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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9106
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/libya/bulgaria

Colonel Gaddafi issues astonishing statement relating to Bulgarian medical staff

Brussels, 10/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - According to the Sofia Morning News information service of 10 January, the Libyan president, Mouammar Gaddafi asserted during a televised interview that he is “convinced” the Bulgarian medical workers held in Tripoli deliberately inoculated over 400 children with the AIDS virus at the paediatric hospital in Benghazi and that they have admitted carrying out this act under the orders of a certain “John”. “We asked the Bulgarians who gave them...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Europe must assert itself in the global energy game
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/FRANCE: Jacques Chirac calls on June European Council to make institutional adjustments in order to prevent “paralysis” of enlarged EU - Paris will put proposals forward in close cooperation with Berlin
(EU) EU/SECURITY: President Barroso welcomes decision to entrust Michel Barnier with report on civil crisis management
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Peter Straub fully supports Chancellor Schüssel's resolve to revive talks on Constitution and Hubert Gorbach's wish to give greater powers to regions
(EU) EU/JHA/TERRORISM: Confidential fax rekindles polemic on secret prisons - Commission is ready to take action but prefers to wait for results of fact-finding inquiries
(EU) EU/LIBYA/BULGARIA: Colonel Gaddafi issues astonishing statement relating to Bulgarian medical staff
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Secretary General of Council of Europe says Clarence Ray Allen must not be executed
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA:
(EU) EU/FYROM:
(EU) EU/TUNISIA/HUMAN RIGHTS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMPANY LAW: Commission proposals to make it easier for shareholders to exercise their rights within EU
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission encourages mutual recognition of tax rules and SME taxation according to rules in State of residence
(EU) EU/WTO: WTO principal negotiators to meet at end of January at Davos World Economic Forum
(EU) EU/TRADE: Sino-European contacts re-established in anti-dumping enquiry over Chinese and Vietnamese shoes
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT: Timothy Kirkhope worried about Britain's budget deficit which should lead to formal action from Commission
(EU) EU/EMU:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Management plan unveiled for sole and plaice in the North Sea
(EU) EU/BIRD FLU: EU medical experts to meet on 12 January
(EU) EP/CATASTROPHES: MEPs to visit Spain and Portugal
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission sees no current need to legislate on credit rating agencies
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE: Vote on Böge Resolution
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN/TRANSPARENCY/BUDGET:
(EU) EU AUSTRIAN PRESIDENCY/ENERGY: Internal market, security of supply, sustainability of production and consumption are Presidency's energy priorities
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Airline companies fail to overturn 2004 European Regulation on passenger compensation
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Dockers' strike on eve of plenary debate on proposal to liberalise port services
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: IRU expects increase in road transport in 2006 and pleads for cleaner, safer vehicles
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/LISBON STRATEGY: Survey shows only 17% of EU25 regions and cities are happy with their role in national reform programmes - Peter Straub says reform programmes should reflect genuine partnership - Hubert Gorbach wants 'more powers for the Europe of the Regions'
(EU) EU/EESC/JANUARY PLENARY M: artin Bartenstein presents joint programme of Austrian and Finnish EU Presidencies - sustainable development, fundamental rights and justice on agenda - Franz Alt at “Thursday meetings”
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/POVERTY: Joseph Wresinski Circle conferences during first half of 2006
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