But suddenly the diminutive Mr Vitorino has been able to take a giant leap forward.

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She said the musician's manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed Manzarek died after being stricken with bile duct cancer.

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Vitorino denied there is a contradiction between this European approach and the global one being debated in the Hague Convention.

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He said he would like to see the job given to the Portuguese commissioner for justice and home affairs Antonio Vitorino.

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But those worries look like being set aside, though the Euro-warrant will require constitutional changes in some countries for example, in Mr Vitorino's Portugal.

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"It is a compromise because it states clearly what court has jurisdiction in cases of conflicts arising from e-commerce, " justice and home affairs commissioner Antonio Vitorino said.

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So, with Mr Vitorino on his way, it would have been odd if Mr Guterres had not taken the opportunity to give his cabinet a new look.

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When it was disclosed that Mr Vitorino had failed to declare the full value of a ruined farmhouse he had bought eight years ago, he had to go.

ECONOMIST: Portugal

The downfall of the defence minister, Antonio Vitorino, one of Mr Guterres's closest colleagues, was largely a consequence of the prime minister's own zeal in tackling tax evasion and sleaze.

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