Egypt rejects European parliament rights vote
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Friday rejected a European Parliament resolution criticising Egypt's human rights record, the official MENA news agency said.
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European Union criticism of Egypt's human rights record has forced government officials on the defensive over allegations of torture, the decades-old emergency law and the status of minorities.
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A committee votes against Italian Rocco Buttiglione as the EU's next justice commissioner, officials say.
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Police barred voters from polling stations and arrested about 100 opposition members Monday, activists said, as Egyptians chose members of the upper chamber of parliament in an election marred by violence that killed one person.
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The Dutch government rejected mounting calls for a referendum on Europe's new reform treaty today, two years after voters in the Netherlands killed off the European constitution in a referendum that stunned the EU.
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Israel's parliament voted on Monday  to reject a session-opening speech by Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon, dealing a symbolic setback to his disputed plan to  withdraw from some occupied territory.
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Euro MPs reject a bid by MEPs from Nordic and Baltic states to tighten the legal definition of vodka.
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A French amnesty law forbids media from reporting the details of the legal procedure that Barrot faced. Barrotâs resignation was also demanded by Britainâs anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP), which provoked
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One man was killed on Monday in a clash between supporters of rival candidates as Egyptians voted in an election for parliament&#39;s upper house amid a massive crackdown on the main opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood.
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UEFA on Friday rejected Lille's protest about Manchester United's controversial winning goal in their Champions League clash.
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Dutch Labour MPs decide not to back calls for a referendum on the European Union's new Reform Treaty.
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The EU rejects calls for Communist Party symbols to be banned alongside those of the Nazis.
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Egypt's foreign minister said Saturday that his country would not invite Iraqi opposition groups to a high-level conference on Iraqi elections planned next month at an Egyptian resort.
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Britain and Germany, backed by The Netherlands, have rejected a draft EU declaration calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East.
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The Dutch government on Friday opposed holding a referendum on a new EU constitutional treaty which risks opening up new divisions over Europe.
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The Iranian parliament votes against key parts of a reform plan aimed at opening the economy to foreign investment.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's Parliament on Saturday failed to approve changes to electoral laws that the opposition wanted to prevent official fraud in a rerun of a presidential election later this month.