BMW unveils new Mini
Members of the media gather round the new Mini car as it is launched at the Mini Plant in Oxford, England, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Britain New…
Western Europe
Merkel leads EU calls for Ukraine to reform
By RAF CASERT German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the relationship between Germany…
No EU nation candidate to destroy Syria gas
By RAF CASERT German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle takes his place at the podium during a media conference after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, Nov.…
Soldier: Minneapolis man ordered Nazi-led attack
By DAVID RISING and RANDY HERSCHAFT This 1982 photo provided by the University of Minnesota shows Nadia and Michael Karkoc. The Associated Press has uncovered testimony that says Michael Karkoc,…
Public exhibit of St. Peter relics revives debate
By NICOLE WINFIELD FILE – In this April 1, 2013 file photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis, followed by Cardinal Angelo Comastri, right, visits the…
Fed stimulus, China reform promises buoy stocks
By SARAH DiLORENZO A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the Standard & Poor’s 500 index above 1,800, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. The DJIA…
Photographer shot at French newspaper office
By GREG KELLER and ANGELA CHARLTON Riot police vans drive down the Champs Elysees avenue after a gunman opened fire in the lobby of Liberation newspaper in Paris, Monday, Nov.…
Court shelves case against German bishop
FILE – In this Sept. 24, 2013 file picture Limburg Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, right, attends a mass during the meeting of German bishops in Fulda, Germany, A German court…