Paris - As black French civil rights activists and their friends began celebrating Barack Obama's election early Wednesday in a private club in Paris, one reveler sounded a sobering, and largely unappreciated, note of caution.
"Obama is an American politician and he will govern like an American president," said Cameroonian journalist Paul Heutching. "Let's not jump to unrealistic conclusions just because he looks like us."
Brussels - Turkey has proven itself to be a reliable international partner and a key energy transit route, but it must work harder on political and human-rights reforms if it wants to join the European Union, the EU's executive said Wednesday.
Frankfurt - On the fifth day of rolling strikes in Germany's most important factories, the IG Metall trade union said it would rule next Tuesday on whether to escalate the wage battle into an all-out strike.
An Opel car plant owned by General Motors west of Frankfurt was idled on Wednesday for hours as 6,000 workers attended a rally outside the gates to support IG Metall's demand for an 8-per-cent pay hike.
Zagreb - Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on Wednesday welcomed the European Union's decision to name the target date for Croatia's completion of accession talks as its "international affirmation."
"That is that path, from first free elections, over referendum on independence, defence of the country and victory in the fatherland war, reconstruction and, finally, to international affirmation of Croatia," he said, referring to the period since his country split from former Yugoslavia in 1991.
Paris - As black French civil rights activists and their friends began celebrating Barack Obama's election early Wednesday in a private club in Paris, one reveler sounded a sobering, and largely unappreciated, note of caution.
Brussels - Turkey has proven itself to be a reliable international partner and a key energy transit route, but it must work harder on political and human-rights reforms if it wants to join the European Union, the EU's executive said Wednesday.
Madrid - Nobel Literature laureate Portuguese author Jose Saramago on Wednesday urged 
Frankfurt - On the fifth day of rolling strikes in Germany's most important factories, the IG Metall trade union said it would rule next Tuesday on whether to escalate the wage battle into an all-out strike.
Zagreb - Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on Wednesday welcomed the European Union's decision to name the target date for Croatia's completion of accession talks as its "international affirmation."
New Delhi - Police in India's western state of Maharashtra on Wednesday arre
