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Brussels

Type: City

Name: Brussels

Country: Belgium

Latitude: 50.830002

Longitude: 4.33

population: 1,019,022

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 54 Documents

Herman van Rompuy

EU leaders choose Belgian as EU President and British as EU Foreign Minister

BRUSSELS (EJP)---European Union leaders choose Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first permanent EU president at an informal summit meeting in Brussels on Thursday.Before they made the choice, European Socialist leaders, including British ... [European Jewish Press - 19 hours ago]

Entities: European Union, Herman van Rompuy, Brussels, Gordon Brown

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 12 hours ago - 30 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

International Atomic Energy Agency

IAEA head hopes Iran won't miss chance

Article's topics: Iran, Iranian Nuclear Program, Iranian Nuclear Threat, Mohamed El-baradeiArticle's topics: Iran, Iranian Nuclear Program, Iranian Nuclear Threat, Mohamed El-baradeiAs representatives of six world powers met in Brussels on Friday ... [Jerusalem Post - 12 hours ago]

Entities: International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, Sanctions, The Rods, Cristina Gallach

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 21 Documents

Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland

Ashton named EU foreign supremo: diplomats

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Britain's Catherine Ashton was on Thursday named the European Union's new foreign affairs supremo by European leaders meeting in Brussels, two diplomatic sources said."Mrs Ashton has been chosen," one diplomat told AFP."Everything is ... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/19/2009]

Entities: European Union, Brussels, European Commissioner, Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Herman van Rompuy

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 34 Documents

European Union

Andrew Grice: Blair beaten, but a coup for Brown nonetheless

Tony Blair knew the game was up a week ago. He admitted it in telephone calls to Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel. It was clear that the job described as "President of Europe" was going to be nothing of the sort. After eight years of navel-gazing, the ... [The Independent - 1 hour ago]

Entities: European Union, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown

First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 Documents

European Commission

Brussels warns on accounts rules

The European Commission has warned that it will be months before it decides whether to support a radical overhaul of accounting rules on how banks and other financial institutions value their assets ... [FT.com - Brussels - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Brussels, European Commission

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 5 Documents (in Politics)

Fredrik Reinfeldt

The Brussels Name Game: Who Will Fill the EU's Top Jobs?

Who Will Fill the EU's Top Jobs?Female members of the European Parliament protest against the male-dominated candidate list.European leaders are getting ready for a long night of discussions as they prepare to choose the EU's first full-time president ... [Spiegel Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: European Union, Brussels, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Council of the European Union

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 9 Documents (in Politics)

US still hopes Iran will change mind on nuclear deal

WASHINGTON: The United States said Friday it hopes Iran will still accept a confidence-building nuclear deal even as it plans to meet again with five other world powers to discuss steps to end Tehran's defiance.Meeting in Brussels on Friday, the six powers ... [The News International - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, Robert Wood, Tehran

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 29 Documents

European Union: Fading presidential ambitions | Editorial

Who do you call when you want to call Europe? After five years of wrangling designed to deal with the Henry Kissinger question, the EU last night failed to provide a satisfactory answer. The first ever president of the European council is to be the haiku-writing ... [Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009]

Entities: European Union, Tony Blair, Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 11 Documents

Europe picks troupers for starring roles

When the concept of a new president for Europe was first drawn up by Valery Giscard dEstaing, it was assumed widely that the august former French President was writing a job description for himself. It would be a role fit for a former President of France, ... [Times Online - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, European Union, Jean-Claude Juncker, Fredrik Reinfeldt, David Miliband

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents

Lochhead seeks a fair deal for Scottish fishermen at November Council meeting

SCOTTISH Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead has commented about the likely outcomes from Friday’s Fisheries Council meeting in Brussels saying that the Scottish Government is keen to secure the fairest possible deal for Scotland on issues such as the ... [fishnewseu.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Richard Lochhead, Brussels, Scotland, Fisheries

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 Documents

Barroso still seen as 'number one' in Brussels

Herman Van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton may have won the contest to determine the EU's first full-time president and foreign affairs chief, but the real winner may have been the Commission president ... [FT.com - Brussels - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Brussels, Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Herman van Rompuy

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 4 Documents

Herman Van Rompuy furious with Daily Express

HERMAN VAN ROMPUY FURIOUS WITH DAILY EXPRESS Have your say(0)THE Belgian politician chosen as EU President has vented his fury at the Daily Express for branding him a clown, it emerged yesterday.Herman Van Rompuyhas been enraged by our crusade against ... [Daily Express - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Herman van Rompuy, European Union, Winston Churchill, Victor Jones, Ron Roberts

Quotes

"Tomorrow (Friday) in Brussels there will be a meeting of the three-plus-three at the level of political directors, hosted by the European Union" said Cristina Gallach, spokeswoman of E U foreign policy chief Javier Solana

Political: Major Powers To Weigh Sanctions, Iran Dismisses Threats [Forex TV - 2 hours ago]

...Although human cells have no periplasmic compartment, they have an equivalent membrane network called the endoplasmic reticulum. "Since proteins from the DsbG family are widespread and have been identified in the majority of genomes including humans, some of these related members may play similar roles in controlling cysteine oxidation" Carroll said. A better understanding of these biological processes may lead to more effective antioxidant therapies...

Saving the single cysteine: New antioxidant system found [Genetic Engineering News - 3 hours ago]

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Blogs

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Poland: Catholics Propose Adding Cross to Natio... [Global Voices Online - 1 hour ago] The recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Soile Lautsi, who was offended by crucifixes displayed in her child's school in Italy, states: The ...
European Union: Now to make it work [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 1 hour ago] Are Herman van Rompuy and Cathy Ashton the best of all available choices as the European Union council president and the high representative on foreign policy respectively? ...
Advice for Successfully Marketing UCITS III Hed... [HedgeTracker - 4 hours ago] UCITS III may sound like another impenetrable and needless directive from Brussels, however, it has given a new lease of life to fund managers following... ...
The EU's nice stich-up \| Ilana Bet-El [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 6 hours ago] Lady Ashton is apparently a perfectly personable woman, but she was only chosen because she ticked the right boxesIf someone held the patent for the word "nice" ...
Does Europe’s new prez really think it’s a Chri... [FaithWorld - 6 hours ago] Europe’s new president, Herman Van Rompuy, is little known outside his native Belgium. One of the few background facts about him circulating since his election is ...

Audio/Video

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New leaders on the block [CNN International - YouTube - 22 hours ago]
New leaders on the block [CNN.com - Video - 23 hours ago]
Resigning Solana: Good government not revolution [Russia Today - YouTube - 11/19/2009]
Business Update: Opel await fate [Reuters Video: Business - 11/17/2009]
David Cameron promises vote on future EU promises [ITN News - YouTube - 11/04/2009]

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