Straw and Morantinos agree to revisit EU policy on Cuba
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Spain and Britain agreed to look at revisiting European policy on Cuba &quot;so it can be more effective,&quot; Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said following talks with British counterpart Jack Straw.
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The European Union is considering a  shift in policy toward Cuba that would get it back on speaking  terms with President Fidel Castro's government, diplomats said.
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The foreign ministers of the European Union agreed yesterday in a meeting in Luxembourg unanimously to lift weapons selling embargo imposed on Libya.
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European Union ministers endorsed a plan to make permanent joint patrols that pick up migrants on the high seas Thursday, moving to end internal divisions over dealing with a surge of illegal immigration from Africa.
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European Union leaders agreed Saturday on the key points of a treaty meant to strengthen the bloc's foreign policy role and eliminate unwieldy bureaucracy.
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European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to restore normal diplomatic relations with the Cuban government while pledging to increase contacts with critics of President Fidel Castro.
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The foreign ministers&#39; meeting of the European Union (EU) decided in Luxembourg Monday to lift the arms ban against Libya, which the bloc imposed 18 years ago.
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PORTO, Portugal  - European Union finance ministers and central bankers agreed on Saturday to step up co-operation among themselves to improve their handling of cross-border financial crises.
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Raul Castro said Monday that Communist Party leaders support his brother Fidelâs re-election to parliament.
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Speaking after meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, Straw said that he was pleased the European Commission had recommended the European Union open accession talks with Ankara.
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In a bid to thaw icy relations with Europe after last year's crackdown on dissent, Cuban authorities released well-known writer Raul Rivero and four other dissidents as the EU reviews diplomatic sanctions against the island nation.
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The European Union suspended diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, easing a standoff triggered by a clampdown on dissidents by Havana in 2003 -- but it vowed to maintain pressure on Fidel Castro.
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Spain and Cuba said on Thursday they had  held talks on human rights, an issue that led to a diplomatic  freeze with the European Union, but did not say whether they  discussed 59 dissidents held in prison in Cuba.
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European Union (EU) officials agreed in principle to lift an arms embargo on Libya after pressure from Italy.
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Cuba ended a diplomatic deadlock with  eight European Union nations on Monday in response to proposals  by EU officials to stop inviting dissidents to National Day  receptions in Havana.
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EU member states have failed to agree to normalise ties with Cuba, opting instead to extend a suspension of sanctions on the communist Caribbean island, European diplomats said Thursday.
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The revised team of European commissioners headed by Jose Manuel Durao Barroso was approved by the European Parliament (EP) on Thursday.