France, Spain Reject Refugee Center Plan
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The controversial Italian-German plan aimed at creating holding centers in North Africa for would-be refugees was in danger of being sunk by France and Spain on Monday.
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Voters in Switzerland reject measures to give the children of immigrants the right to become Swiss citizens.
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The Spanish government rejected out of hand a new peace proposal made Sunday by Basque separatists because it did not renounce violence, reports the Scotsman.
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France and Germany spoke out Wednesday against a U.S. proposal to put NATO in charge of the military and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, but U.S. and other officials said the alliance would go ahead and develop options for merging the missions.
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In a major broadside, President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin rejected a senior government minister's idea of using state funds to build mosques and train Islamic religious leaders.
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SPAIN MADRID -- Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero told the Basque regional premier yesterday his plan for virtual independence from Madrid was a dead end and rejected any negotiations on the matter. But the Basque leader Juan Jose Ibarretxe remained defiant, saying that if his plan was rejected by Madrid he would still put it to the Basque ...
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European Union finance ministers gave a cold shoulder Saturday to France's contentious proposal to cut off development funds for EU newcomers unless they agree to stop luring Western companies &#151; and jobs &#151; with low tax rates.
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QUETTA, Pakistan  - Pakistani authorities have put off plans to shut down one of the oldest camps for Afghan refugees, saying its inhabitants have refused to go home or to be relocated, a government official said.
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GENEVA  - Dashing the chance for almost 200,000 youngsters to get citizenship easily, voters in this Alpine country rejected two government proposals to loosen tough naturalization rules in a referendum Sunday.
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Spain's ruling Socialists on Saturday put the rejection of any new peace talks with the armed Basque separatist group ETA at the heart of their campaign for a March 9 general election.
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France issued an implicit criticism of   U.S. foreign policy on Thursday, rejecting talk of a "war on   terror."
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EU leaders clashed today over a plan to set up camps in North Africa to process immigrants and asylum seekers to help stop the flow of illegal migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe.
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France and Germany spoke out Wednesday against a US proposal to put NATO in charge of the military and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, but US and other officials
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Spain's parliament overhwelmingly rejected a plan by the moderate leader of the Basque country for greater autonomy for the restless region in the north of the country.
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By PAUL FOY  SALT LAKE CITY - The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday rejected a bitterly contested plan to create a nuclear waste stockpile at an American Indian reservation in Utah's west desert.  Sen.
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France issued an implicit criticism of  U.S. foreign policy on Thursday, rejecting talk of a "war on  terror."
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Germany and France backed away from their call to set a firm deadline for Turkey over its troubled EU candidacy as they warned Syria not to destabilise Lebanon.