EU calls for 'free' Maldives vote
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The European Union calls for free and fair elections in the Maldives with a parliamentary vote due this month.
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Thailand and the European Union on Thursday reached a compromise over an EU proposal to send election observers for the kingdom&#39;s post-coup polls in December.
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Days before presidential polls in  Serbia pitting a pro-EU liberal against a nationalist, the  European Union announced on Friday it would launch discussions  on offering Serbs visa-free access to the bloc.
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People in the tsunami-stricken Maldives  voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election, dismissed as a  sham by the opposition but praised by the government as a vote  of confidence for reform.
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Malta urges its EU neighbours to take a greater share of the illegal migrants crossing over from Africa.
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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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MEPs call on EU member states to hold simultaneous referendums on the new European Constitution.
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The Maldives has rejected European Union statements that its envoys were denied access to pro-democracy activists jailed after rare anti-government protests in South Asia's most expensive tourist locale.
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President Pervez Musharraf pledged to hold free elections as he began a European trip on Monday aimed at bolstering outside support, but urged the West not to hold Pakistan to unrealistic rights standards.
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The European Union has asked Bangladesh&#39;s military-backed government for information on individual human rights cases, reports said.
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Private donors are being urged to "adopt an island" under a UN scheme launched in the tsunami-hit Maldives.
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The European Union urged Liberia,  struggling to emerge from more than 10 years of civil war, to  bring its election laws up to international standards ahead of  an October vote.
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The European Union and the United  Nations urged Kenya's feuding politicians on Saturday to agree  a peaceful, democratic end to a violent political crisis that  has killed 500 people since a disputed December 27 election.
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ELDORET, Kenya  - The European Union's chief election monitor in Kenya on Friday condemned clashes in which hundreds were killed and thousands displaced in this year's run-up to the December 27 national election.
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The European Union said Friday it supported a swift transition to full democracy in Hong Kong while it expressed concerns about the territory&#39;s copyright policy.
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The European Union and the United Nations urged Kenya's feuding politicians on Saturday to agree a peaceful, democratic end to a violent political crisis that has killed 500 people since a disputed December 27 election.
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The Maldives expresses regret over a  European parliament resolution to block a $2m aid package.