Poll disaster for Bavaria leaders

Elections in the German region of Bavaria yesterday saw a major blow dealt to Germany's conservative party. The result was the party's worst result since 1954. The result is bad news for Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel."Bavaria's ruling conservatives, the Christian Social...

Rice in Georgia on peace mission

Condoleeza Rice has arrived in Tblisi, a visit that is likely to be seen as confrontational by Russia. Rice is not going to also visit Moscow, instead returning directly to the US from Georgia. "U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Georgia Friday on the second...

Pilot of crash plane 'over limit'

A pilot who killed himself and his family in a firey crash in the UK has been shown to have been five times over the legal alcohol limit. He had already had his flying license revoked three months before for health reasons."The pilot and co-pilot of a fatal light aircraft...

Germany pledges 500 million euros to project world forests

"Berlin (ANTARA News/Xinhua) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged on Wednesday to provide 500 million euros (about 760 million U.S. dollars) over the next four years to help protect the world`s forests and other habitats.Addressing a high-level meeting of the U.N....

The truth about the European Constitution, now called the Lisbon Treaty

"the European Constitution "What need we fear who knows it, When none can call our power to account?" Lady Macbeth (Macbeth, Act V Scene 1) What is the Constitution? The Constitution is a document that would define the relationship between ...

Europe puts China under pressure on Tibet

"The President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Poettering, has called on China to open talks with the Dali Lama on the human rights situation in Tibet.He also questioned whether European leaders should attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics.Mr Poettering,...

German foreign minister to visit RI Feb 26-28

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will make a three-day visit to Indonesia from February 26 to 28, 2008 as part of a tour of three Southeast Asian countries, the German Embassy here said.Steinmeier who is also a deputy to German...

Bali meeting should agree on post-Kyoto timetable: Merkel

"She said the UN Climate Conference starting in Bali on Monday needed to agree on a timetable so that negotiations on a follow-up agreement to Kyoto could be completed by the end of 2009. The Kyoto protocol that went into effect in 2005, requires industrial countries to...

Canadians Shopping In The US Held For Five Hours At Border

Not only that, but the border guard basically told them off. This high loonie value is really throwing things for a loop."A group of Canadians say they were chastised and forced to wait for hours in a bus at a border crossing between Buffalo, N.Y., and Fort Erie, Ont.,...