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HEADLINES
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1. Europe awaits 'new deal' from President Obama
2. Polish president given prickly mandate for EU summit
3. MEPs back penalties for hiring irregular migrants
4. Barcelona to host Mediterranean Union headquarters

THE NEWS
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1. Europe awaits 'new deal' from President Obama - 05.11.2008 - 09:26
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Europe has welcomed the victory of the democratic candidate in the US presidential elections, with the French leader Nicolas Sarkozy praising the choice of "change" and "optimism" by the American voters, while Brussels urged for a "new deal in a new world" under the leadership of Barack Obama.
http://euobserver.com/9/27050/?rk=1

2. Polish president given prickly mandate for EU summit - 05.11.2008 - 09:27
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The Polish government will let Polish President Lech Kaczynski go alone to Friday's EU summit, to avoid another fiasco over chairs at the top table. But it will give him a hard to digest pro-euro and pro-Lisbon treaty mandate.
http://euobserver.com/9/27052/?rk=1

3. MEPs back penalties for hiring irregular migrants - 05.11.2008 - 09:29
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The European Parliament civil liberties committee has backed the idea of introducing sanctions, administrative as well as criminal, against employers who hire undocumented immigrants from outside Europe. But such outcome is likely to meet opposition in some EU member states who oppose criminal penalties.
http://euobserver.com/9/27051/?rk=1

4. Barcelona to host Mediterranean Union headquarters - 04.11.2008 - 17:48
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The headquarters of the recently launched Union for the Mediterranean will be located in Barcelona, Spain, foreign ministers of the countries participating in the project decided on Tuesday.
http://euobserver.com/9/27045/?rk=1