Mugabe to be asked to EU summit
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Portugal is to invite Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to an EU summit, while hoping he will decline.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was to hold talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki Friday on the last day of his farewell African tour, with Zimbabwe likely to figure highly on the agenda.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday accused the regime of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe of &quot;unspeakable acts&quot; but said December&#39;s EU-African Union summit would go ahead even if he attended.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown has threatened to boycott a summit of African and European leaders in Lisbon later this year if Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attended.
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Description: European heads of state gather in Brussels for a summit to begin talks over Turkish membership in the European Union.
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The incoming European Commission president is to meet parliament heads to defuse the crisis over his proposed justice commissioner.
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France said Wednesday it would host a high-level summit in New York later this month to discuss peace and security issues in Africa.
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The incoming president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, is to meet party leaders in the European Parliament. This morning&#39;s meeting is a bid to avert a crisis over the nomination of Italian Rocco Buttiglione as Justice Commissioner.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he will not go to a summit if Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe is there.
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A trio of top EU officials was in Moscow on Monday to try to bridge the gap between Russia and the European Union over the future of Kosovo.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (IPS) - Louis Michel, the European Union's aid chief,  will urge that the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda seek a  peaceful solution to their problems when he visits East Africa  this week.
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South African President Thabo  Mbeki travels to Zimbabwe on Thursday to meet officials of the  ruling ZANU-PF and main opposition parties after reports that a  deal to end a political crisis was imminent.
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European Union leaders, worried that  Kosovo's push for independence could trigger instability in the  Balkans, were set to offer Serbia a fast-track route to joining  the bloc at a summit on Friday.
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The Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, has called for unity during a speech to thousands of ruling party members in the capital Harare.
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe called  for unity on Thursday amid rare public jostling within his  ruling ZANU-PF party over who will eventually succeed the  controversial 80-year-old leader.
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Tony Blair, the British prime minister, wants Africa to be the &quot;top priority&quot; for a new European Union military force that could be deployed in crisis areas at short notice.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown renewed Thursday a warning that Britain will boycott a summit of European and African leaders if Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends.