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EU probes Samsung, Germany blocks its tablets

By GABRIELE STEINHAUSER and DAVID RISING - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this April 8, 2008, file photo provided by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran. Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site well protected from possible airstrikes, a leading hardline newspaper reported Sunday, Jan. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Iranian President's Office, File)

Ahmadinejad says Iran ready for nuclear talks

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied Thursday that an embargo on Iranian oil and sanctions against the central bank would affect his country's economy, but he also said he is open to nuclear-program talks with the West. (Associated Press)

Ahmadinejad, as economy falters, says he’s open to talks with West

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

No progress, plenty of pessimism from Israelis, Palestinians

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Proposal made for sweeping data protection in EU

By DON MELVIN - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Russia to keep blocking U.N. sanctions on Syria

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

London vows military strength in Hormuz

By David Stringer - Associated Press

British Foreign Minister William Hague (left) speaks Jan. 23, 2012, with Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn during a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels. (Associated Press)

U.K. could send military assets to Strait of Hormuz

By David Stringer - Associated Press

A Boeing 787 lands at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kan., on Friday. Boeing is building its 787 Dreamliner to use 20 percent less fuel than the jet it replaces. (Associated Press)

Fuel costs spur airlines’ cuts in usage

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

British Foreign Minister William Hague waits for the start of a meeting of European Union foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU adopts Iran oil embargo

By Don Melvin - Associated Press

British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a media conference. (Associated Press File)

U.S. lauds EU for embargo on Iranian crude oil

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in a referendum on whether to join the European Union. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Croats vote in EU membership referendum

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sunday. Croatians voted in a nationwide referendum on whether to join the European Union, a test of how much the debt-stricken 27-nation bloc has lost its appeal among potential new members. (Associated Press)

Croats approve of EU in vote

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

HEINRICHS: Hillary’s misguided space arms control

By Rebeccah L. Heinrichs - The Washington Times

Novartis drug investigated after 11 deaths

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Residents wave anti-EU flags as they watch a live broadcast from the U.N. court on the verdict for a key wartime Croatian commander, Gen. Ante Gotovina, in Zagreb, Croatia, in April. Croatia signed an EU accession treaty last year and is set to become a member in July 2013, if the Croats say "yes" in the referendum and all of the bloc's 27 states later ratify the deal. (Associated Press)

Croats expected to vote for joining EU in referendum

By Eldar Emric and Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, Saudi crown prince Nayef bin Abdel-Aziz, right, welcomes Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. China's premier visits Saudi Arabia as part of six-day Mideast trip that also takes him to the United Arab Emirates and qatar. The visit to the region runs from Jan. 14-19. Wen Jiabao is slated to discuss the Arab Spring uprising and talks are likely to also focus on the latest U.S. sanctions on Iran, a major oil exporter to China. (AP Photo/HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES

Inside the Ring

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Associated Press)

New space-arms control initiative draws concern

By Bill Gertz - Special to The Washington Times

Wind turbines stand behind houses in Feldheim, Germany, near Berlin. This tiny village of 37 gray homes and farm buildings clustered along the main road in a windswept corner of rural eastern Germany is already putting into practice the nation's vision of a future powered entirely by renewable energy. (Associated Press)

Renewable spotlight on Germany

By Melissa Eddy - Associated Press

Olli Rehn, European commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, addresses Hungary's fiscal situation at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

EU threatens legal action against Hungary

By Gabriele Steinhauser and Raf Casert - Associated Press