July, 2007

• 28 July

  Egypt says it’s stepping up crackdown on copyright piracy after US criticism

  Egypt is stepping up efforts to control rampant piracy of copyrighted material, officials said Thursday, after the United States put the country on a watch list of 12 countries that could bring economic sanctions.

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• 28 July

  North Korea head of state arrives in Egypt

  North Korean de facto head of state  Kim Jong-Nam arrived in Egypt on Thursday for a visit that will include talks with President Hosni Mubarak, the official MENA news agency reported.

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• 28 July

  Egypt: Suez Canal Revenues Increase

  Revenues from Egypt’s Suez Canal have risen 9.7 percent this year to $4.17 billion, said the canal’s chief Thursday.

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• 26 July

  PSD agita iar motiunea

  Liderii PSD au fluturat din nou sperietoarea motiunii de cenzura daca Guvernul nu va aloca bani primarilor social-democrati. Amenintarea a mai fost folosita de pesedisti la sfarsitul lunii iunie, pretextul invocat la acea vreme fiind o eventuala neadoptare a legii pensiilor.

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• 26 July

  Codul de Procedură Penală: Inculpatul îşi va putea negocia pedeapsa cu procurorul

  Inculpatul va putea să negocieze cu procurorul o pedeapsă mai mică. Este doar una dintre schimbările, aprobate ieri de Guvern, care vor fi aduse noului Cod de Procedură Penală. Negocierea între cele două părÅ£i, inculpat – procuror, se va numi “acord de recunoaÅŸtere a vinovăţiei” ÅŸi se va aplica doar …

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• 26 July

  Greece mourns death of two fire-fighting pilots, as heat wave continues

  The military aviation services are observing two days of mourning, following the deaths of two pilots, killed on Monday (July 23rd) when their firefighting plane crashed while trying to put out a blaze caused by record heat on the island of Evia.

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• 26 July

  Serbia appoints Radovanovic as new chief prosecutor

  The High Judicial Council decided on Tuesday (July 24th) to appoint Slobodan Radovanovic as acting public prosecutor. Parliament relieved state public prosecutor Slobodan Jankovic and district public prosecutor Milovan Bozovic of their duties Monday.

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• 26 July

  Bulgaria thanks officials who intervened on medics’ behalf

  French President Nicolas Sarkozy, his wife Cecilia Sarkozy and EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner became “honourable citizens of Sofia” on Tuesday (July 24th) , following an extraordinary session of Sofia’s Municipal Council.

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• 26 July

  OSCE Secretary-General vows to support democracy in Kosovo

  OSCE Secretary-General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut met with heads of the Kosovo parliamentary caucuses on Tuesday (July 24th) in Pristina. He assured them that Kosovo institutions would receive OSCE support even after the final status of the province is resolved.

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• 26 July

  Turkey releases Kurdish activist

  Prosecutors on Tuesday (July 24th) ordered the release of a prominent Kurdish activist after she won a seat in parliament Sunday. Sebahat Tuncel had been indicted on charges of belonging to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party terrorist group.

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