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WESTERN EUROPE

	Formula One head apologises but stays in office Max Mosley, president of the Formula One Federation, has apologised to the motor racing's world governing body for any embarrassment caused by a report about his sexual conduct in a tabloid British newspaper.

Israel will be more closely involved in some EU policies like financial services or technological cooperation.

During his US trip, Benedict XVI is expected to visit a Manhattan synagogue and meet Jewish leaders.

Vandals desecrated 148 Muslim graves in France's biggest war cemetery, hanging a pig's head from one tombstone.

More Western Europe:

	Pole who saved 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw ghetto dies aged 98
	World Jewish Congress: Austria's OMV must suspend Iran deals
	Thousands protest Turin book fair's Israel theme
	British PM enters Jewish power list
	EU’s executive body chief congratulates Israel on 60th anniversary
	Solana: ‘Israel will always be a key strategic partner for the EU’
	‘Train of Remembrance’ ends journey near Auschwitz

EU-Israel-Mideast
	“European media is questioning Israel’s right to exist”
	EU foreign ministers express stronger stand towards Hamas
	EU tells Israel to release Palestinian customs duties
	Livni: Hamas must change first
	EU to release financial aid for Palestinians
	European Jewish group to file complaint against Ahmadinejad in The Hague

US Congress adopts first resolution recognizing Jewish refugees from Arab countries The House of Representatives approved an unprecedented bipartisan resolution granting recognition to Jewish refugees from Arab countries who were forced to flee their homes in the aftermath of the creation of Israel.		Poettering elected new president of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly The President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Poettering, was elected the new President of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA) during its annual plenary meeting in Athens.

EJP PICTURE OF THE DAY

Christian, Muslim and Jewish scholars attend the opening session of the Sixth Doha Conference for Interfaith Dialogue in Doha on May 13, 2008.

The two-day conference focuses on dialogue between the Christian, Muslim and Jewish faiths.