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Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Free Democrats (FDP) are both hostile to the accession of the overwhelmingly Muslim country of 71 million. The CDU is against the Turks joining for cultural reasons while the FDP leader, and probable new foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle has said the country’s economy is too far below European standards to integrate comfortably with other members. With almost three million ethnic Turks living in Germany, many as citizens, Germany also fears t

Obama’s geopolitical demarche in Russia’s backyard is moving ahead nicely — for the present, notes Eric WalbergFirst there was the election in Bulgaria 5 July which brought a new party to power — Boyko Borisov’s Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria. Borisov, or Batman, as he is affectionately called, was a Communist-era policeman who subsequently established a prosperous private security business and has been the mayor of Sofia since 2005. He campaigned on the usual — to fight corruptio

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