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                <language>en</language><item><title>9/11, 10 years on | The East rises over Ground Zero (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/931621-east-rises-over-ground-zero</link><description><![CDATA[We have spent the years since the attacks on US soil focusing on the terrorist threat and wars in Afganistan and Iraq. But we have been blind to the real global change : the slow but unstoppable rise of China, writes Timothy Garton Ash. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/globe-wtc.jpg" length="15348" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:40:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Poland | Poles dying for US citizenship</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/647431-poles-dying-us-citizenship</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;US Army citizen,&rdquo; headlines Gazeta Wyborcza, reporting that many young Poles with green cards (permanent US residency permits) are joining the American army &nbsp;to obtain [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Gazeta-wyborcza-11052011-100_0.jpg" length="34932" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 14:58:29 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Terrorism | Bin Laden's legacy (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/629061-bin-laden-s-legacy</link><description><![CDATA[Symbolic as the death of the al-Qaeda leader is, it does not mark the end of the fight against terrorism, nor of its consequences for our way of life, writes Le Monde. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Bin-Laden-is-death_0.jpg" length="125866" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 17:12:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iraq war | UK worked with Big Oil in invasion run-up</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/605961-uk-worked-big-oil-invasion-run</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Secret memos expose link between oil firms and invasion of Iraq,&rdquo; headlines the Independent, revealing collusion between the British government and the oil industry in [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Independent-19042011-100.jpg" length="36410" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:03:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Wikileaks | The war of words (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/370231-war-words</link><description><![CDATA[The publication of more than 400,000 documents by the WikiLeaks website and several major newspapers has shed light on day-to-day events in the field, but much of the European press is critical of the manner in which this information is presented to the public. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/pressreview-wiki.jpg" length="86370" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:19:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Portugal | Wikileaks takes aim at Portuguese army</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/304411-wikileaks-takes-aim-portuguese-army</link><description><![CDATA[A few days following the publication of American documents on the war in Afghanistan by the site Wikileaks, &quot;Portuguese military secrets have also been revealed [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/29072010-Diaro-de-Noticias.jpg" length="14237" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:33:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>United Kingdom | Clegg declares Iraq invasion illegal</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/299201-clegg-declares-iraq-invasion-illegal</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Nick Clegg&#039;s &#039;illegal&#039; Iraq war gaffe prompts legal warning,&rdquo; headlines the Guardian. Standing in for David Cameron during Prime Minister&rsquo;s question time on 21 July, [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/22072010-The-Guardian.jpg" length="12024" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:37:02 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iraq War | Blair, blinded by the Enlightenment (The Independent, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/180531-blair-blinded-enlightenment</link><description><![CDATA[At the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair expressed no regrets over his decision to join the war in Iraq. Bruce Anderson in the Independent argues that he was driven by a typical delusion of Enlightenment thinking, that it is possible to reshape human nature and the world in the West’s image. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Tony-Blair-Iraq_0.jpg" length="74009" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:26:52 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>United Kingdom | Knives out for Blair over Iraq</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/179491-knives-out-blair-over-iraq</link><description><![CDATA[On 29 January, Tony Blair appeared before Lord Chilcot&rsquo;s Iraq inquiry to explain his reasons for leading his country into the Iraq invasion of 2003. [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/100201-newstatesman.jpg" length="6568" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:50:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Dark secrets and necessary lies | Editorial</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/editorial/179541-dark-secrets-and-necessary-lies</link><description><![CDATA[On 29 January, Tony Blair appeared before a commission of inquiry to explain the manner in which he decided to lead his country into a war in Iraq. On the previous day, a few miles away, the London conference on the future of Afghanistan was held. The issue of political transparency arising from these Bush-era wars continues to weigh heavily on Europeans. The Iraq war raised this issue because leaders manipulated public opinion to create support for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Afghanistan has raised it because in the absence of results in the field or a clear strategy, many citizens have the feeling that their governments are not telling the whole truth about the deployment of their troops.
One of the main intellectual influences for American neoconservatives is the German born philosoper L&eacute;o Strauss, who died in 1973. As the American&nbsp;editorialist William Pfaff explained in 2003, in a contested interpretation of Strauss&#039;s thought, neoconservatives  &ndash;  among them the architects of the Bush wars  &ndash;  have seized on the idea that it is &quot;necessary to tell lies to people about the nature of political reality,&quot; which is too much for the average citizen. &nbsp;At the same time, the higher echelons of government will remain &quot;an elite [that] recognizes the truth&hellip; and keeps it to itself.&quot;&nbsp;In democratic societies, the temptation to take refuge in the notion that the truth is only for an elite does not only exist for neoconservative ideologues. European leaders who are forced to take responsibility for complex decisions and justify them to an increasingly sceptical public also run the risk of &nbsp;succumbing to this attitude. The lack of transparency that characterized the war in Iraq must not be allowed to prevail in the construction of Europe. The implementation of the Lisbon Treaty entailed a significant cost to the quality of democracy. Its application, as Le Monde explains this week, is subject to an interplay of powers, which is largely incomprehensible to Europe&#039;s citizens. Both of these conditions contribute to the danger posed by elitism. Just because it might make the EU weaker is not a sufficient justification for elitism. &Eacute;ric Maurice
 (Editorial)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:15:03 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iraq War | The truth doesn&#039;t quite matter (, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/168351-truth-doesnt-quite-matter</link><description><![CDATA[In the Netherlands, an inquiry considers the US led invasion of Iraq as illegal, while in the United Kingdom, the Chilcot inquiry seeks to shed light on the Tony Blair&#039;s decision to lead his country into war. But politicians are still refusing to owe up to their responsibility in the disaster, regrets both the Dutch and the English press. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/blair-campbell_0.JPG" length="122886" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:18:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iraq War | Chilcot inquiry accused of whitewash</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/143191-chilcot-inquiry-accused-whitewash</link><description><![CDATA[Was the war against Iraq &ldquo;legal&rdquo; or not? Such is the question uppermost in chairman Sir John Chilcot&rsquo;s mind as he opens today&rsquo;s inquiry into [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/guardian-241109.JPG" length="37245" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:12:17 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Torture | Corporal Payne comes clean</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/138911-corporal-payne-comes-clean</link><description><![CDATA[The British public is once again reeling from the news that its &ldquo;boys&rdquo; are guilty of unbecoming contact in foreign climes. The Independent leads with [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/the-independent-171109.jpg" length="43779" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:40:20 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Denmark | Politiken to the rescue of Iraqi refugees</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/136491-politiken-rescue-iraqi-refugees</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Jobs for rejected asylum seekers.&quot; Today the Danish daily Politiken launched a campaign to gather funds from its readers to create an information centre on [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/ Politiken**.jpg" length="9060" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:24:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Gas | All pipelines lead to Ankara (Die Zeit, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/106641-all-pipelines-lead-ankara</link><description><![CDATA[Ankara is the neighbour Europeans still won’t let into their club. And yet the country behind the Bosporus is soon to become the communication hub for energy supplies bound for Europe. Die Zeit doubts the EU can go on snubbing the Turks indefinitely. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/carte-pipelines-EN_4.jpg" length="154140" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:31:56 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Asylum Seekers | &quot;Delight&quot; as Besson clears Calais Jungle</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/100941-delight-besson-clears-calais-jungle</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Next stop UK&rdquo;, announces the front page of the Daily Mail, reporting on the closure of the refugee camp known as &ldquo;The Jungle&rdquo; in Calais, [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/daily-mail-090922.jpg" length="8161" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:35:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Dennmark | Gagging Private Rathsack</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/97671-gagging-private-rathsack</link><description><![CDATA[Denmark is buzzing with excitement over a new book the government wants to ban. In&nbsp;Jaeger, i Krig med Eliten, (Special Forces Hunter at War), a [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Politiken-160909.jpg" length="12072" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:52:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | European asylum law no longer credible</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/94581-european-asylum-law-no-longer-credible</link><description><![CDATA[Leading with the headline &quot;EU label still does not guarantee rule of law,&quot;&nbsp;S&uuml;ddeutsche Zeitung reports on a decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/suddeutsche-zeitung-100909.jpg" length="37186" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:21:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Middle East | Moving closer to Syria (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/85201-moving-closer-syria</link><description><![CDATA[Britain’s recent call to bring Syria into the EU’s European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is part of a wider western strategy to tempt the previously isolated Ba&#039;athist regime away from Iran and continue co-operation with the west in Iraq and Lebanon. Chris Philips at the Guardian wonders whether we are witnessing another example of human rights and democracy being sacrificed for political expediency. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/damascus-poster.jpg" length="34105" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:30:04 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Terrorist cell in deep slumber</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/74501-terrorist-cell-deep-slumber</link><description><![CDATA[The confession presented by Fritz G. on 10 August&nbsp; to the Criminal court in &nbsp;D&uuml;sseldorf, in the course of the trial of the members of [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/tageszeitung-110809.jpg" length="38747" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:00:51 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>NATO | A new chief for a shaky alliance (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/68811-new-chief-shaky-alliance</link><description><![CDATA[On August 1st, former Danish PM Anders Fogh Rasmussen was formally invested as NATO’s new secretary general, declaring that resolving the war in Afghanistan would be his main priority. But what, wonders the European press, is the outlook for the western alliance, blighted by in-fighting and seemingly with no end in sight to its battle against a resurgent Taliban? (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/afghanistan-soldier-french.jpg" length="35275" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:07:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Immigration | Wilkommen to Romania (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/54421-wilkommen-romania</link><description><![CDATA[Since becoming a member of the EU, Romania has attracted waves of African, Indian, Afghan and Iraqi immigrants. Hailing from Somalia, Kasim thought he was on his way to Germany when unscrupulous traffickers dumped him deep in the heart of the Romanian countryside... (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/immigrants-sommalie.jpg" length="68667" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:44:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>United Kingdom | Blame it on Brown</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/53161-blame-it-brown</link><description><![CDATA[Gordon Brown&rsquo;s troubled premiership may well be remembered for having provoked some of the most swingeing newspaper headlines in recent memory. In a month where [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/daily-telegraph-130709.jpg" length="12807" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:15:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>ENERGY | Nabucco out to gas up</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/52951-nabucco-out-gas</link><description><![CDATA[To connect Western Europe up to Central Asia so as to lower our dependence on Russian gas is the object of the future Nabucco gas [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:32:08 +0100</pubDate></item>
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