EU asks Bangladesh to hold vote, backs graft drive
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Bangladesh&#39;s army-backed interim government should hold elections as soon as possible as well as making progress on battling corruption, the European Union said on Saturday.
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The European Parliament has called on Ukraine&#39;s government to run a clean presidential election Sunday, the Moscow Times said this weekend.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf  pledged on Monday to hold free elections as he began a European  trip aimed at bolstering outside support, but urged the West  not to hold Pakistan to unrealistic rights standards.
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The European Commission said Saturday it had boosted aid to Bangladesh to more than 10.5 million euros (15 million dollars) with a new package to relocate thousands of Myanmar refugees.
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European Commission President- designate Jose Barroso battled to save his commission from European Parliament rejection, pledging an anti-discrimination law to placate opponents of a disputed Italian nominee.
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The vote by EU foreign ministers in Brussels Monday came after lobbying by Italy to lift the ban, so Libya can strengthen its borders against illegal immigration.
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Bulgaria wants a EU summit in December to give it a date to sign an accecssion treaty with the bloc and will ask Greece to back its bid, the foreign ministry said Monday.
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The European Union asked Russia to explain the bloody end to the siege of a school by Chechen gunmen on Friday with huge loss of life.
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The European Union called on Russia on Tuesday to lift economic sanctions on Georgia or risk deepening the crisis between the ex-Soviet neighbors sparked by a spying row.
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The European Union sought on Wednesday to boost tight cereals supplies with a proposal to suspend import duties and freeze a requirement for farmers to keep land fallow.
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Some EU members are hesitant to support the province's bid for independence after a UN resolution was dropped Friday. An informal group meets Wednesday.
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Russia said on Friday the Council of Europe would send observers to monitor a March presidential election that Europe's main vote watchdog has already declined to attend, accusing Moscow of unreasonable restrictions.
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The leaders of Italy, France and Spain sent a letter to the European Union on Monday, urging the bloc to approve measures to help them cope with the flood of illegal migrants from Africa.Comment
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Major political parties called on Tuesday for the lifting of a state of emergency in Bangladesh after the army-backed interim government said it was committed to holding a parliamentary election at the end of the year.
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The European Union agreed on Monday to  send a mission to help train local police in Afghanistan, whose  government is struggling with an Islamist insurgency.
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Bangladesh said yesterday it had not ruled out a foreign hand in a deadly grenade attack on an opposition rally last week which killed 19 people and wounded more than 150.
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Tens and thousands of Bangladesh opposition supporters have packed the centre of the capital Dhaka to demand that next month's elections be delayed because of allegations of vote rigging.