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Schroeder hits out at US over Iraq rebuilding

BERLIN (AFP) - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder criticised the United States for barring countries that opposed the Iraq war from bidding for reconstruction contracts there.

"This is a task for all, and I emphasise all, that want or can be involved," he told reporters in Berlin after talks with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.

"It does not make sense at all to discuss who should be involved and who should potentially not be involved in any recontruction effort," Schroeder said.

The Weasels whine and complain but they continue to cosy up to terrorists and oppressive regimes. It's pretty clear where their loyalties and sentiments lie.

Deal reached on closer ties with Syria

The deal includes a clause on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and rules which will facilitate trade ties (Photo: EU Commission)
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - A deal has been reached with Syria which looks set to further distance the EU's foreign policy towards "rogue states" from that of the United States.

The European Commission today announced that it has struck a deal with Syria on developing political and trade ties, extending Brussels' policy of constructive engagement with countries dubbed "rogue states" by the US government.

"We managed yesterday, in Damascus, to reach an understanding with the Syrian side on all remaining issues in the negotiations for a Euro-Mediterranean association agreement", said a spokesperson for the European Commission.

Poland is looking better everyday as our European base of operations.

Poland is threatening to torpedo a deal on the EU’s first constitution if it does not get its way on the voting system.

Poles raise stakes before EU summit

Poland on Wednesday sharply raised the stakes for Thursday's EU summit in Brussels, claiming its fight against a new voting system was a battle for the "European ideal" designed to protect the rights of small member states.

Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Polish foreign minister, attacked Germany and France over their insistence that they would not sign the EU's constitutional treaty unless it contained the proposed voting reforms, which observers say would benefit larger states, and warned that his government had little room for manoeuvre in the debate over power-sharing.

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