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  • April 2008

    • Sarkozy: 'I Made Some Mistakes'

      BBC  |  Apr 25, 08 7:22 AM CDT

      Sarkozy: 'I Made Some Mistakes'

      (Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy defended his first year in office in a TV interview but admitted he made mistakes, reports the BBC. It's been a rough debut. His controversial policies—met by fierce opposition in certain sectors— have failed to reverse an economic downturn, and his flashy courtship of model Carla Bruni sparked complaints that he wasn't focusing on work. His private life is now "back under control," he assured listeners. More »

    • Shhh! Europe Law Forces Orchestras to Tone It Down

      New York Times  |  Apr 19, 08 9:46 PM CDT

      Shhh! Europe Law Forces Orchestras to Tone It Down

      (Newser) - A new law in Europe to protect employees from ear-damaging noises is stifling a surprise industry—orchestras. Conductors are taking it down a notch to comply, in one case canceling a world premiere because it exceeded the allowable decibels in rehearsal, the New York Times reports. At the Royal Opera House, musicians have to wear earplugs—akin to telling a "race-car driver they have to wear a blindfold," said one oboist. More »

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      European Union  • classical music  • composer  • noise  • orchestra  • conductor

    • UK Psychics Foresee Trouble

      Independent (UK)  |  Apr 18, 08 2:05 PM CDT

      UK Psychics Foresee Trouble

      (Newser) - Britain’s mediums are consulting their crystal balls about a new EU law that might expose them to lawsuits, the Independent reports. A group of them marched up Downing Street today to deliver a 5,000-signature petition to No. 10, hoping to convince the government not to adopt the European measure. “What we have here is a fundamental attack on our right to practice our religion,” said one spiritualist. More »

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      United Kingdom  • European Union  • spirituality  • occult

    • Court Could Outlaw Turkey's 'Islamist Government'

      Reuters  |  Apr 1, 08 3:35 AM CDT

      Court Could Outlaw Turkey's 'Islamist Government'

      (Newser) - Turkey's top court has agreed to hear a case that could outlaw the nation's ruling party and bar its president and prime minister from politics, Reuters reports. The AK Party is accused of trying to undermine Turkey's secular constitution and establish an Iran-style Islamic state. The case pits Turkey's popularly elected government against the country's secular elite, including army generals. More »

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      European Union  • Turkey  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • secularism  • Abdullah Gul  • Islamist  • political party

  • March 2008

    • Merkel Will Skip Olympics

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 29, 08 7:07 AM CDT

      Merkel Will Skip Olympics

      (Newser) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other top German officials won't be going to the Beijing Olympics, the Guardian reports, joining Polish and Czech leaders who have pledged to stay away. But while Polish PM Donald Tusk and Czech President Vaclav Klaus said they'll be boycotting the opening ceremony to protest human rights abuses in Tibet, the Germans said their absence isn't political. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Germany  • European Union  • Gordon Brown  • Angela Merkel  • boycott  • Bernard Kouchner  • Donald Tusk

    • Moscow Warns NATO Not to 'Play With Fire'

      Reuters  |  Mar 28, 08 6:59 PM CDT

      Moscow Warns NATO Not to 'Play With Fire'

      (Newser) - Moscow urged NATO today not to absorb ex-Soviet republics Georgia and Ukraine, Reuters reports. "It's a dangerous game to play with fire," said Foreign Minster Sergei Lavrov, who warned that Russia's military ties with NATO were at stake. His remarks come days before a NATO summit in Bucharest, where Vladimir Putin will attend—and Georgia and Ukraine will seek roadmaps into the alliance. More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • European Union  • Vladimir Putin  • NATO  • Ukraine  • Bucharest

    • Brown: World Needs US to Lead

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Mar 26, 08 6:36 AM CDT

      Brown: World Needs US to Lead

      (Newser) - British PM Gordon Brown plans a landmark speech in Boston next month, calling on the US to once again provide inspiration to a world in need of American "values and leadership." The address will be aimed at John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama—not President Bush, the Daily Telegraph reports. Brown will evoke the memory of presidents such as Kennedy, Truman, and Roosevelt, who he believes were vital to global peace and prosperity. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • European Union  • Gordon Brown  • international relations

    • UN Pleads for $500M in Food Aid

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Mar 24, 08 4:59 AM CDT

      UN Pleads for $500M in Food Aid

      (Newser) - A United Nations food program has issued an extraordinary emergency plea for an extra $500 million in aid, warning that shipments to the world's hungry may be rationed if the money can't be raised over the next month, reports the Financial Times . The World Food Program feeds some 73 million people in 80 countries. More »

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      United Nations  • oil price  • European Union  • Canada  • hunger  • Easter  • World Food Program  • USA

    • Cyprus Will Resume Unity Talks

      Reuters  |  Mar 21, 08 2:25 PM CDT

      Cyprus Will Resume Unity Talks

      (Newser) - Leaders of the Greek and Turkish portions of Cyprus said today they will restart negotiations on reunification of the Mediterranean island, Reuters reports. Dimitris Christofias, recently elected leader of Greek Cyprus, and Mehmet Ali Talat, who represents Turkish Cyprus, also announced that Ledra Street, a key shopping avenue long shut down in the divided capital, Nicosia, will reopen. More »

    • Dutch Pol Makes Waves With Unseen Film

      Der Spiegel  |  Mar 20, 08 1:36 PM CDT

      Dutch Pol Makes Waves With Unseen Film

      (Newser) - An unruly Dutch politician for months has had civil and religious leaders in a tizzy over a movie no one has seen—and which might not even exist, Der Spiegel reports. But by the end of March, provocateur Geert Wilders says he intends to release a movie exposing “the intolerant and fascist nature of the Koran.” Wilders had previously vowed to air his stunt—which is said to include the shredding of a Koran—by the end of January. More »

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      Iran  • European Union  • Islam  • Syria  • Netherlands  • Koran  • Danish Mohammed cartoons  • Geert Wilders

    • Bin Laden Threatens Europe

      Associated Press  |  Mar 19, 08 8:56 PM CDT

      Bin Laden Threatens Europe

      (Newser) - Osama bin Laden threatened Europe today with "severe" retaliation over the publication of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, the AP reports. The audio recording of bin Laden surfaced on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, though he made no mention of it, and a day before the Muslim world celebrates Muhammad's birthday. One expert said the voice appeared to be bin Laden's, but he noted that it had no reference points to show when it was recorded. More »

    • Merkel Crushes Sarkozy's Plans for 'Club Med'

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 14, 08 11:59 AM CDT

      Merkel Crushes Sarkozy's Plans for 'Club Med'

      (Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy has been forced to abandon his proposal for what detractors have called a French-led Club Med—a Mediterranean Union of southern European, Middle Eastern, and North African states—under fierce opposition from Germany. Angela Merkel has been a consistent opponent of the scheme, and she threatened a boycott of a Paris summit, says the Guardian . The incident is only the latest clash between Sarkozy and Merkel, signaling a low point in French-German relations. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Germany  • European Union  • Angela Merkel  • Mediterranean Union

    • Intel Testifies in EU Antitrust Hearings

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 12, 08 12:25 PM CDT

      Intel Testifies in EU Antitrust Hearings

      (Newser) - Intel officials testified before an EU antitrust commission yesterday in Brussels; the chipmaker is suspected of unfairly dominating the European market. Competitor Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and consumer groups are testifying today, reports the Wall Street Journal . The commission will consider whether rebates Intel offered to retailers that didn’t stock AMD products hurt consumers. More »

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      Microsoft  • European Union  • Intel  • antitrust  • AMD  • microprocessors

    • Google Buys DoubleClick After EU Signs Off

      Associated Press  |  Mar 11, 08 4:25 PM CDT

      Google Buys DoubleClick After EU Signs Off

      (Newser) - Google acquired ad tracker DoubleClick today after EU regulators approved the $3.1 billion deal, the AP reports. Antitrust officials dismissed concerns about competition, saying Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL also provide “credible” online ad services. The ruling ducked questions of how private data will be handled, an issue that riles privacy advocates on both sides of the pond. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • European Union  • online advertising  • Internet advertising  • European Commission  • DoubleClick  • online ads

    • Serbia's PM Dissolves Government

      Bloomberg  |  Mar 8, 08 11:47 AM CST

      Serbia's PM Dissolves Government

      (Newser) - Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica dissolved the government today, saying it had become paralyzed over disagreements on how to deal with Kosovo and EU membership. He proposed new elections for May. "We are lacking government unity,” said Kostunica, charging that his pro-Western coalition partners aren't being adamant enough about rejecting Kosovo's recent independence. More »

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      Great Britain  • France  • Germany  • European Union  • Serbia  • Kosovo  • Vojislav Kostunica  • Belgrade  • Boris Tadic

    • EU Steels for Global Warming Conflict With Russians

      Reuters  |  Mar 7, 08 6:21 AM CST

      EU Steels for Global Warming Conflict With Russians

      (Newser) - The already-fraught relationship between Europe and Russia is bound to get worse in the next few decades. That's the sobering conclusion of a new European Union report on global warming and international politics, which concludes that climate change will act as a "threat multiplier," exacerbating today's problems and generating new ones. In the Arctic, the Middle East and the Caribbean, ecological transformations will have global political consequences, reports Reuters. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • environment  • European Union  • European Commission  • Arctic race

  • February 2008

    • Scots Fight Fake Kilts

      Independent (UK)  |  Feb 29, 08 9:56 AM CST

      Scots Fight Fake Kilts

      (Newser) - What do plaid skirts have in common with champagne and feta cheese? If Scottish lawmakers have their way, the kilt could be the latest European product to receive a "protected designation of origin" status. Cheap kilt knockoffs could still be sold, but only the real thing—pure wool, hand-sewn in the highlands—could be branded a Scottish kilt, explains the Independent. More »

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      European Union  • Scotland  • knockoff  • wool  • kilt

    • Booze and Beats Don't Mix in Turkey

      Independent (UK)  |  Feb 28, 08 6:47 PM CST

      Booze and Beats Don't Mix in Turkey

      (Newser) - Singer Aslizen Yentur thought it was a joke when Turkey's top music channel axed shots of a wine bottle-laden table from her video. It wasn't, and now Turkey's broadcasting watchdog is drafting a bill to make scenes that encourage drinking illegal—supposedly to align with EU norms, the Independent reports. But critics charge the government is really trying to steer Turkey toward religious populism. More »

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      European Union  • Turkey  • alcohol  • wine  • censorship  • pop music  • broadcasting  • music videos

    • EU May Name Censorship a Trade Barrier

      Ars Technica  |  Feb 28, 08 2:33 PM CST

      EU May Name Censorship a Trade Barrier

      (Newser) - The EU is out to hack down the Great Firewall of China, Ars Technica reports. A new proposal would classify the web censorship China and other oppressive regimes employ as a trade barrier, an approach its creator calls “unusual, but effective.” The measure already sailed through the European Parliament 571-38, and now awaits European Council confirmation. More »

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      China  • European Union  • censorship  • trade  • web traffic  • Internet censorship  • European Parliament  • Great Firewall of China  • web censorship

    • Paris-Berlin Relations Turn Sour

      AFP  |  Feb 27, 08 10:08 AM CST

      Paris-Berlin Relations Turn Sour

      (Newser) - Only a week after Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel called off a scheduled meeting, France and Germany's finance ministers canceled their own summit yesterday, reports AFP. While nobody wants to say that the leaders of Europe's two largest countries are getting testy with each other, disagreements over economic policy and the EU's role have led to markedly tense relations. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Germany  • European Union  • diplomacy  • Angela Merkel  • foreign policy  • Jacques Chirac  • Mediterranean Union  • Gerhard Schröder

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