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• Bjorn Lomborg’s “The Copenhagen Consensus Center, a think tank” hopefully will not be the tone-giver of the aimed for COPENHAGEN CONSENSUS.

  
  Sustainabilitank — Authority: 485
  Our website dealt already with the topics brought forward and the persona of Bjorn Lomborg, a Danish idol of the American right. We keep wondering who actually supports his activities – could it be that the support comes just from pay by lobbying-for-business-interests media like The Wall Street Journal, that hired ...
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• Who won in Ukraine? Bandits | James Marson

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 163
  The Orange revolution aim of a democratic, western economy has failed; the losers are the Ukrainian people As Ukraine approaches its first presidential election since the Orange revolution in 2004 , disappointment runs deep. A recent survey shows that 75% of Ukrainians believe the leaders of the street protests, ...
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• New Maritime and Fisheries Commissioner

  
  Embassy of Greece in Poland Press & Communication Office — Authority: 125
  (GREEK NEWS AGENDA) President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso unveiled on November 27, the members of the new Commission. Ruling PASOK deputy Maria Damanaki was nominated European commissioner for maritime affairs and fisheries , a key portfolio with particular interest for Greece, where ...
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• Does Dubai Matter? Ask Ireland.

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 150
  Presumably the rulers of Dubai and Abu Dhabi are currently locked in negotiations regarding the exact terms that will be attached to a “bailout” for Dubai World. We’ll never know the details but if, as seems likely, the final deal involves creditors taking some sort of hit (perhaps getting 75 cents in the ...
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• Can the euro zone survive Greece?

  
  Global Investing — Authority: 124
  Wolfgang Munchau, co-founder and president of Eurointelligence , has raised an uncomfortable prospect for investors in Greece. In a Financial Times column today, the long-time Europe commentator argues that Brussels may not be willing to bail Greece out if it were to default on its debt à la all-but sovereign ...
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• Swiss minarets: is Europe following the Arabs down path of self-pity and xenophobia? | Michael White

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Europe and the Arab street are both grappling with a fast-changing world where Asia is becoming more important for the first time in centuries Reading about the Swiss electorates unexpected vote to ban the building of minarets I thought not just of Nick Griffin and how pleased he must be this morning ("Switzerland ...
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• Ethics and law of Swiss minaret ban

  
  Grahnlaw — Authority: 432
  First, a few thoughts on how we should try to approach difficult questions concerning freedom of thought, conscience and religion. The general understanding in Europe has been that there are universal rights. In Europe the secular state does its best to guarantee that the rights of all are respected, as long as they ...
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• A REMINDER – COPENHAGEN LOOK TO CHINA: The Cleantech Forum in Beijing – December 2-3, 2009 – just before the Copenhagen meeting – may throw light on what China and world business can do if they agree to work jointly. Some say that THE RACE TO REINVENT T

  
  Sustainabilitank — Authority: 485
    http://cleantech.com/cleantechforum/beij… WE POSTED THIS ORIGINALLY ON NOVEMBER 6, 2009 AND POST THIS REMINDER BECAUSE OF THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF CHINA’S PLACE AT THE NEGOTIATION’S TABLE IN COPENHAGEN. Cleantech Forum Beijing. The size of China’s green stimulus program is historically ...
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• Tymon Smith Reviews Saracen at the Gates by Zinaid Meeran

  
  BOOK SA - Reviews — Authority: 432
  Verdict: carrot Carefully balancing hilarity, romance and poignancy, Meeran paints a convincing portrait of a world of fluid identities, rigid customs, crazy lesbian punks and sex-slave traders. A fast-moving, wholly modern romp of a novel that hopefully marks the beginning of a promising career, this is one of the ...
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• EU Lisbon Treaty into force 1 December 2009

  
  Grahnlaw — Authority: 432
  The Lisbon Treaty enters into force Tuesday, 1 December 2009. The consolidated (readable and updated ) versions of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) , were published in the Official Journal of the European Union 9 May 2008 (OJEU 9.5.2008 C 115), and they ...
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• Timeline: Irans nuclear brinkmanship

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  How Iran wrangled with the west over its nuclear ambitions 1974 Irans nuclear ambitions begin with a plan to build a power station in Bushehr on the Gulf coast with German help. It is scrapped after the Islamic revolution but resumes again in the 1990s. 2002 Tehran forced to acknowledge the existence of a ...
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• EU accused of creating problem for new climate change treaty

  
  AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Authority: 156
  There may be a lot of truth to this report, but its going to be a hard time to find any country - EU or US - that is willing to increase funding for much of anything. The rich countries are the major polluters so yes, they most definitely should be funding the poorer countries. It may not be right but that is simply ...
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• European security treaty ‘to end Cold War legacy’ : Dmitry Medvedev

  
  World Military Forum - Latest Military News — Authority: 117
  MOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday unveiled a much-vaunted draft European security treaty which he said would finally end Cold War mentalities, despite a lukewarm reception in the West.Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin smile at the Victory Day...
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• European Parliament: New sloth habitat?

  
  Grahnlaw — Authority: 432
  There was not very much the institutions of the European Union could do, when the Lisbon Treaty agreed by the EU member states went on its ratification tour of 27 capitals, but once it became clear that the amending treaty finally enters into force, all the institutions have a responsibility to get the EU up and ...
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• Ban Ki-moon, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, and Nicolas Sarkozy, descend on Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, to campaign before the third of Humanity Represented at The Commonwealth Meeting held there at High Level – this being the last major meeting before Copenhagen.

  
  Sustainabilitank — Authority: 485
  From Reuters – November 30, 2009: Despite Momentum, No Smooth Path To Climate Deal as seen from The Commonwealth high-level meeting in Port of Spain. Denmark’s Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen walks with France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at the Commonwealth ...
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• EU, China sign agreements on environment, trade

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Nanjing (China), Nov 30 (DPA) Chinese and European Union leaders signed five agreements on trade and environmental technology on Monday as they held a summit focussing on global economic issues and climate change.The one-day summit was co-chaired by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, European Commission President Barroso and ...
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• Open Source as a Model for Business Is Elusive

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  European Commission reaction to Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems has stoked a tricky debate: can open-source software live up to its populist traditions?
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• Viviane Reding picked to re-write EU data protection laws

  
  TelcoNews.com - Telecom and VoIP Industry News — Authority: 142
  Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner who for the past five years has championed consumer rights in the telecommunications and IT arenas, has been picked to take charge of a re-write of the European Union’s 15-year-old data protection laws due to start next year. Reding is famous for slashing the cost of ...
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• New figures on cancer in Europe show a steady decline in mortality but big variations

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 640
  New figures on deaths from cancer in Europe show a steady decline in mortality between the periods 1990-1994 and 2000-2004. Deaths from all cancers in the European Union (EU) between these two periods fell by nine percent in men and eight percent in women, with a large drop among the middle-aged population.
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• In praise of… Neelie Kroes

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 163
  So much for the spirit of European co-operation. The scramble for posts in the new EU commission has been as selfish as ever. Each member state has eyed its own advantages. Is a minor portfolio now worth trading for a shot at the European Central Bank presidency later? Or, in Britains case, is a low-profile foreign ...
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