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EU A new Union for the Mediterranean was established with the goal of ending the Middle East conflict July 13. Besides 27 EU member states, it includes 16 countries from North Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East, the BBC reported. It will tackle issues such as regional unrest, immigration and pollution.

RUSSIA Twenty Russian scientists are to be evacuated from their camp on an ice floe in the Arctic after it started disintegrating sooner than expected, the BBC reported July 11. Originally the floe was a safe 5 kilometers long and 3 kilometers wide. However, after it shrank to just 600 by 300 meters, an icebreaker was sent to pick up the scientists.
GERMANY U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama’s planned visit to Germany has sparked a row among politicians, the BBC reported July 12. Obama plans to speak in front of Berlin’s historic Brandenburg Gate in late July. This idea is welcomed by opposition Social Democrats, but the ruling Christian Democrats are against it.
NORWAY Two people were found dead at a music festival in southern Norway, the Associated Press reported July 12. The victims, whose names were not disclosed, were found in or near a bus at the Norway Rock Festival in Kvinesdal, 270 miles southwest of Oslo. Preliminary hospital reports show carbon monoxide poisoning may have been a cause.
FRANCE A French court has denied citizenship to a Muslim woman from Morocco, ruling that her practice of “radical” Islam is incompatible with French values, the BBC reported July 12. The woman, known as Faiza M., has lived in France since 2000. She applied for citizenship in 2005 and was rejected due to “insufficient assimilation.” She appealed, but the Conseil d’Etat, France’s highest administrative body, upheld the decision.


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