Ukraine 'must live without fear' Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:37:43 -0000 The US vice-president reassures Ukraine that the US has a "deep and abiding interest" in the country's security. Serb opposition leader resigns Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:07:32 -0000 The head of the main opposition party in Serbia resigns after colleagues refuse to back efforts to join the EU. Row over trial's 'Ramadan' delay Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:20:52 -0000 French anger at court's apparent decision to postpone a trial because it was to take place during Ramadan.
NYT > Europe
As Soviet Union Dissolved, Enclave’s Fabric Unraveled Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:35:39 -0000 For the past 18 years a family in Tskhinvali has been reliving the rifts and betrayals that took place in the last months of the Soviet Union.
Despite Tobacco’s Perils, Kremlin Yields to Smokers Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:48:07 -0000 The Russian government seems reluctant to tackle the country’s high smoking rate in part because anti-vice campaigns have historically produced a sharp backlash.
Turkey’s President Visits Armenia Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:43:45 -0000 The trip was widely seen as a symbolic gesture to normalize relations between the countries, which have recognized each other but have not established diplomatic relations.
L.A. Times - Europe
Lourdes celebrates 150th anniversary of Bernadette's visions Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Pilgrims and secular visitors alike feel their spirits moved by the shrine's and town's beauty and spiritual history.
Lourdes, France
Cultivated for AIDS victims, Laguna Beach garden is missing its keeper Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 The man who tended to a plot that became the resting place of many in the once-thriving gay community is himself fighting the disease.
The small patch of flowers serves as a reminder. It commemorates lives lost and souls remembered. The ashes of 50 or so are scattered or buried there.
Tiny bug takes large toll on Europe's forests Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Portuguese officials struggle to halt the spread of pine wilt disease, which is a menace from Scandinavia to Greece.
Manuel Coimbra watches in silence, his hands on his hips, as a lumberjack saws down one of his pine trees to stop a killer bug that experts say could wipe out large belts of European woodland.
Europe - International Herald Tribune
A hardening of hearts in South Ossetia By ELLEN BARRY Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:57:10 -0000 Ireya Alborova, whose family is part Georgian and part Ossetian, has encountered the worsening ethnic divide in Tskhinvali, the war-torn capital of South Ossetia. Coming to grips with Russia's new nerve By James Traub Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:26:25 -0000 There's all the difference in the world between an enfeebled and defensive empire, and a nation emboldened by vast wealth and brimming with resentment at past humiliations. This Russia does not look so very containable. Cheney warns Russia to reverse course By Steven Lee Myers Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:23:34 -0000 Vice President Dick Cheney has denounced Russia's war against Georgia as evidence of a pattern of "troublesome and unhelpful actions" that threatened peace from Central Asia to the Middle East to Europe. Turkish president visits Armenia By SEBNEM ARSU Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:57:10 -0000 The trip was widely seen as a symbolic gesture to normalize relations between the countries, which have recognized each other but have not established diplomatic relations. Kremlin reluctant to tackle Russia's smoking problem By COURTNEY WEAVER Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:57:10 -0000 The government appears to have allowed cigarette sales and smoking to flourish in part because it is wary of engaging in the kind of anti-vice campaigns that have historically produced a sharp backlash in Russia. Now, Europeans are slower to spend, and it shows By FLOYD NORRIS Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:57:10 -0000 For the first time in more than a decade, consumers in much of Europe are buying less than they did a year earlier, helping to slow economies that may have fallen into recession.
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