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					  <title><![CDATA[Europe Has Forgotten Its Families]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[Leaders of the 27 countries of the European Union are gathered in Brussels right now to hammer out a new treaty for the enlarged union. The grander idea of a constitution has been dropped, following rejection of a draft two years ago by French and Dutch voters, and because of deep scepticism about it in the United Kingdom and Czechoslovakia. <br/><br/>With trappings of unity such as a flag (blue with 12 gold stars) and an anthem (Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy') shelved; with the idea of an EU foreign "minister" dropped and even the proposed charter of fundamental rights downgraded, the business of the meeting revolves around a new voting system - hotly contested by Poland.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Carolyn Moynihan)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:48:36 MST</pubDate>
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