European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page in the world Gerald president meets with German Chancellor Angela who is president of the european and european commission president Jose Manuel Barroso on monday at the White eur signals Unity with in Russia disputes by Desmond Butler the associated press Washington German Chancellor Angela Merkel on monday urged president Bush to step up dialogue with Russia Over a planned missile de sense system As the two leaders met at a Summit at the White the and eur leaders were expected to take Steps monday to eliminate bureaucratic hurdles to transatlantic a to priority for they also were highlighting joint efforts to push for peace in the Middle East and to convince Iran to suspend uranium but were not expected to resolve disagreements on issues including Glo bal Trade and climate Merkel comments follow a statement she issued saturday after a Telephone Call with rus Sian president Vladimir praising a push to soothe russian concerns Over its plans to install a radar system and interceptors in Eastern defense Secretary Robert Gates recently travelled to As Well As Berlin to discuss rus Sias opposition to the Merkel proposed that Russia be invited to participate in a common threat analysis to clarify the need for the defense she said that talks should take place in the Nat Orussia though she did not expect great Progress on the impasse with Russia at the she said she would press her i want to make Clear again that things need to be discussed jointly with she said monday ahead of talks with comments last week by Putin repeating opposition to the plan and threatening to pull out of a key Post cold War treaty that set limits on the deployment of military forces in Europe have cast a Shadow on the but they also have provided an Opportunity for european leaders to demonstrate Unity with the european commission president Jose Manuel who is leading the summits european Dele gation with said Over the weekend that rus Sia should not have a veto Over the proposed missile defense criticized Putin diplomatic efforts to achieve Middle East peace and to get Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program Are also on the table at the Barroso responded strongly on sunday to a suggestion last week by iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the eur needed to be More inde pendent from the he praised a comment by president Bush that he would be open to direct talks with following a suggestion from Javier the us foreign and Security affairs who met last week with Iran top nuclear Neotia chinese pet food commonly laced with mild toxin the associated press Beijing the mildly toxic chemical melamine is commonly added to animal feed in a manager of a feed company and one of the chemicals producers said describing a pro Cess that fraudulently boosts the feeds sales value but risks introducing the chemical into meat eaten by customers either dont know or Arent concerned about the prac said Wang manager of the Kaiyuan protein feed com Pany in the Northern City of weve been running the melamine feed business for about 15 years and receiving positive responses from our Wang told the associated using the proper Quantity of melamine will not harm the Ani our products Are very for Wang five men convicted of plotting to bomb locations in Britain by David Stringer the associated press London five men were sentenced to life in prison on Mon Day after being found guilty of plotting to bomb targets in Brit including a popular night Power a shopping mall and a construction company with contracts in the court Case Britain Long est terror trial revealed previously undisclosed links Between the al Aida cells and the suicide bombers who launched a deadly 2005 attack on the cites transit the which were kept secret from a jury to ensure a fair showed counter terrorism agents tracking the fertilizer plot ters had also watched two of the transit bombers for More than a year before they struck even placing a tracking device in the car of the ringleader Mohammed Siddique but officials failed to piece together the links in time to prevent the july bombings that killed 52 peo the revelations Are at Odds with statements by Tony Blairs government after the 2005 senior who a month earlier had lowered the country Alert said that attack was unexpected and the perpetrators the jury deliberated for almost a month after nearly a year of Tes Timony in the plot that involved pounds of fertilizer that the men had stockpiled in a London storage Omar Anthony Jawad Waheed Mahmood and Alauddin Amin were All jailed for life on a charge of conspiring to cause also found guilty were Anthony Gar Jawad Waheed Mah mood and Alauddin Garcia and Waheed Mahmood will be eligible for parole after 20 years Amin and after years but All five were warned they could face spending the rest of their lives in two Nabeel Hussain and Shujath were cleared of conspiracy to cause sex the men were All British Citi Zens and most had ties to Paki Estonia erects removed soviet memorial at military cemetery the associated press Estonia a statue commemorating soviet soldiers killed during world War ii was erected at a new location Mon three Days after its removal from a downtown Square in Esto Nias capital provoked riots by eth Nic the Bronze Soldier is now open for Public viewing at the defense forces defense minis try spokeswoman act Kukk police clashed Over three nights with Russia speaking estonians angered by the decision to move the statue and a nearby War one Man was stabbed to More than 150 people were Hurt and detained in the worst violence since Estonia quit the soviet Union in some ethnic estonians consider the memorial a bitter reminder of the soviet occupation of their Baltic while ethnic russians View its removal As a Timur the Bronze a statue commemorating soviet soldiers killed during world War rises at its 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