Brussels, 11/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - Syria and the European Commission will earmark an Association Agreement in Damascus on 14 December 2008 that will follow on from the 2007 Cooperation Agreement. The pencilling of the deal is just the first stage in a procedure which it is hoped will be speedier and more successful than the one initiated in 2004 (where the final deal was never signed). The previous agreement was not signed because of opposition from some EU Member States (France and the...