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The European Commission's president on Friday proposed a Spanish socialist, Joaquín Almunia, to be the body's new antitrust chief, and a center-right Belgian, Karel De Gucht, to be trade commissioner, as the slate filled for the European Union's powerful executive...

A Polish icon has managed to flit away from authorities to the confines of a poultry villa in the Swiss Alps, awaiting censure from critics and authorities as to whether he was a bad boy. There is no doubt he...

In what would be a dastardly first, Norway has accused Iranian authorities of stealing a Nobel Peace Prize. The prize belongs to Iranian national Shirin Ebadi, a human rights lawyer who received the honor in 2003. “The medal and the...

Del Potro edged out Murray by virtue of winning just one more game than the 22-year-old Scot. However, it was only several minutes after the end of the match that the outcome was confirmed, by which time many of the...

Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," we see Mariah Carey as we've never seen her -- literally. It's not just that Carey's performance as Mrs. Weiss, a social worker, is so good, which those who saw "Glitter" in 2001...

Catholic authorities in Ireland covered up sexual abuse by priests for decades in an effort to protect the church, according to a damning government report. The report, which looks into allegations of child sex abuse against 46 Dublin-area priests over...

Britain's main safety regulator threw the government's energy plans into chaos tonight by damning the nuclear industry's leading designs for new plants. The Health and Safety Executive said it could not recommend plans for new reactors because of wide-ranging concerns...

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images The Prince of Wales will fly the flag for "Christmas in Cumbria" today, as hundreds of mourners are expected to pay tribute to the police officer, Bill Barker, who was swept away in the Workington floods. Prince...

What Mr Cuthbert and his mates were saying in private last night was probably something rather different. It's not exaggerating too much to think it may have been something more along the lines of: "Hooway the lads from Ofwat. Cheers"...

ThyssenKrupp, based in Duesseldorf, said it lost euro1.87 billion ($2.8 billion) for its full fiscal year compared with a net profit of euro2.3 billion the previous year. The drop was due to a number of restructuring charges and the impact...