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A look at prosecutions of Nazi suspects in Germany

A look at recent prosecutions of suspected Nazi war criminals in Germany.

Climate talks on track after Commonwealth boost

PORT OF SPAIN (AFP) - - Global climate talks to be held in Copenhagen got a big boost on the weekend when leaders representing a third of the planet's population put their full weight behind sealing a deal.

Spain wants EU-Cuba agreement in first half of 2010

BRUSSELS (AFP) - - Spain will seek to establish a new bilateral agreement on EU-Cuba ties, including human rights, in the first half of 2010 when it will hold the EU's rotating presidency, its foreign minister said Saturday.

I'm a federalist but not fundamentalist: incoming EU President

BRUSSELS (AFP) - - Herman Van Rompuy, who will become the EU's first president this week, described himself on Sunday as a European federalist while stressing that he is not a "fundamentalist".

Russia: Bomb caused train crash that killed 26

Carlos the Jackal was 'revolutionary': Chavez

CARACAS (AFP) - - Brushing off French protests, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez praised as "a revolutionary soldier" convicted terrorist Carlos Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, better known as Carlos The Jackal.

Sahara activist reported weak from hunger strike

MADRID - An award-winning Western Sahara independence activist who has been on a nearly two-week hunger strike since Morocco expelled her from the disputed territory is so weak she can hardly stand or speak, supporters said Saturday.

Police: murderous moose a suspect in Swedish death

STOCKHOLM - Swedish police say they've cleared a man who was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife after deciding the culprit was most likely a moose.

Swiss ready Polanski's chalet for house arrest

GSTAAD, Switzerland - Security experts on Saturday started preparing Roman Polanski's Alpine chalet for the movie director's house arrest while Swiss authorities consider whether to extradite him to the United States.

Summit may help settle Latin American spats

ESTORIL, Portugal - Latin American leaders have a chance to defuse some of their continent's political tensions at a summit opening Sunday.

Attack on Russian train kills up to 39: officials

UGLOVKA, Russia (AFP) - - A bomb derailed an elite passenger train speeding through the forest from Moscow to Saint Petersburg, killing up to 39 people and injuring nearly 100, Russian officials said Saturday.

'Terrorist attack' suspected in Russia train crash

MOSCOW (AFP) - - Investigators believe the derailment of a passenger train between Moscow and St Petersburg was caused by an act of terrorism, the head of Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin, said Saturday.

Attack suspected in deadly Russia train derailment: report

MOSCOW (AFP) - - The derailment of a Russian express train Friday that killed at least 10 people and injured 130 may have been caused by an attack, the Interfax news agency quoted a security source as saying.

Swedish FM discounts Greek EU veto on Macedonia

SKOPJE (AFP) - - Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said Friday he did not expect a Greek veto on Macedonia's bid to join the European Union because of an 18-year-old name dispute between Athens and Skopje.

Lenin statue vandalized in Kiev

KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian nationalists hurled red paint at a restored monument to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin moments after it was unveiled Friday, sparking a street brawl and revealing the bitter divisions over the legacy of communism in Ukraine.

Judges set Dec. 4 as new Berlusconi trial date

MILAN - A new panel of judges will formally open Premier Silvio Berlusconi's bribery trial on Dec. 4, more than a year after it was frozen by a now-defunct immunity law.

EU unveils new economic chiefs amid tensions

BRUSSELS (AFP) - - The head of the European Commission unveiled his new 'cabinet' on Friday, handing France's Michel Barnier responsibility for financial services, despite staunch British opposition.

UK diplomat: US was 'hell bent' on Iraq invasion

LONDON - The United States was "hell bent" on a 2003 military invasion of Iraq and actively undermined efforts by Britain to win international authorization for the war, a former British diplomat told an inquiry Friday.

Caged 'cavemen' go on display at Warsaw zoo

WARSAW, Poland - Visitors to Warsaw's zoo are being greeted by two "Homo sapiens" peering out from a cage _ humans in animal skins trying to spark interest in man's caveman ancestors.