The need for such a dialogue was clear he said after the controversy over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed earlier this year and had been reinforced in recent days by the jailing of journalists in Jordan and Iran.

Among his future tasks, he will have the job to take up again the issue of the Members Statute which sets out an equal salary for all MEPs, after it was rejected by some member states earlier this year

Bavarian leader Edmund Stoiber called for citizens to have a say on the new treaty earlier this month and was joined this week by former German President Roman Herzog and the leader of the region of Saarland, Peter Müller, both Christian Democrats

Polls earlier this month had shown similar percentages of Germans favouring a referendum

Nonetheless, ABC topper Steve McPherson said earlier this morning - - before he knew that the show was available - - that he ' d be interested in looking at the property if it became up for grabs

Glaus landed on the disabled list in April because of a sore left heel caused by a bone spur, then sat out again for a few days earlier this month with a recurrence of the same injury

Making the announcement, ALDAR ' s Chairman Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh said: " Mubadala ' s purchase of Ferrari shares earlier this year allowed ALDAR an opportunity to forge a relationship with one of the world ' s leading brands.

The 55 - year-old New Zealander, a long-serving McLaren member since the 1970 s, was sacked by the British team earlier this year after telling Lewis Hamilton to lie to race stewards in Australia and Malaysia

Rookie Robert Meachem is still bothered by the ankle injury he suffered on the first day of rookie minicamp earlier this month.

Finland and Austria together put forward already earlier this year the Operational Programme which does not say a lot about the enlargemet, but more deals with the economic recovery of Europe.

The Umbrella star believes Spears ' disastrous stageshow at the Las Vegas ceremony earlier this month (Sep07) was the result of her not having performed much recently coupled with the stress of her ongoing child custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline

Following a referendum earlier this year, Montenegro narrowly voted in favour of independent from Serbia

Chipper Jones still is bothered by the bruised thumbs that sidelined him for four games earlier this month.

This may or may not point to her claim earlier this year that while writing the book, one of her characters had been redeemed whom she hadn t thought of redeeming earlier

Hundreds protested in state capitals earlier this month

" The suspect had links to The Decemberists and The Libertines, and we are following up on all leads. " It is unclear whether the shooting was linked to The Polyphonic Spree ' s invasion of Belgium earlier this week

Hicks was released by the Chiefs earlier this month, according to Sports Network

Right now, the VIX is at 15. Its lowest close since 1996 was 14, and that occurred earlier this year.

The move means Gavin Floyd will not be called up from Triple-A for a spot start, as reported earlier this week

After being bothered by a strained left groin earlier this season, Chris B Young now is hampered by a strained right groin.

Officially unveiled earlier this month at Monte Carlo s prestigious Motor Sport Business Forum, and with nearly 70,000 fans polled, it s the most exhaustive, accurate and authoritative survey of the year

Earlier this year, Gudmundur criticized the government ' s lack of initiative when worker ' s rights are violated at Kárahnúkar, the controversial hydro-electric development in East Iceland

The Serbian confirmed, as revealed by AUTOSPORT earlier this month, that former Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima is already part of the team

Though Brian Austin Green was reported to be in advanced talks to join The CW ' s " One Tree Hill " earlier this week, a source close to the production tells me the man - - whom I prefer to call " David Silver " - - has passed on the part

In reality though - - as the European Union criticized earlier this month on its regular " Progress Report " on Turkey ' s accession to the EU - - non-Muslim communities face considerable difficulties.

Remember earlier this season that near-kiss Ugly Betty choreographed for our title heroine and Daniel that we wrote off as a sight gag?

However, receiving the news on July 6 2006 left MES relatively short timescale to design and develop the package in time to supply the teams with samples earlier this year.

Earlier this month striker Jermain Defoe ' s half-brother Jade, 26, was attacked in an east London street

Earlier this year, Housewives creator Marc Cherry hinted to me that he was thinking of bringing on a new vixen to succeed Nicollette Sheridan. We hope to add a troublemaker, he clarified, but I m not so sure it ll be a woman. Sneaky

The French team abandoned the energy recovery technology earlier this season, but believe the 80 horsepower boost may be worth the set-up compromises on the long straights of the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza