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		<title>Capital punishment in China &amp; Iran</title>
		<link>http://jurnan.eu/2010/08/capital-punishment-in-china-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reckless Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The death penalty is back in the headlines. China is set to change ‘its ways’ by excluding the death penalty as a possible punishment for those who try to smuggle cultural relics, precious metals and rare animals out of the country, as well for those that are found guilty of a number of fraudulent activities, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European bank levy</title>
		<link>http://jurnan.eu/2010/06/european-bank-levy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reckless Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now I was wondering. The banks will probably be subjected to tighter regulation, meaning a levy will be charged on transactions, among other steps. This will increase their costs. Who is going to pay for that?
Can you see picture those institutions &#8211; who wiped the ground from beneath our economies&#8217; feet, or rather: have created [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU parliament still not capable</title>
		<link>http://jurnan.eu/2010/06/eu-parliament-still-not-capable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reckless Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over-regulation is an obstacle for many entrepreneurs. For one thing, it increases the bureaucratic workload, forcing workers to spent more time keeping an eye on paperwork than the intention of their hire; secondly it creates a downward spiral in international market competition.
For 368 members of the European Parliament the above proved to hard to understand. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gates: mind your own business</title>
		<link>http://jurnan.eu/2010/06/gates-mind-your-own-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reckless Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to EuropeanPlanet I came across an article by ‘the Middle  East’ online. In it Robert Gates is quoted to have said that the ‘European Union is an important reason why Turkey’s foreign policy and its stance towards the Western world have changed.
That is not something we should applaud. Turkey – being a secular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch elections</title>
		<link>http://jurnan.eu/2010/06/dutch-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://jurnan.eu/2010/06/dutch-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reckless Rose</dc:creator>
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Yess, today the proud and divided Dutch citizens have been allowed to vote again. We&#8217;re all wondering how hard Balkenende and his Christian Democracts will be hit and whether Cohen&#8217;s often abysmal performances will have any effect on the results.
If we can ascribe reasonable accuracy to the polls &#8211; which would be a four or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome: Estonia</title>
		<link>http://jurnan.eu/2010/06/welcome-estonia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reckless Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonia will become the Euro zone’s newest member by January 2011. The decision, made by the finance ministers of the Euro countries, might come as a surprise, but seems to me/be a pragmatic step that – if it were not  undertaken – would send out a negative signal towards our Eastern European neighbours.
There are two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Trojan horse in Europe #2</title>
		<link>http://jurnan.eu/2010/05/no-trojan-horse-in-europe-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 18:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reckless Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clarity at last: Greece, the IMF, the European leaders and the European central bank have reached an accord. In three years time the Greek deficit will have to be reduced from 13,5% till below 3%, in accordance with previously agreed EU terms.
To achieve this, a total package of 110 billion euros in loans will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facing a nuclear Iran</title>
		<link>http://jurnan.eu/2010/04/facing-a-nuclear-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://jurnan.eu/2010/04/facing-a-nuclear-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reckless Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, China seems to have taken ‘safety first’ to heart by agreeing to walk the road towards imposing sanctions on Iran. For a long time both Peking and Moscow have been stubbornly resisting the much more unanimous western nation’s wishes to stop, or at least slow down, Iran’s nuclear ambitions. 
Already burdened by unequal -and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Trojan horse in Europe</title>
		<link>http://jurnan.eu/2010/04/no-trojan-horse-in-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://jurnan.eu/2010/04/no-trojan-horse-in-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reckless Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The outlines of a financial deal to save Greece from default have been publicized by the European Union. Despite confident anticipation in political spheres, many heave a great sigh of relief. 
As time passed by it became ever more unrealistic to think Greece would manage on its own.
Rumours of proposals that were circulating – which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Germany, Greece &amp; IMF</title>
		<link>http://jurnan.eu/2010/03/germany-greece-imf/</link>
		<comments>http://jurnan.eu/2010/03/germany-greece-imf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reckless Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feminists will be happy,  Europe has at least one sensible politician left. Angela Merkel seems to have got her way when it comes to Greece. To divert imminent threats the country would have to collect at least ten billion Euros of capital. With interest rates soaring, the market unwilling and a country that is still [...]]]></description>
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