Few Signs of Turnabout in Germany | BERLIN - About 100 days ago, Angela Merkel started a second term as chancellor, armed with a new center-right government coalition and an admonition for Germany. "This country has to finally grasp t... (photo: AP / Eckehard Schulz)The New York Times
Yanukovych 'wins Ukraine election' | Viktor Yanukovich, Ukraine's pro-Russian opposition leader, has claimed a slender win in presidential elections but Yulia Tymoshenko, his bitter rival in Sunday's run-off for the post, has refused t... (photo: AP/Sergei Chuzavkov)Al Jazeera
International vote monitors hail Ukraine election | KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — International election monitors have hailed Ukraine's presidential elections as "professional, transparent and honest." | The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Euro... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko)The Guardian DemocracyElectionEuropePhotosUkraine
Russian police raid environmental group | MOSCOW: Police raided a Russian environmental group that had challenged Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's decision to reopen a paper mill on Siberia's pristine Lake Baika... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)The Himalayan EnvironmentMoscowNewsPhotosRussia