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Excerpts from President Obama's Peace Prize speech
AP – Thu Dec 10, 10:28 am ET

Excerpts from President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize address Thursday in Oslo, Norway: Full Story »
Obama: Real peace requires justice and opportunity
AP – Thu Dec 10, 10:08 am ET

OSLO - President Barack Obama says lasting peace requires human rights and economic opportunity for individuals, and sanctions against regimes that violate international rules. Full Story »
Spanish gov't to change abortion bill
AP – Thu Dec 10, 9:53 am ET

MADRID - The Spanish government agreed to changes in its proposed abortion bill that will now require girls aged 16 and 17 to inform one of their parents if they seek to end their pregnancy, an opposition party said Thursday. Full Story »
Russian nightclub fire toll rises to 136
AP – Thu Dec 10, 9:33 am ET

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MOSCOW - The death toll from last weekend's nightclub fire has risen to 136, officials said Thursday. Full Story »
UK: 3 men sentenced in trans-Atlantic terror plot
AP – Thu Dec 10, 9:21 am ET

LONDON - A judge has sentenced a London man to a minimum of 18 years in prison for his role in a plot to blow up trans-Atlantic passenger jets using liquid explosives. Full Story »
Former neo-Fascist is Berlusconi's rival
AP – Thu Dec 10, 9:02 am ET

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ROME - He has emerged from the fringes of a neo-Fascist party to position himself as the heir apparent to Premier Silvio Berlusconi. Full Story »
Text of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech
AP – Thu Dec 10, 8:35 am ET

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The text of President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, delivered Thursday in Oslo, Norway, as provided by the White House: Full Story »
Obama: All nations must follow standards for war
AP – Thu Dec 10, 7:47 am ET

OSLO - President Barack Obama, accepting his Nobel Peace Prize, says all nations must follow standards on the use of force. Full Story »
Greek-owned cargo ship to be freed in Somalia
AP – Thu Dec 10, 7:41 am ET

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ATHENS, Greece - A Greek shipowning company said it had paid a ransom to Somali pirates holding one of its freighters for the past seven months, and the ship's release was expected later Thursday. Full Story »
French investigate turbulent Rio-Paris flight
AP – Thu Dec 10, 6:16 am ET

PARIS - French aviation investigators are examining an emergency distress call last month from an Air France plane flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. Full Story »
Obama declines comment on Pakistan arrests
AP – Thu Dec 10, 5:29 am ET

OSLO, Norway - President Barack Obama is declining to comment on the arrests of five Americans in Pakistan over possible terrorism links, but taking the opportunity to praise the contributions of the U.S. Muslim community. Full Story »
Russian FM: US, Russia close to reaching arms deal
AP – Wed Dec 9, 9:17 pm ET

MOSCOW - Russia and the United States will sign a new nuclear arms deal shortly, the Russian foreign ministry said Wednesday. Full Story »
Ukraine reaches $2.5B arms deal with Iraq
AP – Wed Dec 9, 2:33 pm ET

KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine will provide Iraq with $2.5 billion worth of weapons and military equipment under a deal intended to shore up Iraq's fledgling armed forces before the planned pullout of U.S. troops, a senior Ukrainian lawmaker said Wednesday. Full Story »
Exhibition on love in antiquity opens in Athens
AP – Wed Dec 9, 1:10 pm ET

ATHENS, Greece - When it came to endearments, Philonides wasn't a man of subtlety. Full Story »
US wants tough bioweapons ban, but no verification
AP – Wed Dec 9, 11:58 am ET

GENEVA - The U.S. unveiled a strategy Wednesday to crack down on biological weapons that doesn't include any international enforcement, continuing the Bush administration's rejection of binding verification plans. Full Story »
Tigers attack Hamburg zoo keepers
AP – Wed Dec 9, 11:45 am ET

BERLIN - German police say three tigers attacked a Hamburg zookeeper, who remains in the hospital in critical condition. Full Story »
Romania in turmoil: massive election fraud charged
AP – Wed Dec 9, 11:42 am ET

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BUCHAREST, Romania - Many Romanians had hoped this election would lift the country out of political crisis, help it shake its reputation for corruption, and allow it to climb out of its worst recession in 20 years. Full Story »
3 women challenge Irish abortion ban in Euro court
AP – Wed Dec 9, 11:27 am ET

DUBLIN - Three women filed a lawsuit in a European court against Ireland's abortion ban Wednesday, claiming the government violates the human rights of pregnant women by forcing them to travel abroad for abortions and denying them appropriate medical care at home. Full Story »