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Croatian parliament ratifies border agreement with Slovenia
Zagreb - Croatia's parliament Friday ratified an agreement that could lead to settling a border dispute with Slovenia. A majority of 129 legislators voted for the document while six were against a move to send the border dispute to international arbi...
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LEADALL: World shrugs off top EU appointments
The world reacted with a shrug, ritualistic praise and a tinge of criticism Friday to the appointment of two relatively unknown figures to the European Union's top posts. The administration of US President Barack Obama said the choice of Belgian Prim...
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Russia, Germany stress interest in strategic partnership
Moscow - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov received his new German counterpart, Guido Westerwelle, for talks on Friday, with the two ministers stressing their countries' interest in building on their strategic partnership. Westerwelle had arrive...
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Moscow hopes for stability from new EU leadership
Moscow - Russia hopes that the newly designated EU leadership, Herman van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton, will provide continuity in EU-Russian relations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday. I'm convinced Herman van Rompuy will continue...
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EXTRA: Putin praises Ukraine's Tymoshenko ahead of election
Kiev - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave veiled but unmistakable support to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in her bid to become Ukraine's next President, and slammed her incumbent opponent, according to news reports Friday. The Russian lead...
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Merkel has 'full trust' in new EU leaders - Summary
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the appointment of the EU's two new top officials on Friday, saying she had full trust in EU President Herman Van Rompuy and foreign policy High Representative Catherine Ashton. The chancellor appr...
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