The European Union will partially re-start accession talks with Turkey on Thursday, the first such talks since negotiations were largely frozen last year.
Turkey’s accession talks stalled over Cyprus last year
EU ambassadors agreed the move on Wednesday.
Last December, the EU suspended negotiations on eight out of 35 “chapters” or policy areas.
For the first time in months, [...]

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The CB-radios are rumbling already- we have a ‘war’ on our hands.
Do you agree with the Bush-Kennedy Plan to “outsource” your job to a Mexican national driver ? Do you remember how the Congress stood up when the farmers circled the Capital with John Deere tractors, and tied-up the city big-time ?
President Bush [...]

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[Israel should let them all in as this will boost their economy, creat jobs, lower crime etc-ed]

Thousands of Ethiopians who say their Jewish roots entitle them to live in Israel are stuck in a squalid camp in Ethiopia, their dream of a promised land fading as Israel scrutinizes their family ties.
Known as ‘Falashas Mura’, the [...]

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SANTA ANA, Calif. — As a top engineer at a major U.S. defense contractor, Chi Mak helped develop some of the most advanced and closely guarded naval technology in the world, including silent-running propulsion systems that can make submarines virtually undetectable.
Now, in a case that experts say could have serious implications for U.S. security, he [...]

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The city council in Brooksville, Florida voted this week to advance a proposal granting city officials the authority to place liens and foreclose on the homes of motorists accused of failing to pay a single $5 parking ticket. Non-homeowners face having their vehicles seized if accused of not paying three parking offenses.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s state-run Zhuhai Zhenrong Corp, the biggest buyer of Iranian crude worldwide, began paying for its oil in euros late last year as Tehran moves to diversify its foreign reserves away from U.S. dollars.
The Chinese firm, which buys more than a tenth of exports from the world’s fourth-largest crude producer, has changed [...]

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