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2009 is Litmus Test for Turkey’s EU Bid

 EU says 2009 is litmus test for Turkey’s entry bid Turkey must overcome internal divisions and get back to long-delayed reforms early next year to show it is serious about wanting to join the European Union, the bloc's enlargement chief said. "Next year will be an important litmus test of whether Turkey is serious about its EU accession perspective," EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said in an interview with the Reuters news agency. "After one or two years of domestic difficulties
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Russia denies supplying S-300 missile systems to Iran
China successfully orbits its 3rd weather satellite
Russian, U.S. ISS astronauts taking part in spacewalk
PKK frets about Turkish pressure on Northern Iraq Authority
2009 is Litmus Test for Turkey’s EU Bid
Iran Calls For Asian Unity
Mumbai Hotels Reopen After Terrorist Attacks
Iraq Wants Australian Troops Out by the End of the Year
2008 In Review: Russia, EU See Caspian Energy Dreams Deferred

 Unemployed masses worry stability-obsessed China
 Has Global Stag-Deflation Arrived? (by Nouriel Roubini)

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  Russian strategic bombers fly over the Arctic on routine patrol
  Most workers rescued from flooded Chinese coal mine
  100 kg of marijuana seized in Russia's Far East
  Let Developing Nations Rule (by Dani Rodrik)
  Has Global Stag-Deflation Arrived? (by Nouriel Roubini)
  Turkey Announces Budget Deficit as 8.3 Bln Ytl in 11 Months
  OPEC Approves Production Cut
 
  2009 is Litmus Test for Turkey’s EU Bid
  2008 In Review: Russia, EU See Caspian Energy Dreams Deferred
  Putin Warns Businesses On Excessive Job Cuts
Central Asia World
  Mumbai Hotels Reopen After Terrorist Attacks
  Mullen: 30,000 New Troops In Afghanistan By Summer
  NATO Says Allies Must Follow U.S. In Boosting Afghan Forces
  India test-fires supersonic cruise missile
  PKK frets about Turkish pressure on Northern Iraq Authority
  Iran Calls For Asian Unity
  Iraq Wants Australian Troops Out by the End of the Year
  Iraq Says Iranian Opposition Exiles Must Leave
  Russia denies supplying S-300 missile systems to Iran
  China successfully orbits its 3rd weather satellite
  Russian, U.S. ISS astronauts taking part in spacewalk
  United Nations World Food Programme tie up with Eastern SkyJets
Balkans & Black Sea Caucasus Americas
  EULEX Launches, But Devil Is In The Details
  Bosnian Schools Teach Reading, Writing and Division
  Two Bosnian Serbs Indicted Over Wartime Killings
  Bulgarian Railways to Sack Workers over Financial Crisis Effects
  Nicaraguan president backs Abkhazia, S.Ossetia, plans visit
  New Challenge by OPEC
  Ukranian President in Check
  Belarus 'to recognize Abkhazia, S.Ossetia soon'
  Obama unveils task force to help families
  Latin American leaders urge end to U.S. embargo on Cuba
  The Last of the Neo-Cons (by Ian Buruma)
  Obama Picks Dream Green Team

 Neighbors Agree to Cooperate With Afghanistan to Stabilize the Country
 2008 In Review: Russia, EU See Caspian Energy Dreams Deferred

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