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An EU spokesman said yesterday that EU antitrust regulators hoped to come to a decision "before the end of July". Basil Omiyi, the managing director of Shell's Nigerian business, said: "We will continue to do everything we can to ensure a lasting reconciliation between the Ogonis and Shell. The conflict reached one of its darkest moments in 1995, when Ken Saro Wiwa, who led Mosop, was executed by the military dictatorship.To begin a new peace process, President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria has appointed a priest, Father Matthew Kukah, to lead the reconciliation Mosop is now committed to non-violence. We look forward to working with Father Kukah, the federal and state governments and Ogoni leaders in making reconciliation a reality.". Ledum Mittee, president of Mosop, said: "We welcome the effort being made by the federal government to engage in dialogue which we hope will be sincere and will recognise the need to redress abuses."A spokesman for Shell said the company did not yet have plans to resume oil production, but it wants to re-enter Ogoni to make safe its former wells and carry out maintenance on pipelines running through Ogoni.Since it left, Shell's facilities have been looted, vandalised and used illegally.

Shell pulled out in 1993 after the Mosop intensified its campaign against it for the return of $10bn (£5.5bn) in oil royalties and compensation for environmental damage. Since 1990, Ogoni has been dogged by violence, crime, corruption, and poverty.Statements issued yesterday by the President of Nigeria, the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), the River State government, which covers the Ogoni region, and Shell mark a breakthrough towards peace. More than 12 years since it fled the Nigerian region of Ogoni in fear at the growing violence towards its operations from the local population, oil giant Shell has reopened talks with the people of the Ogoni about a possible return. The International Air Transport Association said on Monday higher oil prices were "destroying" the industry's profitability, leaving it facing $6bn (£3.3bn) of losses.Ryanair, however, reported pre-tax profits of €296m (£200m) on sales of €1.3bn..

The gate was modelled on the ceremonial entrance to the Acropolis and topped with a copper statue of the goddess of Peace - although the Nazi regime was to adopt the gate as a symbol of the Third Reich.Its closing in August 1961, when East German troops began building the Berlin Wall, came to represent the division of the German people. Its reopening in December 1989, days after revellers tore down sections of the Berlin wall, equally represented the end of hostility and the rebirth of the united Germany. The gate, which was restored in 2002, is a very powerful icon for Germans and attracts hundreds of thousands of revellers each year during new year celebrations.Top of the bill will be the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, who toured with his long-awaited album Smile last year.Artists:Brian Wilson, a-ha, Crosby Stills & Nash, Lauryn Hill, Bap, Die Toten Hosen, Peter MaffayParis: Eiffel TowerThe organisers could not have chosen a more iconic building for the Paris venue for Live8. The tower, images of which were beamed around the world as the globe celebrated the new millennium has been visited by more than 216 million people since it was completed in 1889.Britain's Craig David will headline along with Jamiroquai. We will also block it at a local level, in the planning permission process, where I suspect we will have the most success."Mr O'Leary said it was "truly bizarre" that BAA could consider spending £4bn at Stansted on facilities that its airlines unanimously opposed, while part of the cost would be subsidised by Heathrow and Gatwick passengers who would get no benefit - a subsidy he said the CAA should block.Ryanair's results bucked the trend of miserable financial news from the airline industry, hit most recently by rising fuel prices.