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Daily Mail, 10.09.10 14:43 UTC

European Parliament order France to suspend expulsion of Roma Gypsies - but French immigration minister defiant

The European Parliament yesterday demanded that France immediately suspend its expulsion of Roma Gypsies - but France's immigration minister, Eric Besson, dismissed the resolution as 'a political ...

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The Register, 10.09.10 12:14 UTC

MEPs try again to force ACTA transparency

The European Parliament has repeated its call for greater transparency in negotiations over an international intellectual property agreement. A majority of MEPs has signed a declaration demanding the ...

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Telegraph, 09.09.10 20:53 UTC

Roma expulsions must stop now, MEPs tell France

France was told by the European Parliament in a rare move to stop its programme of forcibly sending Roma gipsies back to their home countries.

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guardian.co.uk, 09.09.10 17:25 UTC

French 'anti-Gypsy policy' denounced by European parliament

Liberal resolution with 337 majority rebukes Nicolas Sarkozy for deporting Roma and destroying their camps

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Telegraph, 09.09.10 16:29 UTC

Europe tells France to stop Roma expulsions

France was told by the European Parliament in a rare move to stop its programme of forcibly sending Roma gipsies back to their home countries.

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Seattle Times, 09.09.10 14:06 UTC

EU Parliament criticizes France on Roma treatment

The European Parliament has called on France to suspend its expulsion of gypsies.

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Herald Sun, 08.09.10 20:14 UTC

EU bans testing on great apes

EUROPE banned using great apes in animal testing today as it drastically tightened rules to scale back the number of animals used in scientific research.

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guardian.co.uk, 08.09.10 17:35 UTC

EU backs down over France's deportation of Roma citizens

European commission president uses state of the union address to urge leaders to steer clear of racism and xenophobia

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Seattle Times, 08.09.10 14:54 UTC

European Parliament condemns Iran stoning sentence

The European Parliament has condemned in a resolution Iran's stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery and says the punishment "can never be justified or accepted."

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Calgary Herald, 07.09.10 21:59 UTC

Sarkozy is accused of Roma witch-hunt

Nicolas Sarkozy has been accused by European politicians of carrying out a "witch-hunt" against Roma migrants following the expulsion of 1,000 Gypsies from France in the past month. In a debate at ...