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<title>Europe might be hit again by Russian-Ukrainian gas row, Putin says</title>
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<pubDate>4 Dec 2008 17:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a commissioner in order to appease Irish voters, according to Berlin officials, the Irish Times  ...  get less public funds for its 2009 election campaign than main political parties, reports Swedish  ...  Dalai Lama is due to address the European Parliament and meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy later  ...
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<title>ECB announces record rate cut</title>
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<pubDate>4 Dec 2008 17:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a commissioner in order to appease Irish voters, according to Berlin officials, the Irish Times  ...  get less public funds for its 2009 election campaign than main political parties, reports Swedish  ...  Dalai Lama is due to address the European Parliament and meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy later  ...
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<title>Economic crisis takes centre stage in citizens&#39; consultation</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201804236</link>
<pubDate>4 Dec 2008 15:09 GMT</pubDate>
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... Ahead of the June 2009 EU elections, European citizens&#39; consultations (EECs)will try to mobilise  ...  European Commission Vice-President Margot Wallstm and UK LiberalMEP Diana Wallis stressed the need toboost citizens&#39;  ...  be discussed with newly-elected members of the European Parliament and opinion leaders at regional conferences in  ...
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<title>Pan-European online debate for citizens kicks off today</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201791050</link>
<pubDate>4 Dec 2008 13:42 GMT</pubDate>
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...  policy-makers on the eve of the European elections. European policy-makers need citizens as partners in  ...  ambitious scale, said the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Diana Wallis. The national websites will give  ...
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<title>EPP-ED Group Chairman Joseph Daul congratulates Angela Merkel on re-election as CDU Party Chairman</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201783941</link>
<pubDate>4 Dec 2008 12:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Chairman Joseph Daul congratulates Angela Merkel on re-election as CDU Party Chairman T he Chairman  ...  original German) For further information: Joseph Daul MEP, Tel: +32-2-2847525 , EPP-ED Press Service, Tel:  ...  is the largest political group in the European Parliament with 288 Members from all 27 Member  ...
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<title>Sheep Payment Protest Continues</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201780688</link>
<pubDate>4 Dec 2008 12:48 GMT</pubDate>
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...  &amp;ldquo;The Government&amp;rsquo;s own Malone Report and the EU Parliament Report of Liam Aylward MEP recommended that a Sheep Maintenance Payment was  ...  down by the Government on the 2007 election package, and they will not let that  ...
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<title>EU parliament faces &#39;enormous&#39; challenge winning over voters</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201775355</link>
<pubDate>4 Dec 2008 11:59 GMT</pubDate>
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... EU parliament faces &#39;enormous&#39; challenge winning over voters Parliaments president Hans-Gert Pttering has conceded that  ...  task boosting turnout in next years European elections The German centre-right deputy hopes that turnout  ...  per cent of Europeans actually cast a ballot, the lowest percentage since direct elections were  ...
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<title>ECB expected to announce sharp rate cut</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201751276</link>
<pubDate>4 Dec 2008 08:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a commissioner in order to appease Irish voters, according to Berlin officials, the Irish Times  ...  get less public funds for its 2009 election campaign than main political parties, reports Swedish  ...  Dalai Lama is due to address the European Parliament and meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy later  ...
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<title>Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Dec 4</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201741945</link>
<pubDate>4 Dec 2008 08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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...  from Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and European Parliament President Hans-Gert Pottering at 1945 GMT. NO  ...  shrugging off strong economic growth figures as post-election coalition talks spawned doubts while most other  ...
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<title>European Union Disappointed By Fiji Visit</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201708036</link>
<pubDate>4 Dec 2008 02:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Hawai&#39;i No indication of return to democracy, elections SUVA, Fiji (Fiji Times, Dec. 2, 2008)  ...  was led by a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Mrs Gabriele Zimmer (of Germany) and other  ...
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<title>Brussels preparing for reshuffle of top jobs</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201661001</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 21:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...  over six months to go before the selection of a new European Commission and uncertainty  ...  leader of the Party of European Socialists, MEP and former Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup  ...  if the centre-left political family wins the European Parliament elections in June 2009. In the Netherlands,  ...
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<title>Fallon urges Minister to deliver substantial sheep package</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201659399</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 21:10 GMT</pubDate>
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...  deliver substantial sheep package Fine Gael local election candidate Laurence Fallon has called on the  ...  European Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel and MEP Neil Parish, Chair of the European Parliaments  ...
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<title>Accord among Palestinian factions prerequisite for elections - Egyptian FM</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201658371</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 21:08 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a date for holding presidential and legislative elections. While Hamas favors a four year term  ...  the Near East affairs committee at the European Parliament. Putting forth Egypt&#39;s and the Arab League&#39;s  ...
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<title>Mixed reaction to EU pressure</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201652090</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 20:32 GMT</pubDate>
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... THERE has been mixed reaction to the European Parliament&#39;s challenge for political parties, non-government organisations and  ...  pressure the interim regime to hold an election next year. Fiji Women&#39;s Crisis Centre co-ordinator  ...
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<title>Socialist manifesto just &quot;empty promises&quot;, says EPP-ED leader</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201620673</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 17:31 GMT</pubDate>
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... Socialist manifesto just &quot;empty promises&quot;, says EPP-ED leader The leader of parliaments biggest political  ...  biggest political group has branded the Socialist election manifesto as a &quot;dream with no plan.&quot; French MEP Joseph Daul, who heads the EPP-ED group,  ...
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