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Russian tycoon wins poison libel case

11 hours 38 min ago
Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has won his libel case against a Russian broadcaster in London, his spokeswoman told CNN on Wednesday.

Abuse claims hit German Catholic church

11 hours 58 min ago
Norbert Denef speaks to CNN about the sexual crimes committed against him during his childhood in Germany.

Aid worker snatched by al Qaeda freed

12 hours 11 min ago
A Spanish aid worker kidnapped by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) last November in Mauritania has been freed unharmed, but the group continues to hold two other Spanish aid workers.

Dutch bishops launch child abuse investigation

15 hours 20 min ago
Catholic bishops in the Netherlands have announced an independent investigation into allegations of child abuse by clergy, widening a scandal that already touches countries including the United States, Ireland, Germany and Austria.

Spain's solar power tower: Future or folly?

19 hours 37 min ago
Cresting the brow of autovia A-49 in Andalusia, 10 miles outside of Seville, the world's first commercial solar "power tower" appears on the skyline like a giant obelisk.

Obama meets Greek leader on debt crisis

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 00:59
Global financial reform is expected to top the agenda Tuesday as President Obama huddles with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, whose country is at the center of Europe's debt crisis.

Lloyd Webber shrugs off musical's critics

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 17:00
Andrew Lloyd Webber has defended his new musical from criticism on online forums even before its official opening on Tuesday night.

7 arrested in 'plot to kill cartoonist'

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 16:33
Irish police arrested seven people Tuesday suspected of plotting to commit a murder abroad, they announced.

Missing body of late Cyprus president found

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 14:23
Police in Cyprus said Tuesday they have found the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, which was stolen from his grave late last year.

Turkey frosty with U.S. over genocide move

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 13:47
Turkey will not send its U.S. ambassador back to Washington until it receives "clarity" on a measure that recommends the United States recognize the 1915 killings of ethnic Armenians as genocide, Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday.

Aid effort mounted for Turkish quake victims

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 11:47
Disaster officials rushed food and shelter to southeastern Turkey on Tuesday after a strong earthquake rattled the area a day earlier, killing at least 51 people and injuring dozens more.

Turkey: Man shot at Ukraine consulate

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 11:30
Police shot and killed a Turkish man after he opened fire on the Consulate of Ukraine, local officials and media said.

Terror trial starts in Belgium

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 00:54
A trial for nine terror suspects accused of having ties to al Qaeda opened in a Belgian court Monday, with the main defendant suspected of nearly launching a terror attack hours before a 2008 EU summit in Brussels.

Deadly earthquake rattles Turkey

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 14:26
A pre-dawn earthquake collapsed homes and killed more than 50 people in a mountainous region of southeastern Turkey on Monday, government officials said.

Football: Chelsea reach FA Cup semis

Sun, 03/07/2010 - 22:22
Chelsea cruise into the semifinals of this season's FA Cup with a 2-0 home win over Stoke City on Sunday with deposed England captain John Terry playing a key role by setting up the first and scoring the second goal.

Minister: UK boy's captors include someone close to family

Sun, 03/07/2010 - 13:10
The captors of a kidnapped 5-year-old British boy included someone who was close to the family, Pakistan's Interior Minister said Sunday.

Iceland voters reject foreign debt deal

Sun, 03/07/2010 - 12:36
Iceland's voters overwhelmingly reject a deal to pay billions of dollars it owes to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the Foreign Ministry says.

Police: Raiders rob international poker tournament

Sun, 03/07/2010 - 09:55
At least four masked and armed men robbed an international poker tournament in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, making off with an undisclosed sum of money, police said.

Russia kills 8 militants it connects to 2009 attack

Sun, 03/07/2010 - 09:36
Russian security forces killed eight militants that it said were connected to a 2009 terrorist attack, the head of Russia's domestic security and anti-terrorism agency said Saturday.

Lawyer: Sex claim leak against Italian official 'shameful'

Sun, 03/07/2010 - 07:03
Reports that an Italian government official accused of financial corruption allegedly used a Vatican choir singer to arrange gay liaisons for him are "shameful," the official's lawyer told CNN Saturday.