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  • POLAND -
    • President Lech Kaczynski endorsed the death penalty July 28 on Polish public radio, taking Western Europe to task for its widespread stance against capital punishment. He said such a position gives too many advantages to criminals when victims should be the ones favored. The European Union makes the abolition of the death penalty a condition for membership.

  • ITALY -
    • The country's lower house approved a bill July 29 that reduces the sentences of 12,000 prisoners, an effort to reduce prison overcrowding. The bill, which the country's Senate approved July 31, would knock three years off prisoners' sentences. Mafia members, terrorists, rapists and pedophiles are excluded, however.

  • BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA -
    • Four Bosnian Serbs, former commanders of detention camps, were in a Sarajevo court July 29 to face prisoner abuse charges dating to the 1992–95 Bosnia War. The trial is the third The Hague has transferred back to Bosnia, despite protests from the accused that they would not receive a fair trial on their home turf. The Hague has thus far convicted 10 Serbs for war crimes.

  • RUSSIA -
    • An Armenian plane crash in May has been attributed to pilot error rather than a mechanical malfunction. The captain did not properly coordinate with his co-pilot after the autopilot had been turned off, international investigators say. The carrier jet, an Airbus 320, crashed into the Black Sea near the city of Sochi and killed all 113 on board.

  • GERMANY -
    • Germany declared July 30 that it will end its post-World War II open-door policy for Jewish immigrants and has adopted instead a visa point system similar to that of Canada in response to an increase in Jewish immigrants from Russia. Points are awarded based on education, occupation and degree of religious involvement. Victims of the Nazi regime will still be admitted automatically.

  • UK -
    • Catholic Bishops in England and Wales agreed July 13 to transfer the celebration of holy days, excluding Christmas, to Sundays, in an effort make it easier for Catholics to observe these ceremonies. British parishes have seen a marked drop in church attendance in recent years. Holy days affected will be the feasts of the Epiphany, the Ascension, and Corpus Christi.

  • FRANCE -
    • Five thousand people took to the streets of Paris July 29 to protest Israel's attacks on Lebanon. Protestors criticized the United States for its support of Israel, while the French government escaped blame for its position calling for the disarmament of Hezbollah. Organizers were French-Palestinian nationalist groups, French-Lebanese groups and the Communist Party of France.

  • ROMANIA -
    • Romania and Bulgaria agreed July 27 to approve a contract next month that would allow both countries to use a new bridge that spans a common border, the Danube River. The bridge, still under construction, will cost an estimated 226 million euros ($284.8 million/6.4 billion Kč). The Bulgarian government is funding a large chunk of the project, with French and German investment companies also lending a hand.


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