Filori Says Entry Negotiations Cannot Start Unless Tck Is Enacted
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BRUSSELS - Jean-Christophe Filori, the spokesman of European Union (EU) Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen, said on Monday that entry negotiations between Turkey and the EU could not start unless important parts of the draft Penal Code (TCK) were
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As negotiators try to relaunch global trade talks in Brazil, one says failure to reach a deal could have dire results.
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ATHENS  - The government said Friday it would block neighbouring Macedonia from joining NATO or the European Union unless a name dispute with the Balkan republic is resolved.
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EU-Russia summit to begin in Helsinki but a Polish veto means talks on a strategic partnership will not happen.
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The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said yesterday the country must step up its defensive capability because China would not renounce a military option with regard to tension in the Taiwan Strait.
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The Swedish government cannot negotiate a deal with Thailand to trade jet fighters for raw chicken meat, Prime Minister Goeran Persson said Thursday.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s government has rejected demands from Tamil Tiger rebels to unconditionally resume peace talks. The rebels threatened at the weekend to return to military action unless discussions based on their blueprint for self-rule began again.
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Valerii Litskai, the "foreign minister" of the self-proclaimed Transdniester Republic, suggested on 16 September that the current impasse in relations between the Transdniestrian and Moldovan authorities could ...
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CHINA&#39;S legislature on Saturday began deliberating a proposed âanti-secession lawâ aimed at preventing Taiwan from declaring formal independence, the Xinhua news agency said.
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Talks between diplomatic rivals Taiwan  and China could resume if the island sticks to a 1992  interpretation of the "one China" principle, Chinese newspapers  on Monday quoted a top negotiator with Taiwan as saying.
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - Negotiators at climate talks in Bali tried to break a deadlock on Friday over emissions goals after the European Union accused the United States of blocking progress at the 190-nation meeting.
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Leaders at an Asia-Pacific summit appeared deadlocked on Thursday over what their "Sydney declaration" on climate change and cutting greenhouse gas emissions should say.
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unable to reach an agreement with Iran on freezing the country&#39;s uranium enrichment program, because Iran refuses to retract its demand to continue operating 20 centrifuges for uranium enrichment, which it claims are for research and development purposes.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday it had proved legally impossible for his office to accept a U.N. membership application from Taiwan despite careful consideration of the matter.
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Officials close to talks on North Korea&#39;s nuclear program say it is doubtful a new round of six-way talks to end the North Korean nuclear impasse will occur this month.
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Armed conflict will be unavoidable if  Taiwan keeps provoking China and pushing for independence, one  of Beijing's top Taiwan policymakers said on Monday, but he  spelt out a condition for reopening dialogue.
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The Hurriyat Conference on Saturday refused to meet Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil who stressed that dialogue was the only way forward to resolve the Kashmir issue and renewed the Governmentâs unconditional offer of talks.