14.06.2008 - The EU's Lisbon Treaty: Frequently Asked Questions
What is the
Treaty of Lisbon?  
After the failure of its forerunner, the European Constitution, which was rejected in 2005 by voters in France and the Netherlands, the Treaty of Lisbon, also called the European reform treaty, was conceived as an alternative series of amendments to two existing EU treaties, the Treaty on the European Union (Maastricht) and the Treaty Establishing the European Community (Rome). 
 
The Treaty of Lisbon, which was approved by EU leaders at an EU summit in the Portuguese capital in December 2007, is a blueprint for running the 27-member European Union more efficiently...

14.06.2008 - Rice criticises Israel ahead of talks
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called Jewish settlement building "a problem" and said Israel had not done enough to ease restrictions on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Rice arrived in Israel on Saturday for her latest round of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, aimed at moving the Middle East peace process forward...

14.06.2008 - Taliban fighters escape after prison bombing
Afghan and foreign troops are hunting for hundreds of prisoners, including militants, who escaped the main prison in southern Kandahar city after a raid by Taliban insurgents. Militants used two suicide bombers to blast their way into the compound, before gunmen on motorcycles stormed the prison...

14.06.2008 - Mugabe vows to 'fight' to retain power
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has vowed that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change would never rule Zimbabwe and that he was prepared to go to war to keep them from taking power.  MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and 11 MDC colleagues were held by police for three hours on Saturday after being taken into custody at a roadblock...

14.06.2008 - Reigning champs Greece knocked out of Euro 2008
Reigning European soccer champions Greece have been knocked out of the Euro 2008 after losing to Russia 1-0 in their Group D match in Salzburg. Greece, surprise winners of the European Championship in Portugal four years ago, have now lost their first two matches...

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