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KLdy1 - Jan08 - smoking ban - smokers - cigarettes. (dy1)
Cyprus   Health   Nicosia   Photos   Smoking		  Independent online (SA) 
 Nightclub owners fume over Jan 1 smoking ban
Wed 30 Dec 2009
Nicosia - One of the last bastions of smokers will be stubbed out when Cyprus joins the ranks of its European Union peers in a blanket ban on smoking on January 1. At the stroke of midnight, Cypriots... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks during a budget debate at the Greek Parliament in Athens on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009
Politics   Economy   Finance   Greece   Photos		  The Times 
Greece steers clear of public sector reform
Wed 23 Dec 2009
The Socialist majority in the Greek parliament appeared set to approve the country's 2010 Budget last night. After a tense, five-day debate in the 300-seat chamber, the 160-strong Pasok party was set... (photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis)
Robin - Greenwich Park, London, England  The Daily Mail  Wed 23 Dec 2009
Thousands of robins killed at Christmas to make illegal Cypriot delicacy

Rescued: This robin was lucky as he was saved from the nets by campaigners working to stop the illegal netting of the birds in Cyprus Hundreds of thousands of robins from the UK are being killed... (photo: Creative Commons / Keven Law)
Autumn   Birds   Christmas   Photos   Society
book fair - people watching books in a fair  The Guardian  Wed 23 Dec 2009
The best food books of the decade
The best books of the noughties, as chosen by Fuschia Dunlop, Jay Rayner, Rosie Boycott, Tom Parker Bowles, Allegra McEvedy, Matthew Fort and other leading food writers... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Books   Cooking   Decade   Food   Photos
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Serbian President Boris Tadic, center, listens as his Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic, left, speaks after signing an EU-Serbia accord at an EU foreign ministers meeting at the Kiem Center in Luxembourg, Tuesday April 29, 2008. European Union nations on Tuesday have agreed to sign a pre-membership pact with Serbia. Seated right is EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana. The Times Tue 22 Dec 2009
Serbia begins the long journey to join EU

Serbia sought to consign its recent bloody past to history yesterday by becoming the latest former Yugoslav republic to apply for membership of the EU. The President of... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo)
EU   Photos   Politics   Serbia   War Crimes
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak gestures as he answers reporters during a press conference he gave on the opening day of the 48th Paris Air Show at the Bourget airport, Monday June 15, 2009. Breitbart Tue 22 Dec 2009
Israel passes demands in prisoner swap to Hamas

A Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus holds a picture of a Palestinian... A Palestinian woman stands next to a Christmas tree with names of Palestinian... Israeli... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon)
Barak   Hamas   Israel   Photos   Politics
Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, left, and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, right, shake hands before their meeting at a UN compound in UN buffer zone in the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, March 21, 2008. The Star Mon 21 Dec 2009
Cyprus peace talks to intensify in January - U.N.

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Greeks and Turks in divided Cyprus will step up reunification talks in January to try to clinch a peace deal next year and end a conflict harming... (photo: AP / Petros Karadjias)
Cyprus   Greece   Peace   Photos   Turkey
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, standing center, and his delegation celebrate as Glasgow was announced as the venue for the 2014 Commonwealth Federation Games, beating the bid by Nigeria, during the Commonwealth Federation Games general assembly in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. The Times Mon 21 Dec 2009
Salmond calls for inquiry as Flyglobespan row intensifies

The Scottish government yesterday stepped up demands for an investigation into the collapse of the Flyglobespan travel company as further revelations emerged about the... (photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena)
Airlines   Photos   Salmond   Scotland   Transport
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. In a bid to ease diplomatic tensions between his two neighbors, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu planned to meet leaders in Iraq and Syria later Monday. Iraq and Syria are entangled in a diplomatic dispute over demands that Damascus extradite two suspects wanted in recent suicide attacks on government ministries in Baghdad that killed about 100 people. The tension led both countries to recall their ambassadors. Turkish Press Sat 19 Dec 2009
EU Is A Strategic Target For Turkey, Davutoglu

ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday that European Union (EU) was a strategic target for Turkey, and qualified the obstacles in front of this... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
Ankara   Estonia   News   Photos   Turkey
In this photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, Red Cross workers evacuate a man that was pulled from the water after the Panamanian-flagged ship Danny F II sank 11 miles (17 kilometers) from the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon. A cargo ship carrying 83 crew members and a load of cattle sank off the Lebanese coast Thursday in stormy weather, and hours later rescuers had pulled 12 people from the water, officials said. The Daily Mail Fri 18 Dec 2009
British captain feared dead and 64 crew missing as cargo ship carrying 43,000 sheep capsizes ...
A British captain is feared dead and dozens of people are missing after a cargo ship carrying more than 40,000 sheep sank off the coast of Lebanon in a storm last night.... (photo: AP)
Cargo   Military   Photos   Sheep   Ship


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President Barack Obama during taping of the weekly address, Sept. 25, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Obama cites intelligence flaws amid reprisal strike report Daily Star Lebanon
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A Palestinian boy looks up from the entrance of a smuggling tunnel on the Palestinian side of the border between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt and Rafah in the south of Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. During its offensive in the Gaza Strip, Israel said it destroyed most of the hundreds of tunnels in repeated bombing runs by Israeli jets. But Wednesday, smuggling was under way ag Egypt's Gaza wall months from completion - Israel The Star
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Iranian lawmakers are seen in this photo taken on Sunday Oct. 24, 2004 during their visit to the Isfahan uranium conversion facility in central Iran which is nearing completion. Iran 'seeks Kazakh uranium' Al Jazeera
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. Iran 'close to deal' for Kazakh uranium The Guardian
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