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Wall's fall bought joy to Berlin, confusion to authorities - Feature
Berlin - The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 is universally remembered as a night of euphoria and joy in Berlin. But for the city's police forces, it's also remembered as the night they played a key role in reunifying the city, making up ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-07 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

The night the Wall fell - a firsthand perspective - Feature
Berlin - It was a hated symbol of the division of Europe and the world for more than 28 years. Then suddenly - poof! - the Berlin Wall was gone. Of course, the Wall did not physically disappear overnigh...

[Posted on : 2009-11-07 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Tusk: Poland won't buy swine flu vaccine until it's proven safe
Warsaw - Poland will not buy swine flu vaccines until they are proven to be safe and without side effects, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Friday. We don't want to save and we won't save on vaccines if we are certain that they are safe for the Polis...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

EU report: protectionist 'worst-case scenario' has been avoided
Brussels - The global economic crisis has led to an increase in trade barriers, but the Group of 20 most powerful nations have managed to stave off a protectionist spiral, according to a European Union report published Friday. According to the EU's F...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Chemical, biological weapons use should be war crime, Dutch say
The Hague - The use of chemical and biological weapons should be defined as a war crime, two Dutch ministers wrote in a letter sent to the parliament on Friday. In the letter, Foreign Ministers Maxime Verhagen and Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

German state of Brandenburg re-elects premier with new coalition
Potsdam, Germany - The state of Brandenburg re-elected its premier, Matthias Platzeck, to office Friday at the head of a coalition which gives Germany's controversial Left party a new foothold in power. Platzeck, who is a former national leader of th...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

EU again urges US to negotiate visa waivers with Brussels
Brussels - The European Union on Friday renewed its appeal to the United States to negotiate its visa waiver programmes with Brussels, rather than with individual member states. But US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano responded that the h...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Survey: Not all East Europeans happy with Communism's fall
Warsaw - Most East Europeans believe that life is better now than under Communism, but a large number of people, especially in Hungary, have a positive view of life under the old regime, according to a four-nation survey released Friday in Warsaw. Cz...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Police helicopter called to find little hide-and-seek girl
Regensburg, Germany - A little girl playing hide-and-seek seemed to vanish into thin air, prompting a manhunt by the police force of the German city of Regensburg, a spokesman said Friday. A police sniffer dog lost her scent and a police helicopter w...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

No compensation for mosques destroyed in the Bosnia war
Sarajevo - A court in Banja Luka ruled as unfounded the demands of Bosnia's Islamic Community that the city pay 64.7 million convertible marks (48 million dollars) as compensation for mosques destroyed during the 1992-95 Bosnia war, local media repor...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

 

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