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Europe faces difficult search for growth WASHINGTON (AP) — On paper at least, European leaders agree: They need stronger growth measures to help their economies expand out of their 2½-year-old government debt crisis. Figuring out exactly what those new steps might be will be the hard part.
3 days ago at 08:47 | Associated Press
Report: Press freedom holds steady worldwide NEW YORK (AP) — As decades-old authoritarian regimes crumbled or eased their grip in countries as widespread as Myanmar, Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, freedom of the press gained precarious new footholds last year, according to a survey by a watchdog group released Tuesday.
May 1 at 12:58 | Associated Press
Eurozone cuts deficits but overall debt rises BRUSSELS — The 17 countries that use the euro still face an uphill struggle to control their debts in spite of managing to slash government deficits to 4.1 percent of economic output in 2011, official data show.
Apr 23 at 13:48 | Associated Press
Poland honors president killed in 2010 plane crash WARSAW, Poland — Poland's opposition leader laid a wreath Tuesday in memory of his twin brother, President Lech Kaczynski, who was killed with 95 others in a plane crash in Russia two years ago.
Apr 10 at 13:22 | Associated Press
Shale gas exploration raises hope, fear in Poland SZYMKOWO, Poland — A slender shale gas rig rising from the midst of plowed fields and farm houses in Poland has inspired both hope for a local community's prosperity and fears it will ruin bucolic and peaceful village life.
Apr 9 at 12:23 | Associated Press
Mike Wallace, '60 Minutes' interrogator, dies (updated) NEW YORK (AP) — "Mike Wallace is here to see you."
Apr 8 at 17:49 | Associated Press
Bloomberg to give $220 million to world tobacco control NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire who has made reducing smoking one of his signature causes as mayor of New York City, is committing $220 million to his charity to go toward reducing tobacco use in countries that are home to millions of smokers.
Mar 22 at 08:05 | Associated Press
US denies sending warning to Iran via Russia WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States denied on March 15 a Russian media report that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had asked Russia to warn that Iran it was facing its "last chance" to resolve the dispute over its nuclear program diplomatically.
Mar 15 at 19:41 | Reuters
Murdoch exec Brooks re-arrested in hacking probe LONDON (Reuters) - Police arrested Rebekah Brooks, the former News of the World editor and close associate to Rupert Murdoch, for a second time on March 13 in a new round of detentions in Britain's phone-hacking scandal, Sky News reported.
Mar 13 at 15:15 | Reuters
Argentine train crash kills 49, hurts 550 (PHOTO) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters in Argentina's worst train accident in decades.
Feb 22 at 18:04 | Associated Press
Greece passes new austerity deal amid rioting ATHENS,Greece(AP) — Greek lawmakers on Monday approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled nation from bankruptcy, after riots in Athens and other cities left stores looted and burned and more than 120 people hurt.
Feb 13 at 07:31 | Associated Press
Snow cuts off hundreds of villages in eastern Europe SOFIA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Heavy snowfall across eastern Europe cut off hundreds of villages on Tuesday and rescue teams struggled to evacuate people in southern Bulgaria where rain and melting snow had caused a dam wall to break, flooding an entire village.
Feb 7 at 16:35 | Reuters
Cold kills 33 more in Europe, dam breaks in Bulgaria SOFIA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Europe's bitterly cold weather killed another 33 people on Monday and melting snow caused a dam wall to break and flood an entire village in Bulgaria.
Feb 6 at 17:17 | Reuters
Death toll from Europe's deep freeze rises to 112 WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Europe's death toll from a week of frigid weather rose to 112 Thursday as officials scrambled to figure out how to protect mostly homeless victims from the deep freeze that is killing them.
Feb 2 at 12:46 | Associated Press
Ferry sinks off Papua New Guinea with 350 aboard PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — Rescuers plucked more than 230 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea's east coast after a ferry sank Thursday with as many as 350 people on board, officials said.
Feb 2 at 11:10 | Associated Press