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Incoming EU president Herman Van Rompuy kept a low profile as the 27-nation bloc's leaders faced flak for picking him and a little-known British peer to lead a revamped Europe on the world stage. (Read More)
New York Times:
A Brazilian transsexual involved in a scandal that prompted the resignation of an Italian governor was found burned to death in her home on Friday.
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The town of Fushe-Kruje plans to erect a statue of former President George W. Bush to commemorate his visit in 2007, when he was celebrated as a hero in an outpouring of love for America.
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Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei’s corpse in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, a Florence museum said Friday.
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The Croatian Parliament ratified a border deal with Slovenia on Friday that paves the way for Croatia’s bid to join the European Union.
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New York Times:
A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found not guilty in her death.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sydney and Tokyo lead Asia's decline on weakness in shares of miners and chip makers. Greek lenders were particularly hard hit in Europe as Piraeus Bank reported a 43% drop in third-quarter profit. (Read More)
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TheCarConnection.com submits: We've been keeping a close eye on the evolving Ford/Volvo/Geely saga. So far, the biggest point of contention in the brou-ha-ha has been Ford's concerns about intellectual property, which Geely m (Read More)
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www.guardian.co.uk:
The Cartoons that Shook the World, by Jytte Klausen (Yale, £20)In what deserves to become the definitive account of the Danish cartoon controversy of 2005-6, none of the major actors comes out looking too good. Certainly not (Read More)
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'I felt that the only thing I was on earth to do was to write'A couple of months ago Mavis Gallant had a dream. A messenger came to the door carrying a cardboard box with a lid on it. On top was written "Mavis Gallant" in big (Read More)
The Guardian:
Ivan Klasnic reveals the story behind his two kidney transplants and the debt he owes his familyIvan Klasnic winces as he remembers the day his life was turned upside down. It was November 2005 and Werder Bremen had just beat (Read More)
The Guardian:
Today's game at Anfield offers Mark Hughes's team the ideal opportunity to break a run of stalematesIf Mark Hughes has learned one thing in the last month, it is exactly what Rafael Benítez and Liverpool learned last season: (Read More)
Bloggingportal.eu - Today's posts:
It was the decision of the decade, because it took a decade until this first decision of "The new EU" could be taken - and the euroblogosphere has covered the nomination of Herman van Rompuy for European Council President and (Read More)
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How Europeans are responding to their comically obscure new EU overlords. (Read More)
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The London Times Ski Deals MapThe London Times has produced what will probably be the first of many ski related map mashups for this ski season. The Times' ski correspondent Mark Frary has used Mapalist.com to create a Google (Read More)
Bloggingportal.eu - Today's posts:
Gulay Icoz has raised a critical aspect of the appointment of Herman von Rompuy as president of the European Council which has not received enough emphasis. According to the Guardian, van Rompuy believes: “The universal value (Read More)
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Le glissement de terme entre la Constitution européenne et le Traité de Lisbonne du ministre des Affaires étrangères au haut représentant pour la politique étrangère pouvait sembler une trace plutôt symbolique de ne pas doter (Read More)
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Brussels, 19 November 2009 Author: Pietro De Matteis Many words have been written about the appointment procedure of the two new positions set up by the Lisbon treaty and on the possible candidates. What we have experienced (Read More)
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Bloggingportal.eu - Today's posts:
Finalement, tout est allé très vite. Beaucoup plus vite que tous ce que les commentateurs avaient écrit au préalable. Le dîner des chefs d'Etat et de gouvernement n’était pas encore commencé que déjà les premières information (Read More)
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European Union Affairs
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Bloggingportal.eu - Today's posts:
As I was watching the press conference introducing, in the words of Fredrik Reinfeldt, "Europe's new leadership team", I must admit I found myself in a state of both shock and disappointment. For all the lip service paid to t (Read More)
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