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UNITED KINGDOM: Little change as Beckett takes helm
Margaret Beckett unexpectedly replaced Jack Straw as foreign secretary in this month's cabinet...
United KingdomEUROPEAN UNION: Energy giants face antitrust action
European Commission anti-trust officials raided the offices of key European energy groups on...
FRANCE: Hardened immigration rules draw protests
Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, on a visit to Mali today, encountered protests against the...
FranceITALY: Iraq withdrawal pledge is no reversal
Prime Minister Romano Prodi, who was sworn into office today, pledged in the first speech of his...
ItalyFRANCE: Villepin unbowed by no-confidence vote
The government of Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin yesterday survived a no-confidence vote,...
FranceITALY: New Prodi government presented
Prime Minister-presumptive Romano Prodi today presented his new government to newly elected...
ItalyFRANCE: Employers flock to use new hire contract
The total number of 'new hire' contracts signed since September 2005 reached 452,000 this April,...
FranceWESTERN EUROPE: Assimilation policies carry risks
Racially provoked riots and the fear of terrorist threats from radical Muslims have brought...
