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• Gorgeous fall foliage
KATMANDU, Nepal - A small airplane crashed and caught fire Wednesday as it tried to land in foggy weather near Mt. Everest, killing 18 people, including 14 tourists from Germany and Australia, an airport official said. The Yeti Airlines 19-seat Twin ...
• Germany guarantees all private bank accounts
Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed that she would not let the failure of any company disrupt the German economy: “We will not allow the distress of one financial institution to distress the entire system." BERLIN - Germany announced Sunday that it ...
• Deal to save Germany's Hypo Real Estate fails
BERLIN - Germany's No. 2 commercial property lender, Hypo Real Estate Holding AG, said Saturday that a $48 billion rescue plan for the company had fallen apart after private lenders withdrew support. Hypo said it would seek to stay in business ...
• Vatican says Pius protected Jews during WWII
Pius, as Italian prelate Eugenio Pacelli, had served as a Vatican diplomat in Germany and as the Vatican's secretary of state before becoming pope in 1939, a few months before World War II erupted in Europe. 'Veil of prejudice' The Vatican has started ...
• What I learned at ‘town hall’ campaign events
He was just as poised in the relatively small setting of Monticello, Iowa as he was in front of the mass crowds in Berlin, Germany or at Invesco field in Denver. In contrast to Obama, McCain brings a bit more zest for combat to his town hall events. ...