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  • Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande

    EU scores hat-trick with Greek, bank deals, Nobel

    Finally, it has been a good week for Europe. After months of bitter debate, European Union countries finally reached two crucial agreements Thursday: ... 

  • KHALED EL-MASRI

    European court condemns CIA in landmark ruling

    A European court issued a landmark ruling Thursday that condemned the CIA's "extraordinary renditions" programs and bolstered those who say they were ... 

  • 25 years in arson that killed 2 children

    A sobbing mother was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for setting fire to her home and killing two of her children at Fort Campbell, in what ... 

  • Christine Lagarde

    IMF's Lagarde praises Euro deal on bank oversight

    The head of the International Monetary Fund on Thursday praised a deal inked by European Union governments to create a single supervisor for their ... 

  • Greeks earning ?42,000 to be taxed at top rate

    Greeks earning more than €42,000 ($55,000) per year will now be taxed at a new top rate of 42 percent, under a major new tax reform bill submitted to ... 

  • Oscars Academy honors Pedro Almodovar in London

    Iconoclastic director Pedro Almodovar was hailed by Hollywood on Thursday at an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences retrospective in London. 

  • Silvio Berlusconi

    Europe shrugs at Berlusconi's political ambitions

    Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's political ambitions got a huge yawn on Thursday from both the bond markets and his fellow European ... 

  • Avigdor Lieberman

    Israeli FM charged with breach of trust

    Israel's powerful foreign minister was charged Thursday with breach of trust for actions that allegedly compromised a criminal investigation into his ... 

  • Nelson Mandela

    Confusion rises over Nelson Mandela's location

    South Africa's presidency declined to directly address reports Thursday that anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was being treated at a different ... 

  • New-found tale could be Hans Christian Andersen's

    For years, the somber fairy tale about a lonely candle that wanted to be lit dwelt in oblivion at the bottom of a box in Denmark's National Archives. 

  • Study: People worldwide living longer, but sicker

    Nearly everywhere around the world, people are living longer and fewer children are dying. But increasingly, people are grappling with the diseases ... 

  • Europe takes step toward more stable banks

    The European Union has taken its big first step toward keeping busted banks from costing taxpayers billions and dragging down government finances. 

  • Witnesses: 3 killed, others raped by Guinea army

    A military crackdown on protesters in a remote Guinean town this week left three people dead and dozens more wounded, while at least three women were ... 

  • Pentagon warns of higher bomb threat in drawdown

    American and coalition forces in Afghanistan will be more vulnerable to deadly improvised explosive devices as the military draws down troops next ... 

  • Russia positions itself for fall of Syrian regime

    Syria's most powerful ally and protector, Russia, began positioning itself Thursday for the fall of President Bashar Assad, saying for the first time ... 

  • Man jailed for 2 years for defacing Rothko work

    A Polish man who defaced a Mark Rothko painting in London's Tate Modern gallery with black ink to promote an obscure artistic creed was sentenced ... 

  • Hamas stages first West Bank march since 2007

    The Islamic militant group Hamas staged on Thursday its first public demonstration in the West Bank since 2007, illustrating its improving ties with ... 

  • Turkey Patriot defenses to be ready next month

    The Patriot air defense missiles being deployed to protect Turkey from spillover from Syria's civil war will become operational at the end of January, ... 

  • French former spy chief cleared of 2 counts

    A Paris appeals court has rejected two of three charges against the former head of France's domestic intelligence agency over allegedly illegal ... 

  • 5 killed in Russian building collapse

    Five workers have been killed in the collapse of a building that was under construction in the Russian city of Taganrog, and rescuers are searching ... 

  • Lawyer: Killed Kremlin critic worked for UK spies

    Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian agent-turned-Kremlin critic, was a "registered and paid" agent working for Britain's foreign intelligence ... 

  • S&P puts UK's AAA rating on negative watch

    The Standard & Poor's rating agency has put Britain's AAA long-term credit rating on negative watch because of fears that economic growth over the ... 

  • Leon Panetta, John Allen, James Cunningham

    Afghan suicide bomber kills US soldier, 2 Afghans

    A Taliban suicide car bomber killed one American soldier and two Afghan civilians Thursday near a U.S. military base shortly after the visiting U.S. 

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