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A petition calling for Sadiq Khan to declare London an independent state after the UK voted to quit the EU has been signed by thousands of people. The petition's organiser James O'Malley, said the capital was "a world city" which should "remain at the heart of Europe". Nearly 60% of people in the capital backed the Remain campaign, in stark contrast to most of the country.

Minister for strategic affairs discusses deploying military force in Strip with NATO deputy secretary general; discusses Iranian threat with former Spanish president, considers bringing Yisrael Beitenu into EPP Minister for Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman discussed deploying NATO forces in the Gaza Strip in a meeting with NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Minuto Rizzo in Brussels. The two discussed deploying a force to preserve order and prevent weapon smuggling into the Gaza Strip. Lieberman also brought up the matters of aerial defense, technological research and development and intelligence cooperation between Israel and NATO. Lieberman visited Europe this week to hold a...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German parliament will ratify the EU constitution next month, a government spokesman said on Monday, dismissing both a legal challenge and the prospect of a clash with the federal states over the issue. "For me there is no question that the Bundestag (lower house) will decide on May 12," government spokesman Thomas Steg told a regular news conference. "I expect...as the state premiers clearly told the Chancellor in December, that the Bundesrat (upper house) will decide on May 27," he said. Unlike France, Germany has decided not to hold a referendum on the European Union constitution,...

HOMELAND INSECURITY Patriot Act II – is it a prudent step to stem terrorist activity in the U.S. and protect the homeland, or a Draconian measure designed to strip the last vestiges of freedom from the American landscape? Such is the question increasingly on the minds of Internet users, many of whom come down squarely on the side of legal experts who warn of the legislation's danger. Though an actual bill to further expand federal law-enforcement powers has not been introduced, activists for months have communicated online about what they see as potential Nazi-like developments. The first USA Patriot Act...