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Russia-Georgia conflict, papers seen Friday show, amid growing
recriminations against Tbilisi over its role in fanning the flames.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Georgia</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Russia</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-22T00:23:43Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1227111421.84">        <title>Cyprus backs Russia's European security plans</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1227111421.84</link>        <description>Cypriot President Demetris Christofias voiced support on Wednesday for
Moscow's plans for a new European security pact during talks with his
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1227028626.96">        <title>Russia warns against 'artificial obstacles' for security pact</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1227028626.96</link>        <description>Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned here on Tuesday against
the creation of "artificial obstacles" against Moscow's proposal for a
pan-European security pact.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Russia</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-18T18:51:20Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1227025929.07">        <title>Russia favours EU over NATO for security talks: envoy</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1227025929.07</link>        <description>Russia considers the European Union, rather than NATO, to be its chief interlocutor on pan-European security, Moscow's envoy to the military alliance said on Tuesday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Defence</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Russia</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-18T18:49:31Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1227018722.96">        <title>NATO to push enlargement despite Russian objections</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1227018722.96</link>        <description>NATO will support efforts by former communist nations to join the military alliance despite opposition from Russia, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in Valencia on Tuesday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Defence</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Russia</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-18T18:26:44Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226969223.11">        <title>Cooperation is essential for security in Europe: Lavrov</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226969223.11</link>        <description>Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that cooperation was
essential to guarantee security in Europe, amid continuing tensions over
US plans to deploy an anti-missile system in eastern Europe.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Defence</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Russia</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-18T09:27:31Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226767622.78">        <title>Poles, Czechs brush aside Sarkozy missiles plea</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226767622.78</link>        <description>Poland and the Cezch Republic reacted frostily Saturday to calls by
French President Nicolas Sarkozy for the United States and Russia to
halt the deployment in Europe of missile and anti-missile systems.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Denmark</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Russia</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-15T20:45:14Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226687521.76">        <title>France urges Russia and US to end missile feud</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226687521.76</link>        <description>France's President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Russia and the United States to
stop threatening each other with missiles and missile shields Friday and
called for talks on Europe's future security.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Russia</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-15T00:37:51Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226686621.57">        <title>Czechs surprised by French leader's missile shield stance</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226686621.57</link>        <description>The Czech Republic expressed surprise Friday after French President
Nicolas Sarkozy urged Russia and the United States to end their missile
shield feud and called for a security summit.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Russia</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-15T00:36:29Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226679421.98">        <title>Europe-Russia partnership talks resume on December 2</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226679421.98</link>        <description>Russia and the European Union will resume talks on a strategic
partnership on December 2, three months after they were suspended in the
wake of the Georgian war, an EU spokeswoman said.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Russia</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-14T17:06:16Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226668625.95">        <title>Russian and EU leaders agree on finance reform</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226668625.95</link>        <description>Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday that they had agreed almost identical positions on the financial crisis ahead of a global summit.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Headline</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>European Council</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Russia</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-14T14:17:38Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226665922.74">        <title>Russia calls for restraint over missile row</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226665922.74</link>        <description>Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev called Friday for all sides in the
dispute over rival missile systems in Europe to avoid "unilateral
measures" ahead of a proposed new security framework.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Russia</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-14T14:41:15Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226664132.87">        <title>Sarkozy calls for Russian troops to quit two Georgian regions</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226664132.87</link>        <description>France's President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday Russia had "largely implemented" a promised withdrawal from positions occupied in Georgia, but called on them to leave two disputed enclaves.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Georgia</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Russia</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-14T14:39:14Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226664121.47">        <title>French leader urges Russia not to deploy missiles</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226664121.47</link>        <description>France's President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev Friday not to deploy missiles on Europe's border, promising to support his call for a new continental security treaty.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Russia</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-14T14:31:22Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226658731.6">        <title>Russian and EU leaders talk finance reform ahead of crisis summit</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226658731.6</link>        <description>Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev met EU leaders on Friday to hammer out a joint position before a global summit on the international financial crisis.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Headline</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Russia</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2008-11-14T11:07:54Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>




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