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Europe nears gas pipeline accord European governments are due to sign an agreement on the Nabucco gas pipeline on 13 July, the European Commission has announced.The Nabucco pipeline will bring Central Asian gas to western Europe via Turkey and the Balkans, bypassing Russia. Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria – the pipeline’s five transit countries – will sign the accord. The pipeline – which will compete with new rival Russian pipelines – should be operational by 2014. Germany is als

To torment and tease those of us – and by “those of us” here, i mean “every Euroball fan” – who can’t wait for the Euroleague, Eurocup, and FIBA EuroChallenge championship draws set for Wednesday at 1pm CET, FIBA Europe and Euroleague yesterday released the names of the participating clubs in the three competitions. And now, the list! (But first, a quick primer brought to you by FIBA Europe: • The Euroleague regular season will feature 24 teams. Twenty-two teams qualify directly into

By Zerin Elci ANKARA, July 3 - An intergovernmental accord for the Nabucco natural gas pipeline will be signed in Ankara on July 13, Turkish and the European Union sources told Reuters on Friday . The pipeline, conceived to relieve European depe ...

Stuart Milk, nephew of Harvey Milk. Bill Wilson Copyright © 2009 " title="stuart-milk" width="504" height="353" class="size-full wp-image-33475" /> Stuart Milk, nephew of Harvey Milk. Bill Wilson Copyright © 2009 BY VALENTINA PASQUALI ISTANBUL – Mirroring Turkey’s difficult yet unyielding progress towards equality for all its citizens, Istanbul’s sixth annual gay pride parade took place successfully Sunday after policemen in combat gear initially threatened to prevent th

July 2, 2009 Anwar Ibrahim’s Appeal rejected Hafiz Yatim@ www.malaysiakini.com Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim suffered a setback when the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal for his sodomy trial to be heard at the Sessions Court instead of the High Court. This was likely to be his final bid to have his sodomy trial held in the lower court, ending a long wrangle over where the case should be heard. Amid widespread doubts over the standards of Malaysia’s judiciary, Anwar’s s