07 November 2008 Sofia – Most people in Bulgaria continue to hold negative views on Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev, according to a poll by Alpha Research quoted by the Angus Reid Global Monitor.
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7 November
Thaci: European Commission Report Accurate
07 November 2008 Pristina - Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, responded to the European Commission’s Progress Report on Thursday.
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7 November
Kosovar Businesses Complain of Bribery
07 November 2008 Pristina – A recent study finds that bribery is an unavoidable part of doing business in Kosovo.
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7 November
Serbian Dinar Continues To Weaken
07 November 2008 Belgrade – The Serbian dinar continued its slide against the euro after a brief respite earlier this month.
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7 November
Albania Ratifies Deal for Hague Convicts
07 November 2008 Tirana – The Albanian parliament has ratified an agreement with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia accepting to take in convicted war criminals.
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7 November
Abbas: PNA not have political prisoners
RAMALLAH, Nov. 7 – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denied on Friday that the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) is holding political prisoners in its prisons, contrary to what Islamic Hamas movement claims.
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7 November
Senior Iraqi backs Obama withdrawal plan
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A senior Iraqi official on Thursday explicitly backed U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s plans to withdraw combat troops from the country by mid-2010, Baghdad’s clearest endorsement yet of Obama’s exit strategy.
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7 November
European politicians defy Israel, sail to Gaza
LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) – Eleven European politicians sailed to Gaza from Cyprus Friday after saying attempts to get to the Palestinian territory via Egypt failed.
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7 November
Russia’s Medvedev urges vigilance after bomb blast
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russia faces a lingering terrorist threat and cannot drop its guard, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday, a day after a suspected suicide bombing killed 12 people.
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7 November
Israel army studies ‘abuse video’
The Israeli military is investigating a video in which a Palestinian detainee appears to be humiliated by a group of Israeli soldiers.
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