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  • Kurdish rebels release German hostages 20 Jul 2008 12:35 GMT
    ... be > Germany and the rest of European Union considers a terrorist organization and tensions ... from Turkey, which hopes to join the EU. In June, Germany banned a Kurdish television ... by the group. The PKK is a leftist insurgent group that formed in 1984 to ...

  • The comb-over Soviet-style tyrant who could soon be one of the West's favourite allies 20 Jul 2008 09:15 GMT
    ... perhaps to be ushered gently into the European Union as his reward. Stranger people have overcome such ... world where millions connect the collapse of Communism with the end of their own financial ... useful to the United States or the EU, I think he would quickly find that ...

  • Irish party rejects pointless invite' 20 Jul 2008 07:31 GMT
    ... next week to resolve deadlock over the EU reform treaty, saying the format proposed was “pointless” and ... The Labour party is part of the socialist grouping in the European Parliament, while Sarkozy’s ruling ...

  • Rudd's green paper = higher carbon pollution 20 Jul 2008 05:26 GMT
    ... climate change policy. Some point to the European Union's Emission Trading Scheme as an example of ... the overall emissions reduction due to the EU ETS will probably amount to around 3.4% ... Nichols is the national coordinator of the Socialist Alliance.] From: Comment & Analysis, Green Left ...

  • Kremikovtzi: hung out to dry 20 Jul 2008 04:31 GMT
    ... 10:00 Fri 18 Jul 2008 - Alex Bivol ... inevitably does. Once the pride of the communist government in Sofia, it now faces the ... the debts in 1999 is illegal under European Union rules. Unless there was some urgent investment made ...

  • Support for Cyprus President's efforts 20 Jul 2008 04:30 GMT
    ... in 1974. Parliament's 5th vice-president Vera Nikolaidou (Communist Party of Greece-KKE), said that all the ... internal problems," he added. Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) parliamentary alliance MP Anna Filini voiced optimism ... a country which aspires to become an EU member still occupies 37% of the territory of ...

  • Islam and the great Turkish headscarf war 20 Jul 2008 04:28 GMT
    ... been to build the economy through international trade and ensure Turkey's accession to the EU. Both would be jeopardised by imposing Sharia. But still the AKP is believed to have a ...

  • Are Tatars good Muslims? 20 Jul 2008 04:27 GMT
    ... that's to be a Tatar!" Imam Jakubauskas agrees that the Tatars suffered immensely under communism. And now that Lithuania has become a EU member state, another problem has surfaced: many young people are leaving the country to work abroad. ...

  • Migrants defuse timebomb for Scots population 19 Jul 2008 23:56 GMT
    ... in-migration from new accession states of the EU. This probably peaked at the time of the survey ... more than 52,000 citizens from the former communist states have registered to work in Scotland. Around ...

  • Gov't's claim of 'opposition's inability to internationalize' draws strong ire 19 Jul 2008 23:35 GMT
    ... main opposition party’s worsening relations with the Socialist International (SI) fanned the flames of the debates ... that the CHP is unable to appreciate EU standards are unsubstantiated. “This accusation makes my blood ...

  • Letter From Vienna: Antemurale, Once Again 19 Jul 2008 19:19 GMT
    ... The socialist-conservative coalition led by Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, which ... among the least fervent “Europeans” in the EU. In Austria—the heart of Europe geographically as well as ... the people. Coming from a solidly pro-EU leftist party whose deputies supported ratification without a single ...

  • ARS, Somalia and their Enemies 19 Jul 2008 19:17 GMT
    ... had just turned its back to the ´Socialist Paradise´ and sought to get engaged in the ... people.´ Officials within the UN and the EU have expressed concerns about the commission of war crimes ...

  • 'India didn't clear ambiguities about N-inspection' 19 Jul 2008 05:36 GMT
    ... India did not remove all ambiguities about its ... when the IAEA would start doing so. European Union members on the board have demanded ... over the nuclear deal with the US. Leftist parties say the pact would compromise India's ...

  • Defence the crucial issue surrounding Lisbon loss 19 Jul 2008 05:32 GMT
    ... had won. Far from from it. The far left did not win. The far right won. By ... time and get ourselves excluded from the EU, formally or, much more likely, informally. Let us ...

  • Inflation spiral worries ECB 19 Jul 2008 05:06 GMT
    ... year. He said indexation schemes in some EU nations which tie wages automatically to price rises were ... Christian Democrat Christoph Konrad. However, some on the left called for a change in policy to promote ... the fast rising cost of living. French Socialist Benoit Hamon said the exchange rate hike ...

  • Turkish people overwhelmingly support operation into Ergenekon 19 Jul 2008 03:09 GMT
    ... neo-nationalist formation which has links to rightist, leftist and Islamist cell organizations -- is not a patriotic ... resigned from the AK Party, followed by EU chief negotiator and Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (22.1 ...

  • Government walks the razor's edge 19 Jul 2008 02:12 GMT
    ... New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Fighting with its ... a determined opposition - that includes both the Left and the Right - going on the ... when the IAEA would start doing so. European Union members on the board have demanded another ...

  • IAEA members still unclear about India nuclear inspections 18 Jul 2008 20:52 GMT
    ... IAEA members still unclear about India nuclear inspections ... when the IAEA would start doing so. European Union members on the board have demanded ... over the nuclear deal with the US. Leftist parties say the pact would compromise India's ...

  • Czech ministry sees EU treaty vote late this year 18 Jul 2008 13:18 GMT
    ... will ask parliament to vote on the European Union's Lisbon treaty later this year after ... treaty, meant to streamline decision-making in the EU after it grew to 27 members from ... Democrats, and the main opposition party, the leftist Social Democrats. But it will need backing ...

  • Hopes for Colombia peace talks dim 18 Jul 2008 04:58 GMT
    ... Uribe freezes foreign mediators, insists rebels surrender BOGOTA, ... of dollars in U.S. military cooperation, the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have never ... intention of joining the United States and European Union in branding the FARC a terrorist ...

  • Private college bill divides opinion 18 Jul 2008 04:38 GMT
    ... also suggested that, despite pressure from the European Union, degrees from private colleges, many of ... about the proviso. The union said that EU regulations do not allow the imposition of ... colleges be shut down. Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) MP Alekos Alavanos suggested the government ...

  • EU keeps Iranian group on banned list 18 Jul 2008 04:38 GMT
    ... EU keeps Iranian group on banned list BRUSSELS: The European Union said on Wednesday it was keeping ... the list. The PMOI began as a leftist-Islamist opposition to the late shah of Iran ...

  • Leader of Colombia limits peace bid with rebels 18 Jul 2008 02:59 GMT
    ... Last updated July 17, 2008 6:03 p.m. PT ... of dollars in U.S. military help, the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have never ... intention of joining the United States and European Union in branding the FARC a terrorist ...

  • How has Angela Merkel become the key player on Europe's political stage? 18 Jul 2008 01:01 GMT
    ... Mrs Merkel has already become a veteran EU leader. Some of this can be put ... supremacy * She is committed to the European Union and to continuing as Chancellor at ... Democrats could form an alliance with the radical Left Party that would force her out of ...

  • Colombia cuts off mediation with rebels 17 Jul 2008 20:35 GMT
    ... BOGOTA, Colombia - Prospects for peace negotiations with ... of dollars in U.S. military cooperation, the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have never ... intention of joining the United States and European Union in branding the FARC a terrorist ...


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