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AP Exclusive: France to send drones to Mali region
France will move surveillance drones to West Africa and is holding secretive talks with U.S. officials in Paris this week as it seeks to steer ...
Legislators reject Europe Central Bank candidate
A European Parliament committee has voted against the nomination of Luxembourg's top central banker to a post at the European Central Bank, saying ...
Maker of London's black cabs says it's going bust
The maker of London's famous black cabs said Monday it was going into administration after failing to secure an injection of cash from one of its ...
Philips Q3 earnings rise, growth economies help
Royal Philips Electronics NV, the maker of electric shavers, light bulbs and medical imaging equipment, saw earnings more than double in the third ...
Italian court convicts 7 for no quake warning
Defying assertions that earthquakes cannot be predicted, an Italian court convicted seven scientists and experts of manslaughter Monday for failing ...
Unease about Germany's unchecked gold reserves
Germany's central bank has failed to properly oversee the country's massive gold reserves, which have been stored abroad since the Cold War in case ...
Greece revises up its 2011 deficit, debt figures
Greece has revised up its budget deficit and debt figures for last year, citing a deeper than expected recession and new data. The national ...
Cyprus ready for final talks on bailout
Cyprus' government spokesman says the country is ready for a final round of negotiations with its potential bailout creditors to agree on a rescue ...
Man with knife stopped from approaching Finnish PM
Security guards stopped a knife-wielding man on Monday from approaching Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen while he was campaigning for municipal ...
Ford calls Belgian union to meet amid money woes
A union leader says Ford officials have summoned union representatives from its Genk, Belgium, factory to an urgent meeting Wednesday "We don't know ...
3 British men go on trial over alleged terror plot
Three young British Muslim men went on trial in London on Monday, accused of plotting to set off multiple bombs in terrorist strikes that prosecutors ...
Greece's Aegean airline to buy rival Olympic Air
Greek airline Aegean says it has agreed to purchase its main rival Olympic Air for €72 million ($94 million), nearly two years after an attempted ...
Cafe's one-way mirror allows peeks into restroom
An Austrian artist has installed a one-way mirror in a Vienna cafe that allows men to peek from their restroom into the ladies room. Alexander Riegler ...
Guinea-Bissau says coup plotter came from Portugal
Guinea-Bissau's latest coup attempt appears to have been fomented in Portugal and led by a soldier who sought exile in the European country after ...
Watchdog says 76 journalists imprisoned in Turkey
A media advocacy group is accusing Turkey of waging the "world's biggest crackdown" on media freedoms. New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists ...
BP backs deal to swap TNK-BP for Rosneft stake
The board of U.K. energy company BP PLC has struck a deal to swap its troublesome Russian oil venture TNK-BP for a big stake in Rosneft, the ...
Scientists link deep wells to deadly Spain quake
Farmers drilling ever deeper wells over decades to water their crops likely contributed to a deadly earthquake in southern Spain last year, a new ...
France: Iran seems on track for nukes by mid-2013
France's foreign minister says Iran appears on track to reach the ability to produce a nuclear weapon by the first half of next year. France is one ...
Poll: Germans accept nuke exit despite rising bill
A new poll finds that a large majority of Germans back the government's decision to phase out nuclear power and switch to renewable energies within ...
Vienna platform launches opera live stream
Vienna's opera scene is going live on the web for the first time with the launch of the first Internet-based platform for streaming classical ...
Pope names 7 new saints, seeks to revive faith
Some 80,000 pilgrims in flowered lei, feathered headdresses and other traditional garb flooded St. Peter's Square on Sunday as Pope Benedict XVI added ...
Susan Boyle's fairy tale dream tempered by reality
She dreamed a dream, and it came true. But what happened next for Susan Boyle? The middle-aged church volunteer from a small town in Scotland became ...
'Rust and Bone' named best picture at London fest
"Rust and Bone," Jacques Audiard's soaring story of love, loss and killer whales, was named best picture at the London Film Festival on Saturday.
Floods in France prompt evacuations in shrine town
Pilgrims trek by the millions each year to the Roman Catholic shrine in Lourdes, many looking to drink its spring waters reputed for their healing ...
Williams tops Petkovic, reaches Luxembourg final
Venus Williams reached her first final in almost 2½ years at the Luxembourg Open after defeating Andrea Petkovic of Germany 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday.