Expat Democrats Set to Celebrate, Try to Mobilize Voters in US

" Americans living in Germany have gotten more involved than ever before in the US election -- at least if they’re Democrats. But the hard work doesn’t necessarily mean that expat Dems will be partying. With Barack Obama leading all the major pre-election polls,...

EU Rules out Congo Troop Deployment Despite Deepening Crisis

" The United States also said that it would not send troops to the UN peacekeeping force in the DRC, but backed UN calls for reinforcements to help stop the fighting.   "The peacekeeping office in the UN (United Nations) has put out a call for additional forces,"...

Mustard Feud in Germany gets Physical

"Germans Pummel One Another In Mustard Feud Muenster, Germany May 27, 2008"It's about the sausage" is German idiom meaning that the matter at hand is really, really important. But two men from the city of Muenster took the saying literally, engaging in fisticuffs over a...