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The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said its first trucks had arrived in Burma, carrying emergency aid for survivors of the cyclone, while World Food Program flights resumed despite disputes with the country's ruling junta.»

Removal of the scaffolding from the US embassy construction site in Berlin has triggered fresh debate about this symbol of Washington's power on the site of the former Berlin Wall.»

The Serbian people started voting on Sunday in snap elections that give them the choice of pursuing EU membership or turning their back on the West out of nationalist defiance over the loss of Kosovo.»

Criticism is mounting in Germany over what appears to be the reluctance of high-ranking German officials to meet with the Tibetan spiritual leader when he pays a four-day visit to Germany at the end of this week.»

Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld says he is looking forward to handing his replacement Juergen Klinsmann a championship-winning team after capturing the Bundesliga title for the fifth time with the club.»

The historic city of Jena -- best known for producing Carl Zeiss optical instruments in the early 20th century -- is enjoying a revival after the upheavals of German unification.»

Bavarian Prime Minister Guenther Beckstein called Sunday for a dialogue with the Czech government to resolve outstanding issues related to the expulsion of ethnic Germans from Czechoslovakia at the end of World War II.»

Turnout slowed sharply in Serbian snap parliamentary elections Sunday, May 11 after a strong start, as apathy appeared to take over after the first hours of a vote seen as key for the troubled country's course.»

The snap parliamentary election seen as fateful for Serbia's future came to a close Sunday with surprisingly weak turnout and concerns that it would benefit the surging anti-Western bloc.»

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