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	Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, and to the southeast by the waterways adjoining the Mediterranean to and including the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains.
		On the east, Europe is divided from Asia by the water divide of the Ural Mountains and by the Caspian Sea.
		Physiographically, Europe is the northwestern constituent of the larger landmass known as Eurasia, or Africa-Eurasia: Asia occupies the eastern bulk of this continuous landmass (save the Suez Canal separating Asia and Africa) and all share a common continental shelf.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Europe (3848 words)

	Worldworx Travel - Regional Information - Europe
		The landmass faces the Mediterranean Sea in the south, borders the Middle East and Asia to the west and east and faces the Barents and Norwegian seas to the north.
		Europe is comprised of a mostly flat and verdant, fertile plain with a few pockets of mountainous plateau in the south such as the French and Swiss Alps, Massif Central, the Pyrenees, the Transylvanian Alps and the Carpathian Mountains.
		Europe is home to a diverse mix of people and their cultures and individual languages are all very special and unique, although some share similarities with other nations.
	www.worldworx.tv /regional-information/europe (373 words)

	South African trade with Europe - SouthAfrica.info
		South Africa's trade relations and development co-operation with the EU are governed by the TDCA, which was signed in 1999.
		South Africa is the Netherlands' most important trading partner on the African continent and the Netherlands ranks in the top ten of the list of South Africa's most important trading partners.
		South Africa is one of the most sophisticated and promising emerging markets in the world, offering a unique combination of highly developed first world economic infrastructure with a vibrant emerging market economy.
	www.southafrica.info /doing_business/sa_trade/agreements/trade_europe.htm (1215 words)

	Forum Europe - Conference at a glance
		It is the third in a series of events on reconstruction and economic development issues in South East Europe, the previous two having taken place in October 2000 and in June 2001.
		On 10 June 1999, at the EU's initiative, the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe was adopted in Cologne.
		The South East Europe Compact for Reform, Investment, Integrity and Growth ('Investment Compact') is a key component of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, a framework agreement adopted in June 1999 by more than 40 countries and international and regional organisations as a shared strategy for ensuring stability and growth in the region.
	www.forum-europe.com /conferences_ataglance.asp?ConfId=217 (1025 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Joyful South Africa Celebrates World Cup Award
		South Africa was awarded the right to host the 2010 soccer World Cup finals Saturday to finally erase the agony of four years ago when they lost out on the 2006 finals to Germany by a single vote.
		Former South African president Nelson Mandela, who at 85 is his country's iconic leader and was an ambassador for the bid, posed with the World Cup trophy.
		South Africa sent a high-profile mission to Switzerland, led by Mandela, President Thabo Mbeki and Nobel Peace prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu in their efforts to win the vote.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/05/15/joyful_south_africa_celebrates_world_cup_award?mode=PF (814 words)

	SOUTHERN EUROPE
		All of the countries of Southern Europe are facing either stationary or declining populations.
		All of the countries of Southern Europe have approximately 30% of their population in the age ranges of under age 15 or over age 65.
		In comparison, in all of the countries of Southern Europe, the population distribution by age is fairly equal, both from country to country and between the two given age ranges.
	maps.unomaha.edu /Peterson/funda/Notes/Notes_Exam2/SE.html (1709 words)

	South East Europe Corporate Governance Roundtable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The South East Europe Corporate Governance Roundtable was established in September 2001, in response to growing awareness among policy-makers and donors in the region regarding the importance of corporate governance.
		The South East Europe Roundtable presented an action plan to the Ministerial Meeting of the Investment Compact in Vienna on 26 and 27 June 2006.
		The fifth meeting of the South East Europe Corporate Governance Roundtable took place on 10-11 June 2004 in Ohrid, FYROM and focused on the Implementation and Enforcement of Transparency and Dislosure.
	www.oecd.org /document/13/0,2340,fr_2649_34813_2398029_1_1_1_1,00.html (675 words)

	Overview: South Eastern Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		South Eastern Europe was the continent’s most troubled region in the 1990s.
		Tens of thousands were killed in ethnic-based conflict throughout the states of the former Yugoslavia, and the often uneasy peace that has prevailed in the new millennium continues to be buffeted by distrust and occasional bursts of violence.
		In recent years, they have agreed to a regional agenda of cross-border projects in the areas of anticorruption, education, public health, media, illegal labor migration, and minority issues.
	www.soros.org /initiatives/regions/south-eastern_europe/see_overview (234 words)

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		This workshop was jointly organised by the North-South Centre and the Directorate-General for Social Cohesion of the Council of Europe, in partnership with the Paris Panos Institute.
		The Lisbon Forum 2006, organised by the North-South Centre and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, under the auspices of the San Marino Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, was held from 28 to 29 November 2006 at the Portuguese Parliament in Lisbon.
		The seminar was organised by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men) in partnership with the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe.
	www.coe.int /T/E/North-South_Centre (1020 words)

	AFSOUTH Fact sheets
		Commander Joint Command South (COMJCSOUTH) is to contribute to the security and territorial integrity of the Allied Forces South Europe (AFSOUTH) area of responsability with forces allocated for that purpose.
		Joint Command South is commanded by an Italian Army 3-star General, assisted by a Deputy Commander (a 2-star German or British Army General, on rotation basis), and by a Spanish Chief of Staff (a 2-star Army General).
		The symbol of Joint Command South (JC SOUTH) is the Lion of St. Mark, which is traditionally associated with the ancient Republic of Venice, whose Patron Saint was St. Mark the Apostle.
	www.afsouth.nato.int /factsheets/JCS.htm (611 words)

	South-East Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Since 2000 OECD’s regional activities in South-East Europe has aimed to support the implementation of macroeconomic stabilisation policies and deeper structural reforms in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, FYR Macedonia, Moldovia and Romania.
		In South-East Europe, the OECD was a founding partner of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe set up at the initiative of several countries in 1999.
		The OECD co-chairs the Investment Compact, which aims to boost private sector investment in the region. It is also active in other initiatives collaborating on concrete steps for the reform of education, the promotion of trade, the improvement of governance and the fight against corruption.
	www.oecd.org /ccnm/see (268 words)

	A PLEA FOR THE STUDY OF SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE
		Instead of the close attention South-Eastern Europe deserves, the historical heritage, the religious and intellectual back-ground or the economic complexities of those countries were pointed out, but only as arguments for the presumptions treated with reverence by journalists.
		There is also the difficult task of dealing with former members of the academic nomenklatura who had made themselves acceptable as representatives of their countries and who now have insinuated themselves in the new international structures where they keep smiling.
		By the end of the century, 'South-Eastern Europe' was still alternating with 'the Balkans' and 'the Near East' as names for a practically identical map.
	www.unc.edu /depts/europe/conferences/ACLS98/pippidi.html (2639 words)

	South East Europe with record investment - Business news
		South East European countries improve their interaction by signing bilateral free trade agreements and establishing a regional energy market, according to the Southeast Europe Investment Guide 2006 published by the Bulgaria Economic Forum.
		The influx of foreign investment in the South East European countries as a percentage of GDP was 4.02 on the average in 2004, although it varied in each country — from 10.9 per cent in Bulgaria to 0.3 per cent in Moldova.
		Although all countries in South East Europe are oil importers and have significant trade imbalances because of the expensive import, their economic growth is not yet in danger.
	www.sofiaecho.com /article/south-east-europe-with-record-investment/id_14811/catid_23 (1077 words)

	EPP-ED Group: Key Notes
		The EUâs fundamental aim for South East Europe is to create a situation where military conflict is unthinkable - expanding to the region peace, stability, prosperity and freedom established over the last 50 years by the EU and its Member States.
		The EU is by far the single largest assistance donor to the Western Balkans as a whole, and this via the different aid programmes aimed at increasing economic, political and social co-operation between the EU and these countries: Phare, Obnova and CARDS (Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Democratisation and Stabilisation).
		The South East European countries also aim to join the Euro-Atlantic organisations: Albania, Croatia and FYROM are already members of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council.
	www.epp-ed.eu /Policies/pkeynotes/03south-east-europe_en.asp (843 words)

	Travel to South Africa. Car rental travel in South Africa from Auto Europe.
		South Africa is widely admired for its tremendous natural beauty and the variety of its landscape.
		South Africa is 7 hours ahead of Eastern Time in the United States and Canada.
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	www.autoeurope.com /guides/South_Africa/South_Africa_guide.cfm (523 words)

	Southern Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The South of France is also included in most definitions of the term.
		This area consists of the southern two-thirds of Portugal, Spain's southern half and eastern coast, the southeast coast of France (along with the island of Corsica), all of Italy except the Po River plain and Alps region, the coasts of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania, most of Greece, Cyprus and Malta.
		Countries of Latin Europe are often associated with the concept of Southern Europe, especially Southwest Europe (see Latin Arch).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southern_Europe (504 words)

	Public Health in South East Europe
		In early 2003 a partnership comprising the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Open Society Institute, the UNICEF Regional Office for Europe, CEE/CIS and the Baltic states, and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) undertook a detailed assessment of challenges to health in South Eastern Europe.
		South Eastern Europe - Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1), Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, and the UN administered province of Kosovo (2) - has experienced major disruptions during the 1990s.
		The governments of the region and the international community have to work together in ensuring that the gains made so far in health in South Eastern Europe are not lost.
	www.lshtm.ac.uk /ecohost/see/index.htm (575 words)

	IOM - South Eastern Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Stabilization and Association Process (SAP), the European Union’s policy and assistance framework for South East Europe, is advancing (although not without temporary setbacks) with new countries now benefiting from the assistance and the development prospects opened by the process.
		With the support of the regions’ governments, IOM, in cooperation with other international organizations, the Migration, Asylum and Refugees Regional Initiative (MARRI), and its regional centre in Skopje, is promoting regional cooperation and facilitating the transition of international community-led reconstruction and development towards a stronger ownership and responsibility of the governments in the region.
		This would be achieved through projects aiming to recruit labour force to countries outside the region, through regional mobility, and by studying possibilities for productive use of the money remittances that countries in the region receive from their expatriate citizens.
	www.iom.int /jahia/page691.html (283 words)

	South Eastern Europe :: ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY INITIATIVE
		Mining in South Eastern Europe has been identified as a sector requiring specific attention, and is the focus of several regional cooperation projects.
		Five demonstration projects will be finalised and launched in the period of 2006-2008 under the umbrella of the project “Environment and Security in South Eastern Europe: Improving regional cooperation for risk management from pollution hotspots as well as transboundary management of shared regional resources”.
		Draft of the refined assessment of the South Eastern European mining-related risks: Identification and verification of “environmental hot spots” for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
	www.envsec.org /see/index.php (1070 words)

	Georgian defense minister says his helicopter came under fire over South Ossetia - Europe - International Herald Tribune
		The incident was certain to deepened tensions between the Georgian government and the separatist leadership of South Ossetia, which has close ties to Russia and has run its own affairs since breaking away in a war in the early 1990s war.
		Okruashvili, a military chief whose statements have angered South Ossetian leaders and Russian officials in the past, said that he does not recognize any airspace as belonging to the internationally unrecognized government of South Ossetia.
		Russia has close contacts with the South Ossetian government, although it stops short of formally recognizing it, and grants Russian passports to the region's residents.
	iht.com /articles/ap/2006/09/03/europe/EU_GEN_Georgia_South_Ossetia.php (589 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Europe 'lags behind' US on terror
		Europe has not caught up with the US in its response to global terrorism, Nato's secretary general has warned.
		This difference between the US and its European allies was one reason for the strained relations within Nato, the alliance chief added.
		Mr de Hoop Scheffer told the Council on Foreign Relations in New York that "in Europe, we still have complicated discussions...
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/4005345.stm (327 words)

	TIME Europe \| South Africa: Mbeki - Africa's Challenges \| 9/11/2000
		Political opponents charge that when countering criticism of his strategies and style, Mbeki has begun to play the race card, defining South Africa as a country of two nations — one rich and white, the other poor and fl.
		South Africa is now a major platform for the manufacture of Rolls-Royce engines.
		Our new Investment Advisory Council has put the issue of communications top of its agenda because the image of South Africa projected to the rest of the world is not a reflection of the truth.
	www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/2000/0911/mbeki.html (1378 words)

	Stabilizing South Eastern Europe
		It’s purpose, summarized by Bodo Hombach, Stability Pact special coordinator, is to create "a democratic and unified Europe without political and economic divisions."1 It would accomplish this by bringing the countries of South Eastern Europe together with those in Western Europe, the United States, and their institutions.
		Although initial funding for the Stability Pact has been slow to arrive, the Regional Funding Conference for South Eastern Europe received more than $2.3 billion in pledges last March to finance "quick-start projects."2 This amount was surprisingly high, exceeding the fundraising target by one third.
		He looks at Central and Eastern Europe in an optimistic light,and believes that the word 'Balkans' is tainted with too many negative nuances.
	www.basicint.org /pubs/Notes/2000stabilizingsouth.htm (1327 words)

	TIME Europe \| South Africa: Reliving Apartheid Horrors \| 6/12/2000
		After two years of harrowing depositions before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, South Africans may have thought they had heard the worst, and the last, of the evil deeds of the apartheid era.
		The son of a South African police colonel and a well-known opera singer, Basson was a brigadier in the army at the age of 30 and founded a special medical battalion that gave operational support to South Africa's special forces fighting against antiapartheid guerrillas in Angola, Mozambique and Namibia.
		But whatever the outcome of his trial, it is making South Africans again live through the nightmares sown by apartheid.
	www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/2000/0612/drdeath.html (1034 words)

	Balkans/South East Europe
		This map was based on Gastaldi's 1560 map of South East Europe.
		The map covers Thrace (south eastern Balkans adjoining the Sea of Marmar/Constantinople), including the most eastern parts of Turkey.
		It is based on Gastaldi's 1560 map of South east Europe and on information from ancient sources such as Herodotus, Plinius, Strabo, Appainus, Virgilius, Plutarchus and Sidonius.
	www.heritageantiquemaps.com /Europe/balkans.htm (607 words)

	Europe and Central Asia \| South East Europe
		South East Europe is composed of a heterogeneous set of countries with a combined population of 56 million and an average per capita income of about US$2,200.
		The countries which form the South East Europe Region include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Romania.
		Building on the existing collaborative work on a country-by-country basis in the South East Europe Region, the European Commission and the World Bank were tasked with the special mandate to lead the coordination effort of all bilateral and multilateral aid to the Balkans.
	lnweb18.worldbank.org /eca/eca.nsf/d1e666886eb626e2852567d100165168/29b51ba1cc2014b48525688500776488?OpenDocument (346 words)

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