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Jens van Draby has his own loom in his little house, but he no longer has his very special golden shears.

Bulgaria's Customs Agency has detained a total of 4.6 kg of cocaine in two separate drug shipments at Sofia International Airport , the institution announced.

Italian Premier Mario Monti said Friday that President Barack Obama far exceeded his expectations in supporting the economic reforms he has instituted to tackle his country's financial crisis.

Police say a break-in has taken place at the presidential election campaign headquarters of French former prime minister Dominique de Villepin .

ZAGREB, Croatia - A former senior Croatian official has pleaded not guilty to charges that he ordered the abduction, torture and killing of Serb civilians during the nation's war in 1991-95. Former assistant interior minister Tomislav Mercep also is charged with doing nothing to prevent such crimes while being aware of them as a senior official.

It was the Day of St. Haralambos, a patron saint of beekeepers, who also is known as "the lord of all illnesses." Believers pray to him to protect their home and health.

Agnes Gereb's case has become a rallying point for Hungarians seeking to have home births accepted as a regulated method of delivery.

Germany has delayed signing an international copyright treaty that has some Internet users worried about online censorship, joining Poland and the Czech Republic in hesitating on the issue.

It looks like a technology-loving fashionista's dream and a technophobe's worst nightmare, but this is one dress that is more likely to be looked at than worn.

The German Parliament is set to hold a special session on Feb. 27 to vote on the second bailout for Greece, a senior lawmaker said Friday.

European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn, left, talks with Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, at the Eurogroup ministerial meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Feb.

Argentina's foreign minister is due to arrive at the United Nations to officially protest about Britain's "militarisation" of the seas around the disputed Falkland Islands.

The number of people claiming they were injected with the parasite causing malaria at a Vienna psychiatric ward while teenagers grew to seven Thursday, with the lawyer representing six of them saying their accounts, given separately, are credible because they are similar.

President Barack Obama is praising Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti for his efforts to lead Italy out of its fiscal quagmire.

Under leaden skies, a steady stream of Lycra-clad skaters duck slightly as they glide under one of the wooden bridges over the Zijlroade river that runs like a gray ribbon through this picturesque town on the route of the Eleven Cities Tour.

Prime Minister designate, Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, currently the head of Romania's foreign intelligence service, delivers a speech, in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Feb.

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, 2nd left, chats with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, center, in front of Finland's Prime Minister Jyrki Katainensom, left, and Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, right, as they walk to the Photographic Museum in Stockholm, Sweden Thursday Feb.

Leather seats are disappearing from cars. Precious jewels are vanishing from drawers.

Areas of the UK could be blanketed by up to 3in of snow as the country continues to shiver in the Arctic freeze.

The European Union criticized Romania and Bulgaria on Wednesday for being too slow to reform their judicial systems or to combat corruption and organized crime.