Champions Spain draw Czechs in Euro 2012
European champions Spain were drawn with 2004 semifinalists the Czech Republic as they begin the defense of their title this year in qualifiers for the 2012 tournament in Poland and Ukraine.
In Russia, where the government has designated alcoholism a “national disaster”, men have an average life expectancy of just 60 years — one of the lowest in Europe.
A Spanish judge would consider sending two Somali pirate suspects held in Madrid back to Africa, as demanded by pirates holding a Spanish fishing boat and its crew off the Somali coast, it was reported Friday.
Nigeria’s acting head of state has urged citizens to maintain peace and stability while the nation’s ailing president recuperates after more than three months at a Saudi Arabia hospital.
At least four masked and armed men robbed an international poker tournament in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, making off with an undisclosed sum of money, police said.
Two foreign aid workers held hostage for three months in Sudan’s volatile Darfur region were released Sunday by their captors, the humanitarian agency they work for said.
More senior Turkish military officials have been questioned over an alleged plot to destabilize the government, as Turkey’s top soldier held talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the arrests.
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Polish goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski made two sorry blunders as Arsenal crashed to a 2-1 defeat in their Champions League last 16 clash against Porto at Estadio do Dragao.
An impassioned U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking to students at Moscow State University on Wednesday, admonished those in the U.S. and Russian governments who haven’t moved beyond a Cold War mentality.
A bitter political standoff between the two largest political parties in Northern Ireland has been resolved, one of the parties, Sinn Fein, says.
Reports that Iran has sentenced a British embassy employee to four years in prison are “deeply concerning,” British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to apologize on behalf of the UK government over a child migration policy which saw thousands of children separated from their families and sent to Australia.
A former royal aide convicted of murdering her boyfriend has failed to return to prison on schedule, UK police have said.
Winter storm “Xynthia” has hit the western coast of Europe, leaving as many as 53 people dead and up to one million people without power.
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