At a speech at Harvard University, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for change in the trans-Atlantic relationship. On Friday, he talked with Barak Obama on ties between the US and Europe.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she plans to meet Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, again despite Chinese protests. Merkel said in an interview with the Sunday edition of Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that although she would be out
A deal has been agreed between Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga to form a cabinet - ending a long-running political crisis. The new cabinet is expected to be announcecd before parliament resumes on Tuesday. The crisis
LOS ANGELES -- Actors, relatives and politicians have gathered at a church in Los Angeles to mourn Charlton Heston, one of the last lions of Old Hollywood.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says he feels the pain of employers pinched by intensified efforts to control illegal immigration, but adds that until Congress enacts broad immigration reforms they shouldn't expect any changes in enforcement.
Chinese President Hu Jintao and Taiwan's vice president-elect Vincent Siew have held landmark talks on the Chinese island resort of Hainan. The talks were widely expected to set the tone for future Taipei-Beijing ties. Siew said in a brief statement
Iranian media reports say at least eight people have been killed and more than 60 wounded in an explosion in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz. The blast reportedly occurred during an address by a cleric in a religious centre
Trade unions in Croatia have staged their biggest rally in years, with thousands of banner-waving protestors marching through the capital Zagreb to demand higher wages. Unions want wage increases for both public and private sector workers and point to inflation
German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for a change in direction in the relationship between Europe and the United States. Speaking at Harvard University in Boston, Steinmeier said the partnership between the US and Europe had to change in
TEHRAN, Iran -- A bomb explosion in a mosque packed with hundreds of worshippers in southern Iran killed at least nine people and injured more than 100 Saturday, local media reported.
An emergency regional summit is being held in Zambia aimed at ending deadlock over Zimbabwe's presidential elections. However, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is not at the summit - he said he had other business to attend to. Zambia's president opened
Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has unveiled his new cabinet, which for the first time includes more women than men and a female defence minister. While there are five new faces overall, several key members of his last
Tens of thousands of people have held a peaceful demonstration in the Turkish capital Ankara to defend the country's secularist tradition amid tensions over an attempt to ban the Islamist-rooted governing AK party. Several demonstrations have been organised across the
To soccer and the German Bundesliga. In Saturday's match of the day, Bremen ended their goal-scoring slump with a resounding 5-1 home victory over Schalke. Bremen now rest in second place ahead of the Royal Blues. In the other Saturday
Famed venture capitalist John Doerr is conflicted. The pace of innovation in green technologies has been breath-taking in the past five years. Yet it's not even close enough to address the scale of the world's energy problems.He says vastly more
Tinney was nominated by the mother of one of her students, on behalf of all the parents and staff at Mesa Verde Elementary School, 1661 W. Sage St., where Tinney teaches a combination first- and second-grade class.
The FDA says at least 23 people in 14 states have been sickened by the same strain of salmonella found in two breakfast cereals recalled by Malt-O-Meal.
