Science and policy collide in EU over genetically modified crops
EU officials have to decide what mix of science, politics and trade to apply when they consider whether to approve a genetically modified corn.

A difficult question for Kosovars: Who are we?
"A Kosovo identity does not exist," as the rebellious province moves closer to independence from Serbia.
- Talks over Kosovo at dead end, Rice says

A top Democrat urges independent inquiry over destroyed CIA videos
Senator Joseph Biden, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, issued the call after the spy agency started an internal investigation into the destruction of videotapes showing interrogations.
- Iranian students rally against Ahmadinejad

Harmony out of reach at EU-Africa summit
European and African leaders wound up a summit meeting Sunday in open conflict over trade deals between the two continents and over human rights violations in Zimbabwe.

Shootings near Colorado churches leave at least 2 dead
A gunman killed two people at a training center dormitory for young Christian missionaries early Sunday after being told he could not spend the night, and hours later four people were shot outside a church in Colorado Springs.

Oil-rich nations tapping more of their own resources
The economies of many big oil-exporting countries are growing so fast that their need for energy within their borders is crimping how much they can sell abroad.

Front-runners lose ground in U.S. race
Recent weeks have demonstrated how easily, in the U.S. presidential campaign, front-runner status can slip away.

Roadside bomb kills a police chief in Iraq's Shiite south
The assassination of the police chief of Babil Province was the latest of several against provincial leaders in the mainly Shiite region south of the capital.
- As Iraqis vie for Kirkuk's oil, Kurds become pawns

Thousands mobilize to fight South Korea's worst oil spill
The spill has been washing up since Saturday along a 20-kilometer shoreline of the nation's west coast.

Sharif's party decides to run in Pakistan elections
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had threatened to boycott the vote because of President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of a state of emergency on Nov. 3.

In France, discrimination on upswing as violence smolders
A second generation immigrants who have turned their back on France say, little will change unless widespread discrimination in the job market is stamped out.

Letter from Washington: The faltering Clinton campaign
The campaign organization of Senator Hillary Clinton had a clear plan that worked brilliantly for most of the year. That strategy has imploded.

A commercial 'phenomenon' in Italy: teenage fairies
With a No.1 movie in Italy and an IPO in the offing, the Rainbow production company thinks it has the next big thing: Winx fairies.

Konstantin Grcic's new chair design, the MYTO
Despite the flood of chairs in the marketplace, every so often a new one comes along that is just about everything a chair should be. The MYTO, a cantilever chair made of a strong, flexible plastic, appears to have passed the test.