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• Taking Stock of the Union's Foreign and Security Policy

  Published: September 30, 2007, 11:41 pm

  Tags: Social Europe Blog, European Union, Foreign Policy, Politics, Solana

  Javier Solana Earlier this year, the European Union celebrated its 50th birthday. In these 50 years, Europe has been transformed. A continent plagued by wars and confrontations has developed into a community of peace, democracy and prosperity. We have stopped killing each other and started to work together. This did not happen by itself. We

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• New Social Europe Journal European Foreign Policy

  Published: October 9, 2007, 12:58 am

  Tags: Social Europe Blog, Foreign Policy, Pes, Foreign Policy, Miliband, News, Politics, Solana

  for Foreign Affairs Javier Solana, Professor David Held from the London School of Economics, German MP Angelica Schwall-D ren and Professor Sebastian Harnisch from Heidelberg University amongst others. This journal also provides background knowledge and political ideas for the PES consultation on the “EU in the World”. The thought

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• WORLD IN BRIEF

  Published: October 22, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: World, Brief, Ali Larijani, Fidel Castro, Iran, Peru, Naples, Rome, United Nations, Darfur, Ming Pao Enterprise Corporation Ltd, Alan Garcia, Auschwitz Birkenau, Dalai Lama, David Peleg, Ehud Olmert, Javier Solana, Khaled Ghazal, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mohammad Ali Hossein

  A Foreign Ministry official said Sunday that Iran's former nuclear negotiator, considered a relative moderate, would attend talks in Rome this week even though he has left his post.

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• Iran Sanctions Are Meant to Prevent War, Bush Aides Say

  Published: October 26, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Iran, Sanctions, Meant, Prevent, War, Bush, Aides, Say, George W Bush, United States, Tehran, The White House, Iraq, United Nations, Condoleezza Rice, Norman Podhoretz, European Union, Bank Mellat, Bank Melli Iran, Henry M Paulson, Javier Solana, Middle East, Mohamed Elbara

  In approving far-reaching, new unilateral sanctions against Iran, President Bush signaled yesterday that he intends to pursue a strategy of gradually escalating financial, diplomatic and political pressure on Tehran, aimed not at starting a new war in the Middle East, his advisers said, but at...

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• EU, Iran to hold nuclear talks

  Published: November 30, 2007, 7:52 am

  Tags: Elham, Iran, London, Tehran, Ahmadinejad, Gholam, Hossein, Ian, Islamic, Jalili, Javier, Mahmoud, Nuclear, Politics, President, Saeed, Solana

  ""Iran today, under the guidance and wisdom of the supreme leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) and its resistance, has become a nuclear nation," Ahmadinejad was quoted as telling prayer leaders in Tehran late...read more

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• NATO Envoys Back Rice In Urging Iran Sanctions

  Published: December 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Nato, Envoys, Back, Rice, Urging, Iran, Sanctions, Condoleezza Rice, Belgium, United States, Brussels, Nicolas Sarkozy, United Nations, Angela Merkel, Frank Walter Steinmeier, Jaap De Hoop Scheffer, Javier Solana, Karel De Gucht, Paris, Sergei Lavrov, China, European Union

  BRUSSELS, Dec. 6 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her counterparts from European allies agreed Thursday to seek new U.N. sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.

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• shark attack solana beach - photos

  Published: April 25, 2008, 1:55 pm

  Tags: Solana Beach Shark Attack, San Diego News, Shark Attack, Shark Attack San Diego, Sign On San Diego

  at San Diego County beachSOLANA BEACH, Calif. (AP) A shark attacked and killed a swimmer who was training in the ocean off San Diego County Friday with a group of local ... read moreMan killed in shark attack near Solana BeachA man swimming in the ocean near Solana Beach was killed this morning by a shark, the AP reports. A man 55 to 60

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• Shark Attack - Shark Attack 2008 - Shark Attack Near San Diego - Shark Attack Initial Press Conference Video - Shark Attack Solana Beach Video

  Published: April 26, 2008, 12:04 am

  Tags: Solana Beach Shark Attack, Shark Attack Solana Beach, San Diego Shark Attack, Shark Attack California, Shark Attack San Diego, Shark Attack

  a human is actually rare.The Solana Beach shark attack was sudden and came without warning. It is estimated that the shark involved in the attack is 12 - 17 feet in length.Solana beach, where the shark attack took place is near San Diego, California and is one of the most-beautiful beaches in the world. Following the shark attack, I have a

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• Truck Rams Train Station In Chicago, Killing Two

  Published: April 26, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Truck, Rams, Train, Station, Chicago, Killing, Two, Dave Martin, San Diego County, Solana Beach, Guinea, Blackwater Worldwide, Chicago Transit Authority, Craig Miller, Dover Delaware, Eve Rodriguez, Larry Langford, Patterson, Randy Webb, Richard Rosenblatt, Rob Hill, Chica

  CHICAGO -- A tractor-trailer rammed into a Chicago Transit Authority train station during the evening rush hour on Friday, killing two people and injuring more than a dozen others, authorities said.

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• San Diego Shocked By Shark Attack

  Published: April 25, 2008, 7:15 pm

  Tags: U S News, Great White Shark, San Diego News, San Diego Shark Attack, Shark Attach Solana Beach, Shark Attack, Shark Attack San Diego, Shark Salana Beach, Sign On San Diego, Solana Beach Shark Attack

  shark attack occurred at Solana Beach, San Diego. The victim, David Martin, was swimming alongside fellow triathlon members at 7:00 am when the shark suddenly shot up out the water fatally wounding the father of four. Martin was 150 yards from the shore when the shark struck, and a marine expert has described such an event in the area as

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• Shark Attack - Shark Attack 2008 - Shark Attack Near San Diego - Shark Attack Initial Press Conference Video - Shark Attack Solana Beach Video

  Published: April 26, 2008, 12:04 am

  Tags: Solana Beach Shark Attack, Shark Attack Solana Beach, San Diego Shark Attack, Shark Attack California, Shark Attack San Diego, Shark Attack

  a human is actually rare.The Solana Beach shark attack was sudden and came without warning. It is estimated that the shark involved in the attack is 12 - 17 feet in length.Solana beach, where the shark attack took place is near San Diego, California and is one of the most-beautiful beaches in the world. Following the shark attack, I have a

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• Spoon Announces Final Tourdates of 2008

  Published: May 2, 2008, 6:59 pm

  Tags: Music, 2008, Britt Daniel, Dates, Fillmore, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Get Up Kids, Rob Pope, San Francisco, Spoon, Tour, Spoon, Fillmore, Knrk, Troutdale, Solana, Britt, Prospect

  Personally, Spoon has never really done it for me. But any band with a former member of the Get Up Kids (in Spoon’s case, bassist Rob Pope ) is a band I will support. And besides, Spoon stacks cred like Visa. Here’s the release: Following on a standing-room-only U.S. tour that culminated in the Don’t You [...]

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• Tehran Urges New Round Of Talks

  Published: May 21, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Tehran, Urges, New, Round, Talks, Iran, George W Bush, Manouchehr Mottaki, Robert Gates, United Nations, United States, Ban Ki Moon, Dana Perino, Dick Cheney, Javier Solana, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Afghanistan, China, David Albright, European Union, France, Germany, Institute

  As the presidential candidates debate whether to deal with the Iranian regime, Tehran has called for new international talks on political, economic and security issues, including its controversial nuclear program and the Arab-Israeli peace process, according to a copy of the proposal released...

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• Bush, E.U. Threaten New Sanctions Against Iran

  Published: June 11, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bush, E U, Threaten, New, Sanctions, Against, Iran, George W Bush, United States, European Union, Stephen Hadley, United Nations, China, International Atomic Energy Agency, Berlin, Janez Jansa, Javier Solana, Jon Alterman, Jose Manuel Barroso, Tehran, Belfast, Center For Stra

  KRANJ, Slovenia, June 10 -- President Bush and European Union leaders threatened Iran on Tuesday with new financial sanctions unless the country curbs its nuclear ambitions and opens facilities to international inspection.

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• Crackdown on Iranian Banks

  Published: June 11, 2008, 7:52 am

  Tags: Iran, Nukes, Eo 13224, Eo 13382, Iaea, Iranian Banks, Javier Solana, Un Resolution 1737, Un Resolution 1747

  foreign policy chief Javier Solana will take the EU’s offer to Tehran before the end of the month. Washington wants to hurry up, Europe loves stalling. Meanwhile, to the west of Iran is Iraq (we are there). To the east of Iran is Afghanistan (we are there). To the south is the Persian Gulf (we are there). America, therefore, should be

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