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July 6, 2010 12:32 PM

Bronislaw Komorowski declared winner in Polish presidential election

Bronislaw Komorowski has been officially declared the winner of the Polish presidential election. According to election officials the acting president won 53.01 per cent of the vote while rival Jaroslaw Kaczynski got 46.99 per cent. Mr Kaczynski had initially accepted defeat based on an exit poll, b...

July 6, 2010 12:32 PM

Bronislaw Komorowski declared winner in Polish presidential election

Bronislaw Komorowski has been officially declared the winner of the Polish presidential election. According to election officials the acting president won 53.01 per cent of the vote while rival Jaroslaw Kaczynski got 46.99 per cent. Mr Kaczynski had initially accepted defeat based on an exit poll, b...

July 6, 2010 12:32 PM

EU to withdraw Sri Lanka trade concessions deal

The European Union has decided to withdraw Sri Lanka's preferential trade access to EU markets after it failed to improve its human rights record. The concessions will be stopped on 15 August on a temporary basis. The move follows Sri Lanka's refusal to implement human right conventions. T...

July 6, 2010 12:32 PM

EU to withdraw Sri Lanka trade concessions deal

The European Union has decided to withdraw Sri Lanka's preferential trade access to EU markets after it failed to improve its human rights record. The concessions will be stopped on 15 August on a temporary basis. The move follows Sri Lanka's refusal to implement human right conventions. T...

July 6, 2010 12:21 PM

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to meet Obama

Israel's move to ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip has been widely welcomed by the European governments and in Washington, as the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet President Obama today. A White House spokesman said Mr. Obama is looking forward to the next step to the Middle...

July 6, 2010 12:21 PM

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to meet Obama

Israel's move to ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip has been widely welcomed by the European governments and in Washington, as the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet President Obama today. A White House spokesman said Mr. Obama is looking forward to the next step to the Middle...

July 6, 2010 11:24 AM

Pak rules out possibility of talks with militant groups?

<br/>The Pakistan government today ruled out the possibility of talks with militant groups, saying dialogue could not be held with terrorists who had attacked shrines and places of worship. <br/><br/>Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said, the government's &#0...

July 6, 2010 11:24 AM

Pak rules out possibility of talks with militant groups?

<br/>The Pakistan government today ruled out the possibility of talks with militant groups, saying dialogue could not be held with terrorists who had attacked shrines and places of worship. <br/><br/>Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said, the government's &#0...

July 6, 2010 10:27 AM

Thai state of emergency debated in cabinet

The Thai cabinet is due to consider extending the state of emergency currently in force in the capital, Bangkok and more than twenty provinces. Imposed after months of violent anti-government protests earlier this year, the decree expires tomorrow. Two months of mass anti-government protests by the ...

July 6, 2010 10:27 AM

Thai state of emergency debated in cabinet

The Thai cabinet is due to consider extending the state of emergency currently in force in the capital, Bangkok and more than twenty provinces. Imposed after months of violent anti-government protests earlier this year, the decree expires tomorrow. Two months of mass anti-government protests by the ...

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