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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (January 2011 file photo)
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Berlusconi ‘Not Worried’ About Impending Trial

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi says he is not worried about judge's order to stand trial on charges he paid for sex, abused his power

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British Foreign Secretary William Hague, right, greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as he arrives at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for a bilateral meeting, in London, February 15, 2011

Russia Warns West Against Encouraging Middle East Protests

Russian FM says it can be 'counter-productive' for US to encourage spread of revolutions in Mideast

A farmer reaps the wheat crop at a step field in Pakistan, where wheat prices have jumped 16 percent since June 2010.

Skyrocketing Food Prices Push Millions into Extreme Poverty

World Bank reports wheat and maize costs have spiked 75 percent since last June

A Carabinieri police officer walks past Tunisian migrants as they wait to board a ship towards Porto Empedocle, in Sicily, where they will be taken for document checks, in Lampedusa, Italy, February 14, 2011

UN: Smugglers Taking Advantage Of Tunisian Migrants

More than 5,200 people have arrived in small Italian island of Lampedusa since mid-January

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (r) and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko at the Department of State in Washington, February 15, 2011

US, Ukraine Pledge To Combat Human Trafficking

Recent US report said Ukraine is increasingly becoming a destination country for victims of trafficking

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton arrives for an EU Foreign Ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, January 31, 2011

Western Powers Urge Iran to Allow Peaceful Protests

EU foreign policy chief says freedom of expression and right to assemble peacefully ‘fundamental rights’ which need to be respected

Executives with Medley Capital Corporation attend the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, which is being bought by Deutsche Boerse, February 15, 2011

German and NY Stock Exchanges Approve Merger

Company that operates Frankfurt Stock Exchange, other markets is buying New York Stock Exchange to form world's largest stock market

A painting of fallen Russian oligarchs Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev is displayed at the Central House of Artists in Moscow (file photo)

Art Blooms in Russia Against Gray Political Backdrop

Russia's modern art scene colorful and eccentric with jarring variety of paintings, sculptures and installations

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Dutch High Court Approves Extradition of Somali Man

Mohamud Said Omar to be extradited soon to US city of Minneapolis to face terrorism charges

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Iran Detains Diplomat from Spain

Spanish Foreign Ministry officials summon Iran's ambassador to protest what it considers a ‘very serious and unacceptable incident’

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (File)

Berlusconi Indicted in Prostitution Probe

Italian prime minister indicted on charges of paying to have sex with a minor and abuse of office

Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch PVV (Party for Freedom), sits in court in Amsterdam on February 14, 2011

Judges Rule Case Against Dutch Anti-Islam MP To Continue

Retrial ordered because of possible judicial bias against Wilders, new judges will listen to defense’s preliminary objections to case

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London, February 7, 2011

WikiLeaks Founder Remains Cause Celebre

Julian Assange is in London fighting extradition to Sweden

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S. Africa Postpones Trial for Man Accused of Biological Weapon Threat

Brian Patrick Roach allegedly tried to blackmail British government to prevent an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

A would-be immigrant is escorted to register at a re-opened detention center on the island of Lampedusa, Italy

Italy Seeks to Deploy Police in Tunisia to Stem Tide of Refugees

More than 4,000 refugees have arrived on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa in recent days

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