European stocks advanced for a second day, extending a 28-month high, as investors speculated that the European Union will increase its efforts to contain the region’s debt crisis.

欧洲股市收盘走高，连续两天保持上涨势头，此前斯托克指数创下28个月新高，投资者猜测欧盟将推出措施来控制欧元区债务危机的蔓延。

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During a two-day visit to Turkey, David Cameron used unusually strong language to lament his host's stalled bid for European Union membership.

在对土耳其为期两天的访问中，英国首相卡梅伦对土耳其加入欧盟受阻进行了强烈批评。

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Up to 300 people a day try to cross the River Evros that divides Greece and Turkey, to reach the European Union.

每天都有大约300人试图穿过希腊和土耳其之间的马里乍河进入欧盟。

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But Mediterranean members of the European Union rejected that proposal even before the ten-day meeting began.

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It is day and night. Europe is absent, the commission is there but the European Union member states are not there.

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The government's outright rejection for a truce with Tamil Tiger rebels came a day after the European Union said the situation of civilians trapped in the war zone is dangerous and called for a cease-fire to allow humanitarian aid into the region.

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The meeting comes after a two-day European Union summit in Brussels starting on Thursday.

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Market attention is also on a two-day European Union leaders summit that began Thursday.

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Mr Khatib's resignation comes a day after European Union foreign ministers failed to resolve their differences over whether to exempt Syrian rebels from an arms embargo.

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