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Veteran: Remembrance Days are for the dead, what about the living?

A homeless war veteran has accused the UK government of failing to do enough for people who risked their lives fighting for their country.

updated Wed Nov 11 2009 12:46:41

Veteran: Remembrance Days are for the dead, what about the living?

A homeless war veteran has accused the UK government of failing to do enough for people who risked their lives fighting for their country.

updated Wed Nov 11 2009 12:19:37

German goalkeeper kills himself by train, police say

A goalkeeper for the German national soccer team apparently killed himself by stepping in front of a train, just months after he and his wife adopted a daughter, police said Wednesday.

updated Wed Nov 11 2009 12:11:41

Iran condemns Oxford University over Neda scholarship

Iran has complained to Britain's Oxford University over a scholarship program in memory of Neda Agha-Soltan, the young woman whose on-camera death during a protests earlier this year made her a global icon of Iranian opposition.

updated Wed Nov 11 2009 12:08:06

Man jailed for life after German court stabbing

A German man was convicted Wednesday of murder and sentenced to life in prison for the fatal stabbing of an Egyptian woman, a Dresden, Germany, a court spokesman said.

updated Wed Nov 11 2009 12:07:16

Nations around world honor war dead

Nations honored those who sacrificed their lives in wars on Wednesday, in many cases for the first time without any surviving veterans of World War I.

updated Wed Nov 11 2009 09:55:37

Pilot charged after UK airport arrest

British police said they stopped a United Airlines pilot from flying while intoxicated earlier this week, pulling him from a Boeing 767 aircraft at London's Heathrow airport and charging him with being on duty while his blood-alcohol level was over the limit.

updated Wed Nov 11 2009 07:07:17

Kalashnikov gun designer turns 90

Red Army tank commander Sgt. Mikhail Kalashnikov invented his first machine gun in 1942, during the Second World War, as he sat in a hospital bed recovering from a wound that he got in western Russia.

updated Wed Nov 11 2009 07:01:00

Revealed in November

The Chinese child prodigy Lang Lang started playing piano at the age of three, won his first competition aged five, and today, aged 27, he is on Time magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.

updated Wed Nov 11 2009 06:32:14

New climate change treaty could be ready in 2010, U.N. official says

A new international treaty to combat climate change will not be ready when 40 world leaders meet next month in Copenhagen but may be finished next year, a top United Nations official said Friday in Barcelona.

updated Wed Nov 11 2009 05:46:36

Dead soldier's mother leads attacks on Brown

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown was under mounting criticism on Tuesday over his perceived casual attitude towards soldiers killed in Afghanistan as support for the mission collapses.

updated Tue Nov 10 2009 13:40:00

New evidence delays verdict in German court stabbing case

The verdict in the trial of a German man accused of stabbing to death a pregnant Muslim woman in a courtroom has been postponed because of new evidence, a spokesman for the Dresden state court told CNN Tuesday.

updated Tue Nov 10 2009 13:18:01

How to fend off a pirate attack

Sailors who've been hijacked often say they never saw the pirates coming.

updated Tue Nov 10 2009 10:02:13

When pirates attack: What to do if the worst happens

Sailors who've been hijacked often say they never saw the pirates coming.

updated Tue Nov 10 2009 09:15:34

Father gives up court battle to keep baby alive

The father of a baby born with a severe birth defect has agreed to let the child die, ending a court battle against the baby's mother, a lawyer for the hospital taking care of the baby told CNN Tuesday.

updated Mon Nov 09 2009 16:07:16

How I brought down the Berlin Wall

How do you tear down a wall? Do you use diplomacy or force? Offers of neighborly assistance, or the threat of nuclear annihilation?

updated Mon Nov 09 2009 15:06:09

Berlin celebrates night that changed world

Thousands of people joined world leaders in the German capital Monday to remember the night 20 years ago when a euphoric wave of people power swept away the Berlin Wall and consigned the Cold War to history.

updated Mon Nov 09 2009 13:00:22

Nurse laid to rest 30 years after mystery death

A British woman who died in mysterious circumstances more than 30 years ago in Saudi Arabia was due finally to be laid to rest Monday, her father told CNN.

updated Mon Nov 09 2009 08:41:04

Memories: The night the Wall came down

updated Mon Nov 09 2009 06:38:30

Remembering the night the Berlin Wall fell

Richard Blystone, a CNN senior correspondent at the time, remembers above all the two sides of the crumbling Berlin wall. How different they were.

updated Sun Nov 08 2009 19:54:43

Britain honors fallen as Afghan death toll rises to 201

Central London fell silent save for the tolling of Big Ben as the United Kingdom honored the dead of wars past and present on Remembrance Sunday.

updated Fri Nov 06 2009 14:38:21

Berlusconi denies sex scandal in new book

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has caused a buzz all over Italy this week with the release of a new book that simply asks the colorful premier about some equally colorful exploits.

updated Fri Nov 06 2009 11:55:12

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updated Fri Nov 06 2009 08:48:56

UK prime minister promises commitment, demands reform in Afghanistan

In a major speech on Afghanistan, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday that Britain "cannot, must not, and will not walk away" from its mission there.

updated Thu Nov 05 2009 13:46:02

France's Chirac publishes memoirs as court case looms

Former French President Jacques Chirac is ready to face trial for corruption, he told a leading French radio station Thursday.

updated Thu Nov 05 2009 11:34:43

War crimes court imposes lawyer on Karadzic

The war crimes tribunal trying Bosnian genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic is imposing a lawyer on him, it announced Thursday.

updated Wed Nov 04 2009 23:06:02

Rafael Nadal on Talk Asia

"I'm not a machine, and like everybody I have better moments than others," Rafael Nadal told CNN in Shanghai.

updated Wed Nov 04 2009 16:46:16

X-ray voted top modern discovery

The X-ray machine was Wednesday named the most important scientific invention, in a poll marking the centenary of the Science Museum in London.

updated Wed Nov 04 2009 16:26:34

Italy convicts 'U.S. agents' in CIA kidnap trial

Nearly two dozen Americans -- most thought to work for the CIA -- were sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday by an Italian court for their role in the seizing of a suspected terrorist in Italy in 2003, the prosecutor in the case told CNN.

updated Wed Nov 04 2009 14:49:41

Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss remembered

Anyone who has taken an anthropology course has probably heard of Claude Levi-Strauss, who died recently at age 100.

updated Wed Nov 04 2009 13:03:49

Croatia, Slovenia sign border dispute deal

The prime ministers of Croatia and Slovenia signed a deal Wednesday to settle a long-running border dispute and remove a key obstacle to Croatia's prospects of securing European Union membership.

updated Wed Nov 04 2009 11:28:59

Italy vows to fight for classroom crucifixes

The Italian government is vowing to fight a European court ruling that crucifixes in classrooms violate students' right to freedom of religion.

updated Wed Nov 04 2009 10:40:09

EU leaders agree climate aid deal

The European Union has agreed a conditional deal on how to help developing nations combat the effects of climate change.

updated Wed Nov 04 2009 09:11:35

Born in the east, young Germans still forced to head west

For decades the Iron Curtain divided Germany because the socialist German Democratic Republic did not wish to continue losing its citizens and skilled workers to the "golden" West.

updated Tue Nov 03 2009 11:58:59

Aggressive Karadzic appears at war crimes hearing

Bosnian war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic launched a full-throated attack on the International War Crimes Tribunal Tuesday, as he appeared at a hearing to discuss his refusal to appear for trial.

updated Tue Nov 03 2009 11:35:41

Strange sounds at minority languages song contest

"This is the outfit our parents wore when they used to go out to dance. It's a traditional outfit," jokes Riemelmeester Malde.

updated Tue Nov 03 2009 11:32:19

Qatari firm buys U.S. Embassy building in London

The U.S. State Department has sold its London embassy building to a Qatari real estate company, the embassy announced Tuesday.

updated Tue Nov 03 2009 10:51:19

Czechs sign EU Lisbon Treaty as last obstacle falls

Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the European Union's Lisbon Treaty Tuesday, he announced on his Web site, paving the way for major changes to the way the 27-nation bloc is run.

updated Tue Nov 03 2009 03:58:28

Kercher trial nears end two years after brutal killing

It has been two years since the body of 21-year-old Meredith Kercher was found in the house she shared with fellow students in Perugia, Italy.

updated Mon Nov 02 2009 17:47:44

20 years after wall fell, study finds less support for democracy

A specter is haunting Eastern Europe: the ghost of Communism past.

updated Mon Nov 02 2009 17:13:53

7 charged with aiding Madrid train bombers

A Spanish judge indicted seven suspected Islamic militants Monday for allegedly helping some perpetrators of the Madrid train bombings in 2004 to flee Spain after the attacks, according to a copy of the order.

updated Mon Nov 02 2009 11:54:20

Navy ship accidentally fires on Polish port

A crew member aboard a U.S. Navy ship accidentally fired a machine gun into the Polish port city of Gdynia on Wednesday while cleaning the weapon, Navy officials said Friday.

updated Sat Oct 31 2009 16:47:58

London marks 1,000 days to 2012 Olympics

Saturday marks 1,000 days until the London 2012 Olympic Games, and officials promise the event is on track and on budget.

updated Sat Oct 31 2009 10:09:52

Leaked memo shows killed UK officer foresaw own death

A high-ranking British officer killed this year in Afghanistan warned a month before he died that a shortage of helicopters was putting troops at risk, a leaked memo showed Saturday.

updated Fri Oct 30 2009 15:48:13

Dutch court rules against girl's solo sailing trip

A Dutch court Friday ruled against letting a 14-year-old girl sail solo around the world, saying she is not experienced enough to make the trip on her own.

updated Fri Oct 30 2009 11:35:38

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updated Fri Oct 30 2009 08:28:21

Lisbon Treaty in sight for EU after Czechs agree

The European Union was days away Friday from ratification of the Lisbon Treaty after the president of the Czech Republic -- the remaining holdout in negotiations -- agreed to ratify it.

updated Fri Oct 30 2009 07:31:26

France's Chirac to face corruption trial

Former French President Jacques Chirac must stand trial on corruption charges, marking the first time a former French president is being brought to court.

updated Fri Oct 30 2009 07:23:39

Support wanes for Blair EU presidency

Tony Blair's chances of becoming the European Union's first full-time president were in serious trouble late on Thursday as a Brussels summit opened with a chorus of criticism from his own supposed center-left allies.

updated Thu Oct 29 2009 17:11:18

Britain slams Iran over reported jailing of embassy worker

Reports that Iran has sentenced a British embassy employee to four years in prison are "deeply concerning," British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Thursday.

updated Thu Oct 29 2009 11:56:34

Swiss plan controls on 'suicide tourism'

It has long been the final destination for terminally ill patients who want to end their lives, offering what many consider to be a dignified way out of their suffering.

updated Wed Oct 28 2009 14:17:32

Budget focus cited in '06 British air crash

An inquiry into the crash of a British aircraft in Afghanistan three years ago calls the accident "preventable," citing a loss of focus on safety in an effort to save money for the armed forces, the defense secretary said Wednesday.

updated Tue Oct 27 2009 17:41:18

French court convicts Church of Scientology of fraud

A French court's verdict against the Church of Scientology amounts to a "modern Inquisition" and threatens freedom of religion in France, a senior Scientologist said Tuesday.

updated Tue Oct 27 2009 10:37:15

Bosnian war's 'Iron Lady' freed from prison

Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic was released from prison in Sweden Tuesday, after serving two thirds of an 11-year sentence for crimes against humanity.

updated Tue Oct 27 2009 09:48:36

Priest among dozens held in Spain 'marriage scam'

Spanish police have arrested a priest and 33 others in an alleged "marriage of convenience" scam in which mostly Colombians immigrants, linked to drug trafficking, wed Spaniards to get residency papers.

updated Tue Oct 27 2009 08:50:33

Karadzic's war crimes trial to go on despite boycott

Prosecutors in the long-awaited war crimes trial of Radovan Karadzic said they will push ahead Tuesday, though the Bosnian Serb leader is expected to be a no-show once again.

updated Tue Oct 27 2009 05:35:11

At least 8 migrants drown off Greek coast

Eight people drowned and one was missing after a small boat carrying illegal immigrants from Afghanistan hits rocks in the eastern Aegean Sea on Tuesday morning, a spokesman for the Greek coast guard said.

updated Tue Oct 27 2009 00:13:24

Ask Zinedine Zidane your questions

A footballing icon and one of the most gifted players of his generation, Zinedine Zidane won every major honor in the game.

updated Mon Oct 26 2009 17:14:57

Q&A: The trial of Radovan Karadzic

After Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic's failure to appear at the start of his trial on genocide and war crimes charges CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson explains what happens next.

updated Mon Oct 26 2009 16:18:24

Experts doubt meteor led to Latvian crater

Scientists expressed skepticism Monday about reports that a meteorite's impact created a crater near a northern Latvia farm.

updated Mon Oct 26 2009 16:04:58

Expert: Yugoslav war crimes victims need 'truth commission'

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has successfully brought dozens of war criminals to justice, but a "truth commission" is still necessary if the region's ethnic factions are ever to achieve lasting reconciliation, according to a former legal adviser to the court.

updated Mon Oct 26 2009 16:01:05

Karadzic boycotts start of war crimes trial

U.N. judges adjourned the long-awaited war-crimes trial of Radovan Karadzic on Monday after the former Bosnian Serb leader refused to appear on the opening day.

updated Mon Oct 26 2009 10:12:42

International day of demonstrations on climate change

From seabeds to mountaintops, people around the world were staging a day of demonstrations Saturday to call for urgent action on climate change.

updated Mon Oct 26 2009 09:53:17

German man on trial for stabbing Muslim woman

A German man accused of stabbing to death a pregnant Muslim woman in a Dresden courtroom went on trial Monday -- in the same court and amid tight security.

updated Mon Oct 26 2009 09:04:13

Berlusconi talks: 'I'm liked and loved by all people in politics'

Flamboyant entrepreneur Silvio Berlusconi is one of Italy's most recognizable faces.

updated Mon Oct 26 2009 06:47:59

Should teenagers be allowed to sail solo around the world?

On October 26, a court in the Netherlands will decide whether 13-year-old Laura Dekker is allowed to fulfill her dream of sailing around the world -- solo.

updated Mon Oct 26 2009 01:48:05

German parties to form new government

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, the Christian Democratic Union, will formally join with two other parties on Monday to form a new center-right government.

updated Sun Oct 25 2009 16:23:29

Lockerbie bombing probe continues, prosecutors tell victims' families

Scottish prosecutors are conducting a further review of the evidence related to the Lockerbie bombing, prosecutors have told families of victims from the United Kingdom.

updated Sun Oct 25 2009 10:37:41

Historic Paris wine cellar to auction bottles

One of the most extensive wine cellars in the world is about to sell off thousands of items from its prized collection -- allowing buyers to own a piece of bottled history.

updated Sat Oct 24 2009 14:38:45

U.S. formally seeks Polanski extradition

The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski, Swiss authorities said Friday.

updated Sat Oct 24 2009 14:24:49

Afghanistan drug trail spans the world

As the ferries dock at the Port of Dover after crossing the English Channel, the trucks pull in at a steady rate. Afghanistan's opium harvest can be traced right back to some of those trucks.

updated Sat Oct 24 2009 14:18:10

Ice skating bear kills Russian circus hand

A bear on ice skates attacked two people during rehearsals at a circus in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, killing one of them, Kyrgyz officials said Friday.

updated Sat Oct 24 2009 10:40:39

Karadzic to skip Bosnia genocide trial, court says

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic intends to skip the start of his war crimes trial because he says he has had too little time to prepare, a spokeswoman for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said Thursday.

updated Sat Oct 24 2009 09:42:48

German parties agree on coalition

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, the Christian Democratic Union, has agreed with two other parties on the terms for a center-right government, her party said Saturday.

updated Fri Oct 23 2009 11:47:50

Ice skating bear kills Russian circus hand

A bear on ice skates attacked two people during rehearsals at a circus in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, killing one of them, Kyrgyz officials said Friday.

updated Fri Oct 23 2009 11:04:01

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updated Fri Oct 23 2009 05:55:24

'I am not a Nazi,' National Party leader says on BBC

British National Party leader Nicholas Griffin denied Thursday in a controversial appearance on a popular BBC television program that he is a Nazi.

updated Thu Oct 22 2009 09:53:45

Clergyman linked to Rwandan genocide seized in Italy

A Rwandan accused of "complicity" in the massacre of students at the college he headed during the country's genocide 15 years ago has been arrested in Italy, where he served as a clergyman, an international police agency said.

updated Thu Oct 22 2009 09:16:55

Berlusconi's son on growing up in Italy's first family

Pier Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's eldest son and a top official in his media empire, says his father was "always there for me."

updated Thu Oct 22 2009 08:50:18

Karadzic to skip Bosnia genocide trial, court says

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic intends to skip the start of his war crimes trial because he says he has had too little time to prepare, a spokeswoman for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said Thursday.

updated Thu Oct 22 2009 08:39:23

Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009

updated Wed Oct 21 2009 20:07:02

Afghanistan drug trail spanning the world

As the ferries dock at the Port of Dover after crossing the English Channel, the trucks pull in at a steady rate. Afghanistan's opium harvest can be traced right back to some of those trucks.

updated Wed Oct 21 2009 13:37:38

Poland agrees to host part of new U.S. missile defense plan

Poland has agreed to host elements of the new U.S. missile defense plan despite initial surprise over the Obama administration's recent decision to overhaul President Bush's strategy.

updated Wed Oct 21 2009 12:21:04

Berlusconi: I don't really like my job

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he governs Italy out of a sense of duty and sacrifice, not because he enjoys the job.

updated Tue Oct 20 2009 22:31:53

The eco activists who are camping against climate change

There was no mistaking the target: the eight huge cooling towers at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, sending plumes of steam high into the watery blue sky of the English Midlands.

updated Tue Oct 20 2009 22:08:54

Vatican welcomes Anglicans into Catholic Church

The Vatican said Tuesday it has worked out a way for groups of Anglicans who are dissatisfied with their faith to join the Catholic Church.

updated Tue Oct 20 2009 19:25:39

Wheelchair user, 92, arrested for smuggling coke

A 92-year-old woman with cocaine strapped to her body flew all the way from Brazil to Spain before police arrested her, in a wheelchair, at Madrid's airport.

updated Mon Oct 19 2009 13:13:52

Spain arrests two ETA suspects

Police in France Monday arrested the suspected chief of the political apparatus of the Basque separatist group ETA, along with another suspect, Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said.

updated Mon Oct 19 2009 11:37:03

One killed, 19 hurt in Spain bus crash

A teenage Dutch girl was killed and 19 people were injured when a bus carrying 59 students and teachers from a school in Holland flipped over north of Barcelona early Monday, authorities said.

updated Sat Oct 17 2009 18:41:15

Thousands protest abortion in Spain

Thousands flocked to Spain's capital Saturday to protest the Socialist government's move to make it easier to get an abortion.

updated Sat Oct 17 2009 11:23:57

Albania to India: Give us Mother Teresa

"By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world."

updated Sat Oct 17 2009 10:07:23

Spanish police seize oil tanker cocaine haul

More than 500 kilos of cocaine have been found hidden near the engine room of an oil tanker in the Spanish port of Tarragona, Spain's Guardia Civil said in a statement Saturday.

updated Sat Oct 17 2009 05:42:41

Karadzic war crimes trial set for late October

The war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is set to begin October 26, the U.N. war crimes tribunal at The Hague said Friday.

updated Fri Oct 16 2009 12:56:28

Spanish poet's remains set to be exhumed

The world may soon know for sure where Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca rests after fascists executed him in 1936 during Spain's Civil War.

updated Fri Oct 16 2009 12:32:51

Police investigate explosion in Belfast, N. Ireland

Authorities in Northern Ireland said Friday they were investigating an explosion in east Belfast that injured one woman.

updated Fri Oct 16 2009 11:01:14

Controversial Dutch lawmaker enters UK after ban overturned

Days after a court allowed him entry into Britain, controversial Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders said his arrival Friday marked "a victory for the freedom of speech."

updated Fri Oct 16 2009 10:13:16

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updated Fri Oct 16 2009 10:12:47

Turkey denies government role in Gaza TV drama

Turkey's foreign minister denied any government link to a controversial historical drama being broadcast on Turkey's state television network.

updated Thu Oct 15 2009 23:14:26

Report: Sarkozy says no Afghan troop boost

France will not send more troops to Afghanistan, President Nicolas Sarkozy told the country's Le Figaro newspaper Thursday.

updated Thu Oct 15 2009 19:34:14

Far-right British party agrees to consider letting nonwhites join

The far-right British National Party on Thursday agreed to consider letting nonwhite members join after the country's Equality and Human Rights Commission took them to court.

updated Thu Oct 15 2009 12:09:48

Italy denies report it 'paid off' Taliban to protect its troops

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denied Thursday that payments to the Taliban in Afghanistan were authorized to protect Italian soldiers deployed there.

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