EUROPE:  U.S. Visa Puts Allies at Odds
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PRAGUE, Sep 21 (IPS) - Negotiations for a new visa regime between the  United States and the European Union (EU) have driven another  wedge between the EU's older, Western members and the  Eastern European countries that recently joined.
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Those who fear that America has no European allies should visit Rome. Actually, one should seize any excuse to go to Rome - to view the architecture and art, to sample the food and wine, to gaze at the women, ...
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The United States and the European Union said yesterday that they would try to settle a dispute over aid they give their major airplane-makers, stepping back from a transatlantic clash over government support for rivals Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS.
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In Europe, it's hard for some to think of Condoleezza Rice - Colin Powell's expected replacement as U.S. secretary of state - without recalling the low points in trans-Atlantic relations that grew out of the ...
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - For Americans, there  is no place quite like home. Europeans, however, always seem to  enjoy the challenge of foreign lands.
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Many Europeans didn't want a second term for President Bush, but as his inauguration approaches they're warily hopeful for more cooperation with the U.S. leader and his new foreign policy team led by Condoleezza Rice.
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VIENNA, Austria Sept. 15, 2004 - Differences between the United States and Europe over how firmly to deal with Iran and its suspect nuclear program have resulted in the European Union pushing recommendations that ignore American suggestions.
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A senior U.S. official on Wednesday   shrugged off EU threats to impose visa requirements on U.S.   diplomats in retaliation for a U.S. delay in extending a visa   waiver scheme to all EU states.
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"Decisions that have consequences for all of Europe must not be allowed to undermine European unity"  A senior Council of Europe official warned Monday that U.S. plans for a missile defense system based in eastern Europe could undermine the continent's unity.The Czech Republic has agreed to start negotiations on building a radar base southwest of Prague, while Poland is considering a proposal to host interceptor missiles.'The proposals to base part of the U.S. anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic risk creating new tensions,' said Dutch Senator Rene van der Linden, who chairs the Parliamentary Assembly of the 46-nation Council of Europe. Read more
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Â· US presses Europe to strengthen fighting forceÂ· Alliance could split as credibility is threatened
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PARIS - European allies alienated by President Bush&#39;s first four years in power offered Wednesday to let bygones be bygones, saying they want to work with the new administration and seeking, right from Day 1, to get the new White House to listen more to
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BRUSSELS The United States could restrict transfers of sensitive defense technology to European Union countries if EU members support a French effort to end the bloc&#39;s 15-year arms embargo on China, a senior State Department official said Thursday.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell urged Europeans on Wednesday to put aside their differences with the United States over the Iraq war, arguing that Americans and Europeans have common values and face similar threats that should outweigh the controversies of recent years.
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The resistance threatens to open a new rift between Europe and the United States over Iran.
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In a fresh sign of lingering tensions over the Iraq war, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell Thursday rapped European allies who declined to assist a NATO-led Iraq training
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As nine Eastern and Central European countries join Schengen today, they are under pressure to toughen long-abused visa policies.
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Sceptical European allies came under pressure from a leading contender for the US presidency to provide more troops for Afghanistan.