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• World powers coax Iran into saving nuclear talks

  February 27, 2013 8:32 PM

  ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) - World powers offered broader concessions than ever to Iran in attempts Wednesday to keep alive diplomatic channels that seek to rein in the Islamic Republic's nuclear program and prevent it from building an atomic weapon. The offer was hailed by Saeed Jalili, Iran's top official at... more »

• Hearing in Army general's sex case

  November 7, 2012 10:10 AM

  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - A hearing to determine whether a U.S. Army general will be face a military trial on sex charges is entering a third day with testimony from additional women. A female captain testified Tuesday that Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair twice forced her to perform oral sex... more »

• Sea Shepherd says its founder arrested in Germany

  May 14, 2012 1:18 AM

  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - An environmental activist group known for its confrontations with whalers and fishermen says its founder has been arrested in Germany for extradition to Costa Rica for allegedly interfering with a shark fishing boat. Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was arrested Saturday in Frankfurt,... more »

• Germany: loner terrorists are greatest threat

  April 27, 2012 8:37 PM

  BERLIN (AP) - Germany's top security official says the greatest terror threat to the country no longer stems from big networks like al-Qaida but from small, independent terrorist cells or "lone wolf" perpetrators. Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich told The Associated Press on Friday that terrorist activities by Muslim extremist organizations... more »

• Clinton: New round of Iran nuclear talks set for Turkey

  March 31, 2012 10:29 AM

  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Iran and six world powers have agreed to meet in Istanbul on April 13 for the latest round of talks about Iran's nuclear program. Clinton made the announcement at a news conference Saturday following a security conference... more »

• Reebok pulls controversial ad in Germany

  March 23, 2012 1:33 PM

  BERLIN (AP) - Reebok has withdrawn a controversial ad campaign telling gym visitors to cheat on their girlfriend rather than on their workout. Reebok spokesman Kerry Summers told The Associated Press in an email Friday the company apologizes for "any offense they may have caused" and that the company "does... more »

• Truck with 113 puppies crashes on German autobahn

  March 1, 2012 12:36 PM

  BERLIN (AP) - Police say a truck carrying 113 puppies crashed on a highway in western Germany but all but one of the dogs survived. Ludwigshafen police said the truck slid off a rainy exit ramp near the city of Schifferstadt before dawn Thursday, going through a guard rail and... more »

• Teenager in Germany says he spent 5 years in the forest

  September 19, 2011 8:41 AM

  In Germany, a teenager walked out of a forest speaking fluent English, but only knowing his name. He told authorities he spent the past five years roaming the woods with his father. They lived in tents and huts. He says they went there after his mother died in... more »

• Beer flows as Germany kicks off Oktoberfest

  September 17, 2011 10:28 AM

  BERLIN (AP) - The mayor of Munich has tapped the first keg to kick off the 178th traditional German folk festival Oktoberfest. With only two deft blows of his hammer and a cry of "O'zapft is" - "It's Tapped," Mayor Christian Ude inserted the first tap into the first... more »

• European E. coli confirmed in Arizona death

  July 8, 2011 3:20 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials have confirmed the first American death tied to the food poisoning outbreak in Europe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said lab tests show an Arizona man was infected with the same E. coli bacteria blamed for the outbreak centered in... more »

• 4 in US now linked to German E. coli outbreak

  June 4, 2011 12:32 AM

  ATLANTA (AP) - Four people in the U.S. were apparently sickened by the food poisoning outbreak in Europe, health officials said Friday. Three are hospitalized with a serious complication. All four were in northern Germany in May. Though they didn't stay at the same hotel or eat at the... more »

• German insurer says it organized orgy for salesmen

  May 19, 2011 1:17 PM

  BERLIN (AP) - A German insurance company says it organized an orgy with prostitutes in a renowned Hungarian spa to reward its best salesmen. A spokesman for Ergo insurance said Thursday one of its subsidiaries had organized the party in Budapest's art nouveau Gellert Baths in a clear violation... more »

• California library gives Nazi papers to Nat'l Archives

  August 25, 2010 2:35 PM

  The National Archives now has the documents historians say laid the legal groundwork for the execution of 6 million Jews during the Holocaust. The private, nonprofit Huntington Library formally handed over the Nuremberg Laws to archive officials at a news conference Wednesday at the library in San Marino, California.... more »

• Spain advances to World Cup Final

  July 8, 2010 12:53 AM

  DURBAN, South Africa (AP) - Carles Puyol powered in a header in the 73rd minute Wednesday to send Spain to its first World Cup final with a 1-0 win over Germany. In a rematch of the 2008 European Championship final that Spain won by the same score, Puyol leaped up... more »

• World War II vets gather each month for lunch

  June 9, 2010 12:56 PM

  Each month at the Peak Grill in Colorado Springs they come. World War II veterans get together to laugh and cry and remember. Master Sgt. Edwin Beck spend six months in a German prison camp. He says you can see a movie about it, or read about, but to... more »

• U2's Bono has emergency surgery

  May 21, 2010 12:57 PM

  The manager of U2 says that frontman Bono has undergone emergency back surgery in a Munich hospital after he was injured while preparing for the group's tour. It's unclear if the band's June 12 concert date in Denver will go on as scheduled. The 50 year old, whose real... more »

• Colorado-based Chipotle expanding to Europe

  May 10, 2010 4:43 PM

  Are you addicted to Chipotle's steak burritos--extra pico de gallo, of-course-I-want-guacamole! Good news--now you can travel to Europe without going through withdrawal. Chipotle Mexican Grill opened its first European restaurant, in London. The store opened Monday. The Denver-based fast-casual burrito, taco and salad chain says it's looking for... more »

• Stocks plunge more than 200 points

  April 27, 2010 4:16 PM

  U.S. stocks followed European markets sharply lower Tuesday after Standard & Poor's downgraded the debt of Greece and Portugal. The rating agency's move intensified investors' fears that Europe's debt problems are spreading. The Dow Jones industrial average ended trading down more than 200 points. All the major market indexes... more »

• Volcanic ash delays wounded troop flights

  April 19, 2010 1:32 PM

  The Pentagon says that medical evacuation flights out of Afghanistan are taking eight hours longer because of the cloud of volcanic ash hanging over Europe. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Monday that the military is using the Navy's Rota Air Base in Spain, instead of Ramstein Air Base in... more »

• China overtakes Germany in wind power

  April 12, 2010 12:01 PM

  Global wind energy producers say China last year overtook Germany as the world's second largest producer of wind power behind the United States. The Global Wind Energy Council, which represents companies that make and manage wind power stations, says China's rapid drive to install wind turbines brought its total power... more »

• Avalanche, crashes kill 7 in Germany

  March 8, 2010 1:01 PM

  Heavy snowfall in parts of Germany triggered a deadly avalanche and caused thousands of accidents, leaving at least seven people dead and dozens more injured, police said Sunday. Across the southern state of Bavaria, police registered more than 2,000 accidents over the weekend, German news agency DDP reported, with... more »

• US Apple iPad sales to begin April 3

  March 5, 2010 9:16 AM

  Apple says its much-anticipated iPad tablet will hit U.S. store shelves on April 3. Apple had originally said the device would be released worldwide in March. Apple Inc. said Friday the Wi-Fi models will go on sale first. iPads that can connect to Wi-Fi as well as 3G cellular... more »

• USA Olympic Medals

  February 19, 2010 9:40 AM

  Gold: 6 Silver: 5 Bronze: 7 The United States continues to lead the medal count at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver with 18 overall. Germany is in second place with 11, followed by Norway with 8. Host country Canada is tied with France for fourth place with 7 medals... more »

• U.S. Black Hawk helicopter crashes in Germany; 3 dead

  February 3, 2010 4:01 PM

  A U.S. military helicopter crashed Wednesday near an Army barracks in western Germany, officials said. At least three people on board were killed, NBC News reported. The helicopter went down about 6:20 p.m. northeast of Manheim, between Frankfurt and Heidelberg, in the vicinity of the U.S. military's Coleman Barracks,... more »

• France unloading swine flu vaccine stockpile

  January 4, 2010 11:52 AM

  France is trying to sell off excess doses of swine flu vaccine. The population of France is just 62-million, but the country purchased 94-million doses of the vaccine. Used so far: 5-million. Qatar has agreed to buy 300,000 doses, while Egypt and Ukraine have also expressed an interest.... more »

• Lochte to miss Duel in the Pool because of surgery

  December 11, 2009 1:49 PM

  Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte has withdrawn from next week's Duel in the Pool in Britain because he's still recovering from knee surgery. USA Swimming, headquartered in Colorado Springs, said Friday that Lochte's spot on the 36-member U.S. team won't be filled. The event features such U.S. Olympians as Michael... more »

• Lawyers charge bias, as Demjanjuk goes on trial in Germany

  November 30, 2009 1:17 PM

  The lawyer for John Demjanjuk is accusing a German court of bias. Demjanjuk is being tried on charges of being an accessory to the murder of almost 28,000 Jews at a Nazi death camp. Prosecutors say he served as a guard under the SS at the camp in Poland. His... more »

• Germany celebrates anniversary of Berlin Wall falling

  November 9, 2009 9:18 AM

  With prayers, music and pomp, Germany is marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Thousands are expected to gather tonight in front of the Brandenburg Gate, the symbol of Germany's division and then of its reunification. Music and fireworks will hark back to the night of... more »

• Northeast learns lessons from '08 ice storm

  November 4, 2009 12:27 PM

  One of the huge pine trees that surrounded Sieglinde Poegel's home of 42 years crashed through the roof and landed in her living room during the ice storm that crippled much of the Northeast last December. "It sounded like I was in a war again. I lived through World... more »

• U.S., Iranian diplomats hold rare 1-on-1 talks

  October 1, 2009 10:20 AM

  U.S. and Iranian delegates met for rare one-on-one talks as world powers began high-stakes discussions Thursday to demand a halt to Iran's nuclear activities, a U.S. official said. Under Secretary of State William Burns met with Saeed Jalili, Tehran's chief negotiator, according to U.S. spokesman Robert Wood. Western... more »

• American WWII pilot to search German cellar for lost wings

  September 4, 2009 9:43 AM

  An American veteran of World War II is heading back to Germany this weekend in search of his wings. Sixty-five-years ago, 1st Lt. Bernerd Harding was huddled in a cellar with a few other airmen captured by German farmers after being shot down. He buried his pilot's wings, fearful he'd... more »