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European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet expressed cautious optimism Thursday that Europeâ??s sovereign debt crisis is easing and that the euro area economy is growing faster than expected, as the E.C.B. joined the Bank of …

Police officials in Norway said Thursday that they had arrested three men suspected of having links to Al Qaeda in a terrorism conspiracy tied to plots in the United States and Britain.
 police official said the …

Conservative MP Philip Hollobone has introduced a private member’s bill in the British Parliament to regulate the wearing of ‘certain facial coverings’ that would include the ‘burqa’.
The MP from Kettering said his bill would make …

Fire officers have been dealing with a bomb explosion in Greece, which killed a ministerâ??s aide.
No organisation has accepted responsibility for the blast.
It went off at the Athens offices of the police ministry, killing father …