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RUSSIA The Foreign Affairs Ministry has summoned the British ambassador regarding two British Council offices that reopened Jan. 14, the BBC reported. The offices had been ordered shut last month in connection with the most recent clash over the poisoning of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko. Russia is calling the re-openings a “provocation” and plans to refuse new visas to British Council staff.

GERMANY Chancellor Angela Merkel has agreed, along with U.S. President George W. Bush, to recognize Kosovo after its expected declaration of independence, and is encouraging the rest of Europe to do likewise, The New York Times reported Jan. 11. The leaders believe the recognition of Kosovo would help to stabilize the western Balkans.
FRANCE During his visit to the Middle East, President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he would sign a nuclear cooperation accord with the United Arab Emirates, the International Herald Tribune reported Jan. 13. Such an accord in civilian nuclear activities, which is a first step to building a reactor, would be the third that France has recently signed with a Muslim country.
EU Milk and meat from cloned animals don’t seem to pose any special health risks to humans, according to a draft report by the European Food Safety Agency, the NYT reported Jan. 12. The finding was the first step toward the potential sale of food products from cloned livestock in the European Union.
VATICAN CITY Pope Benedict celebrated sections of Sunday’s Mass with his back to the congregation, a ritual that hasn’t been used in the decades since the Second Vatican Council allowed the celebrant to face worshipers, Reuters reported Jan. 13. The move is being seen as the Pope’s most recent nod to Church traditionalists.


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