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EUobserver.com - 24.09.2008

HEADLINES
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1. Capitalism must be more regulated, says Sarkozy2. Merkel joins side of Volkswagen workers in clash with EU court3. Europe's population would soon decline without migrants, says EU stats office4. Carbon capture in Europe can begin to make money by 2030, report says5. Bulgaria and Romania perceived as EU's most corrupt countries6. Brussels to limit price of text messages sent abroad7. Why doesn't Greece like carbon capture?

THE NEWS

1. Capitalism must be more regulated, says Sarkozy - 24.09.2008 - 09:16
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday called for an internationalsummit to be held in November to tackle the global finance crisis and itsconsequences. He said that capitalism should be more "regulated." MrSarkozy, whose country currently holds the EU presidency, has also proposedthat a "common economic space" be established between the EU and Russia.
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2. Merkel joins side of Volkswagen workers in clash with EU court - 24.09.2008 -09:28
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed on Tuesday the so-called VolkswagenLaw, despite criticism from the European Commission and a ruling from theEuropean Court of Justice last year to scrap the legislation protectingdomestic control of the company.
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3. Europe's population would soon decline without migrants, says EU stats office- 24.09.2008 - 09:28

While anti-immigrant feeling is on the rise both amongst Europeanpoliticians and the wider public, ironically, the union's population wouldsoon go into decline without the immigrants that arrive here, according tofresh figures from the EU's statistics office, Eurostat.
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4. Carbon capture in Europe can begin to make money by 2030, report says - 23.09.2008- 17:57

A controversial and experimental technology that hopes to scrub coal-firedpower production of its carbon emissions and store them underground couldindeed be an affordable tool in the European Union's toolbox of alternativeenergy systems that aim to fix our climate problems, according to a newreport.
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5. Bulgaria and Romania perceived as EU's most corrupt countries - 23.09.2008- 17:50

Bulgarians and Romanians perceive their own countries as the most corruptamong EU member states, with Italy, France and Great Britain alsoexperiencing a significant drop in public confidence in the fight againstcorruption, a survey released Tuesday by Transparency International shows.
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6. Brussels to limit price of text messages sent abroad - 23.09.2008 - 17:45

Text messages sent from abroad and other non-voice data services are set tobecome cheaper across the 27-nation EU bloc after the European Commissiontabled a proposal to cap both wholesale and retail charges, arguing thereis "insufficient competitive pressure" on operators to bring these pricesdown.
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7. Why doesn't Greece like carbon capture? - 23.09.2008 - 17:55

Within the Council of Ministers, Greece is one of the biggest opponents ofcarbon capture and storage - or CCS, arguing that there are manyenvironmental worries thrown up by the experimental technology intended toscrub coal plants emissions of their carbon and store the CO2 undergroundforever. The EUobserver recently sat down with Kyriakos Psychas, the Greekmission to the EU's counselor on the environment to understand hiscountry's objections
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