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Gay rights advocate Cathy Ashton is new EU foreign affairs chief

Pink News  5 days ago

Baroness Cathy Ashton, who won Stonewall's Politician of the Year award in 2006, has been named as the new European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
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Online campaign takes on gender inequities in EU government

America Blog  5 days ago

I'm sitting in the hotel lobby in Barcelona talking to an interesting English guy, Jon Worth, who, along with a small group of friends, just launched a campaign to push for more women on the European Commission.
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EU cracks down on mobile services

BBC Technology News  Nov 17 09

Websites mis-selling mobile ringtones are forced to clean up their acts, following a European Union crackdown.
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Gallup: 700M In World Would Like To Live In A Different Country, USA Top Choice

Joe My God  Nov 05 09

According to a two year survey of 135 countries, Gallup estimates that 700 million adults in the world (16% of the adult population) would like to live in a different country, with about 25% naming the United States as their dream home.
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EU court bans crucifix in Italian schools

America Blog  Nov 04 09

This is a very big move by the European Union court. Though the court has been asserting itself on business issues such as competition, social issues have been less controversial.
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UK breaking up 'too big to fail' banks

America Blog  Oct 28 09

The US is behind the curve on this issue, like most issues related to moving beyond the massive financial collapse.
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EU breaking up mega bank to stop 'too big to fail' problem

America Blog  Oct 27 09

There is a bit of momentum in the US for this now that Washington has taken notice of voter anger over the bank bonuses.
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Euro Commission Tells EU Applicants to Respect GLBT Rights

Gay Agenda  Oct 20 09

GLBT rights are a prominent topic in the European Commission’s Oct. 14 progress reports on the seven countries that are planning to join the European Union: Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia and Kosovo.
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Euro Commission tells EU applicants to respect gay rights

Pink Paper  Oct 20 09

Gay rights are a prominent topic in the European Commission's 14 October progress reports on the seven countries that are planning to join the European Union.
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Should we take gay pride parades seriously?

Google Gay Pride News / Student Life  Oct 09 09

Should we take gay pride parades seriously?Student LifeLast week in Serbia, the Serbian government canceled the national gay pride parade, despite warnings from a European Union caucus that the .
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EU consults on Microsoft pledges

BBC Technology News  Oct 07 09

The European Union begins an investigation to see whether Microsoft is upholding pledges to curb anti-competitive practices.
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I'm Still On The Right

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  Sep 29 09

On Europe's right, that is: Europe’s center-right parties have embraced many ideas of the left: generous welfare benefits, nationalized health care, sharp restrictions on carbon emissions, the ceding of some sovereignty to the European Union.
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EU Condemns Lithuania's Anti-Gay Law

Joe My God  Sep 18 09

Yesterday the European Union approved a resolution condemning Lithuania's new outlawing of any mention of homosexuality in public schools or media "accessible by young people.
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E.U. OPPOSES LITHUANIAN 'SECTION 28'

GCN.ie  Sep 18 09

The European Union has voted to adopt a resolution criticising a recent the passing of a recent Lithuania law which prohibits any mention of homosexuality in schools or in media accessible by young people.
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Serbian government vows to protect gay pride march

Google Gay Pride News / eTaiwan News  Sep 17 09

San Francisco Bay Times Serbian government vows to protect gay pride marcheTaiwan NewsAP Serbia's government promised Thursday to deploy several thousand police officers to protect a gay pride march that extremist groups have .
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European Union's Empty Threats Over Lithuania's Gay Book Ban

Queerty  Sep 17 09

European's Parliament voted to "condemn" Lithuania's new "no gay propaganda" law, which takes effect in March and bans books and movies from mentioning anything homo.
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EU opposes Lithuania's 'Section 28′ homosexuality law

Pink News  Sep 17 09

The European Union today voted to adopt a resolution criticising a recent law passed by Lithuania which prohibits any mention of homosexuality in schools or in media accessible by young people.
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Mugabe slams "bloody whites" as EU delegation arrives

America Blog  Sep 13 09

As someone who believes post-colonialism is still pilfering the African continent, this is counter production to moving the continent forward.
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Lithuania Condemned By Amnesty International

Gay Agenda  Sep 11 09

Amnesty International, one of the World’s leading human rights organizations has condemned plans by Lithuania to criminalize the “promotion” of homosexuality.
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US to start taxing foreign visitors

America Blog  Sep 05 09

As if the time consuming and annoying visa documents weren't enough, now the US wants to punish foreign visitors even more.
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