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Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, left, talks with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, prior to the NATO-Russia Council during a NATO foreign ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, April 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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John Kerry: NATO needs plan for Syrian chemical weapons

Don Melvin, Matthew Lee -

April 23, 2013 4:00 am

Bank employees protest outside the ministry of finance on Saturday, March 23, 2013. Thousands of bank employees took part in a protest that ended outside the Cypriot parliament. Politicians in Cyprus were racing Saturday to complete an alternative plan raising funds necessary for the country to qualify for an international bailout, with a potential bankruptcy just three days away. Banner at right reads:

Cyprus, creditors secure agreement toward bailout

Don Melvin, Juergen Baetz -

March 24, 2013 4:00 am

Israel's former hard-line Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, second right, is seen with lawyers and aides as he arrives at a Jerusalem court for the opening hearing of his trial on charges of fraud and breach of trust, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Lieberman is accused of trying to advance the career of a former diplomat who relayed information to him about a since-closed criminal investigation into his business dealings. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

EU ministers reject arming Syrian rebels

Don Melvin, Geir Moulson -

February 18, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - A Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, shows Iran's heavy water nuclear facilities near the central city of Arak 150 miles (250 kilometers) southwest of Tehran. Iran has floated specific dates for reopening talks with the U.S. and other world powers about its nuclear program. At the same time, Tehran has left U.N. nuclear inspectors empty-handed when it comes to addressing Western suspicions that it's conducting tests related to nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/ISNA,Hamid Foroutan, File)

EU chides Iran over nuclear talks venue proposals

Don Melvin, George Jahn -

January 23, 2013 5:00 am

FILE This Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011 file photo shows Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaving Downing Street in London, to attend the weekly Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament. Goodbye Britain? For the European Union, a once-unthinkable question is looking more like a real possibility with each new grinding week of economic crisis. The reason is that bad times are forcing the 17 EU nations that use the euro currency to move ever closer toward some kind of United States of Europe _ one that could make decisions about how much member countries spend and how much tax they collect. If ever Britain had a nightmare, that's it. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

As Europe plots closer ties, Britain mulls split

Don Melvin, David Stringer -

November 20, 2012 5:00 am

French President Francois Hollande, center, arrives for a meeting of European Socialist Party leaders prior to an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. European leaders are gathering again in Brussels to discuss how to save the euro currency from collapse and support countries facing too much debt and not enough growth. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Diplomats: EU chiefs agree on bank supervisor

Don Melvin, Sarah DiLorenzo -

October 18, 2012 4:00 am