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Spanish ruling party denies reports of backhanders
Spain's governing Popular Party was battling Thursday to defend its honor by denying fresh newspaper reports of regular under-the-table payments to ...
Lombardy stars as kingmaker in national elections
One region looms large over Italy's upcoming election: Lombardy. The nation's industrial powerhouse and home to its financial capital, Milan, the ...
Italian bank scandal becomes electoral issue
An Italian comedian-turned-political activist attacked the head of Monte dei Paschi bank over a trading scandal on Friday. Angry shareholders, ...
Italian bank seeks to calm investors over trades
Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena sought Thursday to calm investors over a trading scandal that has caused its share price to slump and led to ...
Indian panel pushes new laws after fatal gang rape
On the eve of a trial over a fatal gang rape that horrified Indians, a government panel recommended that India strictly enforce sexual assault laws, ...
Pressure on Spanish PM to explain Swiss bank money
Pressure piled up Tuesday on Spanish conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, with opposition parties demanding he appear before Parliament to ...
Public trust in government, business leaders falls
Public trust in business, government and media leaders has fallen in the wake of financial and political scandals, according to a new global survey.
190 Georgian 'political' prisoners walk free
Nearly 200 people considered political prisoners by Georgia's new parliament walked free Sunday under an amnesty strongly opposed by President Mikhail ...
India rape sets off debate over women's rights
India's army and navy canceled New Year's celebrations on Monday out of respect for a New Delhi student whose gang-rape and murder has set off an ...
Italy's Monti: I'm heading new electoral coalition
Italian Premier Mario Monti announced Friday he is heading a new campaign coalition made of up centrists, business leaders and pro-Vatican forces who ...
Italy's confused election gets another twist
Italy's confused election campaign took another twist Friday with the country's respected national anti-Mafia prosecutor joining ranks with the ...
UK 'plebgate' scandal becomes police crisis
The "plebgate" scandal started with an angry exchange over a bicycle in front of Downing Street. The controversy over what a senior politician did or ...
Monti says he is open to leading next government
After keeping Italians, and the rest of Europe, in suspense for weeks, caretaker Premier Mario Monti on Sunday ruled out campaigning in February ...
Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012
Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables ...
Ruby, key witness in Berlusconi trial, in Mexico
The Moroccan woman at the center of ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi's pay-for-sex trial has turned up in Mexico after missing a court date and becoming ...
Italy's PM says he intends to quit over crisis
Premier Mario Monti told the Italian president Saturday he is resigning soon, saying he can no longer govern after Silvio Berlusconi's party withdrew ...
Polarizing Indian politician seeks another win
For thousands of voters in this dusty little town, nothing is impossible for Narendra Modi, the man they believe has worked magic to reinvent the ...
China moves to right wrongs in city Bo once ruled
With China's new leaders freshly installed in power, authorities are turning their attention to tying up loose ends in the sprawling, scandal-ridden ...
UK judge issues damning press verdict
Britain's unruly newspapers should be regulated by an independent body dominated by non-journalists with the power to levy steep fines, a judge said ...
Italy votes in center-left primary amid recession
Italians voted in a primary for a center-left candidate to run in spring general elections that will in large part determine how Italy's tries to fix ...
France's Sarkozy questioned over campaign funds
He faces the possibility of charges on allegations he took advantage of an aging heiress to get envelopes stuffed with illegal cash for his ...