The EU, Germany and Bulgaria show how diplomacy is done

from spiegel...


The accused -- five Bulgarian nurses
and a Palestinian doctor -- appear
in the dock of a Tripoli court.

The legal drama over five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor -- earlier condemned to death in Libya for supposedly infecting hundreds of children with AIDS -- could be nearing its end. After months of tough negotiations, a diplomatic offensive by the German government and the EU has led to a breakthrough.

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Not only has a crisis task force in Bulgaria been working for the nurses' freedom, but so too have high-ranking negotiators from the European Union and Germany. And the deal that could soon lead to the release of the Bulgarians is a textbook example of effective European diplomacy.

something bush should read and learn from, but of course he won't, or, more likely, can't...

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