Europe News - AP

ANKARA, Turkey - An explosion caused the collapse of an underground chamber of a Turkish coal mine, killing 19 workers, the government said Friday. Full Story »

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican called a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the president of Vietnam on Friday "a significant stage" in efforts for closer ties between the communist country and the Holy See. Full Story »

BERLIN - Officials say Berlin's new airport will be named after Willy Brandt, the former West German leader who championed East-West relations and won the Nobel Peace Prize. Full Story »

BRUSSELS - French leader says EU agrees to reduce emissions by 30 percent of 1990 levels by 2020. Full Story »

SEVILLE, Spain - The A400M military transport plane that has been causing Airbus and European defense ministers budgetary and logistical headaches finally took to the skies for its maiden flight on Friday. Full Story »

OSLO - Norwegian news agency NTB says the top United Nations official in Afghanistan is stepping down from his post. Full Story »

BRUSSELS - The leaders of Britain and France say EU leaders will commit more than euro2 billion ($3 billion) a year to help poorer parts of the world combat global warming. Full Story »

BERLIN - Germany's defense minister on Friday traveled to a northern Afghan region where a September airstrike is believed to have killed many civilians, an attack that has caused political turbulence in Berlin. Full Story »

OSLO - Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war. Eleven months into his presidency, a fresh Obama doctrine. Evil must be vigorously opposed, he declared as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday. At the same time, he made an impassioned case for building a "just and lasting peace." Full Story »

OSLO - When President Barack Obama accepted his Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, a single Swedish company controlled the dissemination of his words. Full Story »