http://www.comcast.net?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_ AP - ap.online.regional.europe News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:35:22 -0500 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:29:27 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/25/EU.France.National.Identity/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.France.National.Identity 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-2c66 What does it mean to be French? Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:24:14 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/25/Nuclear.Iran/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_Nuclear.Iran 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-286b The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency urged Iran on Wednesday to endorse a plan that would strip it of most of its enriched uranium, saying Tehran could not defuse fears about its nuclear program with proposals that included keeping the material. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:10:48 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/25/EU.Spain.Rocket.Man/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Spain.Rocket.Man 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-2b39 A Swiss adventurer trying to soar from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings ditched safely into the Atlantic on Wednesday after hitting turbulence and clouds so thick he could not tell if he was flying up or down. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:57:44 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/25/EU.Russia.Endangered.Tiger/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Russia.Endangered.Tiger 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-2b66 A rare Siberian tiger that Vladimir Putin fitted with a radio-tracking collar is alive and well, the Russian prime minister's spokesman said Wednesday, easing concerns raised when an environmentalist said the tracking device had gone silent. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:08:53 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/25/EU.Britain.US.Fraud/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Britain.US.Fraud 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-29d1 A former security consultant wanted in the U.S. on charges of defrauding a client of more than $2 million was refused bail in a British court Wednesday. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:28:26 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/25/EU.Russia.Lawyer_s.Death/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Russia.Lawyer_s.Death 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-5c8728f0:1252c70aea7:-77c7 Russian investigators have defended their treatment of a lawyer whose death in a Moscow prison last week has prompted deep concern and criticism. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:55:24 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/25/EU.Greece.Ancient.Theater/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Greece.Ancient.Theater 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-5c8728f0:1252c70aea7:-7883 The ruined theater under the Acropolis where the works of Euripides and other classical playwrights were first performed some 2,500 years ago will undergo partial restoration over the next six years, Greek officials said Wednesday . Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:31:41 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/23/EU.Britain.Iraq.Inquiry/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Britain.Iraq.Inquiry 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4594 Iran and Libya, not Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime, were Britain's main security concerns before the invasion of Iraq, Foreign Office officials testified Wednesday at an inquiry probing Britain's role in the war. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:30:11 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/25/EU.Britain.Afghanistan/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Britain.Afghanistan 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-2bf5 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that several NATO nations will jointly offer 5,000 more troops for Afghanistan, as London and Washington push allies to take on a greater share of the war burden. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:11:32 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/25/EU.Britain.Bully.Beefeaters/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Britain.Bully.Beefeaters 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-28ce Two ceremonial guards known as Beefeaters at the historic Tower of London were fired Wednesday after an internal investigation found that they harassed their first and only female colleague. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:11:54 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/25/EU.War.Crimes.Serbia/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.War.Crimes.Serbia 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-2ba6 Judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have ordered the resumption of a Serb nationalist's trial almost a year after it was suspended amid claims of witness intimidation, the court announced Wednesday. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:49:20 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/24/EU.International.Court.Congo/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.International.Court.Congo 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3bdc Witnesses testifying against two Congolese warlords at the International Criminal Court have been threatened and the court does not have the resources to fully protect them, a senior investigator testified Wednesday. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:29:14 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/23/EU.Belgium.Coma.Recovery/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Belgium.Coma.Recovery 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-41cb Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:43:14 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/22/EU.NIreland.IRA.Dissidents/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.NIreland.IRA.Dissidents 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-52fa Two suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents have been charged with attempting to kill an off-duty police officer near the province's border with the Republic of Ireland last week, police said Tuesday. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:11:24 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/24/EU.US.Russia.Arms.Treaty/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.US.Russia.Arms.Treaty 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-37bd President Barack Obama's top military adviser attended the latest talks with Russia to replace an expiring Cold War-era arms control agreement, the U.S. said Tuesday. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:06:26 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/24/Iran.Nuclear/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_Iran.Nuclear 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3899 Six world powers have readied a resolution critical of Iran's nuclear program, diplomats said Tuesday, as Tehran suggested it was still ready to discuss a U.N.-backed plan meant to delay the Islamic Republic's ability to make a nuclear weapon. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:19:17 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/24/EU.Britain.Darwin_s.Lost.Notebook/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Britain.Darwin_s.Lost.Notebook 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3691 British authorities say they're searching for a leather-bound notebook Charles Darwin used in developing his theory of natural selection. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:14:45 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/24/EU.Britain.Obama.Afghanistan/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Britain.Obama.Afghanistan 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-37be British defense secretary Bob Ainsworth says the United States' delay in deciding how many reinforcements to send to Afghanistan has harmed his country's ability to rally public support for the war. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:47:27 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/24/EU.Italy.Miracle.Mafia.Boss/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Italy.Miracle.Mafia.Boss 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-38e0 A convicted Mafia boss who got out of jail by faking paralysis and anorexia has been arrested at a restaurant after more than two months on the run, police in Sicily said Tuesday. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/24/EU.Italy.Scandal/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Italy.Scandal 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3b3e The prostitute at the center of Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex scandal claims in a new book that she slept with him on the understanding he would help her set up a countryside inn but she got "nothing" in return. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:49:53 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/24/EU.Poland.Walesa.Trial/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Poland.Walesa.Trial 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3bc2 A Warsaw court on Tuesday began hearing a lawsuit filed by Lech Walesa in which the Solidarity founder is demanding damages from Polish President Lech Kaczynski for having called Walesa a communist-era agent. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:37:53 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/24/EU.Britain.Defense/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Britain.Defense 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3af9 Britain's defense ministry says it will formally order a public inquiry this week into the alleged abuse and killing of Iraqi civilians by British soldiers. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:45:00 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/24/EU.France.Sudan.Women/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.France.Sudan.Women 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3b70 France's foreign minister has praised the courage of a journalist who has led a fight against a law in Sudan allowing for women to be flogged for wearing pants. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:26:45 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/23/EU.SCI.Big.Bang.Machine/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.SCI.Big.Bang.Machine 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4593 The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time and causing the first particle collisions in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:19:24 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/23/EU.Britain.Thatcher/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Britain.Thatcher 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-49e3 Former British leader Margaret Thatcher returned to London's Downing Street Monday as she unveiled her own portrait, which has been installed in the official residence of Britain's prime minister. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:13:15 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/23/EU.Britain.Fergie_s.Aide/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Britain.Fergie_s.Aide 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-466f A convicted murdered who once served as the personal assistant to the duchess of York has escaped from a low-security prison in southern England, British officials said Monday. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:45:03 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/23/EU.Britain.Lawmakers_.Expenses/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Britain.Lawmakers_.Expenses 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4799 Four British lawmakers could face criminal charges over the expenses they claimed from taxpayers, prosecutors said Monday, marking the latest twist in a scandal over lavish spending by elected officials. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:43:26 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/22/EU.Romania.Presidential.Elections/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Romania.Presidential.Elections 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-5432 The third-place candidate in Romania's presidential election threw his support Monday behind the Western-backed socialist who faces the centrist president in a runoff seen as key to the country's emergence from political and economic crisis. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:43:12 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/23/EU.France.Camus.Controversy/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.France.Camus.Controversy 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4743 Albert Camus' children are torn about whether to allow the Nobel Prize-winning author's remains to be moved from southern France to Paris' Pantheon, the final resting place of other French greats like Voltaire and Victor Hugo. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:45:53 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/23/EU.Britain.Brazilian.Shot/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Britain.Brazilian.Shot 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4836 British police have reached a compensation deal with the family of a Brazilian man who was shot dead by police after he was mistaken for a terrorist. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:26:15 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/23/EU.Germany.Hitler_s.Car/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Germany.Hitler_s.Car 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-487f A German newspaper is reporting that Adolf Hitler's original Mercedes has been sold to an unidentified Russian billionaire for several million euros. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:15:47 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/23/EU.Russia.Arms.Blasts/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Russia.Arms.Blasts 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-487e Russia's Defense Ministry says eight military personnel were killed when a truckload of ammunition exploded as they cleaned up after a huge conflagration at a munitions depot earlier this month. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:49:56 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/23/EU.EU.Out.of.Work/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.EU.Out.of.Work 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4953 Nearly half of Europe's unemployed stay out of work for at least a year, a European Union report said Monday, far more than in the U.S. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:46:14 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/23/EU.Britain.Floods/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Britain.Floods 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4a81 Residents of flood-battered northern England are struggling back to work, school and homes after swollen rivers inundated roads and caused several bridges to collapse. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:13:58 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/23/EU.Russia.France.Navy.Ship/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Russia.France.Navy.Ship 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4ad0 A French navy ship of the type that Russia hopes to buy arrived Monday for a visit to St. Petersburg, fueling concern in Georgia and other ex-Soviet nations that it may be used to intimidate its neighbors. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:48:00 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/20/EU.Britain.Floods/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Britain.Floods 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-6e1d Police and army experts say they're urgently checking the safety of about 1,800 bridges in northern England amid some of the worst storms ever recorded in Britain. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:56:54 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/22/Climate.Hacked.E.mails/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_Climate.Hacked.E.mails 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-51d2 A leading climate change scientist says the leak of documents stolen from a British research institute may be aimed at undermining talks at next month's Copenhagen global climate summit. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:42:38 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/22/EU.Britain.Iraq/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Britain.Iraq 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-5359 Leaked British government documents call into question ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's public statements on the buildup to the Iraq war and show plans for the U.S.-led 2003 invasion were being made more than a year earlier, a newspaper reported Sunday. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:07:25 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/22/EU.Russia.Obit.Feoktistov/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Russia.Obit.Feoktistov 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-52a4 Russian spaceship designer Konstantin Feoktistov, the only non-Communist space traveler in the history of the Soviet space program, has died at the age of 83. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:09:05 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/21/EU.Italy.Student.Slain/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Italy.Student.Slain 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-5e52 Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game — charges the U.S. woman dismissed as "pure fantasy." Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:36:37 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/21/EU.Switzerland.Bear.Attack/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Switzerland.Bear.Attack 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-58b0 A bear has attacked a man who entered its enclosure at a new park in Switzerland, and a policeman opened fire on the animal to defend the intruder. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:29:41 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/19/EU.Vatican.Anglicans/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Vatican.Anglicans 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-7852 After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:46:59 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/21/EU.Italy.Mumbai.Attacks/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Italy.Mumbai.Attacks 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-5e99 Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son who allegedly spent just over $200 to set up a reliable and untraceable phone network that was used by the militants who carried out last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, India. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:21:21 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/21/EU.Azerbaijan.Nagorno.Karabakh/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Azerbaijan.Nagorno.Karabakh 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-5b94 President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan said Saturday his nation may resort to military force if talks with Armenia on resolving a long-standing territorial dispute produce no result. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:06:03 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/21/EU.Germany.US.Sept.11.Trial/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Germany.US.Sept.11.Trial 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-5bfb A German government official says the nation will send an observer to the upcoming trial in New York of the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks and four accused henchmen. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:24:04 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/20/EU.Italy.Shroud.Of.Turin/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Italy.Shroud.Of.Turin 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-6cec A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:53:22 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/20/EU.Italy.Galileo_s.Fingers/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Italy.Galileo_s.Fingers 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-68d9 Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:15:48 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/20/Piracy/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_Piracy 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-6593 A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:46:33 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/19/Iran.Nuclear/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_Iran.Nuclear 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-7c3f Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Tehran not to miss the opportunity to resolve the dispute. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:34:27 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2009/11/20/EU.Piracy/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_world_europe_EU.Piracy 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-668f A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear they will be killed or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom is not paid soon.