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<title>Serbia softens Kosovo stance, pledges EU ambassadors&apos; return</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180215367</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 19:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  follow as soon as they have been appointed. Belgrade does not maintain embassies in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Irelandor Luxembourg, as those countries are covered by the envoys from neighbouring ones. The  ...
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<title>Europride Returns to Glad-to-be-Gay Stockholm</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180200112</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 08:03 GMT</pubDate>
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...  brigade and other emergency services -- to political parties, gay choirs, gay allotment gardeners &quot;with  ...  science professor Tiina Rosenberg, Swedish EU Affairs Minister Cecilia Malmstrom and Indian Prince Mavendra Singh  ...  added, noting incidents in Warsaw, Prague and Riga. Malmstrom has participated at several gay pride  ...
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<title>Relaunching the Missile Debate</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180174561</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 04:46 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to hint that they might even consider Lithuania as an alternative deployment site. This shift  ...  Rood, flew to Lithuania to brief its government on the status of the U.S.-Polish negotiations.  ...  has declined to characterize Roods discussions in Vilnius as formal negotiations over a possible alternative  ...
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<title>Taoiseach meets Latvian Prime Minister in Dublin</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180173294</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 04:45 GMT</pubDate>
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... Taoiseach meets Latvian Prime Minister in Dublin Taoiseach meets Latvian Prime Minister  ...  Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis of Latvia in Government Buildings this afternoon as part of the  ...
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<title>Lithuania coach takes political path</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180170429</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 04:38 GMT</pubDate>
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... Algimantas Liubinskas has resigned as coach of Lithuania (Getty Images) Algimantas Liubinskas has resigned as  ...  after deciding to pursue a career in politics. Dual role The 56-year-old Liubinskas has decided  ...  by becoming head of sport for the Vilnius district authorities. Abiding passion Liubinskas first coached  ...
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<title>Serbian gov&apos;t decides to reinstate ambassadors to EU countries</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180165841</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 03:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  will also cover five EU countries where Serbia has ambassadors without a seat -- Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ireland, and Luxembourg -- as well as Malta, which has not recognized Kosovo yet.  ...
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<title>Charlemagne: Defensive gestures</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180138175</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 22:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Kabul airport. But fearing casualties, the Belgian government has ruled that its troops may not  ...  was meant to combine Europe&amp;rsquo;s civilian and political &amp;ldquo;soft power&amp;rdquo; with the cold steel of  ...  EU countries are willing to shoulder burdens (Estonia, the Netherlands, Sweden and Poland are among  ...
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<title>Invoking Rosa Parks, Haredi Women Move to Back of the Bus</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180129976</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 21:46 GMT</pubDate>
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...  factions, including the Hasidic rebbes; the so-called Lithuanian or non-Hasidic yeshiva heads; the Sephardic ultra-Orthodox,  ...  propel Haredi women  arguably Israels least politically active demographic, due to rabbis concerns that  ...  buses run. The judge ordered the Transportation Ministry and bus companies to come up with  ...
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<title>Phoenix Mayor Challenges Popular Sheriff&apos;s Anti-Immigration Tactics</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180129967</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 21:46 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Iran, in which he urged other local politicians to take a stand. But he also  ...  he now says that in the general election he is remaining neutral. Gordons endorsement of  ...  he learned from his Jewish grandfather, a Lithuanian immigrant. Gordon, 57, leads a city increasingly  ...
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<title>The brave new world of e-hatred</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180112347</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 19:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of friendship between people divided by culture, political boundaries and distance. For those who still  ...  in Russia to &amp;ldquo;The Soviet Story&amp;rdquo;, a Latvian documentary that compares communism with fascism. If  ...  by helping with translation into and from Baltic languages. Meanwhile, America&amp;rsquo;s rednecks can find lots  ...
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<title>New ambassadors in Skopje, Tripoli and Zagreb</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180104428</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 18:38 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in Skopje, Tripoli and Zagreb Today the Government appointed Lars Fredn as Ambassador in Skopje  ...  a security policy capacity at the Prime Minister&apos;s Office, has held various positions at the  ...  at Swedish missions abroad in Beijing, Moscow, Riga, Hong Kong and Beirut, and has been  ...
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<title>Defensive gestures</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180103692</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 18:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Kabul airport. But fearing casualties, the Belgian government has ruled that its troops may not  ...  was meant to combine Europe&amp;rsquo;s civilian and political &amp;ldquo;soft power&amp;rdquo; with the cold steel of  ...  EU countries are willing to shoulder burdens (Estonia, the Netherlands, Sweden and Poland are among  ...
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<title>Shoppers Feel Big Squeeze, and Hunger to Stretch Their Shekels</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180084361</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 17:08 GMT</pubDate>
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...  bags, Maria Arnov, 28, an immigrant from Latvia and mother of two, says that food  ...  700 families per week. &quot;We have no government assistance.&quot; Budgets Getting Leaner With budgets becoming  ...  policy to combat food insecurity. The first-ever interministerial report on the subject was completed recently,  ...
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<title>Serbian envoys return to EU posts</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180083101</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 16:48 GMT</pubDate>
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...  France, Holland, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Slovenia, Sweden and Britain. Belgrade has no envoys in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ireland and Luxembourg, but those countries are covered by the envoys from the neighbouring  ...
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<title>Claiming Mantle of Rosa Parks, Some Haredi Women Defiantly Move to the Back of the Bus</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180077398</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 16:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  factions, including the Hasidic rebbes; the so-called Lithuanian or non-Hasidic yeshiva heads; the Sephardic ultra-Orthodox,  ...  propel Haredi women  arguably Israels least politically active demographic, due to rabbis concerns that  ...  buses run. The judge ordered the Transportation Ministry and bus companies to come up with  ...
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