1STLEAD:Van Rompuy to urge joint EU economic management
Brussels - The European Union's new president is to call for joint EU economic management at a summit on Thursday, including plans to allow member states to oversee one another's policies, according to draft papers. Herman Van Rompuy is set to open h...
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Show us missing rights lawyer, EU's Ashton urges China
Brussels - The European Union's foreign-policy director on Tuesday urged the Chinese government to say what it knows about the whereabouts of missing human-rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, over a year after his disappearance. The EU notes with concern th...
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US stocks buoyed by possible Greek debt solution
New York - US stocks posted gains on Tuesday amid hopes that the European Union might consider helping Greece out of its debt crisis. Investors have been concerned for weeks about the Mediterranean country's debt woes, as well as those of Spain and P...
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Lithuanian nuclear power plant closed for good - Summary
Vilnius - Lithuania's controversial nuclear power plant, the Ignalina facility, underwent its final shut-down late Thursday, fulfilling a commitment to close the plant that Lithuania gave when it joined the European Union in 2004. According to media ...
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Somali pirates hijack chemical tanker with 24 crew
London - Somali pirates have captured a chemical tanker with 24 crew members in the Gulf of Aden on the first day of 2010, the European Union's monitors said Friday. The 150-metre long, 20,000-tonne M/V Parmoni, flying Singapore's flag, was on its wa...
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BACKGROUND:Who's who in the European Commission
Strasbourg, France - The European Commission, approved by the European Parliament on Tuesday, is set to steer European Union lawmaking for the next five years. The 27 commissioners, one from each EU state, are listed below, including their country an...
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Greek airports to close in strike over budget cuts - Summary
Athens - All flights to and from Greece will be disrupted Wednesday as civil aviation workers plan to join a civil servants' strike, whilst the country attempts to tackle a debt crisis that has shaken the entire European Union and single currency. Th...
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EU's Ashton condemns terror bombing in Pakistan
Brussels - The European Union's new top foreign affairs official, Catherine Ashton, on Saturday condemned the suicide bombing in Pakistan which killed at least 95 people the day before. Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs...
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Trichet to attend EU summit as euro fears roll on
Brussels - The head of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, is to attend an informal European Union summit on Thursday, officials said Tuesday as concerns over the stability of the euro continued to grow. The summit is scheduled to focus p...
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Greek airports to close as unions strike against budget cuts
Athens - All flights to and from Greece will be disrupted Wednesday as civil aviation workers plan to join a civil servants' strike, while the country attempts to tackle a debt crisis that has shaken the entire European Union and single currency. The...
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Sweden hands over EU presidency to Spain
Stockholm - Sweden at midnight Thursday (2300 GMT) handed over the rotating presidency of the European Union to Spain, ending its six-month period at the helm of the 27-nation bloc. The Spanish EU presidency will be the first under the Lisbon Treaty ...
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Pirates seize British-owned tanker off Somalian coast
London - A British-owned chemical tanker has been captured by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden en route from Thailand to Spain, the European Union (EU) naval monitoring force said Tuesday. It said the British-flagged St James Park, captured Monday,...
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