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...deal, proclaimed: "This is a great achievement for Europe and a great achievement for all Europeans." We'll find out soon enough how great an achievement Europeans think the 300-page document is, since as many as nine states could hold a referendum on it, including Belgium, Denmark, Ireland and Britain. If any one of them votes it down, it technically fails as a treaty. In other words, the "ever-closer union" to which the E.U.'s founders aspired is once again rubbing up against the public's mix of apathy, doubt and outright hostility - and the heat from that...
...bicycle trip through Ireland after the war that he forged friendships with some of the great modern Irish writers, including Frank O’Connor and Seán Ó Faol?...
...wants. One area where the two countries do see eye to eye is corporate taxes: both are worried about competition from the new, low-tax Eastern European E.U. members. But their plans to push for E.U.-wide tax harmonization are fiercely opposed in Brussels by Britain , Ireland and others. It may be a while before anyone's singing We Are the Champions. U.K. Becomes A Statin Island I n the fight against heart disease, drugmakers last week hailed a British government decision to green-light over-the-counter-sales of the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins, the first such...
...China, eight Chinese naval vessels cruised through the territory's harbor to mark the navy's 55th anniversary. Some saw this display of military muscle as an appeal to local patriotism, others as a not-so-subtle reminder of Beijing's ultimate sovereignty over Hong Kong. MEANWHILE IN IRELAND... It's All Greek to Them The Irish postal service rejected suggestions that it had confused Cyprus with Crete on a stamp issued to mark the May 1 expansion of the European Union. Ireland - current holder of the rotating E.U. presidency - issued the stamp in the form of a map showing...
...Bash For The Big Bang It was a long time coming. Skies across the Continent filled with fireworks in the early hours of Saturday to mark the European Union's enlargement from 15 to 25 member states. Ireland - Europe's westernmost country and current holder of the E.U.'s rotating presidency - played host to European leaders to celebrate the Union's historic inclusion of 10 new members from the East. In Brussels on Sunday, ambassadors planned to hold a friendly football match, each wearing T shirts with the same magic number: 25. Appreciation of the day's significance was most...