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Colombo, Oct 21 (IANS): The European Union (EU) Tuesday said that lifting sanctions imposed on Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels is not a political decision taken by the EU but a legal ruling of a court.

Over the past few days, Sri Lanka has been accusing the EU of lifting its sanctions on the rebels as part of a political move against the Colombo government, Xinhua reported.

The General Court of the EU annulled measures taken against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) last week, which listed the Sri Lankan rebel group as a terrorist organisation and froze its funds.

However, the court allows the freezing of Tamil Tiger funds to be maintained for three more months.

The court also ruled that the EU law on the prevention of terrorism can apply in situations of armed conflict under international humanitarian law thereby rejecting a claim made by the Tamil Tigers.

The LTTE waged a three-decade war in Sri Lanka, fighting for a separate homeland. They were militarily defeated by the Sri Lankan government in 2009.

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The European Union dropped an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese makers of equipment for mobile telecommunications networks after the two sides reached a settlement.

EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht and Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng came to an amicable settlement on the issue over the weekend, the EU said today in a statement. The probe had threatened to affect Chinese telecom-equipment manufacturers such as Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp.

The concerns that have led us to launch the case can now be addressed in a systematic and regular dialogue between the two sides for the benefit of our industry, De Gucht said. In March, the EU closed a related anti-dumping investigation of the same industry. The inquiries covered EU imports of more than 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) a year.

The settlement came after EU President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Barroso met with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang at a summit in Milan last week. The EU and China hope to finalize negotiations as early as possible on a bilateral investment agreement, they said on Oct. 15.

Under the telecom-gear settlement, an independent body will monitor the Chinese and EU telecom-networks markets, the EU said today. The accord also includes equal treatment of companies bidding for publicly funded research and development projects.

With this settlement, we have much better and fairer competition and conditions for European companies that we used to have before, De Gucht spokesman Wojtek Talko told reporters in Brussels. He said the issue of export credits will be discussed in a working group, but there was no agreement on dropping it.

To contact the reporter on this story: Jones Hayden in Brussels at jhayden1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Alan Crawford at acrawford6@bloomberg.net Eddie Buckle, Fergal OBrien

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FRANKFURT, GERMANY In this season of my life, I find myself regularly getting wedding invitations and birth announcements.

One of the more unusual weddings was that of my friend Annika, a German citizen who lived with my family as an exchange student during the 2005-2006 school year.There was no doubt that we would make every attempt to attend this event one not-to-be-missed.

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