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Clinton: US, Europe must do more against tyrants
(AP)
 AP - The Obama administration on Saturday called for stepped up U.S.-European cooperation to isolate tyrannies like the Assad regime in Syria, promote democracy in the Arab World and beyond and repair damage from the global financial crisis.
02/04/2012 - 04:41 AM
Report: Monti says Italy a "safe place"
(AP)
AP - Italy is now a "safe place" amid market turbulence, Premier Mario Monti said in an interview published Saturday, pressing for Europe to turn its political energy to generating growth rather than further plans to strengthen budget discipline.
02/04/2012 - 04:22 AM
Russia warns UN vote on Syria will end in scandal
(AP)
AP - Russia's foreign minister sternly warned Washington Saturday that any attempt to put a draft resolution on Syria to vote at the United Nations would lead to "scandal," a blunt warning that Moscow is prepared to use its veto power.
02/04/2012 - 04:05 AM
Clinton: US, Europe must work to defeat tyrants
(AP)
 AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling on Europe and the United States to do more together to defeat tyrannies, promote democracy and repair the damage from the global financial crisis.
02/04/2012 - 03:52 AM
Iran calls on EU to review oil embargo decision
(Reuters)
Reuters - Iran's oil minister called on the European Union to review its decision to impose sanctions on the Islamic state's oil exports and said that the international oil market was balanced.
02/04/2012 - 03:52 AM
(AP)
AP - Russian FM warns the US that putting a Syria resolution to UN vote will lead to 'scandal'
02/04/2012 - 03:34 AM
Iran will cut oil exports to some European countries: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Iran's oil minister said that the Islamic state would certainly cut its oil exports to "some" European countries, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Saturday.
02/04/2012 - 03:32 AM
Panetta says US military not abandoning Europe
(AP)
 AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is reassuring Europe that it remains central to U.S. defense interests, even as the Obama administration is withdrawing two of the four Army brigades stationed on the continent.
02/04/2012 - 03:25 AM
German FM: No military action against Iran
(AP)
AP - Germany's foreign minister says Europe is determined to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran but is warning against military action.
02/04/2012 - 03:22 AM
Europe says aims to double e-commerce by 2015
(Reuters)
Reuters - European Union competition ministers supported plans on Friday to remove barriers to electronic trade in a bid to spur economic growth and jobs by expanding the single market to the digital world, officials said.
02/03/2012 - 07:52 PM
Snow falls in Rome as Italy is hit by cold snap
(AP)
AP - A rare snowfall blanketed Rome on Friday, forcing the closure of the Colosseum over fears tourists would slip on the icy ruins, and leaving buses struggling to climb the city's slushy hills. Other parts of the country experienced frigid temperatures unseen in years.
02/03/2012 - 07:33 PM
Abuse victim: church at top must ask forgiveness
(AP)
 AP - An Irish woman raped as a teen by a priest said Friday some clergy sex abuse victims are questioning motives behind an upcoming Vatican-backed symposium, where she hopes the pope and other Catholic leaders will ask for forgiveness for those who failed to protect children.
02/03/2012 - 04:10 PM
Spain says US to help in nuclear clean-up
(AP)
AP - Spain said Friday it had received guarantees that the United States will help clean up land contaminated with radioactivity after a mid-air collision in 1966 dumped four U.S. hydrogen bombs in the country's south.
02/03/2012 - 03:51 PM
Diplomats: UN nuclear agency pressures Tehran
(AP)
 AP - Seemingly failed talks this week between Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency have instead increased pressure on Tehran to defuse suspicions before another meeting later in the month that it secretly worked on atomic arms, diplomats said Friday.
02/03/2012 - 03:33 PM
Europe tries to shield homeless from deep freeze
(AP)
 AP - Russia and Ukraine both took extra precautions on Friday to protect homeless people, ordering new facilities and medical care after scores of people have frozen to death on the streets of Europe during a brutal cold snap.
02/03/2012 - 02:47 PM
Group breaks into Syrian embassy in Berlin
(AP)
AP - Berlin police say 20 people forced their way into Syria's embassy in the German capital and damaged offices there.
02/03/2012 - 01:51 PM
Gay candidate faces tough battle in Finland vote
(AP)
AP - For his supporters, Pekka Haavisto's breakthrough into Finland's presidential runoff defies fears that tolerance is waning in Finland. The gay environmentalist who lives with an Ecuadorean immigrant faces off Sunday against a veteran conservative.
02/03/2012 - 12:29 PM
UN says cattle raiding behind South Sudan massacre
(AP)
AP - A U.N. staff member was shot during a clash that broke out as officials met to discuss a weekend cattle raid massacre that left 78 people dead, including many women and children, U.N. officials said Friday.
02/03/2012 - 12:10 PM
Slovaks rally to protest corruption
(AP)
AP - For the second time this year, allegations about corruption that appeared on the Internet are causing anti-government protests in Slovakia.
02/03/2012 - 11:17 AM
World court upholds German immunity in Nazi cases
(AP)
 AP - The U.N.'s highest court confirmed Friday that Germany has legal immunity from being sued in foreign courts by victims of World War II Nazi atrocities.
02/03/2012 - 10:23 AM
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