Fans unhappy with rows of empty chairs at Olympics
LONDON — First they were called up to help provide security for the Games. Now Olympic organizers want to draft British troops to play another role: seat fillers. Embarrassed officials...
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French Open: Djokovic-Nadal final postponed until Monday
PARIS -- As expected, the men's final at the French Open made history Sunday, but it was for a reason no one wanted: Completion of the match was postponed until...
Greece accepts bailout it didn’t want
The Greek government pushed the button on an emergency financial bailout package Friday, formally acknowledging that it needs loans from its European neighbors and the International Monetary Fund to avoid...
Dresden bridge is Heritage lost
The pleasure boats that cruise down the Elbe River in this historic city meander through a fairy-tale landscape of tree-shaded castles, gracious villas, peaceful glades and lazy vineyards. Photo-snapping passengers...
Britain to send more troops to Afghanistan
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged Wednesday to send 500 additional troops to bolster international forces in Afghanistan, but only if other coalition countries pull their weight as well. Brown...
Word on the Street View: No
The good folk of Broughton don't take kindly to being photographed without permission. Just ask Google. When the search-engine giant sent one of its specially equipped cars to take pictures...
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BRITAIN 3 convicted in '06 plane bomb plot Plan to take down flights to North America with liquid explosives prompted limits on carry-on fluids LONDON -- Three young Britons were...
Britons put on a pedestal, for art’s sake
In most countries, stranding someone on a narrow platform 30 feet off the ground, exposed to the elements, probably would constitute a form of torture. But in Britain it's art....
Holy commerce! Ads join lineup
Vatican Radio, the official voice of the Roman Catholic Church, has begun airing advertisements this month for the first time in its nearly 80-year history, injecting a bit of the...
On London’s Tube, adages squeezed in
On a sweltering summer's day, packed in with sweaty passengers, does anyone on the London Underground really need reminding that "Hell is other people," as Jean-Paul Sartre wrote? Apparently so,...