Europe
Vatican blasts leaks on corruption, mismanagement
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican has denounced as "criminal" a new book of leaked internal documents that shed light on power struggles inside the Holy See and the thinking of its embattled top banker, and warned that it would take legal action against those responsible.
Date: 05/20/2012 | Nation & World
Spaniards rage against austerity programs
MADRID -- Spaniards angered by increasingly grim economic prospects and unemployment hitting one out of every four citizens protested in droves Saturday in the nation's largest cities, marking the one-year anniversary of a spontaneous movement that inspired similar anti-authority demonstrations...
Date: 05/12/2012 | Nation & World
Hollande defeats Sarkozy for French president
PARIS -- Socialist Francois Hollande defeated conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday to become France's next president, heralding a change in how Europe tackles its debt crisis and how France flexes its military and diplomatic muscle around the world.
Date: 05/06/2012 | Nation & World
Sarkozy concedes defeat in French election
PARIS — Nicolas Sarkozy has conceded defeat in France's presidential elections, saying he called challenger Francois Hollande to wish him "good luck" as the country's new leader.
Date: 05/06/2012 | Nation & World
Russia threatens U.S. antimissile system
MOSCOW -- Russia may consider a pre-emptive strike on a missile defense system in Europe if the U.S.-led NATO project continues as planned, a top official said Thursday.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Nation & World
China, Russia plan new wide-body airliner
MOSCOW — Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang has announced the signing of contracts between China and Russia worth a total of $15 billion.
Date: 04/28/2012 | Business
DNA study: Ancient migrants spread farming in Europe
NEW YORK — Thousands of years ago, farming spread across Europe and replaced the hunter-gatherer lifestyle of early inhabitants. Now a study of ancient DNA says that trend was driven by farmers moving from place to place.
Date: 04/26/2012 | Nation & World
Donald Trump lashes out at Scottish windmills
EDINBURGH, Scotland — He came, he saw, he blustered.Donald Trump on Wednesday swept into Scotland's parliament to demand the country end plans for an offshore wind farm he fears will spoil the view at his exclusive new $1.2-billion golf resort.
Date: 04/25/2012 | Nation & World
Tips to break the ice when traveling abroad
I'm not naturally a wild-and-crazy kind of guy. But when I'm shy and quiet, things don't happen, and that's a bad rut to travel in. The meek may inherit the Earth, but they won't enjoy it.
Date: 04/21/2012 | Life
Russian Orthodox patriarch in hot water over watch
MOSCOW -- Russia is abuzz with talk of the Orthodox Church's wealth and its close links to the Kremlin after an expensive watch was seemingly airbrushed from the wrist of the church's patriarch in a website picture.
Date: 04/07/2012 | Nation & World
Russian treasure trove found in secret compartment
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- For years, kopek-pinching Soviets sat down in a cheap restaurant in a former mansion of the nobility for plain meals, unaware of the treasure secreted nearby.
Date: 03/31/2012 | Nation & World
A spirited way to drink in European culture
Finishing dinner at Rome's Ristorante da Fortunato, my friend Stefano explains that his greatest joy is an after-dinner drink called grappa.
Date: 03/31/2012 | Life
Some Swedes see no further need to carry cash
STOCKHOLM -- Sweden was the first European country to introduce bank notes in 1661. Now it's come farther than most on the path toward getting rid of them.
Date: 03/18/2012 | Nation & World
7th-century teenager found buried in her bed
LONDON -- Archaeologists excavating near Cambridge have stumbled upon a rare and mysterious find: The skeleton of a 7th-century teenager buried in an ornamental bed along with a gold-and-garnet cross, an iron knife and a purse of glass beads.
Date: 03/16/2012 | Nation & World
Anti-Putin protesters reject election results
MOSCOW -- A protest rally against Vladimir Putin drew more than 20,000 people on Saturday, far fewer than those in past months as the opposition movement appears to be losing momentum following Putin's presidential election victory.
Date: 03/11/2012 | Nation & World
Make a modern-day pilgrimage to English churches
While southern England gets most of the glory -- and the tourists -- the country's far northeastern corner harbors some of the best historical sites.
Date: 03/10/2012 | Life
Europe close on 'God particle,' U.S. studies confirm
WASHINGTON — More scientists are getting closer in the search for the "God particle" of physics that would help explain the fundamentals of the universe, but they haven't found it yet.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Nation & World
Putin claims victory in Russia's presidential vote
MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin claimed victory in Russia's presidential election before tens of thousands of cheering supporters Sunday, even as the opposition and independent observers insisted the vote had been marred by widespread fraud.
Date: 03/04/2012 | Nation & World
Mobile Dutch euthanasia clinic swamped with requests
AMSTERDAM -- The Dutch mobile euthanasia clinics that began offering assisted death in people's homes last week received nearly 60 requests within their two first days of operation, Dutch daily De Volkskrant reported Saturday.
Date: 03/03/2012 | Nation & World
Hungary selects most beautiful wheelchair user
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Many beauty queens may wish for world peace, but Hungary's loveliest wheelchair user has a more achievable goal in mind.
Date: 02/26/2012 | Nation & World
Composers plan anthem for Queen Elizabeth jubilee
LONDON -- Queen Elizabeth II can expect many gifts as she prepares for her 60-year jubilee. The one announced Friday will come from music royalty.
Date: 02/25/2012 | Nation & World
Dmitri Nabokov, son of acclaimed novelist, dies
VEVEY, Switzerland — Dmitri Nabokov, the only child of acclaimed novelist Vladimir Nabokov who helped protect and translate his father's work while also pursuing careers as an opera singer and race car driver, has died. He was 77.
Date: 02/24/2012 | Nation & World
Sweden's new princess: Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary
STOCKHOLM — Sweden's newborn princess and future monarch has a name: Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary.
Date: 02/24/2012 | Nation & World
It's a princess! Female heir born in Sweden
STOCKHOLM — Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to her first child Thursday, a baby girl who will one day become queen, prompting banner headlines and 21-gun salutes across the country.
Date: 02/22/2012 | Nation & World
Robbers take antiquities from Greek museum at Olympia
ATHENS, Greece -- Two masked gunmen stormed into a small museum at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece on Friday, smashing display cases with hammers and making off with dozens of antiquities up to 3,200 years old, authorities said.
Date: 02/18/2012 | Nation & World
22 cardinals join club to elect pope's successor
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday brought 22 Catholic churchmen into the elite club of cardinals who will elect his successor, cementing the Italian majority in a future conclave but also giving New York's garrulous archbishop a position of prominence.
Date: 02/18/2012 | Nation & World
Feel like royalty at extravagant French chateaus
Last summer, I felt like a king while exploring the splendid chateaus near Paris. One of the highlights was climbing under centuries-old exposed timbers through the attic of Vaux-le-Vicomte before popping out on the rooftop to a view of the spectacular garden.
Date: 02/18/2012 | Life
Avalanche in Austria buries son of Queen Beatrix
VIENNA, Austria — An avalanche buried and seriously injured the second son of Dutch Queen Beatrix while he skied off marked trails Friday in the westernmost corner of Austria and he was rushed to the intensive care unit of an Innsbruck hospital, officials said.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Nation & World
David Cameron urges Scots to stick with Britain
LONDON -- The date for a vote hasn't even been set. But Prime Minister David Cameron made an impassioned appeal directly to the Scottish people Thursday to keep Britain intact, imploring them to vote no in a referendum on whether Scotland should become an independent country.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Nation & World
British spies stumped by Charlie Chaplin birth mystery
LONDON -- They foiled plots and cracked Nazi codes, but Britain's spies were unable to solve the mystery of Charlie Chaplin's birth.
Date: 02/16/2012 | Nation & World
Scots likely to vote on plan to split from Britain
STIRLING, Scotland -- This castled city where highlands and lowlands meet has been fought over many times by the Scots and the English, never more bloodily than in the 13th century battle depicted in the Oscar-winning film "Braveheart."
Date: 02/12/2012 | Nation & World
Greece's coalition party leaders back bailout deal
ATHENS, Greece — The leaders of the two parties backing Greece's coalition government made dramatic appeals to their deputies Saturday to back legislation that calls for harsh new austerity measures — essential if Greece is to get a new bailout deal worth euro130 billion ($171.6...
Date: 02/11/2012 | Nation & World
Frozen Danube stalls commerce in Europe
BUCHAREST, Romania -- European shippers say they are losing millions because a lengthy stretch of the Danube -- one of Europe's key waterways -- is stuck in the longest freeze in recent memory.
Date: 02/11/2012 | Nation & World
Mykonos offers a charming if crowded Greek experience
Mykonos is the classic Greek-island stop and, along with Santorini, it's the most touristy. But being on Mykonos recently reminded me how enduringly charming the Greek islands are, even when they're extremely crowded.
Date: 02/11/2012 | Life
Government issues shovels as Rome struggles with snow
ROME — Romans bewildered by their city's first big snowfall in 26 years used government-issued shovels to clear sidewalks, and kitchen utensils to clear windshields Saturday.
Date: 02/04/2012 | Nation & World
Champis the sheep-herding bunny becomes an online hit (Video)
STOCKHOLM — Champis the bunny doesn't only hop — he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skill after watching trained dogs do the job.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Nation & World
U.S. Archives unveils a copy of Magna Carta after repairs
WASHINGTON -- A 715-year old copy of the Magna Carta will soon return to public view at the National Archives after a conservation effort removed old patches and repaired weak spots in the English declaration of human rights that inspired the United States'...
Date: 02/03/2012 | Nation & World
Chopper pilot Prince William in Falklands for 6-week tour
LONDON — Prince William arrived in the Falkland Islands on Thursday for a six-week deployment as a search and rescue helicopter pilot, British officials said, amid an escalating sovereignty dispute with Argentina over the territory.
Date: 02/02/2012 | Nation & World
$3 billion wreck found, treasure hunter claims
PORTLAND, Maine -- A treasure hunter said Wednesday he has located the wreck of a British merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod during World War II while carrying what he claims was a load of platinum bars now worth more than $3 billion.
Date: 02/02/2012 | Nation & World
'Mona Lisa' copy was by Leonardo da Vinci student
MADRID -- Spain's Prado Museum said Wednesday it has a copy of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" that one of his students painted in the studio where the masterpiece was completed.
Date: 02/02/2012 | Nation & World
Topless Femen protesters detained at Davos economic forum (Video)
DAVOS, Switzerland — Three topless Ukrainian protesters were detained Saturday while trying to break into an invitation-only gathering of international CEOs and political leaders to call attention to the needs of the world's poor. Separately, demonstrators from the Occupy movement marched to...
Date: 01/28/2012 | Nation & World
'Dr. Doom' economist warns of tough times ahead
DAVOS, Switzerland — Economist Nouriel Roubini, nicknamed "Dr. Doom" for his gloomy predictions in the run-up to the financial meltdown four years ago, says the fallout from that crisis could last the rest of this decade.
Date: 01/28/2012 | Nation & World
Northern Europe's sights getting a makeover
While the countries of southern Europe struggle with financial instability, those living in northern Europe are in stronger shape, thanks to their ability to produce more while consuming less.
Date: 01/28/2012 | Life
Flaming-horned bull fatally gores man in Spain
MADRID — A flaming-horned bull trampled and fatally gored a man early Saturday during a festival in eastern Spain, an official said.
Date: 01/21/2012 | Nation & World
Girl, 16, completes her solo round-the-world sail
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten — Laura Dekker set a steady foot aboard a dock in St. Maarten on Saturday, ending a yearlong voyage aboard a sailboat named "Guppy" that apparently made her the youngest person ever to sail alone around the globe, though her trip was interrupted at several...
Date: 01/21/2012 | Nation & World
River Pageant to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 60th year
LONDON -- Palace officials Wednesday announced details of a massive pageant on London's River Thames to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee year.
Date: 01/19/2012 | Nation & World
Russia's Mars space probe crashes into southern Pacific
MOSCOW — Russia's Defense Ministry says a failed probe designed to travel to a moon of Mars has crashed, showering debris over the southern Pacific, according to news reports.The ministry said the fragments fell Sunday 1,250 kilometers (775 miles) west of Wellington Island.
Date: 01/15/2012 | Nation & World
Scotland gaining enthusiasm for independence
STIRLING, Scotland -- In this green swath of Scotland, you can stay at the King Robert Hotel, eat at Bruce's Bistro and drink in the William Wallace pub -- all named for leaders who fought the English here 700 years ago.
Date: 01/15/2012 | Nation & World
Two more bodies found on Italian cruise ship (Video)
GIGLIO, Italy — Coast guard divers searching the submerged part of the Costa Concordia on Sunday found the bodies of two elderly men still in their life jackets, authorities said, raising to five the death toll after the luxury cruise liner ran aground and tipped over off the Tuscan...
Date: 01/14/2012 | Nation & World
Danish queen celebrates her 40th jubilee
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Danish Queen Margrethe II celebrates her 40th jubilee today amid massive public support for the monarchy among the 5.5-million-strong population.
Date: 01/14/2012 | Nation & World
Swiss to return ancient octadrachm coin to Greece
THESSALONIKI, Greece -- A Swiss court has ordered the confiscation of a very rare ancient silver coin that was allegedly illegally excavated in northern Greece and sold at auction in Switzerland, Greek and Swiss officials say.
Date: 01/13/2012 | Nation & World
Animal nursery overrun with orphaned seal pups (Video)
AMSTERDAM — Storms that have lashed the Dutch coast this year have created a wave of orphaned baby seals — some so young their umbilical cords are still attached — wrenched from their mothers and washed up on beaches and dikes.
Date: 01/12/2012 | Nation & World
Obama launches reshaping, shrinking of U.S. military
WASHINGTON — Looking beyond the wars he inherited, President Barack Obama on Thursday launched a reshaping and shrinking of the military. He vowed to preserve U.S. pre-eminence even as the Army and Marine Corps shed troops and the administration considers reducing its arsenal of nuclear...
Date: 01/05/2012 | Nation & World
14-ton Russian spacecraft likely to hit Earth on Jan. 15
MOSCOW — Fragments of a failed Russian space probe are now expected to fall to Earth on Jan. 15, officials said Wednesday.
Date: 01/04/2012 | Nation & World
Italy's renovated historic sights emerging from scaffolding
What doesn't change about Italy is that it's always changing. In 2012 some long-closed doors are opening again.
Date: 12/31/2011 | Life
Church built of snow opens in Bavaria
MITTERFIRMIANSREUT, Germany -- A church built entirely of ice and snow has opened in Bavaria -- a century after villagers first built a snow church in an act of protest.
Date: 12/30/2011 | Nation & World
Core of Christmas charm
Market in Nurnberg, Germany, is as authentic as it gets
Date: 12/24/2011 | Life
Britain's Prince Philip has surgery for chest pain
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II's husband has undergone surgery for a blocked coronary artery, British royal officials said Friday.
Date: 12/23/2011 | Nation & World
Spanish village wins world's richest lottery
MADRID -- The world's biggest lottery on Thursday showered prizes worth $3.3 billion on Spaniards, with the jackpot going to a small farming village.The Christmas lottery awarded 180 jackpots, known as El Gordo (The Fat One), each worth $5.2 million.
Date: 12/23/2011 | Nation & World
U.S. airlines lose carbon 'tax' dispute with Europe
AMSTERDAM — U.S. airlines failed Wednesday to block an EU law charging airlines flying to Europe for their carbon pollution. The decision by an EU court was widely hailed by environmentalists but the Fitch ratings agency said it raised the specter of a global trade dispute.
Date: 12/22/2011 | Nation & World
Clintons to attend Vaclav Havel's funeral
WASHINGTON -- The White House says former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to the Czech Republic for Friday's funeral of former President Vaclav Havel.
Date: 12/22/2011 | Nation & World
Topless protest group claims abuse by police in Belarus
MINSK, Belarus — A Ukrainian organization of topless women activists says three of its members were abducted by security officers during a protest against Belarus authoritarian president, beaten, humiliated and left naked in a forest.
Date: 12/20/2011 | Nation & World
Czechs mourn late President Vaclav Havel
By Karel JanicekAssociated PressPRAGUE -- Braving the freezing cold, thousands of Czechs bid a personal farewell Monday to former President Vaclav Havel, who led the peaceful revolution that toppled the communist regime in 1989.
Date: 12/19/2011 | Nation & World
Pilot strike forces flight cancellations in Spain
MADRID — Spanish airline Iberia canceled a third of its flights Sunday because of a strike by pilots fearing job losses when company planes are diverted for use by Iberia's planned new budget carrier.
Date: 12/18/2011 | Business
Vladimir Putin pledges to loosen Kremlin's grip on power
MOSCOW -- Rocked by mass opposition rallies, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged Thursday to slightly soften the Kremlin's grip on power as he launches his campaign to return to the presidency in a March election.
Date: 12/16/2011 | Nation & World
U.K. crime reporter arrested in hacking inquiry
LONDON -- The former crime editor for the News of the World tabloid was arrested Thursday in Britain's phone hacking scandal, and authorities announced that CNN journalist Piers Morgan would appear before the U.K.'s media ethics inquiry.
Date: 12/16/2011 | Nation & World
Health Squeeze: Britain's free health care under threat
LONDON — When David Evans needed a hernia operation, the 69-year-old farmer became so alarmed by the long wait that he used an ultrasound machine for pregnant sheep on himself, to make sure he wasn't getting worse.
Date: 12/11/2011 | Nation & World
President orders probe of alleged Russian election fraud
MOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced on his Facebook page Sunday that he has ordered a probe into the allegations of electoral fraud during the country's Dec. 4 parliamentary vote.
Date: 12/10/2011 | Nation & World
Europe berates U.S., China for blocking climate talks
DURBAN, South Africa — Tempers flared Wednesday over the glacial pace of progress in climate talks taking place in Durban, with the European Union berating the United States and China for blocking the way forward.
Date: 12/07/2011 | Nation & World
Albania buries its self-styled king
TIRANA, Albania -- The self-proclaimed heir to Albania's royal throne was buried on Saturday during a ceremony attended by the country's top leaders and broadcast live on national television.
Date: 12/04/2011 | Nation & World
Putin's ruling party loses its edge in Russia
KALININGRAD, Russia -- In the glitzy central square of what once was regarded as one of Europe's ugliest cities, Marina Timofeyeva was underwhelmed by the changes brought by a decade under Vladimir Putin. "It's all nice if you have money to buy something, but what if you don't?," asked the...
Date: 12/04/2011 | Nation & World
Italy plans to fix financial crisis by Christmas
ROME -- Italy's Parliament will move swiftly to approve Premier Mario Monti's anti-crisis package aimed at saving the country from financial disaster, passing it before Christmas, the Senate president said Friday.
Date: 12/03/2011 | Business
Russian Mars probe likely to fall to Earth
MOSCOW -- The European Space Agency said Friday it has abandoned efforts to contact a rogue Russian space probe, increasing the likelihood it will plunge to Earth.
Date: 12/03/2011 | Nation & World
Spy agency asks hackers to crack code
LONDON -- Can you crack the code?That's the question Britain's electronic listening agency, GCHQ, is asking in an online campaign to find the next generation of cyber specialists.
Date: 12/03/2011 | Nation & World
Measles outbreaks strike across Europe
LONDON -- After years of decline, measles is on the rise in Europe, according to a report released Thursday.
Date: 12/02/2011 | Nation & World
Swiss ski season start stalled by snow shortage
VERBIER, Switzerland -- Unusually warm, dry weather has Switzerland's ski resorts on edge.Newspaper front-pages, weather reports and ski websites are showing grim images of snow-free slopes, threatening the traditional start of the ski season on the first weekend of December.
Date: 12/02/2011 | Nation & World
French leadership clings to nuclear energy
PIERRELATTE, France — French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday it would be madness to reduce his country's huge reliance on nuclear power, despite worldwide wariness after Japan's Fukushima disaster and protests this week over the dangers of waste.
Date: 11/26/2011 | Nation & World
Scientists back in touch with failed Russian Mars probe
MOSCOW -- The European Space Agency has received the first signal from an unmanned Russian spacecraft bound for a moon of Mars since it got stuck in Earth's orbit two weeks ago, officials said Wednesday, raising hope the mission might be saved.
Date: 11/24/2011 | Nation & World
Britain's Prince Harry rents Harley, heads for Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Those lucky enough to have a brush with Prince Harry during his first visit to Las Vegas say he was as down-to-earth as any other 27-year-old who appreciates a Harley, a night out with friends, and a cheap beer.
Date: 11/22/2011 | Nation & World
Moscow martial arts fans greet Putin with catcalls
MOSCOW -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was greeted by catcalls when he stepped into the ring after a mixed martial arts fight at a Moscow arena on Sunday night.
Date: 11/21/2011 | Nation & World
Exit poll indicates Spanish conservatives win election
MADRID -- An exit poll said Spain's opposition conservatives scored a landslide win to oust the ruling Socialists in general elections Sunday that were dominated by a staggering unemployment rate and Europe's debt crisis.
Date: 11/20/2011 | Nation & World
Everett man, suspect in war crimes, to face trial in Bosnia
SEATTLE -- Edin Dzeko told a federal judge before a packed courtroom of supporters that he's eager to go back to Bosnia and clear his name.
Date: 11/15/2011 | Local News
New suspect arrested in German far-right terrorism probe
BERLIN -- German police arrested a new suspect Sunday following the discovery of an extremist group believed to have killed 10 people in what the country's top security official called "a new form of far-right terrorism."
Date: 11/14/2011 | Nation & World
Italy's new leaders vows to quickly form next government
ROME -- Italy's new premier-designate economist Mario Monti says he will get to work quickly to try to form a new government, assuring the nation that it can heal its disastrous finances.
Date: 11/14/2011 | Nation & World
Russian craft set to blast off on delayed mission to space station
MOSCOW -- A Russian cosmonaut says the three-man U.S.-Russian crew are thinking positively as they prepare to blast off on a delayed mission to the International Space Station.
Date: 11/13/2011 | Nation & World
Russia still unable to communicate with Mars probe
MOSCOW -- Russian space engineers are still struggling to fix a probe bound for a moon of Mars that instead got stuck in Earth's orbit.
Date: 11/13/2011 | Nation & World
Failed Russian spacecraft could rain toxic fuel on Earth
MOSCOW — Russian controllers were battling to redirect a space probe that got stuck in a low orbit Wednesday, raising fears that it could crash back to Earth.
Date: 11/09/2011 | Nation & World
Terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal on trial in France for deadly attacks in 1982, '83
PARIS -- A defiant and smiling Carlos the Jackal, one of the most dreaded terror masterminds of the Cold War, has gone on trial again -- this time over four deadly attacks in France nearly three decades ago.
Date: 11/08/2011 | Nation & World
Pressure mounts on Italy's Berlusconi to quit amid European Union debt crisis
ROME -- Italy became the latest target in Europe's financial crisis Monday, as soaring borrowing rates intensified pressure on Premier Silvio Berlusconi to resign and let a new government reform the country's spendthrift ways.
Date: 11/08/2011 | Nation & World
Fireworks smoke linked to Great Britian crash that killed 7
LONDON -- Police investigating the cause of a 34-car pile-up on a major British highway that killed seven people and injured 51 said Sunday they are focusing on a fireworks display near the accident site.
Date: 11/06/2011 | Nation & World
Greece's prime minister agrees to step down in agreement reached in power-sharing deal
ATHENS, Greece -- Greece's embattled prime minister and main opposition leader agreed Sunday to form an interim government to ensure the country's new European debt deal and oversee early elections, capping a week of political turmoil that saw Greece facing a catastrophic default and threatening...
Date: 11/06/2011 | Nation & World
Will Greece's latest economic drama be a tragedy?
When you mix economics and politics sometimes good things happen. Each discipline applies the brakes of common sense to the dumber ideas of the other and the result is often a pleasant surprise.
Date: 11/04/2011 | Business
Deadly hockey team crash caused by pilot error, probe says
MOSCOW — A Russian pilot inadvertently put the wheel brakes on during takeoff, causing a crash that killed 44 people including a professional ice hockey team, investigators said Wednesday, citing lax oversight and insufficient crew training as key reasons behind the error.
Date: 11/02/2011 | Nation & World
Polish hero pilot felt huge relief after safe 767 landing
WARSAW, Poland -- The Polish pilot hailed as a hero for his smooth emergency landing of a Boeing airliner remained modest Wednesday in his first public appearance, saying he felt "huge relief" once his passengers evacuated the plane, but wondered whether he could have done better.
Date: 11/02/2011 | Nation & World
Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral stepping down over protests on church grounds
LONDON -- The Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral has become the second high-profile clergy member to step down over anti-capitalist protests that have spilled across the historic church's grounds.
Date: 10/31/2011 | Nation & World
Girls to get an equal shot at British royal crown
If Will and Kate's first child is a girl, it's now clear that she'll probably become queen one day -- and not even getting a little brother can mess that up.
Date: 10/29/2011 | Nation & World
Polish Battle of Britain pilot dies at 97
WARSAW, Poland -- A Polish World War II airman, believed to be the last surviving Polish pilot from the Battle of Britain, has died at the age of 97 in a Canadian nursing home.
Date: 10/27/2011 | Nation & World
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