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Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine's president, will join Matti Vanhanen, the Finnish prime minister, and other top European Union officials at a summit in Helsinki. Kiev will restate its EU membership aspirations while a reluctant union will instead concentrate on issues such as a visa regime. Brazili...

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Published inThe Financial times (London ed.)
Main Author Bruning, Michael
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) The Financial Times Limited 23.10.2006
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Labor unions
Pandemics
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Summary:Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine's president, will join Matti Vanhanen, the Finnish prime minister, and other top European Union officials at a summit in Helsinki. Kiev will restate its EU membership aspirations while a reluctant union will instead concentrate on issues such as a visa regime. Brazilians will decide whether Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains as their president or yields the job to his leading opponent, Geraldo Alckmin. Opinion polls since the first-round election this month show Lula remains favourite to win re-election. The first democratic presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo reaches a climax. The run-off poll in the resources-rich African country features Joseph Kabila, the incumbent, and Jean-Pierre Bemba, the former rebel leader.
ISSN:0307-1766