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Barroso urges need for restraint in cuts to innovation funding

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Posted December 6, 2011

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso warned that innovation and research funding should be spared from austerity in a speech at the 2011 Innovation Convention, a gathering of...

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Iran resistance leaders urge EU to prevent massacre

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Posted November 30, 2011

The National Council of Resistance of Iran along with MEPs are urging the EU foreign ministers to take action against Iraq's attempts to close an Iranian camp, home to more than 3,000 dissidents.

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Commission urges tighter safeguards on cultural treasures

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Posted November 29, 2011

Citing theft and dislocation of Europe's cultural treasures, the European Commission is making renewed efforts to keep track of these artefacts and prevent their loss.

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Sakharov Prize laureates discuss human rights

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Posted November 23, 2011

The European Parliament hosted the Sakharov Prize Laureates on 23 November to share ideas and take part in a global human-rights discussion.

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Egyptian unrest continues

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Posted November 21, 2011

Protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square over the weekend of 19-20 November claimed at least 20 lives and wounded 1,700 as Egyptians demanded a civilian democratic government.

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