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- Kosovo: 2 Main Parties to Form Government
The two main ethnic Albanian parties of Kosovo, Serbia?s southern province, have agreed to form a government whose key goal will be to declare independence. - The Netherlands: Queen Angers Anti-Islamic Politician
Geert Wilders, the right-wing leader of an anti-immigration party, sharply criticized Queen Beatrix?s Christmas Day speech, saying it amounted to ?multi-culti nonsense.? - French Aid Workers Get 8 Years Hard Labor
Six workers were sentenced in Chad for trying to bring children they said were Darfur war orphans to Europe. - Turkish Jets Strike Kurdish Rebels
The attacks on camps in northern Iraq were the second cross-border strike this week and the third in recent days. - Serb Lawmakers Pass Resolution Opposing Kosovo Independence
Serbian lawmakers overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution on Wednesday underlining their opposition to Kosovo?s independence and warning of repercussions for the Serbian province?s integration into Europe. - Private Place for Smokers, on the Web
Le Lab, an internal Web site at Altadis, Europe?s tobacco giant, is meant to be part social networking site, part data resource, part virtual pep rally. - Russia: Another Candidate Exits
Boris Y. Nemtsov, a leader of a mainstream liberal party, pulled out of the March presidential election, asserting that improper pressure by the Kremlin had turned the campaign into a farce. - Promising Dystrophy Drug Clears Early Test
Researchers in the Netherlands have developed a drug that may eventually be used to treat children with a severe and fatal type of muscular dystrophy. - Turkey Says Its Raids in Iraq Killed 150 Rebels
Two Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq hit more than 200 targets, the Turkish military said. - Pope Makes Appeal to Protect the Environment
In the traditional midnight Christmas Mass, the pope bemoaned an ?ill-treated world? in a homily given to thousands of pilgrims. - A Happy Holiday Greeting From Ma?am
Queen Elizabeth has started a new channel on YouTube and plans to use it to broadcast her Christmas address. - Spain: Bomb in Party Office in Basque Town
A small bomb damaged the governing party?s office in a Basque town on Monday evening, an hour after authorities received a warning call from the armed separatist group ETA, an official said. - Russia: Ballistic Missile Test-Fired
A Russian submarine in the Barents Sea successfully test-fired a new ballistic missile, hitting a target on the Kamchatka Peninsula on Russia?s Pacific coast minutes later, the Defense Ministry said. - U.S. Doubts Kurds? Claims of New Attack by Turkey
American military officials said there was an understanding that Turkey would notify the American Embassy in Ankara before attacking Kurdish rebels. And in this case, that did not happen. - Italian Cement Maker Spurns Mafia
Italcementi S.p.A., Italy?s biggest cement company, plans to suspend its Sicilian operations as a protest against extortion payments to the Mafia. - Mauritania: 4 in French Family Are Killed
Four members of a French family, including two children, were killed by gunmen during a robbery in eastern Mauritania, the police said. - Britain: Man Charged Under Terrorism Act
A 38-year-old man appeared in a London court, charged with preparing a terrorist attack. - Turkey: Bomb Plot Thwarted, Officials Say
The Turkish police prevented a bomb attack in Istanbul, arresting a 25-year-old man with explosives in his backpack outside a subway station, the city?s governor said. - Serbia Enlisting Some Unlikely Faces
As the dispute over Kosovo?s future nears a climax, the Serbian government has enlisted the support of some the world?s best known statesmen ? all of them dead. - Turkey Bombs Kurdish Rebels in Iraq for 2nd Day, Kurds Say
The Turkish military, which made three large cross-border attacks in the past week, had not issued a statement confirming an operation by Sunday night. - Blair, a Regular at Mass, Is Now Catholic
Tony Blair, now a Middle East envoy, was received into the Catholic Church during a Mass held on Friday night at a chapel in the residence of the leading Catholic in Britain. - As Earth Warms Up, Tropical Virus Moves to Italy
Aided by global warming and globalization, Italy suffered the first outbreak of a tropical disease in modern Europe. - Belgium Frees 14 Held as Plot Suspects
A judge said there was too little evidence to hold the 14 men accused of plotting to free a supporter of Al Qaeda. Prosecutors said the investigation would continue. - Sarkozy Says France Could Add Troops in Afghanistan
In a surprise visit to Afghanistan, President Nicolas Sarkozy said the decision of any increase in troop numbers, of which France currently has 1,900 in the country, would come in the next few weeks. - Turkey Bombs Kurds in Iraq; 2 Sides Differ on Casualties
In its third cross-border attack into Iraq within a week, Turkey that its warplanes had killed hundreds of separatist Kurdish rebels. Iraq says no one had been wounded or killed. - Officials Report Mold in a Leonardo Collection
Leonardo da Vinci?s Codex Atlanticus, the largest collection of his drawings and writings from 1278 to 1519, has been infiltrated by mold. - At Trial in Chad, Aid Official Claims Backing on ?Orphans?
The leader of a French aid group a
