23.07.2009 - News
Party members attack Social Democrat leadership in manifesto

Members of the Social Democratic Party have put forward a manifesto calling for change in the party’s direction, the daily Právo has reported. The so-called Vyšehrad Proclamation, signed by Social Democrats Karel Šplíchal and Erazim Kohák among others, protests what the signatories refer to as excessive focus in the party on marketing and trading in top slots on the party’s ballot for early elections this autumn...

23.07.2009 - French military target practice sets off wildfire in southern France
The blaze, which burned some 1,100 hectares (2,718 acres) of brush and pine forest, forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes and left seven people injured, according to government officials. Several dozen homes were also reportedly damaged...

23.07.2009 - Iceland submits EU membership application
DW-WORLD: Iceland's parliament approves EU membership bid Parliamentarians in Iceland have paved the way for accession talks with the European Union. Iceland's government plans to launch its EU membership bid in Brussels before the end of this month...

23.07.2009 - Justice Minister pushes for full adoption rights for gays
When heterosexual couples in Germany tie the knot, they get married. When homosexual couples go to the justice of the peace, they enter into civil unions...

23.07.2009 - German companies edge into US renewable energy market
In the United States, Phoenix, Arizona is seen by many renewable energy enthusiasts as an idyllic solar capital. It's the fifth-largest city in the US and boasts more than 300 days of sunshine a year...

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