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• U.S. soldier seeks asylum in Germany
Shepherd applied for asylum last week, said Tim Huber, director of the Germany-based Military Counseling Network, a group that has been assisting him. U.S. Army Europe spokesman Bruce Anderson confirmed that Shepherd served in the Army's 12th Combat ...
• U.S. official: Indian attack has Pakistani ties
The State Department official, traveling with Rice in Europe before her India stop, said both sides have acted "in a wise manner" so far, noting there has been no buildup of troops along the India-Pakistan border or other overt signs that words will ...
• Gloom returns to world markets after U.S. falls
The heavy losses in Asia followed near 5 percent declines in Europe on Monday and the near 700 point, or 7.7 percent, slide in the Dow Jones index of leading U.S. shares, which wiped out more than half of last week’s gains. The gloom gripping world ...
• Rowling is back on bookshelves, and helping others
Proceeds from “The Tales of Beedle the Bard,” expected to become an international bestseller even though the seven-book Potter series is over, will go to a charity for vulnerable children in Eastern Europe co-founded by Rowling. Beedle the Bard is ...
• Travel pinched by global financial crisis
... traveling on premium airline tickets — who tend to be business travelers — dropped 8 percent in September, reflecting the severity of the global financial crisis and a slump in the confidence of manufacturers in the U.S., Japan and Europe ...