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  • Reporter faces life's toughest deadline with book

    All the time-stamped rigors of daily journalism are behind her, but the pace of Susan Spencer-Wendel's life has only been hastened. She is dying. And dealt a diagnosis she knows she can't beat, the race is on to finish.


  • Advertising for meatballs are seen in the parking area of an Ikea store in Malmo, Sweden, on Feb. 25, 2012. The furniture retailer says it has halted all sales of meatballs in Sweden after Czech authorities detected horse meat in frozen meatballs that were labeled as beef and pork. (Associated Press)

    Horse meat found in Ikea's Swedish meatballs

    Swedish furniture giant Ikea was drawn into Europe's widening food labeling scandal Monday as authorities said they had detected horse meat in frozen meatballs labeled as beef and pork and sold in 13 countries across the continent.


  • Presidential candidate Nicos Anastasiades votes with his grandson Andis in the presidential election in the southern port city of Limassol, Cyprus, on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

    Conservative candidate wins Cyprus election

    Conservative candidate Nicos Anastasiades won Cyprus' presidential runoff election Sunday by one of the widest margins in 30 years and will quickly have to face the formidable task of preventing the country from suffering a financial meltdown.


  • BILIRAKIS AND DEUTCH: Hellenic-Israeli partnership strengthens democracy

    The Eastern Mediterranean is transforming, and partnerships are being formed to reflect the changing geopolitical reality. The United States should support and recognize the region’s blossoming Hellenic-Israeli partnership, which could be transformative for the respective nations and the international community of democratic stakeholders.


  • Cyprus reprints election ballots in Guinness flap

    Cyprus has been forced to reprint all 575,000 ballot slips for next month's presidential election after Guinness World Records objected to a candidate's use of its logo, officials said Wednesday.


  • Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the new head of the eurozone's finance ministers, said in Brussels, "Restoring further trust in the euro and building economic prospectives for the countries, that's the main task at hand." (Associated Press)

    Eurogroup's new chief turns to Cyprus' debt

    A Dutch finance minister took over Monday as head of the eurogroup, the group of the 17 eurozone finance ministers, giving him one of the top jobs in Europe's battle to end its financial crisis.


  • Rep. Michael G. Grimm, N.Y. Republican, himself a former FBI agent, is under investigation by the FBI. The House Ethics Committee is deferring action in the case. (Associated Press)

    Hill ethics panel puts probe of Grimm on hold

    The House Ethics Committee is complying with a Department of Justice request to suspend its case against Rep. Michael G. Grimm while the FBI investigates corruption allegations against the New York Republican, the panel said Monday as it worked to meet end-of-the-year deadlines on a handful of outstanding cases.


  • Briefly: Sarkozy’s party battles to save itself

    Former President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party held emergency meetings Sunday to try to figure out who's in charge, after a disputed election for its new leader that could reshape French politics.


  • Draghi

    Euro Central Bank head urges nations to take corrective action

    European Central Bank President Mario Draghi warned Thursday that the economy of the 17 countries that use the euro currency remains weak and will struggle to grow, even with "visibly improved" confidence among the currency union's financial markets.


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