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		<pubDate>Thu, 1 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MEP calls for G8 pledge on ending extreme poverty]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Irish MEP Gay Mitchell has urged the G8 to agree to end extreme poverty by 2030]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:33:52 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Barroso says EU-US trade negotiations can be a 'game changer']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The launch of comprehensive trade talks with Washington could be a "game changer" for both the EU and US, according to European commission president José Manuel Barroso]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:29:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Commissioner welcomes new rules for EU asylum seekers]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[European home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmström has welcomed parliaments decision to update the existing &#39;inefficient, dysfunctional and unfair&#39; system governing asylum seekers in the EU]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:06:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Freedom of press is essential for democracy says MEP]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ALDE MEP Marietje Schaake has said a free pluralist media is essential for democracy, and the EU should aspire to protect the &#39;free word&#39;]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:35:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Group leaders condemn closure of ERT]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The leaders of parliament&#39;s S&amp;D, Greens/EFA and ALDE groups have condemned the decision by Greek prime minister Antonis Samara&#39;s to close the nation&#39;s state owned broadcaster ERT]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:13:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[EU 'squanders' chance to end detention of asylum seekers]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[With terms for a common European asylum system finally agreed, secretary general of the European council on refugees and exiles Michael Diedring calls for member states to put an end to detention for those fleeing persecution]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:42:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MEPs agree tough new rules for extractive companies]]></title>
<link>http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/newsarticle/meps-vote-for-tough-new-extractive-rules-to-improve-transparency/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The European parliament&#39;s &#39;historic&#39; vote on new rules for oil, gas, mining and logging companies will help the global fight against corruption, according to stakeholders and MEPs]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:50:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MEPs call for EU organised crime strategy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[MEPs have voted for a new European strategy and stronger instruments in an attempt to step up the fight against organised crime in the EU]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:47:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mixed reactions for commission action plan on steel]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The European commission&#39;s long awaited action plan, intended to deliver a "promising future" for the bloc&#39;s steel industry, has received mixed reactions from MEP&#39;s and stakeholders]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:31:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MEPs express anger over commission's reaction to Prism revelations]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Swedish deputy Christian Engström has accused the European commission of failing to take the US Prism programme revelations seriously]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:09:36 GMT</pubDate>
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