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Romanians vote for president amid political crisis
Romanians began voting for a new president on Sunday in an election that could open the door to an international loan aimed at ending the country's deep recession. (Associated Press Writer, 1:31 a.m.)
US suspects could face life sentences
Italy PERUGIA - Prosecutors asked an Italian court yesterday to hand down life sentences to a US student and her former boyfriend for their alleged roles in the fatal stabbing of a young British woman during a drug-fueled sex game. Prosecutors said Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito should be convicted of murder and sexual violence for the 2007 slaying of ... (Associated Press, 1:13 a.m.)
Vatican, Anglicans pledge to strengthen ties
VATICAN CITY - After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury yesterday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans. (Associated Press, 11/21/09)
Swine flu outbreak stirs panic, political discord in Ukraine
KIEV - One night at the height of the panic over what people here call the California flu, as 24-hour news stations tracked a rising death toll and politicians speculated about a mystery lung plague, Ukraine’s prime minister rushed to the airport to greet a shipment of Tamiflu as if it were a foreign dignitary. (Washington Post, 11/21/09)
Police in Italy arrest 2 linked to 2008 attacks in Mumbai
ROME - Italian police yesterday arrested a Pakistani father and son who allegedly spent just more than $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. (Associated Press, 11/21/09)
French town could not let bookstore die
POLIGNY, France - Just off the town square, a few hundred feet down La Grande Rue, a bookstore has been dispensing culture and entertainment to the people of Poligny for 150 years. Over the generations, residents said, it has become part of the landscape, a place where children tarry on the way home from school and their parents duck in ... (Washington Post, 11/21/09)
Medvedev criticizes ruling party
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia chided officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party with unprecedented bluntness yesterday, saying they should stop trying to manipulate elections and learn to win fairly. (Associated Press, 11/21/09)
Swiss police: man attacked by bear in park
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. (AP, 11/21/09)
Stanford investors to Antigua: Remove liquidator
A group of investors is urging an Antiguan court to remove a British accounting firm appointed to collect assets of a Caribbean offshore bank at the center of an alleged Ponzi scheme by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford. (AP, 11/21/09)
Azerbaijan threatens force over Nagorno-Karabakh
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. (AP, 11/21/09)
Ukraine's `hot air' bedevils global climate deal
Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance. (Associated Press Writer, 11/21/09)
Germany to send trial observer to NY
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. (AP, 11/21/09)
Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations
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. (Associated Press Writer, 11/21/09)
Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case
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." (Associated Press Writer, 11/21/09)