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presidential vote as "a major step forward in Egypt's democratic
transition."</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 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>Egypt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>president</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>vote</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-25T13:46:56Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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move Russia's Euro 2012 team base from a central Warsaw hotel due to
concerns about a nearby rally, saying the situation would be under
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.goq">        <title>Europe's odd couple sets off on right foot</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.goq</link>        <description>Europe's odd couple, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Socialist
French President Francois Hollande, may be poles apart but their first
double act appeared to set off on the right foot.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 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>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>FOCUS</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>politics</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-24T14:53:27Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/security-diplomacy.go9">        <title>Football: Russia rejects Warsaw hotel switch</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/security-diplomacy.go9</link>        <description>Russia on Thursday rejected Poland's request to move its Euro 2012 team base from an upmarket Warsaw hotel and dismissed worries about a politically-sensitive rally planned nearby as media hyperbole.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 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>diplomacy</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>POL</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>RUS</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Advocaat</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Security</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>2012</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Fbl</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-24T11:44:51Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.go7">        <title>Hollande stole Merkel's show, German press says</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.go7</link>        <description>New French President Francois Hollande upstaged German Chancellor Angela Merkel at his debut European Union summit by making eurobonds the defining issue, German newspapers said Thursday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 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>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>press</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-24T09:34:12Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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convince eurozone nations to share debt between rich and poor despite
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.go4">        <title>Hollande: Use EU bailout fund to recapitalise banks</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.go4</link>        <description>French President Francois Hollande called Thursday for the European
Union to use its bailout fund to replenish directly the coffers of banks
suffering from the eurozone debt crisis.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 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>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>banks</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-24T06:59:57Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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launch of eurobonds after a summit of EU leaders in Brussels exposed
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leaders wanted debt-wracked Greece to remain in the eurozone but respect
reform pledges made in return for financial bailouts.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 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>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Rompuy</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>TEXT</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Greece</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-24T06:58:33Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gnz">        <title>EU vows to keep Greece in the fold but plans for exit</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gnz</link>        <description>European Union leaders pledged support for Greece on Thursday, vowing to keep the country in the eurozone as officials prepared behind the scenes for a possible doomsday exit scenario.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 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>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Rompuy</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Greece</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-24T06:57:39Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gny">        <title>Britain's Cameron vows to fight EU financial tax</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gny</link>        <description>British Prime Minister David Cameron lashed out at fellow EU leaders
Wednesday for reviving a proposal for a financial transaction tax,
saying it was a bad idea and he would fight it all the way.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 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>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>tax</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Britain</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-24T06:58:11Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gnx">        <title>France's Hollande steps up eurobonds push</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gnx</link>        <description>French President Francois Hollande stepped up his push Thursday for the
launch of eurobonds after a summit of EU leaders in Brussels exposed
divisions on the issue.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 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>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>eurobonds</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-24T00:12:09Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gnv">        <title>France, Germany in EU summit showdown</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gnv</link>        <description>France and Germany crossed swords Wednesday over how to spur growth in
the debt-stricken eurozone at an EU summit tinged by plunging markets
and the euro hitting a near two-year low.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 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>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>finance</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-23T21:43:41Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gnu">        <title>Britain shouts from sidelines in eurozone crisis</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gnu</link>        <description>Britain may be on the outside looking in as the eurozone wrestles over
its future at a summit on Wednesday, but its calls for action reflect
global worries about the knock-on effects of the crisis.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 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>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Britain</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Cameron</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-23T21:40:45Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gnq">        <title>EU hopes for the best, prepares for the worst on Greece</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gnq</link>        <description>EU leaders at a summit overshadowed by fears Greece could leave the euro pledged support Wednesday for Athens as officials behind the scenes considered the doomsday scenario of an exit.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 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>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>summit</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Greece</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-23T22:31:38Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>




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