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...Shen Dingli, a professor of international affairs at Shanghai's Fudan University, thinks Beijing "didn't expect this reaction" to the antisecession law, even though a top aide to E.U. foreign-policy czar Javier Solana says European ministers warned their Chinese counterparts it would boomerang. Solana's aide says "nobody's closed the door" on lifting the ban, but admits "the tonality has really changed...
...several E.U. members to sidle away from a deal to lift the embargo by June. Shen Dingli, a professor of international affairs at Shanghai's Fudan University, thinks Beijing "didn't expect this reaction" to the antisecession law, even though a top aide to E.U. foreign-policy czar Javier Solana says European ministers warned their Chinese counterparts it would boomerang. Solana's aide says "nobody's closed the door" on lifting the ban, but admits "the tonality has really changed." Despite the embargo, China is still the world's biggest weapons importer as its military hustles to modernize - over...
Walsh will also try converting speedy Matt Vance, of Solana Beach, Calif., to an outfield slot, perhaps the one just vacated by the acrobatic Hale. As of now, it’s looking like either he or junior rightfielder Lance Salsgiver will be patrolling centerfield...
...Vries, who will answer to European Council Secretary-General Javier Solana, may benefit from a burst of cooperation in the wake of the Madrid train bombings. Just 10 days after Sept. 11, 2001, European leaders signed off on an "action plan" against terrorism. But it was never fully carried out. A European arrest warrant, for instance, which simplifies the process of making cross-border arrests, still hasn't been adopted by Germany, Italy, Greece or the Netherlands. But in Brussels last week the European Council decreed that all elements of the 2001 plan be in place by June. It also...
...political friends are only likely to increase Western worries. The European Union has already voiced its discontent. "We in the E.U. have said very clearly [that] we want ... the democratic parties of Serbia to stick together and continue the process of reform," said E.U. foreign policy chief Javier Solana. Still, there's some hope that the West can do business with Kostunica. "The situation is complex, and one should not jump to conclusions," one Western diplomat told Time. "The real test will be actions, not personalities." Serbia's first test comes in less than two months...