Government crisis in Belgium bolsters separatist notions
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BRUSSELS - Belgium has given the world Audrey Hepburn, Ren&#xE9; Magritte, the saxophone, and deep-fried potato slices that somehow are called French.
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Italyâs fragile government snapped over internal divisions and skepticism about Europeâs role in fighting terrorism.
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Posted on 12/14/2006 5:14:06 PM PST by Shermy Thousands of Belgians were thrown into a panic by news that the Flemish half of the country had declared independence.Comment
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The island nation's government is receiving new support from an unusual political group.
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The enlargement of the European Union from 15 to 25 member-states with nine new languages has created a kind of linguistic big bang in Brussels, with new headaches for intepreters.
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Belgians oust the coalition government of Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt after eight years in power.
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Belgian authorities plan to step up security measures following a terrorist threat, officials said on Friday.
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By Julien PonthusBRUSSELS  - A French-speaking party agreed on Wednesday to join a coalition that Belgium's caretaker Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt is trying to form, and media reported an interim government could be formed by the end of this week."The prime minister has unblocked the situation," a spokesman for Verhofstadt said of the decision by the Christian Democratic party.Belgium has been without a government since an election in June.Verhofstadt was asked by King Albert to try to end the political deadlock and form an interim government. Read more
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THE HAGUE, Nov 11  - This month&#39;s brutal murder of a filmmaker in the name of radical Islam and the violent reprisals against the Muslim community have exposed a painful rift in traditionally tolerant Dutch society, increasingly torn apart by ethnic
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Belgian caretaker Prime Minister Guy  Verhofstadt accepted a request from King Albert on Monday to  form an interim government and seek to end the country's  political deadlock since a general election in June.
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Belgium&#39;s prime minister-in-waiting,  who has irked Belgium&#39;s French speakers by saying they were too  stupid or unwilling to learn Flemish, could not remember his  country&#39;s anthem on National Day this weekend.
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FLORENCE, Oct 19 (IPS) - "Participatory democracy can be the answer to  the European crisis," says SÃ©golÃ¨ne Royal, Socialist  candidate in the last general election in France.
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Belgian leaders cobbled together an interim government Wednesday that will tackle urgent economic issues, ending a six-month political deadlock.
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With the Lebanese government mired in political crisis, many of the countryâs institutions are crumbling but the army, battling Islamic militants, is a source of unity.
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Belgium's far right Vlaams Blok faces a court ruling that could in effect shut the party down.
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A French-speaking party agreed on Wednesday to join a coalition that Belgium's caretaker Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt is trying to form, and media reported an interim government could be formed by the end of this week.
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Belgium&#39;s prime minister-in-waiting, who has irked Belgium&#39;s French speakers by saying they were too stupid or unwilling to learn Flemish, could not remember his country&#39;s anthem on National Day this weekend.