Belgian PM becomes EU first president

Herman van Rompuy, the Belgian Prime Minister, has been chosen by EU leaders to be the first permanent European Council President. (photo, from bbc.co.uk)
His job was created by the Lisbon Treaty, as well as foreign affairs supremo. The latter has gone to the EU Trade Commissioner, Baroness Catherine Ashton from the UK.

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Ireland says ‘yes’ to Lisbon Treaty

The European Union’s Lisbon Treaty is back on track, with the Irish voters who approved the 27-nation bloc’s plans for reform.
On Saturday, the electoral office said that 67.1 per cent of voters had said “yes”, reversing the win last year by the “no” campaign. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

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Thousands gather to demand president’s resignation

On Georgia’s independence day, more than 50,000 opposition supporters have gathered (photo, from bbc.co.uk) in order to demand president Mikhail Saakashvili’s resignation.

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Nazi war crimes suspect jailed in Germany

Facing charges of being an accessory to the deaths of 29,000 Jews in World War II, John Demjanjuk, an alleged former Nazi death camp guard to Germany, is in jail in Munich. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

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Walk-out during Iranian president’s speech

Delegates have walked out of a speech by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (photo, from bbc.co.uk), Iran’s president, after he described Israel as a “racist government”, during a United Nations conference on racism.

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Man and son arrested for rape

A man and his son have been arrested on suspicion of raping their daughters in the northern Italian city of Turin.

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Fritzl trial opens

Guilty to incest, “partially” guilty to rape, but not guilty to murder or enslavement, that is what Josef Fritzl, accused of imprisoning his daughter and fathering her children, pleaded when his trial opened. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

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Anti-terror measures ‘actively undermined’ human rights

International human rights law have been seriously undermined by anti-terror measures worldwide, said a report by legal experts. (photo, from bbc.co.uk)

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Dutch anti-Islam MP to be prosecuted

Dutch politician and film-maker Geert Wilders (photo, from aljazeera.net), is to be prosecuted for inciting racial hatred against Muslims.

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Austria : Fritzl trial date named

Joseph Fritzl will go on trial on 16 March, has announced a court in Austria. He is accused of keeping his daughter as a sex slave for 24 years and fathering seven children by her.

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