Europe

Microsoft hits Motorola, Google with EU complaint (AP) - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
AP - Microsoft on Wednesday lodged a formal complaint with the European Union's competition regulator against Motorola Mobility and its soon-to-be owner Google, saying Motorola's aggressive enforcement of patent rights against rivals breaks competition rules.

Strauss-Kahn freed after French police questioning (AP) - Wed, 22 Feb 2012

FILE In this Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008 file photo International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn speaks during a news conference in Washington. Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be questioned Tuesday Feb. 21, 2012 by French police investigating a suspected hotel prostitution ring. Police have questioned prostitutes who said they had sex with Strauss-Kahn during 2010 and 2011 at a luxury hotel in Paris, a restaurant in the French capital and also in Washington DC. Strauss-Kahn lived in the U.S. capital while he was head of the International Monetary Fund before resigning his IMF position in May. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - The former chief of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been released from a French police station after two days of questioning over a suspected hotel prostitution ring.


Street artists join the war on Manila smog (Reuters) - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Reuters - Their canvas is a stretch of dingy concrete wall along Manila's main highway, where millions of vehicles stream past every day, belching exhaust that helps to create a noxious, unhealthy smog.

Pope marks Ash Wednesday (AP) - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
AP - Pope Benedict XVI has led a solemn service to mark the start of the Lenten season of penitence, including the placement of ashes on the forehead of faithful.

Lithuanian archive releases KGB collaborator names (AP) - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
AP - Lithuania's government has released the names of 238 citizens who admitted collaborating with the KGB when their country was ruled by the Soviet Union, and said Wednesday it plans to identify other people who have refused to disclose their work with the security agency.

Summary Box: Bank of England split on stimulus (AP) - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
AP - STIMULATING DISCUSSION: Minutes of their last meeting showed Bank of England rate-setters were divided about injecting another 50 billion pounds ($79 billion) into the economy. Two members argued for a bigger stimulus.

Italy: Divers find 8 more bodies in ship wreckage (AP) - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
AP - Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship off a Tuscan island found eight bodies Wednesday on one of the passenger decks, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said.

Syrian opposition urges Russia to back aid plan (AP) - Wed, 22 Feb 2012

In this Feb. 18, 2012 citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and accessed on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, anti-Syrian regime mourners carry the coffins of two protesters according to Syrian activists that were killed by the Syrian security forces during a demonstration, at Mazzeh district in Damascus, Syria. Syrian security forces fired live rounds and tear gas Saturday at thousands of people marching in a funeral procession that turned into one of the largest protests in Damascus since the 11-month uprising against President Bashar Assad began. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTOAP - Syria's main opposition group said Wednesday that foreign military intervention may be the only way to ensure emergency aid can reach those trapped by fighting if talks fail to ensure safe passage for humanitarian workers to reach embattled parts of the country.


Rio Tinto finds biggest Australia rough pink diamond (Reuters) - Wed, 22 Feb 2012
Reuters - Mining group Rio Tinto has unearthed an extremely rare pink diamond, Australia's biggest rough pink diamond weighing 12.76 carats at its Argyle mine.




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