Europe

Intelligence Community Rethinks Strategy After Russian Military Moves

5:18am November 11, 2015

by Jackie Northam

NATO's supreme commander says the quality of western intelligence about Russia has declined since the Cold War's end, and that the West was caught off guard by Russia's actions in Ukraine and Syria.

David Cameron Delivers List Of Reforms For Britain To Stay In EU

8:46pm November 10, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

British Prime Minister David Cameron steps up his bid to change the relationship between his country and the rest of Europe on Tuesday with a speech in which he will insist the EU take his demands seriously or face a British exit from the union.

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Helmut Schmidt, the former West German Chancellor, has died at age 96. He's seen here with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at a 1979 news conference in London.

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Helmut Schmidt, Who Led West Germany's Economic Gains, Dies

7:54pm November 10, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Schmidt worked with French leaders to start the annual World Economic Forum — and, separately, to set into motion the monetary system that today unites the economies of the European Union.

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World Anti-Doping Agency Wants Russia Suspended From Athletics Competitions

1:42pm November 10, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Russia responded angrily to the report which said there is alleged widespread drug use by the country's track and field athletes, and corruption in Russia's main sample testing laboratory.

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April 1959: Bottles containing the polio vaccine.

The Oral Polio Vaccine Can Go 'Feral,' But WHO Vows to Tame It

1:28pm November 10, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

The World Health Organization will start phasing out the oral vaccine next spring.

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In Berlin, the Rev. Gottfried Martens lights a candle during a service to baptize Iranians in the Trinity Church. Iranian and Afghan converts make up most of the 900-member congregation.

For Some Muslim Asylum-Seekers In Germany, Christianity Beckons

3:24pm November 09, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Some Muslim migrants from Afghanistan and Iran are converting to Christianity in Germany. Skeptics claim it is a ploy to gain asylum.

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During Sinai Plane Crash Probe, Sharm el-Sheikh Hits A Rough Patch

1:59pm November 09, 2015

by Leila Fadel

U.S. lawmakers say intelligence indicates a bomb was the likely cause of the break-up of a Russian airliner. The air crash and the cancellation of flights has hurt the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh.

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Catalonia's Government Votes For Independence From Spain

11:28am November 09, 2015

The parliament of the distinctive northeastern region called for independence in what the central government says was an illegal vote. Linda Wertheimer talks with reporter Lauren Frayer in Madrid.

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Junts Pel Si (Together for Yes) member of the Catalan Parliament Marta Rovira gives a thumbs up as she votes to pass the start of the independence process Monday in Barcelona, Spain.

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Catalan Regional Parliament Approves Plan For Independence From Spain

9:36am November 09, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Madrid argues that the move is symbolic and won't change a thing. But Catalan lawmakers say their region will be its own country by 2017.

Walking The Beat With An Unarmed Police Officer In Britain

5:16pm November 08, 2015

by Leila Fadel

More people were killed by police in the United States in the last month than were killed by police in England and Wales in the last 24 years. In the U.K., police officers don't carry guns.