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Polish president refuses to sign EU reform treaty 1 Jul 2008, 0751 hrs ISTPolish President Lech Kaczynski announced in an interview published Tuesday that he will not sign the EU's Lisbon Treaty, saying it was pointless after Irish voters rejected it in a referendum last month.
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President Sarkozy may attend Beijing Olympics 1 Jul 2008, 0050 hrs ISTFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy said he could attend the opening of the Beijing Olympics if talks between China and the Dalai Lama make more progress.
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French soldier fires at 17 during training 1 Jul 2008, 0042 hrs ISTA French soldier shot and wounded 17 people, when he fired live rounds instead of blanks at visitors watching a hostage-taking exercise.
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Spain beat Germany 1-0 to win Euro 2008 championship
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16 wounded during military shooting demonstration in France 30 Jun 2008, 0153 hrs ISTA military shooting demonstration in southeast France on Sunday left 16 people wounded, including children, when real bullets were used instead of blank ones, officials said.
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Discrimination on the ramp? 30 Jun 2008, 0100 hrs ISTThough America stands poised for its first black president in history, the fashion world descending on Paris for this week's couture-show summit will be treated yet again to a "white-out" on the catwalks.
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Dutch hash bars face smoking ban 29 Jun 2008, 0043 hrs ISTOn July 1, the Netherlands will be one of the last European countries to ban smoking in bars and restaurants, complying with EU law.
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Muslim headscarf divides Denmark 28 Jun 2008, 0054 hrs ISTAfter years of thinly veiled hostility between Copenhagen and the Muslim world, a beauty pageant and a proposed law have Danes locking horns over one potent symbol of Islam-the headscarf.
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Romania lets 11-year-old rape victim have abortion 28 Jun 2008, 0030 hrs ISTAn inter-ministerial panel in Romania has ruled that an 11-year-old girl who became pregnant after allegedly being raped by her uncle can have an abortion.
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Orthodox Romania allows 11-yr-old rape victim to undergo abortion 27 Jun 2008, 1529 hrs ISTThe country had been divided in its opinion on the case of the 11-year-old who been raped by her uncle. On Thursday, 20 anti-abortion Orthodox groups had called for her to continue with her pregnancy offering to raise the child.
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