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Actress Sarah Jessica Parker attends a National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal ceremony at the White House in February 2010. (Associated Press)

Sarah Jessica Parker: Actress hails European Union as example for America

By Bjoern H. Amland - Associated Press

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (left) speaks with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle during a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU condemns Israel over settlements

By Don Melvin and Slobodan Lekic - Associated Press

Romanian President Traian Basescu (left) exits a voting booth as his wife, Maria, stands by in Bucharest, Romania, on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. Millions of Romanians braved rain and snow as they went to the polls for a parliamentary election that center-left government is expected to win, but the result could lead to more of the political instability that has plagued the impoverished Balkan nation this year. (AP Photo)

Romanian government expected to win bitter elections

By Alison Mutler - Associated Press

EU call for tighter fiscal unity likely to sharpen divisions

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

Transparency International chairwoman Huguette Labelle is seen during her meeting with Hungarian Prime Gordon Bajnai, not seen, in the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Labelle arrived to Hungary to meet top Hungarian politicians to discuss issues of corruption. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

Survey: Greece seen as most corrupt in EU

By David Rising - Associated Press

Former Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor talks to the media at his headquarters in Ljubljkana, Slovenia, the capital, on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. An exit poll published by Slovenia’s state television showed Mr. Pahor winning the presidential election in the crisis-hit European Union country with 67.3 percent of the vote. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Slovenes choose president amid fiscal uncertainty

By Jovana Gec - Associated Press

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, objects to the European Union receiving the honor. (Associated Press)

Peace prize for EU sparks unrest

By Louise Nordstrom - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Get Russia to clean up old reactors

The Washington Times

UN to launch new round of talks on global warming

By KARL RITTER - Associated Press

The temporary facilities for spent fuel and radioactive waste are four years behind schedule. Ignalina, built in the 1980s, is turning out to be a hard lesson for Europe: It’s one thing to kill a nuclear power station; getting rid of the remains is another headache entirely. (Associated Press)

Lithuanians near old nuclear plant fear for their lives

By Gary Peach - Associated Press

** FILE ** British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks with journalists as he arrives for an EU summit at the EU Council building in Brussels on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU leaders prepare for bitter fight over budget

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

Regime blasts EU for backing rebellion coalition

Associated Press

The Foreign Minister of Finland Alexander Stubb, speaks during the ‘2nd Berlin Foreign Policy Forum’ in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Agreement on EU budget unlikely as nations stand their ground

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

World Briefs: Karzai praises Pakistan for releasing Taliban prisoners

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Last month, British Prime Minister David Cameron faced a huge rebellion within his party as 81 of the 303 Conservative lawmakers defied his orders and voted to hold an urgent referendum on European Union membership in 2015. (Associated Press)

Britain likely to consider withdrawal from EU

By Don Melvin and David Stringer - Associated Press

**FILE** A Syrian father and two of his sons salvage furniture from their home in Maraat al-Numan, Syria, on Nov. 17, 2012. The house was destroyed in bombing by government forces. (Associated Press)

EU endorses Syrian opposition

By Don Melvin and Slobodan Lekic - Associated Press

EU agency: number of synthetic drugs keeps rising

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

Trade Unions take a breakfast early in the morning outside of a factory during a general strike against government austerity measures, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. A Spanish Interior Ministry official says 32 people have been arrested and 15 people treated for minor injuries in disturbances as a general strike in Spain against austerity measures and economic reforms began. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Strikes, protests hit much of European Union

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

After a seven-week pause, Congress returns Tuesday to a crowded agenda of unfinished business overshadowed by the urgent need for President Barack Obama and lawmakers to avert the economic double hit of tax increases and automatic spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bears, budgets, farmers top Congress to-do list

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

** FILE ** Lufthansa airplanes park at the Duesseldorf airport in western Germany. (Associated Press)

EU backs down on airline carbon tax

By Keely Brazil and Tim Devaney - The Washington Times