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Azerbaijan win 2011 Eurovision Song Contest

Sun, 15 May 2011 13:57:51 GMT

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Eurovision Song Contest

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"Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Final" — Eurovision, May 14, 2011
"Azerbaijan wins the Eurovision Song Contest" — BBC News Online, May 15, 2011
"Winner's Press Conference: "We want to bring Europe together"" — Eurovision.tv, May 15, 2011
"Eurovision 2011: Semifinals results revealed" — ESC Today, May 15, 2011

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At least eight dead after bus crash in Albania

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:06:25 GMT

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Albania

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"Eight die in Albania bus crash" — Sydney Morning Herald, November 9, 2010
"8 die, 41 injured as bus falls off cliff in Albania during rainstorm" — The Canadian Press, November 9, 2010

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European Commission publishes progress report on Western Balkans

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:57:13 GMT

Friday, October 16, 2009

Albania

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"EC publishes progress report on Western Balkans" — SETimes, October 14, 2009
Clive Leviev-Sawyer. "Solving the name dispute is key to Macedonia’s EU hopes" — The Sofia Echo, October 14, 2009
"‘Year of progress’ in Western Balkans, says European Commission" — The Sofia Echo, October 14, 2009

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European Parliament committee backs visa-free travel for Balkan countries

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:11:29 GMT

Friday, October 9, 2009

European Union

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"Visa decision expected in November" — B92, October 8, 2009

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NATO summit in Bucharest enters second day

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:16:47 GMT

Thursday, April 3, 2008

President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush yesterday, with Romania’s President Traian Basescu and Mrs. Maria Basescu, left, and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Mrs. Jeannine de Hoop Scheffer during the NATO Summit official greeting at the Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest.
Image: White House/Chris Greenberg.

One of the biggest gatherings of world leaders, the 20th annual NATO summit which began on Wednesday continued today in Bucharest.

NATO leaders begin negotiations in earnest over Afghanistan Thursday, after the opening day of their summit in Bucharest saw a successful French offer of more troops, but a public disagreement over the alliance's enlargement.

In the morning, the heads of the 26-strong alliance will hold their first formal working session, picking up on the themes of Wednesday's dinner - enlargement, Kosovo and Afghanistan, plus other issues.

The conflict of interests involves a delicate diplomatic brinkmanship between NATO's historic open-door policy and Russia's feeling that the alliances' borders are growing too close for comfort.

At the Bucharest summit, Albania and Croatia too will begin the formal process of their membership.

NATO's backing of a United States missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic has been harshly condemned by Vladimir Putin, who will be making his first appearance at this year's summit to express his fears of a new arms race.

The leaders of Albania and Croatia will get their first taste of NATO's highest body, when they sit with their counterparts, alongside Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, in a special session.

The ambitions of Macedonia, the southernmost of the former Yugoslav republics -- have been challenged by neighbour Greece in a dispute over its official name.

Greece refuses to recognise the former Yugoslav republic's name because it is the same as that of the northern Greek province of Macedonia and Athens worries that this could imply a claim on its territory.

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"Afghanistan on agenda as NATO leaders meet Ban, Karzai" — AFP, April 3, 2008
"Nato summit begins in Bucharest" — Al Jazeera and agencies, April 3, 2008

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Hijackers with message for Pope seize Turkish airliner

Sun, 08 Oct 2006 03:05:06 GMT

Tuesday, October 3, 2006

Turkish Airlines Flight 1476, a Boeing 737 aircraft with 113 passengers and crew on board was hijacked on Tuesday, during a flight from Tirana, Albania to Istanbul, Turkey by one Turk.

The plane was flown to Brindisi in southern Italy. It sent out an SOS twice in Greek airspace, and both Greece and Italy scrambled F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets to escort it before it landed in Brindisi. The hijacker was unarmed, said the chairman of Turkish Airlines's board of directors, Candan Karlitekin. According to Karlitekin no one was injured.

A Greek defence official who spoke to Reuters said the plane had entered Greek air space at 17:58 local time (14:58 UTC) and four Greek fighters took off to escort it. The Italian air force in turn sent up two F-16s to intercept the plane and reportedly forced it to land.

"Passengers have started to leave the plane," an ENAC spokeswoman said.

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Max Frigione, AP. "2 Turks Hijack Airliner to Protest Pope" — Forbes, October 3, 2006

"Passengers "leave hijacked plane"" — Reuters, October 3, 2006

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