The EU for all its faults was then the center of European debates about next generation industry.

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The Conference will be held under the patronage of UNESCO, the World Heritage Center, the Cyprus Presidency in the EU, and is supported, among others, by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Cyprus National Commission for UNESCO and the Department of Antiquities.

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But after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, EU governments are anxious to act.

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Anastasiades was widely known to be the favorite of EU and IMF officials, as well as Angela Merkel who recently voiced her support for the center-right candidate at a caucus of conservative European leaders, according to a Reuters report.

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