism? Or is this just a pro...

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EU Parliament: Conservatives Score Wins On Message Of Economic Recovery

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

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LONDON — A volatile mix of apathy, anger and economic uncertainty translated into gains for extreme-right parties in European parliamentary elec...

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Conservatives score wins in EU parliament voting

AP | CONSTANT BRAND and ROBERT WIELAARD | Posted 07.08.2009 | World

Read More: EU Parliament Results, Parliament Results, European Union, EU Parliament, Eu, European Parliament Results, World News

BRUSSELS — Conservatives scored victories in some of Europe's largest economies Sunday as voters punished left-leaning parties in European parli...

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EU Leaders Brace Themselves For Election Embarrassment

Financial Times | Tony Barber | Posted 07.08.2009 | World

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European governments braced themselves for electoral embarrassment on Sunday as recession-hit voters turned to protest parties or failed to cast ballo...

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EU Guantanamo Breakthrough: Europe Expects To Take 'Several Dozen' Detainees

AP | CONSTANT BRAND | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

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LUXEMBOURG — European Union countries are likely to take in "several dozen" former prisoners from the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, a...

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