HEADLINES
1. EU leaders to debate new model for world finance
2. Lithuania complicates French rapprochement with Russia
3. ECB move seen as 'insufficient' by France and markets
4. Iceland joining the EU the 'only way,' says Bjork
5. EU planning to take over international supervision of Bosnia
6. Curvy cucumbers could soon be back on EU shelves
7. MEPs vote to tighten rules on toy safety
THE NEWS
1. EU leaders to debate new model for world finance - 07.11.2008 - 09:15
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EU leaders are meeting in Brussels on Friday to have lunch, with an overhaul of the international finance system the sole item on the menu. France has tabled five key priorities that should be translated into concrete proposals within 100 days from a G20 summit in mid-November, which will see global economic players discuss the same topic.
http://euobserver.com/9/27060/?rk=1
2. Lithuania complicates French rapprochement with Russia - 07.11.2008 - 09:27
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The French EU presidency on Thursday (6 November) failed to get Lithuaniaon board for restarting Russia treaty talks, despite a hard-hitting paper from the office of EU top diplomat Javier Solana saying the EU needs Russia to keep EU monitors in Georgia safe
http://euobserver.com/9/27063/?rk=1
3. ECB move seen as 'insufficient' by France and markets - 07.11.2008 - 09:17
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The European Central Bank has cut interest rates by a half percentage point while analysts suggest the markets expected a bolder move and France as theEU's current presidency argues the Frankfurt's decision was "clearly not sufficient."
http://euobserver.com/9/27059/?rk=1
4. Iceland joining the EU the 'only way,' says Bjork - 07.11.2008 - 09:28
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Enigmatic Icelandic pop-star Bjork has said that joining the European Union seems like "the only way" of escaping the severe economic crisis her country is undergoing.
http://euobserver.com/9/27070/?rk=1
5. EU planning to take over international supervision of Bosnia - 07.11.2008 - 09:26
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Increasingly concerned over stalling progress in Bosnia and "inflammatory rhetoric" used by its politicians, EU foreign ministers are expected to adopt on Monday a paper suggesting the bloc should be prepared to take over Bosnia's international supervision next year.
http://euobserver.com/9/27066/?rk=1
6. Curvy cucumbers could soon be back on EU shelves - 07.11.2008 - 09:22
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Funny shaped vegetables and fruits could soon return to super market shelves through-out the European Union, reducing prices by up to 40% and cutting down on the one-fifth of produce wasted.
http://euobserver.com/9/27069/?rk=1
7. MEPs vote to tighten rules on toy safety - 06.11.2008 - 17:58
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Stricter rules on toys imports from China, as well as bans on dangerous substances such a mercury or led in the composition of toys allowed on the EU market could soon apply after an unanimous vote on Thursday in the European Parliament's internal market committee.
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