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Nations around world honor war dead

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:07:16 EST

Nations honor those who sacrificed their lives in wars, in many cases for the first time without any surviving veterans of World War I.

German man jailed for life after court stabbing

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:08:06 EST

A German man was convicted Wednesday of murder and sentenced to life in prison for the fatal stabbing of an Egyptian woman, a Dresden, Germany, a court spokesman said.

Germany stunned by goalkeeper's 'suicide'

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:29:34 EST

Robert Enke's widow has told a press conference that the Germany goalkeeper was suffering from depression before throwing himself in front of a train.

Police: Enke's death apparent suicide

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:00:58 EST

Robert Enke, goalkeeper for the German national football team, was struck by a train in what police called an apparent suicide.

Iran slams Oxford University Neda scholarship

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:11:41 EST

Iran has complained to Britain's Oxford University over a scholarship program in memory of Neda Agha-Soltan, the young woman whose on-camera death during a protests earlier this year made her a global icon of Iranian opposition.

GM chief promises cash for new-look Opel

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:37:01 EST

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Pilot charged after UK airport arrest

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:55:37 EST

British police said they stopped a United Airlines pilot from flying while intoxicated earlier this week, pulling him from a Boeing 767 aircraft at London's Heathrow airport and charging him with being on duty while his blood-alcohol level was over the limit.

Real humiliated again in Copa Del Rey

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:16:48 EST

Big-spending Real Madrid have crashed out of the Spanish Cup in the second round for the second year in a row after failing to overturn a 4-0 deficit against third-tier club Alcorcon.

Kalashnikov gun designer turns 90

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:07:17 EST

Red Army tank commander Sgt. Mikhail Kalashnikov invented his first machine gun in 1942, during the Second World War, as he sat in a hospital bed recovering from a wound that he got in western Russia.

Dad drops court bid to keep baby alive

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:46:40 EST

The father of a baby with a severe birth defect has agreed to let the child die, ending a British court battle against the baby's mother.