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**FILE** President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi reports May 31, 2012, to the Economic Committee, in capacity as the head of the European Systemic Risk Board, at the European Parliament in Brussels. (Associated Press)

ECB’s Draghi: Bank may intervene on bonds

Associated Press

Zara Phillips of Great Britain rides High Kingdom as she competes July 30, 2012, in the equestrian eventing cross-country stage at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. (Associated Press)

Zara Phillips, Queen’s granddaughter, wins silver at 2012 Olympics

Associated Press

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (left) speaks July 30, 2012, with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in the house where Schaeuble is vacationing, in Westerland on the North Sea island of Sylt, Germany. (Associated Press)

U.S., Germany stress cooperation to end euro crisis

By Frank Jordans and Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Stickers show which credit cards are accepted at a shop in Frankfurt, Germany, yet only 36 percent of Germans older than 15 possess a credit card, compared with 62 percent in the U.S. It’s that financial culture — an aversion to debt and an emphasis on savings — that makes Chancellor Angela Merkel’s hard-line approach to resolving the European economic crisis through austerity and budget reforms so popular among her constituents. (Associated Press)

No doubt about no debt

By David Rising - Associated Press

World Briefs: Suspected Australian spy linked to wider espionage

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Workers try to get a screen working at the Stock Exchange in Madrid, Monday, July 23, 2012. The Bank of Spain says the country’s recession-plagued economy contracted 0.4 percent in the second quarter, a performance even worse than in the first three months of the year. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Europe shaken by fear that Spain will need a full bailout

Associated Press

Alonso gains pole in wet qualifying for German GP

By NESHA STARCEVIC - Associated Press

German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich, left, and outgoing head of the domestic intelligence agency Heinz Fromm arrive at a press conference in Berlin, Wednesday July 18, 2012. Germany faces a growing threat from militant Islamists and far-right fringe groups, including small extremist cells and lone wolf operators, top security official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/dapd/Michael Gottschalk)

Islamist militants growing as threat in Germany

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Second World War’

By David C. Acheson - Special to The Washington Times

Hans-Peter Keitel, president of the Federation of German Industries, tells a Washington think tank Monday that Germany feels a sense of responsibility for helping Greece, Italy and Spain recover from their economic crises. (DAPD via Associated Press)

Germany ‘has to do as much as we can’

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Combo picture, released June 25, 1990, of Elizabeth Haysom, left, and Jens Soering, who have been arrested for the murder of Elizabeth's parents at their home in Bedord County, Va. Image of Haysom is 1987 filer, and Soering is 1990 filer. (AP Photo)

GOP smells blood in Virginia Senate race

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

German national Jens Soering was convicted in Bedford County, Va., of killing his girlfriend's parents in 1985. (Associated Press)

GOP smells blood in Virginia Senate race

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

World Briefs: Mladic trial halted due to illness

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Circumcision ruling called threat to religion

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

Ali Krieger (right) had hoped to be about 90 percent healthy by the end of June, but when the Olympic roster was set May 27, her chances of competing were over. (Associated Press)

Ali Krieger still dares to dream

By Tom Schad - The Washington Times

German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich (AP Photo/dapd, Timur Emek)

Neo-Nazi group embarrasses spy agency

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Economy Briefs: AIG wants $30.2 million in tax interest

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A euro sculpture stands in front of the European Central Bank (right) in Frankfurt, Germany. (Associated Press)

European Central Bank cuts key interest rate to new low

By David McHugh - Associated Press

**FILE** Police search Nov. 9, 2011, in the debris of a house that was set on fire and partially exploded in Zwickau, eastern Germany. (Associated Press)

German spy agency faces shake-up in neo-Nazi case

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

A couple and a child wearing a Spanish soccer jersey pass by a shop with a discount sale sign and samples of postcards — including one with a picture of Bankia bank buildings — on July 1, 2012, the day of the Euro 2012 soccer final match in Madrid. Bankia is one of several big banks that will need billions in rescue loans. (Associated Press)

Eurozone unemployment hits new record in May

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press