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  • Jun 22, 2009
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EUROPEAN UNION: Crowded summit makes vital gains

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen described as "entirely successful" the EU summit which ended on...

  • Jun 22, 2009
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FRANCE: Eye-catching address may lack content

President Nicolas Sarkozy will present policies for the second half of his term, at a joint...

France
  • Jun 19, 2009
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EUROPEAN UNION: Blunter climate tool gains favour

The incoming Swedish Presidency of the EU has indicated that it wants to reopen the issue of...

  • Jun 19, 2009
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EUROPEAN UNION: Institutional issues absorb the summit

The European Council, the quarterly summit of EU heads of state and government, enters its second...

  • Jun 19, 2009
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UNITED KINGDOM: PM forced to change tack on Iraq probe

Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday announced that an inquiry into the Iraq war would hold at...

United Kingdom
  • Jun 17, 2009
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INTERNATIONAL: Struggling aviation faces finance risk

The biennial Paris Airshow opened on June 15, against a bleak background for the world's civil...

International
  • Jun 17, 2009
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UNITED KINGDOM: Racist violence is policing challenge

More than 100 Romanians were forced to leave their homes and take shelter in a church yesterday...

United Kingdom
  • Jun 17, 2009
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SPAIN: Bank of Spain speaks out again on deficits

Bank of Spain Governor Miguel Angel Fernandez-Ordonez yesterday called for fiscal and labour...

Spain