German soccer star Michael Ballack's latest heartbreak in the Champions League final against Manchester United could drive his nation to Euro 2008 glory, according to Germany coach Joachim Loew.
A German travel company said it has decided to cancel a special nude charter flight that had been scheduled for this summer to a popular Baltic Sea destination despite being fully booked.
German President Horst Koehler has announced that he will seek another five-year term next year. Koehler is a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats and took office in 2004. He previously headed the International Monetary Fund. Although Koehler's
Lebanon's House Speaker Nabih Berri has announced that the session to elect army commander Michel Suleiman as the next president would be held on Sunday. 19 earlier attempts to elect a president had failed due to differences between the opposition-led
Manchester United beat Chelsea 6-5 on penalties in Moscow Wednesday night to claim the Champions League for the third time in their history, completing an English League and European double.
China has stepped up the fight to stave off disease among five million homeless earthquake survivors, as it tried to boost morale with plans to bring the Olympic flame through the disaster zone. Another survivor was pulled from the rubble
In Sport: Manchester United have won the Champions League final after beating Chelsea 6-5 on penalties. Germany captain Michael Ballack was in the line-up for Chelsea. The game went into extra time with the score at 1-1 with Cristiano Ronaldo
An exit poll from Georgia's parliamentary election indicates that the party of pro-Western President Mikheil Saakashvili has won, taking about 63 percent of the vote. Local media reports said the poll, which was conducted by a group of leading Georgian
Trading on New York's Wall Street was down for the second consecutive day in reaction to record-high oil prices. Crude oil was trading at more than $133 a barrel. Oil now is now trading double what it cost 12 months
Hundreds of business and political leaders are in the West Bank city of Bethlehem for the first ever Palestine Investment Conference. The three-day conference aims at boosting the occupied West Bank's struggling economy through private investment. More than 100 projects
The European Commission has warned membership hopeful Turkey not to slip back in its reform process, saying it could not afford 'another wasted year'. Speaking in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said the EU executive
The European Union has achieved a breakthrough on starting talks on a strategic partnership with Russia. A deal ending 18 months of objections by former Soviet satellite states was clinched at a meeting of the EU's 27 ambassadors in Brussels.
Rival Lebanese leaders have signed a deal that is to put an end to an 18-month political dispute. The agreement was announced by the Qatari government in the capital, Doha, after six days of Arab-mediated talks. One keystone of the
Bundesliga soccer club Bayer Leverkusen have sacked head coach Michael Skibbe. In a statement posted on its website, the club said the decision came as a result of disappointing results during the past season and Leverkusen's failure to reach its
German pilots stopped work briefly at three Lufthansa subsidiaries early Wednesday, May 21, causing cancellations and delays at most of the country's major airports in support of demands for higher pay.
German Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen have sacked coach Michael Skibbe. The club said on its Web site that because of recent league results and the failure to reach the season's goal of the UEFA Cup, they decided to part ways
Worries about tight supplies and a weaker dollar have driven the price of oil to above 130 dollars for the first time. Light, sweet crude for July delivery hit $130.47 in electronic trading in New York. The new high was
Firefighters in Berlin have put out a fire that burned for 12-hours in the city's iconic Philharmonie , the concert hall that is home to the Berlin Philharmonic. The fire broke out Tuesday while repairs to the 50-metre-high roof were
