European Union sends delegation to Moscow

A senior European Union delegation, led by the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, arrived in Moscow to meet with the Russian president.

U.S. backs off civilian nuclear pact with Russia

The step is the most meaningful show of displeasure the United States has made over Russia's action in Georgia.

A postwar cultural reckoning for Georgia

Georgian society remains infused with an appreciation for Russian culture that Georgian sociologists and historians say will outlive this latest round of tensions.

A way for America to get Russia in line

The United States and Europe don't have to start a new Cold War to find ways that will emboss Russia's inadmissible behavior and loss of credibility on its leaders' minds.

Scientologists charged with fraud in France

A French judge has ordered two departments and seven prominent members of the Church of Scientology in France to stand trial on charges of organised fraud, a judicial source said on Monday.

Atom-smasher promises closer look at makeup of matter

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, and coming online Wednesday, will explore the tiniest particles and come closer to re-enacting the Big Bang.

Weekend storms and floods kill 6 in Britain

Flooding struck large areas of Wales and western and northern England after one of the wettest Augusts on record.

German foreign minister picked to challenge Merkel

Social Democrats were thrown into turmoil Sunday after their leader, Kurt Beck, said he would step down as party chairman and Frank-Walter Steinmeier was chosen to challenge Angela Merkel.

Cheney warns Russia to reverse course

Vice President Dick Cheney denounced Russia's war against Georgia as evidence of a pattern of "troublesome and unhelpful actions" that threatened peace from Central Asia to the Middle East to Europe.