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Gerhard Schr?der has resigned the chairmanship of the SPD, handing the reins to Franz M?ntefering (Der Spiegel; link in German). The latter is regarded as to the left of Schr?der (though much less so than Oskar Lafontaine), not to say more popular with the party base.
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Far left nationalism - Harry Hatchet on why the British left parties are refusing to be part of the Party of the European Left
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The British police have banned over 2000 people from travelling to Portugal this summer, in an effort to keep Euro 2004 hooligan free.
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The Irish government will revise the immigration bill expected to pass in the D?il today, says RT?. The bill would permit refusal of entry to those with ‘profound mental disturbance’. As originally drafted, it was feared this provision would bar, e.g., those with Down’s syndrome or autism. The definition will now be narrowed to refer to psychotic disturbance.
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German minister of consumer affairs Renate K?nast has ordered Deutsche Bahn to pay damages in future to passengers on seriously delayed trains, reports the taz (in German). The German people have not yet begun, though, to say they need a man who can make the trains run on time.
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New suspicions of avian influenza in Germany, this time in Dresden. (Link in German.) A Vietnamese man living in that city has fallen ill after returning from a visit home, where he worked on his brother’s chicken farm.
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Euro 2004 – Unsurprisingly, UEFA have turned down the Welsh FA’s bid to have Russia disqualified from the tournament after a player failed a drugs test. Wales may still appeal the decision.
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It takes two to sambo – Stefan Geens explains how Swedes reproduce through binge drinking