November, 2008

• 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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• 7 November

  Big anti-Saakashvili protest in Georgia

  There was tension on the streets of the Georgian capital, with a protest against the presidency of Mikhail Saakashvili.

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