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A Spanish judge issued arrest warrants for three U.S. soldiers on Thursday in connection with the death of a Spanish TV cameraman in Iraq in 2003, reopening a long-running legal battle, according to a copy of the court order viewed by CNN.

French prosecutors said Thursday they charged a woman with murder after she admitted giving birth to and killing eight babies in northern France.

The Greek capital was tense Thursday after the government ordered truck drivers back to work following a three-day strike.

Catalonia became the first mainland Spanish region to ban bullfighting after its parliament voted Wednesday to outlaw the tradition on animal cruelty grounds.

Germany has indicted a former Nazi death camp guard for the murders of more than 430,000 Jews, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said.

French Labor Minister Eric Woerth is being questioned by police in connection with their investigation into the finances of L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, the prosecutor’s office in Nanterre, France, said Thursday.

On Thursday in India, Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain defended remarks he had made the day before about the need for Pakistan to not give haven to terrorist groups.

The former Soviet republic’s 28-year-old minister for economic development insists that a photograph posted online does not show her dancing at a strip club in Canada five months ago.

Greek police used tear gas to disperse protesting fuel-truck drivers, after the government issued an emergency order to force them back to work.

The government plans to sell only minority stakes in the companies, retaining control while letting investors share a larger part of the risks and profits.

Police began questioning French Labor Minister Eric Woerth on Thursday as a witness in an investigation into a political donations scandal that has rocked the government.

The leaked U.S. military documents have prompted Berlin and London to demand expanded inquiries and could increase pressure to withdraw troops from the conflict in Afghanistan.

Samuel Kunz is accused of aiding in the murders of 430,000 Jews at the Belzec death camp during World War II, and with shooting 10 people himself during his time there.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi won a final vote on a $33 billion austerity package on Wednesday, clearing the way for a likely showdown with the co-founder of his conservative movement.

A bomb exploded Wednesday at an Orthodox church in southern Ukraine, killing one person and wounding eight, officials said.

Senator John Kerry put the New Start arms control treaty with Russia on his panel’s schedule for next week but then backed off and said he might not call a vote after all.

Young French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre confirmed his growing reputation as a track star with a confident 100-meters victory at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona on Wednesday night.

A 25-year-old woman who was injured in last week’s stampede at the Love Parade music festival in Duisburg, Germany, died Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 21, prosecutors there said.

Britain’s prime minister delivered a sober message Wednesday to Pakistan: Don’t export terror.

Alberto Contador will ride for a new team when he seeks his fourth Tour de France title next year, after deciding not to renew his contract with Astana.

Veteran Spanish striker Raul has completed his move to German club Schalke after ending his record-breaking stay at Real Madrid.

Catalonia became the first mainland Spanish region to ban bullfighting after its parliament voted Wednesday to outlaw the tradition on animal cruelty grounds.

French police are searching the home of the daughter of L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, a spokeswoman from the prosecutor’s office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre told CNN Wednesday.

Two Germans who were kidnapped in Sudan have been released, the German Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Bullfighting suffered its most significant setback to date on Wednesday when lawmakers in Catalonia voted to ban fights in their region.

A former Nazi death camp guard has been charged with participating in the murder of 430,000 Jews and other crimes, German prosecutors said.

An insider account of the culture of corruption in the nation’s police forces has been viewed more than two million times.

A confiscated laptop, memory sticks and a digital camera belonging to a suspected Russian spy will be turned over to United States authorities.

Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday con- demned the partial Israeli blockade of Gaza, describ- ing Gaza as “a prison camp.”

Human rights advocates say the case is a test of the government’s willingness to root out a culture of police abuse.

A court threw out the case against Pyotr Lipatov, who has been charged with fomenting extremism by publishing articles that created “negative stereotypes and negative images of members of the security forces.”

Greece’s deadliest active guerrilla group, Sect of Revolutionaries, claimed responsibility for last week’s fatal shooting of a reporter in Athens, according to a left-leaning Greek newspaper.

Al Qaeda said it had executed the French hostage Michel Germaneau, an aid worker with a heart condition, in retaliation for the failed rescue operation.

Hans Blix, who led a weapons inspection team in the prelude to the Iraq invasion, testified as part of the British inquiry into the war.

New movie by Juan Carlos Tabio with Jorge Perugorria, Enrique Molina, Paula Ali.

New movie by James Mangold with Cameron Diaz, Tom Cruise.

New movie by Vicenzo Natali with Adrien Brody, Saray Polley.

New movie by Haile Gerima with Aaron Arefe, Abeye Tedla, Takelech Beyene, Teje Tesfahun.

New movie by Olatunde Osunsanmi with Milla Jovovich, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Corey Johnson.

New movie by M Night Shyamalan with Dev Patel, Jackson Rathbone, Nicola Peltz, Cliff Curtis, Noah Ringer.

New movie by Antonia Naharro with Lola Dueñas, Isabel Garcia Lorca.

Luis A. Ubiñas on Conan O’Brien, Peter Wolf on David Lynch, Luke Beatty on Tim Armstrong, Hakeem Jeffries on Victor Williams.

Older movie stars and a number of fans are skeptical toward Hollywood’s recent obsession with 3-D.

“Spoken Word” follows characters with painful pasts and fertile minds.

Todd Solondz’s sort-of sequel to his “Happiness” concerns three sisters whose quest for contentment sits at the center of this episodic film.

Several actors whose work from the other side of the camera will be among the films at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Robert Duvall, star of “Get Low,” is among a handful of A-list actors who have neared or reached 80 while suffering little to no career slowdown.

The network and the show’s producers indicated they are preparing for a future without Mr. Carell, an increasingly visible star of film comedies.

The British comic-book writer Alan Moore pays tribute to a mentor in a new sound recording.

A consortium has until Wednesday to come up with a down payment for Miramax Films, or Disney could reopen the bidding.

Oliver Stone found himself the catalyst of an online brush fire on Monday after he made comments published in The Sunday Times of London.

Long-distance runner Mo Farah claimed a historic 10,000-meter gold for Britain in the final event of the opening day of the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona.

Rebels in the Sudanese territory of Darfur have seized a helicopter with four Russian crew members and five Sudanese passengers, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

Former Bosnian leader Ejup Ganic will not be extradited to Serbia, a British court ruled Tuesday, setting him free. Ganic was arrested at Heathrow Airport in March at Belgrade’s request.

Hans Blix, the former chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq, was expected to testify Tuesday before Britain’s inquiry into the Iraq war.

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has leapt to the defense of the Italian Formula One team following Fernando Alonso’s controversial win at the German Grand Prix on Sunday, accusing its critics of hypocrisy.

British Prime Minister David Cameron called Gaza a “prison camp” on Tuesday, a blunt description from a major Western leader about the besieged Palestinian territory.

Barcelona’s money problems are worse than expected, according to the Spanish champions’ financial vice-president Javier Faus.

BP’s Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, the man who headed oil company throughout the three-month-long Gulf Oil disaster, will step down on October 1, the company said Tuesday.

The officer who pushed a man that later died at last year’s G-20 protests in London, England, will face disciplinary proceedings for gross misconduct, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson said Tuesday.

Israel has identified six military personnel who are missing after an Israeli helicopter crashed in Romania Monday during a joint military exercise.

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A Dutch court cleared the way for 14-year-old Laura Dekker to embark on a risky attempt to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.

The justice minister in Cyprus says a confiscated laptop and other items belonging to an alleged Russian spy who vanished will be turned over to U.S. authorities.

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In an age when many children are addicted to computers, iPods and iPads — and when newspapers are feeling the pressure — Mon Quotidien appears to be an anomaly.

The blame for a fatal stampede at an overcrowded music festival passed between German authorities and event organizers on Monday.

The French president confirmed that a hostage held by Al Qaeda’s North African wing had been killed, just days after commandos tried to retrieve him.

The move is aimed at giving the Palestinians more legitimacy as they push for an independent state, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said.

Among other things, Liliane Bettencourt, who is at the center of a French political scandal, was expected to be asked about undeclared Swiss bank accounts and campaign donations.

Mr. Rolfe Johnson went from being an English farmer to a renowned lyric tenor at the world’s top opera houses.

Prime Minister David Cameron hopes to position British companies to receive some of the tens of billions India is expected to spend on projects like roads and power grids.

BP’s Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, the man who headed oil company throughout the three-month-long Gulf Oil disaster, will step down on October 1, the company said Tuesday.

Angela Merkel has called for a thorough investigation into the stampede at a music festival that resulted in the death of 19 people over the weekend.

Seven people, including six Israelis, are feared dead after an Israeli helicopter crashed in Romania on Monday during a joint military exercise, the Romanian Defense Ministry said.

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Real Madrid’s all-time leading goalscorer Raul has confirmed he is heading to either Germany or England after bidding an emotional farewell to the Spanish club.

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A sense of dismay and disbelief was spread across the German newspapers on Monday, uniting mass circulation and quality print titles across the political divide into condemning the handling of the Love Parade stampede.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is launching a Flickr photostream Monday, Buckingham Palace announced.

Police are questioning France’s richest woman, L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, as part of an investigation into her finances, her lawyer told CNN Monday.

French hostage Michel Germaneau has been executed by his al-Qaeda-linked captors in the north African country of Mauritania, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday.