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EU to Apply Stress Tests on Its Nuclear Plants

BRUSSELS -- Shocked into action by Japan's atomic crisis, European energy officials agreed Tuesday to apply stress tests on nuclear power plants and Germany moved to switch off seven aging reactors - one of them permanently. The European Union's energy chief called for a reassessment of the 27-nation bloc's energy policy,...

Study: Millennial Leaders Are Isolationist; Like Obama, Not Palin

WASHINGTON -- They favor isolationism but revere wartime leaders who used America's power abroad. They worry about China almost as much as Iran as a likely future foe. And they think Barack Obama is the ideal 21st century leader and Sarah Palin is not. Those are just a few of the fascinating gleanings from a new Brookings...

Opinion: Why Libya Matters to the US

The political crisis in the Middle East and North Africa is widening and deepening. The overthrow of dictators in Tunisia and Egypt has changed future political possibilities in that region. Now all eyes are on Libya and Moammar Gadhafi. While the United States is somewhat isolated from the conflict in Libya, the outcomes...

Ex-Spy Anna Chapman to Run for Russia's Parliament, Report Says

What do you do when you've failed at a career in espionage? Try politics! Anna Chapman, the sultry redhead who was kicked out of the United States in June for spying, will run for Parliament in her native Russia, The Telegraph reported, citing Russia's Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspaper. Mikhail Metzel,...

Putin's Peak: Kyrgyzstan Names Mountain After Russian Leader

Lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan have gone to great heights to honor Vladimir Putin, naming one of their country's high peaks after the Russian prime minister. The Kyrgyzstan Parliament voted nearly unanimously Thursday to name a mountain in the Tian Shan range as the "Peak of Vladimir Putin," Agence France-Presse...