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Η Ελλάδα μαζί με την Ιρλανδία, τη Φιλανδία και το Λουξεμβούργο είναι από τις ταχύτερα αναπτυσσόμενες οικονομίες στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση των «15». Αυτό δήλωσε σήμερα ο υπουργός Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών Γιώργος Αλογοσκούφης, παρουσιάζοντας την έκθεση της Γενικής Διεύθυνσης Οικονομικής Πολιτικής του υπουργείου Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών για τις τρέχουσες εξελίξεις και προοπτικές της ελληνικής οικονομίας.

COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS-21 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ 2007

Daily Brief

 

• Top of the Agenda: U.S. Wants Blair for Mideast

  The United States is pushing for Britain’s outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair to serve as a special envoy (IHT) to the Middle East. If the proposal goes through, Blair would work to represent the interests of the United States, European Union, United Nations, and Russia – the so-called diplomat «Quartet» (Reuters) — in the region. The announcement comes alongside news that Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will hold talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday.

  The push for resolution reveals increased urgency as signs show the Palestinian political situation further disintegrating. Abbas, who leads the Fatah Party, today ruled out talks with rival Hamas, saying the group was plotting to assassinate him (al-Jazeera). Meanwhile in the West Bank, Fatah militants are carrying out reprisals (LAT) as gunmen patrol the streets, ferreting out Hamas rivals and looting their properties.

 

 

• MIDDLE EAST: Truck Bombings Riddle Iraq

  As a push to secure areas north of Baghdad continued, another truck bomber struck in Iraq, killing at least thirteen (al-Jazeera) at a municipal building outside Kirkuk.

  A new Backgrounder examines Iraq’s economic doldrums and unemployment, which are seen as fueling more violence.

  Israel-Syria: Syria’s foreign minister said his country was «more than ready (Haaretz)» to renew peace talks with Israel.

  Israel-Lebanon: In a new paper, the Power and Interest News Report examines claims that Palestinians have been firing rockets at Israel from Lebanese territory.

  Egypt: The Egyptian paper al-Ahram looks at apathy in advance of parliamentary elections in Egypt.

 

 

• ASIA: U.S. Envoy in North Korea

  Top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill arrived in North Korea for talks on implementing denuclearization plans (Korea Times). Hill is the most senior U.S. envoy to visit the North in almost five years.

  Japan: Japanese exports hit record highs (FT), rising 15.1 percent from a year ago, on increased demand from other Asian countries.

  China-Canada: The Asia Times examines Sino-Canadian relations, noting that while economic ties between the countries are expanding, other aspects of relations are faltering.

 

 

• SOUTH & CENTRAL ASIA: Taliban in Kabul

  A spokesman for the Taliban said the group was shifting its focus to attacks on the Afghan capital, Kabul, as heavy fighting (BBC) in southern Afghanistan drags on.

  The BBC also reports that a Taliban radio station, «Voice of Shariat,» is again broadcasting after it was shut following the U.S.-led invasion.

  Kazakhstan: Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev dissolved the country’s lower house of parliament and called early general elections in an apparent bid to tighten his grasp on power in the country (AP).

 

 

• AFRICA: Crackdown in Kenya

  The Kenyan government is orchestrating a crackdown on the country’s Mungiki group, the terrorist arm of the country’s Kikuyu religious sect. A news analysis in the African news site African Pathsays widespread arrests have included that of the sect’s former leader, John Kamunya.

  Nigeria: The Nigerian army has mobilized to try to root out rebel militants occupying an oil plant (Daily Sun) in the south of the country.

  Ethiopia-Starbucks: The U.S. coffee company Starbucks settled a longstanding licensing row (Reuters) with the Ethiopian government .

 

 

• AMERICAS: Six Gitmo Inmates Transferred

  The United States released six inmates (Yemen Times) detained at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, deporting four to Yemen and two to Tunisia.

  A Daily Analysis brief from earlier this year looks at increasing pressures to close the Guantanamo facility.

  U.S.-Mexico: U.S. border patrol agents arrested the leader of a powerful Mexican kidnapping ring and turned him over to Mexican authorities (Dallas Morning News).

  Chile: Scientists are trying to determine how a glacial lake in southern Chile disappeared (BBC) in just a few weeks.

 

 

• CAMPAIGN 2008: Edwards on Petraeus Plan

  John Edwards released a statement criticizing Gen. David Petraeus’ comments that the United States may not be able to leave Iraq for a decade. Edwards called the statements «just the latest example of the Bush Administration’s disconnect from the reality on the ground» and called for troop pullouts to begin to show Iraq «that we are serious about leaving.»

  Clinton: Hillary Clinton was booed (New York Sun) at the liberal Take Back America conference yesterday for her stance on the Iraq war, although the crowd reacted warmly to the rest of her speech.

 

 

• EUROPE: EU Summit Opens

  Two years after French and Dutch voters rejected plans for a European Union constitution, EU leaders meet today to attempt to push through major legislative reforms of the body. The reforms’ passage seems doubtful (BBC), however, with both U.K. and Polish leaders saying they are prepared to veto the measures. Deutsche-Welle says France’s new President Nicolas Sarkozy could be a «key player» at the summit.

  Russia: RFE/RL examines the mixed history of the yearly St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, as this year’s event opens.

  Kosovo: The United States and European Union submitted a draft resolution on Kosovo, establishing a timeframe for moving toward EU-supervised independence (B92), but Russia rejected the plan.

ΑΝΑΡΤΩΝΤΑΙ ΟΙ ΒΑΘΜΟΛΟΓΙΕΣ ΤΩΝ ΥΠΟΨΗΦΙΩΝ ΣΤΙΣ ΠΑΝΕΛΛΑΔΙΚΕΣ

Το μεσημέρι θα αναρτηθούν στα σχολεία όλης της χώρας οι βαθμοί των
υποψηφίων στις πανελλαδικές εξετάσεις. Επίσης,  θα δοθούν από το
υπουργείο Παιδείας τα στατιστικά στοιχεία των φετινών πανελλαδικών
εξετάσεων για εισαγωγή στην τριτοβάθμια εκπαίδευση, τα οποία αποτελούν
καθοριστικό παράγοντα για να εκτιμηθεί η πορεία των βάσεων.

Από τις 9 εως τις 20 Ιουλίου οι υποψήφιοι θα συμπληρώσουν τα
μηχανογραφικά δελτία.

ΙΑΠΩΝΙΑ : Η ΠΡΩΤΗ ΛΕΣΒΙΑ ΥΠΟΨΗΦΙΑ

 

 «ΣΤΗΝ ΙΑΠΩΝΙΑ ΔΕΝ ΜΠΟΡΕΙΣ ΝΑ ΠΕΙΣ ΟΤΙ ΕΙΣΑΙ ΛΕΣΒΙΑ»

ΔΗΛΩΣΕ Η Kanako Otsuji, 32 ΕΤΩΝ,

 ΣΕ ΠΡΕΣΣ ΚΟΝΦΕΡΕΝΣ

Kanako Otsuji would become

the first openly gay national politician of either sex

if she wins a seat in parliament’s upper house.