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British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, flanked by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (left) and European Parliament president Josep Borrell Fontelles.-PAUL O'DRISCOLL/BLOOMBERG NEWS

Compromise budget

The European Union agrees on a figure for expenditure after a heated debate between the rich member-states, which do not want to pay more, and the new

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It is business as usual as foreign buyers and local manufacturers get together at the apparel-sourcing fair at Hangzhou in Zhejiang province in eastern China.-AP

The textile tangle

China imposes export tariffs on 74 textile and apparel lines after the E.U. threatens curbs on imports and the U.S. reimposes quotas on four types of

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Ramush Haradinaj in the Netherlands prior to his initial appearance at the Hague War Crimes Tribunal.-ED OUDENAARDEN/REUTERS

A Kosovar before the Tribunal

The surrender of Kosovo's Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj to The Hague War Crimes Tribunal has helped international justice to be seen not as one-side

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Papal reflections

Memory and Identity: Conversations Between Millenniums (in Italian) by John Paul II; Rizzoli, Rome, 2005; pages 226, $15.62.

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Viktor Yushchenko.-ANATOLY MEDZYK/REUTERS

A loser's victory

The Ukrainian Supreme Court annuls the contentious November 21 presidential elections and orders a re-poll, but peace is likely to elude the badly div

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A protest rally by supporters of Viktor Yushchenko in Kiev's Independence Square on November 23.-MYKOLA LAZARENKO/REUTERS

A disputed verdict

A crisis grips Ukraine as the Opposition alleges rigging of the presidential election, and challenges the official count, which shows the pro-Kremlin

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E.U. leaders before the signing of the new European Constitution at the Orazi and Curiazi Hall in Capitol Place, Rome.-GIULIO NAPOLITANO/AFP

A conservative setback

The new European Commission President withdraws his team of Commissioners as the nomination of a few controversial persons, especially the ultra-conse

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Turkey's new aspiration

Turkey reforms a 78-year-old penal code and shelves a controversial move to reimpose a ban on adultery in a bid to enter the European Union.

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Supporters of the Socialist Party of Serbia hold pictures of former President Slobodan Milosevic at an election rally in Belgrade on December 25.-AFP

Nationalist resurgence

A deteriorating law and order situation and a declining economy prompt Serbians to move closer to the nationalist parties, as is evident from the resu

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E.U. Commission President Romano Prodi looks at the draft of the Constitution during a press conference in Brussels.-DOMENICO STINELLIS/AP

A rift in Europe

The European Union finds itself divided into two groups - the big and small nations - after the Brussels summit failed to adopt the draft Constitution

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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at a press conference following his speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on July 2.-CHRISTIAN LUTZ/ AP

A troubled start

By calling a German member of the European Parliament a Nazi guard, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi commits a diplomatic gaffe on assuming th

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At the European Union summit in Athens on April 17, (from left) Greek Prime Minister and current Chairman of the European Council Costas Simitis, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, European Commission President Romano Prodi (standing) and European Parliament President Pat Cox.-GERARD CERLES/AFP

Emerging divisions in Europe

As the European Union prepares to welcome 10 new members, there are fears of the emergence of a new "wall" and the renewal of hostilities between the

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