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<title>AL-ATTIYAH PRAISES QATARI AMIR&apos;S PARTICIPATION IN DAMASCUS SUMMIT</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186801725</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  four-party summit in Damascus. The summit gathered Al-Thani, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France which holds the current rotatory presidency of the European Union, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyep Erdogan. In a press release issued here, Al-Attiyah  ...
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<title>European Union eyes security help for Palestinian deal</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186788620</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 05:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Melander, Reuters Saturday, September 6, 2008 AVIGNON, France -- France is looking at the possibility  ...  Palestinian police. A diplomat working for the French EU presidency said Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would put  ...
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<title>EU ministers unite aboard high-speed train</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186778244</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 03:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  former school in Tbilisi yesterday. (AFP) AVIGNON, France  EU foreign ministers travelled from Paris  ...  gentlemen, in the name of the French presidency of the European Union I wish you a pleasant journey&quot;. Three  ...  livery until the end of the French EU presidency in Then the EU train will become  ...
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<title>EU eyes support for Palestinians: Envoys</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186777557</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 02:54 GMT</pubDate>
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... AVIGNON, France: France is looking at the possibility of sending  ...  Palestinian police. A diplomat working for the French presidency of the EU said Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would put  ...
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<title>EU MINISTERS BACK GEORGIA OBSERVER MISSION</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186745557</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 22:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Paris to Avignon at the invitation of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. Received Friday, 5  ...  Friday, 5 September 2008 18:28:00 GMT VIGNON, France, Sept 5, 2008 (AFP) - EU foreign  ...  counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, as holder of the EU presidency. &quot;I think (Russian leaders) understand what we  ...
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<title>Whose fault was the South Ossetia conflict?</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186737323</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 21:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Europe&apos;s top diplomats brainstorming in the southern French city of Avignon are also discussing the  ...  civilian monitoring mission to Georgia. The French EU presidency is chairing the informal talks. The foreign  ...  to armed conflict, and with what motives? France brokered a deal to end the war  ...
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<title>EU MINISTERS IN CRUNCH TALKS ON GEORGIA OBSERVER MISSION</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186730903</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 20:52 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  Friday, 5 September 2008 16:50:00 GMT VIGNON, France, Sept 5, 2008 (AFP) - EU foreign  ...  admitted there were still fundamental points for French President Nicolas Sarkozy to resolve when he  ...  counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, as holder of the EU presidency. &quot;I think (Russian leaders) understand what we  ...
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<title>Russia backed over Georgia, angry at US ship</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186728455</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 20:47 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Solana, attending the talks in Avignon, southern France, said the mission, which aims to oversee  ...  admitted there were still fundamental points for French President Nicolas Sarkozy to resolve when he  ...  holder of the EU presidency. The French EU presidency also said both US presidential candidates, Barack  ...
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<title>EU eyes security support for Palestinians - diplomats</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186713979</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 19:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...  security support for Palestinians - diplomats AVIGNON, France (Reuters) - France is looking at the  ...  Palestinian police. A diplomat working for the French presidency of the EU said Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would put  ...
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<title>France mulls EU mission to help Palestinian security forces</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186692253</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 17:28 GMT</pubDate>
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... France, currently the president of the European Union  ...  Palestinian police. One EU diplomat said the French (EU) Presidency was considering backing Palestinian security  ...
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<title>France mulls sending EU mission to help Palestinian security forces</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186684314</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 16:48 GMT</pubDate>
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... France, currently the president of the European Union  ...  Palestinian police. One EU diplomat said the French (EU) Presidency was considering backing Palestinian security  ...
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<title>DAMASCUS SUMMIT DISCUSSES SUDAN</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186652137</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 13:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in Damascus involving Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Qatari Emir Shiekh Hamad  ...  Erdogan. Syria currently chairs the Arab Summit, France has assumed the Presidency of the European Union and Qatar chairs the Gulf Co-operation Council  ...
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<title>EU should fully liberalise energy markets IEA</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186647163</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 12:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Union energy ministers yielded to pressure from France and Germany at a June summit, giving  ...  supply and generation, it added. Berlin and Paris have spearheaded opposition to any forced breakup  ...  France has since taken over the rotating EU presidency and has stated its reluctance to advance  ...
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<title>Assad says new round of indirect peace talks with Israel postponed</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186644756</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 12:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  United States, as well as that of France, is necessary, and Turkey would continue to  ...  The Damscus four-way summit also gathered visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Turkish Prime Minister Recep  ...  Sarkozy, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU, said EU appreciates Turkey&apos;s role in mediating  ...
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<title>Sarkozy and Assad hold talks</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186637840</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 10:29 GMT</pubDate>
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... Damascus - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Syrian counterpart  ...  a &quot;positive development&quot; would continue, adding that France supports the indirect peace talks between Israel  ...  Khalifa al-Thani. As France holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, Sarkozy will be representing the bloc at  ...
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