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The New EU Presidency - Contenders And Odds (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Mary Robinson, European Council President, Jan Peter Balkenende, Paavo Lipponen, European Parliament, European Commission, Tony Blair European Union, Herman Van Rompuy, Slidepoll, European President, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, European Union, Europe, Jean-Claude Juncker, World News

This Thursday, the European Council is expected to announce their first-ever elected President. However, with a baffling selection process taking pl...

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Europe Places Copenhagen Outcome Squarely On Obama

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Negotiations, Artur Runge-Metzger, European Commission, Copenhagen 2009, Climate Change, Kerry-Boxer, Barcelona Climate Talks, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Africa Climte Change, G-77, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

The chief negotiator for the European Commission announced this afternoon in Barcelona that the failure of the U.S. Congress to pass legislation befor...

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Blair Suffers Setbacks In Bid For EU Presidency

AFP | 12 Mins Ago | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

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

LUXEMBOURG (AFP) -- Tony Blair's prospects of leading a new-look European Union took a double hit on Tuesday as a serious rival became the first to de...

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EU's Barroso to G-20: Financial Markets Must Not Return to "Bad Old Ways"

Nathan Gardels | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: European Commission, Yukio Hatoyama, Jose Manuel Barroso, World News
Nathan Gardels

Barroso believes that, after the crash caused by the excesses of unregulated financial markets, globalization requires global governance. Here is what he had to say in advance of the G-20 meeting.

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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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Eva Joly on Iceland's Devastating Plight

Alda Sigmundsdottir | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, European Commission, World, International Monetary Fund, Eva Joly, Landsbanki, Russia, European Union, Iceland Financial Crisis, Kaupthing Bank, Iceland Bank Crisis, World News, World News
Alda Sigmundsdottir

In her article, Mme Joly denounces what she calls the "blackmailing of Iceland" by a number of states, as well as the IMF and the EU, into taking on billions of Euros in debt.

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EU Slams Israel On Settlements

Associated Press | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Authority, Settlements in Palestine, Israeli Settlements, European Commission, West Bank, Foreign Affairs, EU Israeli Settlements, European Union, Settlements, Israel, Settlers, Israel Settlements, Advocacy, World News

The Foreign Ministry on Monday said the EU ambassador to Israel was called in for explanations after the European Commission said Israel's settlement ...

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European Commission Fire Forces Evacuation

AP | RAF CASERT | Posted 06.18.2009 | World

Read More: Eu Commission, Fire Eu, Eu Commission Fire, Europe, European Commission, European Commission Fire, World News

BRUSSELS — A four-hour fire at the European Union's landmark Commission headquarters Monday sent the EU's top officials scurrying down 13 floors...

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EU Intel Fine and New DoJ Antitrust Ambiguity Hurts America's Crown Jewel Tech Companies

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Us Department of Justice, Intel Fine, European Commission, Intel, Antitrust, European Union, Cea, Gary Shapiro, Consumer Electronics Association, Eu, Business News
Gary Shapiro

I am sad to see one of America's greatest technology companies saddled with a record-setting $1.4 billion fine, a payment which will simply fund the E...

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Europeans Are Eating Our Lunch; Our Broadband Plan Is Toast

Art Brodsky | Posted 06.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Broadband, Fcc, Lobbyists, Barack Obama, Net Neutrality, European Commission, Media News
Art Brodsky

Is there anyone who thinks Congress could produce anything in the way of a meaningful broadband plan that will make a real difference and raise our broadband ranking in the world?

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European Economy To Shrink 4 Percent This Year, Predicts European Commission

BBC NEWS | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Europe Recession, European Economy, European Commission, Europe 4 Percent, Europe 4 %, Europe, World News

EU economies will contract by 4% this year, the European Commission has forecast, in a massive revision from its earlier prediction....

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Beauty and the Vegetable

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Barbie, Beauty, European-Union, Beauty Pageants, West Virginia, Vegetables, European Commission, Living News
Christopher Brauchli

West Virginia is concerned with beauty and the European Union is concerned with ugly.

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Russia, Ukraine Locked In New Gas War

Inter Press Service | By Kester Kenn Klomegah | Posted 04.14.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Europe, European Commission, Belarus Prime Minister Sergey Sidorsky, Ukraine, Gazprom, South Stream Gas Pipeline, Russia-Ukraine Gas War, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller, Russia Gas Pipelines, Inter Press Service, World News

MOSCOW, Mar 5 (IPS) - The Ukraine-Russia gas dispute has boosted plans for construction of the South Stream and North Stream gas pipelines that woul...

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"Pretty Blonde Spies" May Be A Threat, Warns European Union

BBC NEWS | Posted 03.15.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, European Commission, Spies, Intelligence Services, European Union, Espionage, Valerie Rampi, World News

The European Commission says it is being targeted increasingly by spies, who may include a "pretty trainee with long legs and blonde hair". The warni...

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350 European Cities Pledge To Reduce Emissions

AP | HOLLY FOX | Posted 03.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Europe, European Commission, Reducing Emissions, Climate Change, Pollution, Covenant of Mayors, Ukraine, Green News

BRUSSELS — Mayors from more than 350 cities across Europe signed an EU climate change agreement Tuesday pledging to cut carbon dioxide emissions...

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Microsoft Blinks In Decade-Long Showdown With Euro Regulators

AP | Aoife White | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Appeal, Neelie Kroes, Bill Gates, Microsoft, European Commission, EU Courts, Business News

Microsoft Corp. dropped a nearly decade-long legal battle with European regulators Monday, agreeing to key parts of an antitrust ruling that has alrea...

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