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Greek Prime Minister insists on referendum on EU aid deal despite political turmoil

Greek PM insists on referendum on EU aid deal despite political turmoil Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou insisted on Tuesday night on his initiative that a recent European aid deal for Greece will be put to referendum in early 2012, despite the political turmoil caused that rocks his socialist administration. “There is no way that [...]

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Eurozone bailout package “only way” to save Greece: French President Nicolas Sarkozy

Eurozone bailout package “only way” to save Greece: Sarkozy The eurozone bailout package for Greece was the “only way” to save the country, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday, urging Athens to make its own effort to exit the debt crisis. In a statement issued by the Elysee Palace, Sarkozy called Greek decision to hold [...]

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Thousands protest Israel’s team in Istanbul’s Europa match

Thousands protest Israel’s team in Istanbul’s Europa match More than 1,000 protesters marched in Turkey’s largest city Istanbul on Thursday amid a heavy police presence to protest the presence of an Israeli football team in the city for a UEFA Europa League match. The protesters were protesting the Maccabi Tel Aviv football club who were [...]

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Commentary: Business motivation behind French, British leaders’ Libya visit

Commentary: Business motivation behind French, British leaders’ Libya visit French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron paid a surprise visit to Libya Thursday and Friday, becoming the first foreign leaders to visit the war-torn country after the fall of strongman Muammar Gaddafi. They got a hero’s welcome from leaders of the now [...]

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges end to bloodshed in Libya

Turkish PM urges end to bloodshed in Libya Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday called for an end to bloodshed in Libya and urged Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists in Sirte and other towns to give up resistance. Erdogan arrived in the Libyan capital of Tripoli earlier in the day on the final leg of his [...]

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives in Libyan capital

Turkish PM arrives in Libyan capital Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Friday on the final leg of his three-nation tour, a Xinhua reporter said. Erdogan arrived in Tripoli a day after British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited the North African country to [...]

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South Africa, EU both want inclusive government in Libya

South Africa, EU both want inclusive government in Libya South Africa and the European Union (EU) on Thursday expressed their common objective to see the formation of an inclusive interim government in Libya. “We recognize National Transitional Council (NTC) as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people, and even ready to recognize they can take [...]

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Nicolas Sarkozy leaving for Libya on surprise visit, David Cameron arrives

Sarkozy leaving for Libya on surprise visit, Cameron arrives French President Nicolas Sarkozy is leaving for Libya on Thursday morning on a surprise visit to the conflict-hit country, French media reported. However, the Elysee Palace didn’t confirm the news, neither did it show the plan on the president’s agenda. According to earlier reports, British Prime [...]

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Danes begin to vote for parliamentary elections

Danes begin to vote for parliamentary elections As many as 1,450 polling stations opened across Denmark at 9:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) Thursday morning for about 4 million registered voters to cast ballots for the parliamentary election. Denmark is a multi-party, representative democracy. Danes will cast their votes to elect 179 members to the [...]

Croatia’s EU accession treaty draft agreed

Croatia’s EU accession treaty draft agreed Croatia has seen the European Union (EU) membership one step closer as the draft of its accession treaty to the bloc was nailed down by current member states on Wednesday. Ambassadors from 27 member states of the bloc agreed on the text of the accession treaty, finalizing a two-year [...]

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