EU anti-death penalty day vetoed
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Poland blocks plans to hold a European day against the death penalty, the EU's Portuguese presidency says
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Harsh words flew Monday between the European Union and Turkey, which announced it had dropped reforms to ban honor killings, The Times of London said.
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A group of Greeks seeking compensation from Germany for a Nazi massacre in 1943 suffered a setback Thursday when the European Union's high court said the claim was not covered by an EU convention on civil and commercial law.
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Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov on Monday vetoed a newly passed law on political parties saying it unfairly treated parliamentary and extra-parliamentary groups by different standards.
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A French amnesty law forbids media from reporting the details of the legal procedure that Barrot faced. Barrotâs resignation was also demanded by Britainâs anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP), which provoked
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WASHINGTON -- Pushing back against the Democratic-led Congress, President Bush vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have eased restraints on federally funded embryonic stem cell research.
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BRUSSELS JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, the incoming president of the European Commission, received a fresh rebuff Tuesday as Parliament refused to endorse the appointment of a commission candidate and the furor continued over Rocco Buttiglione, the proposed
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.  - The Kansas Supreme Court on  Friday ruled that state's death penalty unconstitutional,  handing another victory to opponents of capital punishment.
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President Bush vetoes a bill that would have eased curbs on federal funds for research on stem cells.
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The decision by the European Parliament&#39;s Civil Liberties Committee to reject the nomination of Rocco Buttiglione as European Commissioner for Justice and Security over his comments on homosexuality and marriage is very unfortunate.
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Al Gore's plan for a symbolic switch-off of lights during the UK Live Earth gig is vetoed by the National Grid.
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The European Commission laid out its opposition to plans by Turkey to criminalise adultery yesterday. The proposed law threatens to destabilise Ankara&#39;s bid to open EU entry talks.
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The European Parliament  called on Monday for binding rules to regulate the bloc&#39;s  online music market and protect less powerful artists, but the  proposal was rejected by the bloc&#39;s executive.
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A death row inmate convicted of murdering seven people was spared a lethal injection when federal courts declined to overrule a stay, frustrating the state&#039;s plan for back-to-back executions.
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The European Union, backed by France&#39;s first lady, pushed Monday for an end to the eight-year ordeal of six foreign medics jailed for life for infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV.
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Â· Vote would block funds for eastern Europe projectÂ· Committee says system too costly and untested
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Euroskeptic Czech President Vaclav Klaus has vetoed a law making his country a party to the European arrest warrant, Czech Television reported Tuesday.