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Some 427,000 eastern Europeans come to UK to work

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AFP - More than 427,000 people from the eight EU member states in eastern Europe have come to work in the UK since the bloc's enlargement in May 2004, according to government figures.

European carriers cancel flights to U.K.

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AP - Airlines across Europe canceled flights bound for London's Heathrow Airport Thursday, and some airports said they could take on some of the diverted traffic.

Jordan King: West Has No Comprehensive Strategy For The Middle East

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Jordan's King Abdullah declared that the United States, Britain and Europe have still yet to agree on a comprehensive strategy to deal with the issues of the Middle East. Arab countries are also working to discover a common ground to end the violence between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah...

Lufthansa reports increase in passenger numbers in July

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AFP - German airline Lufthansa has said that passenger numbers increased again in July, driven mainly by strong demand for flights within Europe and to the Asia-Pacific region.

Sharansky: The World Needs Israel To Defeat Hezbollah

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Senior Israeli politician and former Soviet refusenik Natan Sharansky says the fate of the Jewish state and the Western democratic world rests on the outcome of Israel's war with Hezbollah. He warned that the terror group's operatives are already active in Western Europe and the United States, a...

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