EU debates talking to Palestinians
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European Union foreign ministers   debated on Friday whether to engage with an emerging   Palestinian national unity government after the United States   said it opposed lifting an embargo on contacts and aid.
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The European Commission and Arab League hold talks in the region in a bid to improve security in Darfur.
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EU leaders are set to discuss a new treaty on managing the bloc, amid veto threats by the UK and Poland.
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The European Union's foreign policy chief denied Thursday that he recently met with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which the EU has blacklisted as a terrorist organization.
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ROME, Oct 12 (IPS) - The European Union has definite responsibilities in  the Palestine crisis, and must now carry them out, says Luisa  Morgantini, Vice-President of the European Parliament.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei met on Thursday with visiting British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and discussed with him the Middle East peace process.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - The European Union on Monday raised the possibility of sending its monitors back to Gaza's breached border with Egypt and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sought to rally Western support to sideline Hamas.
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European Justice and Home Affairs ministers are to start talks on whether asylum seekers could be processed outside the EU.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas discussed in broad terms yesterday the issues most important to the creation of a Palestinian state in advance of a US-sponsored peace conference proposed for this fall.
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The European Union on Friday condemned the &quot;violent&quot; seizure of power by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and joined the United States in backing beleaguered Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
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The European Union led mounting calls on Monday for Israel to end its crippling four-day-old blockade of Gaza as Egypt came under pressure to open the territory's only access to the outside world that bypasses the Jewish state.
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European Union and Arab leaders have voiced hopes of a breakthrough in the Middle East peace process, following recent statements by Israel and Hamas and a three-day old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel's foreign minister calls for permanent channels of dialogue with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
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European foreign ministers from 10 Mediterranean countries are seeking to create an international force to police the Palestinian territories, the Slovenian foreign ministry said Monday.
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The European Union will resume direct aid to the Palestinians as part of efforts to support President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency cabinet, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Monday.
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The European Union wants to resume  direct aid to the Palestinians to bolster President Mahmoud  Abbas&#39;s emergency cabinet but is still looking at when it can  release funds, EU officials said on Tuesday.
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Jordan&#39;s King Abdullah II on Thursday urged the European Union to support Palestinian education and health services, in talks with EU parliament chief Hans-Gert Poettering.