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Amid Berlin's bustle, Protestant cloister an oasis of calm
Berlin - The Segen (Benediction) cloister lies amid the bustle of Berlin like an oasis in the desert. Schoenhauser Allee, a four-lane street, is right outside, but traffic noise stops at the cloister's doors. Behind its thick walls, quiet reigns. Th...

[Posted on : 2008-09-04 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Sarkozy and Assad hold talks - Summary
Damascus - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad held frank and constructive talks, both presidents said in a press conference held in Damascus Wednesday. We discussed many things but concentrated on peace in ...

[Posted on : 2008-09-03 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Sarkozy arrives in Syria
Damascus - French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Syria Wednesday accompanied by Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner for a two- day visit. The French politicians were welcomed by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem and other officials at Dama...

[Posted on : 2008-09-03 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

NATO to go ahead with plans to help Georgian military
Brussels - NATO is to go ahead with plans to help develop Georgia's military capabilities and will now have access to information concerning its airspace activity, the alliance's spokesman said Wednesday. Both are long-standing projects within the co...

[Posted on : 2008-09-03 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Nicaragua joins Russia in recognizing South Ossetia, Abkhazia
Managua - The leftist Sandinista government of Nicaragua became the second country - after Russia - to recognize the break- away Georgian provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The president of the Central American country, Daniel Ortega, said late...

[Posted on : 2008-09-03 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Upside-down house in Germany to be 'experiment for senses'
Trassenheide, Germany - A businessman who put up a house in Germany upside down, with its gabled roof poking into the soil, said Wednesday it was intended to be an experiment for the senses. Polish-born Klaudiusz Golos said he would admit visitors t...

[Posted on : 2008-09-03 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Geneva prosecutors drop case against Gaddafi son in Switzerland
Geneva - Legal proceedings against Hannibal Gaddafi, youngest son of Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi, have been dropped by the Geneva prosecutor's office, it was confirmed Wednesday. Public prosecutor Daniel Zappelli said the case had been dropped after...

[Posted on : 2008-09-03 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

European Parliament wants an end to stereotypical housewives ads
Brussels - European lawmakers are calling on advertisers to stop reinforcing gender stereotypes by constantly portraying women cleaning the kitchen and men polishing their cars. A non-legally binding report to this effect was adopted in the European ...

[Posted on : 2008-09-03 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Serbia could become EU candidate in 2009, Barroso says - Summary
Brussels - Serbia could become a candidate for European Union membership as early as 2009 following the capture of war-crimes indictee Radovan Karadzic, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Wednesday. If everything goes according t...

[Posted on : 2008-09-03 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Reporter shot dead in Russia's restive Dagestan province - Summary
Moscow - A reporter critical of Islam was shot and mortally wounded in Russia's restive Dagestan province, the Interfax new agency reported Wednesday. An unknown person or persons fired at least two bullets into Abdullah Alishaev, a local television ...

[Posted on : 2008-09-03 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

 

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