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Sarkozy leads EU trio to Moscow
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:03:24 -0000
French President Nicolas Sarkozy leads an EU mission to press Russia to honour the terms of a peace plan for Georgia.
Scientology 'faces French trial'
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:53:07 -0000
The Church of Scientology in France is to be tried in court for "organised fraud", according to legal sources.
Jail for French 'garage surgeon'
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:49:56 -0000
A French doctor whose cosmetic surgery mutilated dozens of patients is given three years in prison.
NYT > Europe
A Mission to Moscow, Without High Hopes
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:01:22 -0000
A delegation from the European Union will meet with Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev on Monday.
German Party Sees Shake-Up as Its Leader Steps Down
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:35:04 -0000
Kurt Beck, leader of the Social Democrats, stepped down and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was chosen to challenge Chancellor Angela Merkel in federal elections next year.
Abroad: A Caricaturist, but No Funny Stuff Here
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:02:44 -0000
An exhibition of the work of Arthur Szyk, a Jewish caricaturist, has opened at the Deutsche Historisches Museum in Berlin.
L.A. Times - Europe
Belarus teen staying with Petaluma family is focus of diplomatic tussle
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Tanya Kazyra, 16, a participant in a summer program to help victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, wants to permanently stay with her American hosts. Belarus wants her to return home. Debra Zapata says she never intended to spark an international uproar. She just wanted the best for the young woman she invited into her home for nine summers in a project to help victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Spain's environmentalists sound alarm
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700
A building boom is endangering some of the most precious flora and fauna in Europe, and sucking an already arid region dry. A frayed copy of "Don Quixote" was tucked under the front seat of Roberto Oliveros' battered white truck as he sallied forth through the fast-changing plains of central Spain.
Trig Palin's story is safe ground for the Republican ticket
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The attention lavished on Sarah Palin's infant son, who has Down syndrome, may help her and John McCain to do what, according to their Democratic rivals, they cannot: connect with voters. HK Bain was home in suburban Denver last week, hardly paying attention to the television, when he heard a snippet of Sarah Palin's speech to the Republican convention that stopped him in mid-step.
UN News Centre - Europe
UN organizes campaign to help Georgia's children return to school
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is organizing a campaign to ensure that all children in Georgia can start the new school year this month, following the recent conflict in the Caucasus country.
Security Council lauds launch of negotiations in reunifying Cyprus
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500
The Security Council today warmly welcomed the launch of full-fledged negotiations between the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities, aimed at the reunification of the island.
UN welcomes ‘historic' launch of negotiations to reunify Cyprus
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed today's launch of full-fledged negotiations between the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities that are aimed at reunifying the island of Cyprus.
Europe - International Herald Tribune
A postwar cultural reckoning for Georgia
By DAN BILEFSKY AND MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:27:48 -0000
Georgian society remains infused with an appreciation for Russian culture that Georgian sociologists and historians say will outlive this latest round of tensions.
Russia blocks UN convoy in Georgia; Sarkozy holds talks in Moscow
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:13:41 -0000
Russian soldiers turned back a UN convoy for no apparent reason Monday in a blunt demonstration of who is in charge in a tense zone around Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia.
A way for America to get Russia in line
By JOHN VINOCUR Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:27:48 -0000
The United States and Europe don't have to start a new Cold War to find ways that will emboss Russia's inadmissible behavior and loss of credibility on its leaders' minds.
Atom-smasher promises closer look at makeup of matter
By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:27:48 -0000
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, and coming online Wednesday, will explore the tiniest particles and come closer to re-enacting the Big Bang.
Weekend storms and floods kill 6 in Britain
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:27:48 -0000
Flooding struck large areas of Wales and western and northern England after one of the wettest Augusts on record.
German foreign minister picked to challenge Merkel
By JUDY DEMPSEY Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:27:48 -0000
Social Democrats were thrown into turmoil Sunday after their leader, Kurt Beck, said he would step down as party chairman and Frank-Walter Steinmeier was chosen to challenge Angela Merkel.
