Europe relieved as Poland's Kaczynskis lose grip
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Many European leaders gasped with relief on Monday after Poland's Kaczynski twins suffered an election defeat that should swing the country's pro-Washington outlook more towards Brussels.
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Once there was shock. Now there are shrugs. The U.S. men's basketball team wasn't taking its latest Olympic defeat too hard Sunday, knowing its spot in the quarterfinals was assured.
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A WAVE of relief swept France last night after the Government confirmed the release of two French reporters held hostage by Islamic extremists in Iraq since August 20.
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Europe's ice hockey leagues are feeling the benefit of the NHL lockout.
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Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski traveled to Brussels for talks with EU leaders to improve tense ties with the Western bloc.
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Serbian reaction to the ruling clearing the country of genocide is one of shock mingled with relief, says the BBC's Nick Hawton.
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Hopes grew for a breakthrough in negotiations for a new treaty to reform the European Union on Friday as Germany, France and Poland thrashed out a possible compromise involving the core problem of voting rights.
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As Europe removes internal barriers to travel, Islamic militants find it easier to move around undetected.
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Frontiers in east Europe once  guarded by machineguns and barbed wire in the Cold War fell  away on Friday as nine mostly former communist states joined  the EU's border-free zone amid fireworks, cheers and music.
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European Union leaders paved the way for an agreement early on Saturday to overhaul the 27-nation bloc by persuading Poland to end a stand-off that nearly torpedoed their summit.
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Threat to imperial measures to be lifted after European commission climbdown.
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WLOSZCZOWA, Poland -- For two years, Poland has been ruled by the Kaczynski brothers, identical twins with a talent for making enemies. With one perched in the presidential palace and the other in the prime minister's office, they have unapologetically picked fights with the European Union, Germany,...
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European stock markets rallied in early dealing, shrugging off a further slide by Wall Street.
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European leaders celebrated Friday as the borders of nine countries along a Cold War frontier melted away, allowing a huge expansion to the EU's passport-free travel zone.
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Two summers ago, I returned from a visit to Eastern Europe convinced that Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic were on the fast track to prosperity. It seemed to me -- and virtually every one of the Western business executives I spoke with -- that these countries had tasted enough of...
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Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Friday he feared there may be no compromise at a European Union summit on a treaty to reform the bloc's institutions.
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"They handled the Poles well but they probably underestimated the damage done in Poland by the Schroeder government."  May replace failed EU constitution UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL BRUSSELS -- Germany ends its presidency of the European Union with a major achievement in the agreement on a new treaty to replace the failed ... via World Peace Herald