Belgium stalemate hits record 149 days
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Belgium reached a record of 149 days without an acting government Tuesday, and slumped closer to a collapse of coalition talks between the country's French- and Dutch-speaking politicians.
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The European Union has asked Russia to explain the bloody end to the school siege, which resulted in a huge loss of life. In a statement in the name of the presidency of the 25-nation EU, Dutch Foreign Minister
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Belgium arrested 14 suspects and stepped up security on Friday after thwarting what it said was a plot to spring from jail an al Qaeda suspect arrested in September 2001 for plotting attacks on U.S. targets.
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BRUSSELS -- Belgian voters punished the outgoing liberal-socialist government in an election yesterday and cleared the way for Flemish leader Yves Leterme to become prime minister. Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt conceded that his eight-year term as prime minister was at an end after his liberals slid from being Flanders's strongest party to third place, with most of the results counted. ...
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Some 20,000 Belgians demonstrated in Brussels Saturday against the erosion of their spending power as the country's months-old political crisis begins to hit people's pockets.
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A Victoria Cross awarded to a veteran of the World War I battle of Gallipoli has set a new world record after a collection of his medals sold at auction for one million dollars (750,000 US).
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BRUSSELS, Belgium   Divisions over how to fight global warming threatened to overshadow Thursday's summit meeting aimed at making the European Union the world leader in the battle against climate change.Comment
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A sense of crisis prevails in Belgium, as separatists want to slice the country horizontally along ethnic lines.
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Belgian captain Bart Goor was suspended Wednesday for five matches after spitting at an opponent during the World Cup qualifier against Spain earlier this month, a penalty which could mark the end of his international career.
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Belgium arrested 14 suspects and stepped up security in public places on Friday after thwarting a plot to spring from jail an al Qaeda suspect arrested in September 2001 for plotting attacks on U.S. targets.
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PRISTINA, Dec 6 (IPS) - The Troika mediating between Serbia and its  breakaway southern province Kosovo has had to acknowledge that  its 120-day mediation period has really led nowhere.
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Politics: 31 December 2004, Friday. The Netherlands six-month presidency of the European Union ends Friday, giving way to Luxembourg.
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More red cards have been shown at this World Cup than at any other, with 12 games remaining.
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BRUSSELS -- Belgian voters punished the outgoing liberal-socialist government in an election yesterday and cleared the way for Flemish leader Yves Leterme to become prime minister.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - Belgium&#39;s soccer captain was suspended for five games by FIFA on Wednesday for spitting at an opponent during this month&#39;s World Cup qualifier against Spain.
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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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The draft of the December 17, which was prepared by Term President Netherlands, was leaked to the press. The draft asserts that Turkey can not be a EU member until 2014.