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EU leaders unite on Brexit demands, for now

By Alastair Macdonald
BRUSSELS, Apr 29 (Reuters) European Union leaders will endorse a stiff set of divorce terms for Britain at a summit today, rejoicing in a rare show of unity in adversity, but well aware that may start to fray once negotiations begin.
Meeting for the first time since British Prime Minister Theresa May formally triggered a two-year countdown to Brexit in late March, the 27 other EU leaders will lose little time over a lunch in Brussels in approving an 8-page set of negotiating guidelines hammered out by their diplomats over the past month.
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