http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with world news and current affairs that matter en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276072,report-russia-to-allow-us-military-passage-through-airspace.html Washington - Russia has agreed to allow American troops and weapons to fly over its airspace on the way to Afghanistan, the New York Times reported Saturday. The breakthrough was to be announced when US President Barack Obama visits in Moscow on Mond... Europe,World Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:35:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276072,report-russia-to-allow-us-military-passage-through-airspace.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276067,german-made-axle-broke-in-italy-disaster-magazine-says.html Munich - The axle of a railway tanker car which broke and set off a lethal fireball this week in an Italian coastal town was German-made, a news magazine said Friday in Munich. Focus quoted Alberto Chiovelli, head of Italy's railway safety authority ... Europe,World Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:29:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276067,german-made-axle-broke-in-italy-disaster-magazine-says.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276040,norwegian-crown-princes-family-gets-pet-dog.html Oslo - Crown Prince Haakon, heir to the Norwegian throne, has added a pet dog to the royal household, local media reported Friday. Milly Kakao, a four-month old mix of Labrador Retriever and Standard Poodle, has settled in well with the royal family,... Europe,World Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:47:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276040,norwegian-crown-princes-family-gets-pet-dog.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276031,sarkozy-reminds-swedes-of-french-opposition-to-turkey-in-eu.html Stockholm -France remains opposed to Turkey becoming a full member of the European Union, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday during a visit to Stockholm. Sarkozy was the first head of state to be hosted by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt s... Europe,World Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:59:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276031,sarkozy-reminds-swedes-of-french-opposition-to-turkey-in-eu.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276030,no-pre-election-spending-spree-for-hungary-says-premier.html Budapest - Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai on Friday promised Hungary would maintain strict fiscal discipline right up to the next general election in 2010. I can assure you there will not be an election budget, Bajnai told local and foreign business ... Europe,World Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:53:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276030,no-pre-election-spending-spree-for-hungary-says-premier.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276022,eu-summons-iranian-diplomats-sarkozy-meets-swedish-prime-minister.html Stockholm/Brussels - European Union foreign ministries summoned Iranian ambassadors in their respective capitals Friday in a concerted diplomatic protest over the detention of British embassy staff in Tehran. The move was confirmed by diplomatic sour... Europe,World Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:59:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276022,eu-summons-iranian-diplomats-sarkozy-meets-swedish-prime-minister.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276017,fewer-extremist-crimes-in-russia-rights-groups-says.html Moscow - Racially motivated killings in Russia have declined this year compared to 2008, following a crackdown against right-wing extremists, the Moscow Human Rights Office said Friday. Some 38 people died as a result of xenophobic attacks in the fir... Europe,World Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:35:46 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276017,fewer-extremist-crimes-in-russia-rights-groups-says.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275993,czech-politicians-take-election-campaign-to-croatian-beaches.html Prague/Zagreb - Czech politicians are taking their election campaign to Croatian beaches as voters get set for early parliamentary polls just weeks after the summer holidays. Ex-premier Mirek Topolanek and three vice-chairmen of his center- right Civ... Europe,World Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:41:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275993,czech-politicians-take-election-campaign-to-croatian-beaches.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275991,death-toll-rises-in-italy-train-explosion.html Rome - The death Friday of a Moroccan man brought to 21 the number of victims from this week's freight train crash in Italy - one of the country's worst. The incident occurred when the train derailed, crashed and exploded in the Tuscan port city Viar... Europe,World Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:35:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275991,death-toll-rises-in-italy-train-explosion.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275990,german-police-seek-missing-victims-of-swiss-schoolboy-rampage.html Munich- German police were hunting Friday for three people allegedly beaten up by a group of drunk and rampaging Swiss schoolboys on a visit to Munich. Two other victims have been in medical treatment after being knocked down and kicked in the head b... Europe,World Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:29:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275990,german-police-seek-missing-victims-of-swiss-schoolboy-rampage.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275983,bulgarians-set-to-vote-in-first-elections-since-joining-the-eu.html Sofia - Some 6.9 million Bulgarian voters are eligible to cast ballots Sunday in the country's first parliamentary poll since it joined the European Union in 2007. Surveys indicated an uphill struggle for Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev's Socialist P... Europe,World Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:53:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275983,bulgarians-set-to-vote-in-first-elections-since-joining-the-eu.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275962,german-parliament-criticizes-russian-judiciary.html Berlin - The German parliament called for constitutional reform in Russia, in a bill passed late Thursday night by the lower house, or Bundestag. A number of trials in Russia had given the impression that political influence was being exercised on co... Europe,World Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:11:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275962,german-parliament-criticizes-russian-judiciary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275918,eu-expresses-deep-concern-over-honduras--summary.html Stockholm - The European Union on Thursday expressed deep concern over the political crisis in Honduras where President Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a coup on Sunday. The EU urged all relevant parties and institutions to refrain from violence and t... Europe,World Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:23:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275918,eu-expresses-deep-concern-over-honduras--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275915,extra-brazil-rejects-accusations-over-air-france-plane-crash.html Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian civil aviation authorities on Thursday rejected accusations from France that it took far too long to determine that the Air France plane flying across the Atlantic had disappeared. Flight AF 447 plunged into the Atlantic in... Europe,World Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:59:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275915,extra-brazil-rejects-accusations-over-air-france-plane-crash.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275911,swedish-foreign-minister-rejects-immunity-claim-by-karadzic.html Stockholm - Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt Thursday rejected claims by former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic that he had received an immunity deal from the United States. Defence attorneys for Karadzic, who is facing a war crimes trial in ... Europe,World Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:11:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275911,swedish-foreign-minister-rejects-immunity-claim-by-karadzic.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275908,report-merkel-ally-to-seek-changes-in-lisbon-treaty-law.html Berlin - Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian ally, the Christian Social Union (CSU), is likely to seek extensive changes in a German law which ratifies the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, a newspaper said Thursday. Germany's parliament is under press... Europe,World Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:05:49 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275908,report-merkel-ally-to-seek-changes-in-lisbon-treaty-law.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275903,possible-small-fire-at-schiphol-airport-train-station--update.html Amsterdam - Dutch police on Thursday confirmed that a fire had broken out at the train station of Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. It is a small fire, the spokesman told the German Press Agency dpa, adding the firefighters were already at the scene. ... Europe,World Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:11:33 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275903,possible-small-fire-at-schiphol-airport-train-station--update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275902,spain-will-keep-old-nuclear-plant-going-until-2013--summary.html Madrid - Spain will allow the country's oldest nuclear power plant to operate until 2013, despite an initial pledge to close it by 2011, Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian announced Thursday. The government had to take a decision on the 466 megawatt ... Europe,World Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:05:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275902,spain-will-keep-old-nuclear-plant-going-until-2013--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275887,new-natocommander-afghan-mission-challenging-but-not-hopeless.html Mons, Belgium - NATO's six-year-old mission in Afghanistan is challenging but by no means hopeless, the alliance's new Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) said Thursday. The situation in Afghanistan is very challenging, but it is far from h... Europe,World Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:05:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275887,new-natocommander-afghan-mission-challenging-but-not-hopeless.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275884,brussels-no-changes-to-eu-rules-needed-to-fight-scam-marriages.html Brussels - The European Commission on Thursday said scam marriages involving immigrants and EU citizens can be prevented without having to limit the free movement of people within the bloc. The freedom to live and work abroad is one of the cornersto... Europe,World Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:53:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275884,brussels-no-changes-to-eu-rules-needed-to-fight-scam-marriages.html