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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9103

6 January 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/palestine
EU calls for calm just three weeks from elections - Problem of Jerusalem East also causes European observers concern

Brussels, 05/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - The EU High Representative for CFSP, Javier Solana, has called on the Palestinian Authority to do everything in its power to restore peace and order in the Gaza Strip where, just three weeks from Palestinian legislative elections to be held on 25 January, the security situation is increasingly precarious. On Wednesday, at the Rafah border crossing where the EU established civilian monitors to oversee border controls last November, several dozen armed...