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Russia, NATO diplomats to meet in Brussels on Wednesday

Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Menu

Reassigned Time (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

So I've been busily cooking for the past couple of hours, and I should be done with the do-aheadable stuff (other than the pumpkin pie, which I'll make when my mom arrives later) by 1 this afternoon. I thought you all might like to take a gander at my menu for this Thanksgiving. Golden Delicious Apple and Cheddar Turnovers with Dried Cranberries . Good for breakfast (I should know - I had to "test"...

A Day of Darkness and Gloom…

Dr Jim West (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

I received this flyer from a friend in Britain today, announcing that “The Naked Archaeologist” wins Special Jury Prize at the 8th Annual Archaeological Film Festival in Brussels. … TORONTO (November 23, 2009) – Toronto based film production company Associated Producers has won the Special Jury Prize from The International Archaeological Film Festival in [...]

Docs skeptical about coma man's miracle

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

BRUSSELS - With a caretaker holding his hand, a Belgian man diagnosed as comatose for 23 years typed out a message yesterday that he felt reborn after decades of loneliness...

• Man says through aide leaving coma like rebirth - Examiner
• Belgian expert looks at other questionable comas - Seattle Times
• See the 7 articles on the same subject

Leterme likely to be Belgium's new PM: report

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

Belgian Foreign minister Yves Leterme is likely to succeed the newly elected President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, a Belgian TV reported in Brussels on Tuesday. After facilitator Wilfried Martens hands his report of mission to the Belgian King, Albert II, Van Rompuy will officially step down as Belgian Prime minister, RTV TVI reported, quoting official sources. It will allow Leterme,...

Ramsgate station is booming, so why cut back on staff?

From One End of Kent (Free subscription) | yesterday

I recently had a fabulous journey. I was working in the European Parliament in Brussels at 4.30pm and courtesy of Eurostar and Southeastern trains I was 20minutes early at Thanet Council offices for a 7pm meeting. Even with the advantage of an hour coming back that's fantastic. The last part of my journey was courtesy of Les a taxi driver who may well be the man featured in the Independent . Tracey...

Business Class SMART fares as from £1711 Jet Airways

Airline News & Opinions (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

Jet Airways the India based airline is now expanding its new conception of travel SMART by offering promotional fares to destinations such as Madras, Mumbai, Deli and Toronto as from £1711. Jet Airways SMART promotional fares on Business Class to these destinations mentioned above will depart from Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse via Brussels. Hence [...]

Belgian man was conscious throughout 23-year-long misdiagnosed vegetative state

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

BRUSSELS | For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of his surroundings but unable to tell anyone or even cry out. The car-crash victim had been diagnosed as being in a vegetative state but apparently was conscious the whole time. An expert using a specialized type of brain scan that was not available in the 1980s finally realized it and unlocked Houben’s...

Belgian says he was alert but mute for 23 years

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

BRUSSELS -- For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out.

Mom: Son in coma heard everything for 23 years

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

BRUSSELS - A mother says her son has emerged from what doctors thought was a vegetative state to say he was fully conscious for 23 years but could not respond because he was...

Mom: Son in coma heard everything for 23 years

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

BRUSSELS -- A mother says her son has emerged from what doctors thought was a vegetative state to say he was fully conscious for 23 years but could not respond because he was paralyzed.

Rail Europe Inc. Offers Tickets and Passes for New High-Speed Routes to the Netherlands, Germany & Belgium

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rail Europe Inc., the largest distributor of European rail products in North America, announces new Thalys high-speed routes connecting major European cities. The new Thalys high-speed train routes connect the cities of Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Cologne, Liège and Aachen, expanding European train travel into the New Year with significantly...

Report: Europe & Islam – whose identity crisis?

Walls Come Tumbling Down (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Following my participation in the ‘Europe & Islam; whose identity crisis'’ debate at the European Parliament in Brussels last Thursday (19th November 2009), I’m pasting below the report from the British Council’s website. To view the original page, please click here: Europe has, according to the Pew Forum, about 38 million Muslims – about five percent [...]

4 US Soldiers Die In Afghan Attacks

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

KABUL — Bomb attacks and a firefight killed four U.S. service members in the past 24 hours in Afghanistan, NATO forces said Monday. Three of the Americans died in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the military force said in a statement. Two of them were killed in a bomb attack and the third in a separate firefight. The military said the fourth U.S. service member died in the east Monday in a bomb...

The European Parliament Debate

Bulgarian Elections (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

At the 10th Anniversary Awards ceremony in the European Parliament in Brussels, the VIP guests discussed Debating Europe Nationally. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

From policy to practice….boosting Cohesion Policy's contribution to sustainable energy

patrickguillard | 09/02/2009

On 19 June 2009 a workshop on the rules on Cohesion Policy investments in energy efficiency and renewable energies in the residential sector was organised in Brussels by the European Commission.

Watch Anderlecht vs Lyon Live Online Streaming Video - 25/08/09

steven_whittaker | 08/25/2009

Watch Anderlecht vs Lyon live at LivefootballStreams from The Champions League Qualifying Round – 2nd Leg. It will take one of the biggest turn-arounds in football history for RSCA to qualify with a 5-1 hammering in the 1st leg in France. Anderlecht would need to win by 4 goals at least to knock out Lyonnais at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium in Brussels. The home side must face this daunting task...

Trends in retail marketing: marketing for singles

jdv-trc | 07/16/2009

Trends in retail marketing: marketing for singles Retailtrends from all over the world. This item appears monthly in the German magazine for food professionals Rundschau für den Lebensmittelhandel and Jos de Vries The Retail Company is responsable for the articles where the latest trends on the different topics are presented. The theme we would like to present this time is “single-marketing”. The increase