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France ready to arm Syrian rebels
France and Britain are pushing the European Union to lift its arms embargo on Syria as soon as possible so that they can send weapons to rebel ...
Hungary rejects criticism of constitution changes
Rejecting criticism from the EU, the U.S. and human rights groups, Hungary's prime minister insisted Thursday that recent constitutional changes ...
Catholics, world leaders welcome church's new pope
World leaders sent in their congratulations and Catholics around the world were celebrating Wednesday after the Vatican announced the election of ...
German gov't: no new borrowing from 2015
Germany's Cabinet approved a draft budget proposal Wednesday that foresees the government getting by without new borrowing from 2015 — a plan hailed ...
German utility Eon posts FY profit of $3.4 billion
German utility Eon bounced back to profit in 2012 but warned that it may have to start closing gas-fired power plants if government doesn't take steps ...
Merkel party loses mayor's job in state capital
Germany's opposition has ousted Chancellor Angela Merkel's party from the mayor's office in the capital of a traditional battleground state — a blow ...
Berlin's troubled airport gets new CEO
A hard-nosed manager with a history of overseeing corporate turnarounds was named Friday as the new CEO of Berlin's airports, putting him in charge ...
France calls on Europe to ease off austerity
France has called on fellow European nations to ease off on painful austerity policies to give the economy some breathing space and avoid social ...
German opposition launches minimum-wage drive
The German Parliament's upper house has voted to introduce a mandatory national minimum wage, a challenge by the country's opposition to Chancellor ...
POPE LIVE: End of a papacy, dawn of a retirement
"Pope Live" follows the events of the final day of Pope Benedict XVI's papacy as seen by journalists from The Associated Press around the world.
Kerry pushes trans-Atlantic free trade in Germany
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pushed Tuesday for a free-trade agreement between the United States and Europe, saying it is a priority for ...
Merkel backs 'open-ended' Turkey's EU talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday the European Union should move forward with its talks with Turkey about joining the bloc, but that she ...
German chancellor champions trans-Atlantic trade
Chancellor Angela Merkel says a proposed trans-Atlantic trade agreement between the European Union and the United States has Germany's strong backing, ...
Germany welcomes Obama's EU-US free trade call
Germany, Europe's biggest economy, has welcomed President Barack Obama's endorsement of free trade negotiations between the United States and the ...
Pope shows lifetime jobs aren't always for life
The world seems surprised that an 85-year-old globe-trotting pope who just started tweeting wants to resign, but should it be? Maybe what should be ...
Pope's resignation stuns native Germany
Many in Germany haven't always had an easy relationship with the conservative-minded Pope Benedict XVI, but most on Monday praised their countryman's ...
German education minister quits in plagiarism case
Germany's education minister resigned Saturday after a university decided to withdraw her doctorate, finding that she plagiarized parts of her thesis ...
EU leaders agree to $1.28 trillion 7-year budget
European Union leaders agreed Friday to a significantly reduced 7-year budget worth €960 billion ($1.28 trillion) — the first cut in spending in the ...
German national election set for Sept. 22
Germany's president has confirmed Sept. 22 as the date for the country's parliamentary election, in which conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel will ...
Tough times for Hezbollah in fast changing region
These are tough times for Hezbollah. The Shiite militant group's uncompromising support for Syrian President Bashar Assad and allegations that it ...
German education minister says she won't resign
Germany's education minister said Wednesday she will not resign after a university found she had plagiarized parts of her thesis but will instead to ...
German education minister stripped of doctorate
Germany's education minister was stripped of her doctorate Tuesday after a committee of academics concluded that she plagiarized substantial parts of ...
Greek court orders probe of alleged police beating
A Greek prosecutor ordered an investigation Monday into allegations of police brutality in the arrest of four alleged bank robbers after authorities ...
Syrian opposition: willing to meet with regime
Syria's top opposition leader said Friday that he was willing to sit down for talks with President Bashar Assad's government to "ease the pain of the ...
Egypt's political factions denounce violence
Representatives from across Egypt's political spectrum held a rare meeting Thursday to denounce violence, hours before a fresh call for a new wave of ...