DEVELOPMENT-EU:  Domination Tied Into Aid Package
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THE HAGUE, Sep 29  (IPS) - The EU aid package is a large one, but packed also  with paternalism and claims to  domination, development experts  said at the end of an aid conference.
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The main goal of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from the outset was the European Union (EU). This target drove the party&#39;s policies from day one.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 13 (IPS) - AIDS has become a "forgotten disease" in  the European Union, according to the man in charge of the  bloc's public health policies.
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FRANCE, Germany and Spain signalled a new alliance yesterday to strengthen the European Unionâs political project as a counterbalance to the United States after the re-election of President Bush.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 19 (IPS) - The European Union must step up its efforts to  ensure that âgender mainstreamingâ is central to its development  agenda, leading development groups are urging.
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BRUSSELS, Aug 30 (IPS) - Leading development groups are pleading for  enlarging the responsibilities of Louis Michel, commissioner  designate in-charge of development and humanitarian aid in the  new European Commission.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 10 (IPS) - Louis Michel, commissioner designate for  development and humanitarian aid in the new European Commission  will set out his position in the face of some hard questions at  the European Parliament's development committee meeting next  month.
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BRUSSELS, Jul 20 (IPS) - The European Union&#39s only directly elected  institution is at loggerheads with the bloc&#39s 27 governments  over a measure officially designed to ensure that poor countries  have access to affordable medicines.
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LILONGWE, Jan 31  (IPS) - Malawi finally has to face up to the dilemma of  choosing between being a member of the Southern African  Development Community (SADC) or to stick with the Common Market  for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) if it is to continue  receiving funding from the European Union (EU).
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Europe's programme for funding scientific research in the member states is a step closer to being adopted.
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DURBAN, South Africa  - Developing countries have pledged to band together to force the West to help tackle their problems, ranging from poverty to reform of the United Nations.
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The UK and other developed countries are meeting to plan ways to spend aid more effectively in poor countries.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 30 (IPS) - Just one day after Kenya's bitterly disputed  presidential election took place in December, Nairobi received an  aid payment worth nearly 41 million euros (60.5 million dollars)  from the European Union.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 23 (IPS) - A joint assembly of members of the European  Parliament and representatives from some of the poorest countries  has been invited to consider six âmythsâ about new trade  agreements.
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The EU's anti-fraud squad reports an increase in serious abuses of its international aid project.
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Fighting Africa's poverty and the spread of Aids top the agenda at the Davos World Economic Forum.
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BRUSSELS, May 22 (IPS) - Anti-poverty campaigners have likened trade  negotiations between the European Union (EU) and several regions  in Africa to a boxing match between a schoolboy novice and a  heavyweight champion.