<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Europe</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/europe?nav=rss_world/europe</link><description>Europe</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[In N.Y., Grenades Explode Near British Consulate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41437-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41437-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  NEW YORK, May 5  --  Two makeshift grenades exploded outside the British consulate here in the predawn hours just as polls opened for  national elections in Britain. A large windowpane at the building's entrance shattered, but officials reported no injuries.]]></description><author> Michelle Garcia</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For British Voters, Calculated Risks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41504-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41504-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  LONDON, May 6  --  Jean Campbell was squeezed into a second-floor office in west London on Thursday afternoon, methodically calling a list of voters. With seven hours until the polls closed, she and two co-workers were working feverishly to prevent the Conservatives from snatching a parliamentary seat away from Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor Party.]]></description><author> Dan Balz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian Munitions Not Secure, Report Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41481-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41481-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Efforts by Washington and Moscow to prevent Russian nuclear materials from falling into the hands of terrorists remain slowed by bureaucratic red tape and a lack of urgency, according to a new report released yesterday by a research group affiliated with Harvard University.]]></description><author> John Mintz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia Rebukes Bush on Remark]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41482-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41482-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Russia issued a testy rebuke of President Bush yesterday on the eve of his departure for Europe, denying that Moscow had forcibly occupied the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in 1940. This restatement of a Soviet view of history provoked a new round of controversy over modern Russia's intentions toward the now-independent states.]]></description><author> Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blair Wins Historic Third Term]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41614-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41614-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  LONDON, May 6  --  Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, the Bush administration's closest foreign ally,  won a historic third successive term in office but  appeared to have a significantly smaller parliamentary majority because of voter anger over his support for the war in Iraq.]]></description><author> Glenn Frankel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blair in a Race To Realize Vision, Define His Legacy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35364-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35364-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  LONDON, May 3  --  Prime Minister Tony Blair remains the most skilled political performer in Britain, but his drive toward Thursday's election and what he hopes will be a historic third term often appears to be a joyless march, in striking contrast with the bright promise of his first election in 1997.]]></description><author> Dan Balz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran Says It Will Keep Its Nuclear Program]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35367-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35367-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ UNITED NATIONS, May 3  --  A defiant Iran said Tuesday that it is determined to hold on to all aspects of its nuclear program, including uranium enrichment, and lashed out at the United States and Europe for trying to limit its efforts.]]></description><author> Dafna Linzer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Election Looms, Tony Blair Basks  In Warmth of the Sun]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35472-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35472-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LONDON, May 3  --  Never  mind the polls and the speeches and the brutal grilling of national political leaders on a range of TV and radio shows. If you really want to know what the British public thinks of the general election taking place here Thursday, have a look at Tuesday's Sun.]]></description><author> Glenn Frankel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyrants' Lobbyist, Flamboyant to the End]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32912-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32912-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As part of Washington's image machinery for more than two decades, Edward von Kloberg III did his best to sanitize some of the late 20th century's most notorious dictators as they sought favors and approval from U.S. officials.]]></description><author> Adam Bernstein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy Disputes U.S. Report on  Agent's Death]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32889-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32889-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ROME, May 2  --  Italian investigators said Monday that nervousness and inexperience among U.S. troops contributed to the March 4 killing of an Italian intelligence agent at a roadblock as he tried to take a freed kidnap victim to the Baghdad airport.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams and Ann Scott Tyson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blair Takes His Lumps Before Vote]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28800-2005May1.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28800-2005May1.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LONDON, April 30  --  After a punishing day on the campaign trail, Tony Blair faced one last challenge Thursday night: a live BBC television studio audience eager for combat.]]></description><author> Glenn Frankel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putin Calls Arms Aid No Threat To Israel]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26976-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26976-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, April 29  --  Russian President Vladimir Putin chided Israel on Friday for thwarting his efforts to provide military equipment to the Palestinian Authority's security forces. But he said he would not antagonize Israel by moving forward with the military assistance now.]]></description><author> Molly Moore</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S., Italy Fail to Agree On Agent's Death in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26991-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26991-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ROME, April 29  --  After a five-week joint investigation, U.S. and Italian officials announced Friday they had failed to reach agreement on the circumstances of the fatal shooting of an Italian intelligence agent by U.S. troops in Baghdad on March 5. The deadlock keeps alive a dispute that is undermining the standing of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a key U.S. ally in Iraq.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams  and Bradley Graham</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Largest Passenger Jet Makes First Flight]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21735-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21735-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ PARIS, April 27  --  Europe's Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger jet, completed its inaugural flight Wednesday, landing with tons of test equipment on the same runway near Toulouse where the supersonic Concorde also had its maiden flight in 1969.]]></description><author> Erika Lorentzsen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy Opens Its Own Probe of Agent's Slaying in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21597-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21597-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ROME, April 27  --  Dissatisfied with the results of a joint investigation with the United States, Italy on Wednesday began its own probe into the March 4 killing of one of its intelligence agents by U.S. troops in Baghdad.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Vote Nears, Tories Can't Get Started]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18551-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18551-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NOTTINGHAM, England  --  Michael Howard was hammering home the need for more policemen on the beat before a television studio audience the other day in this city in central England where the rate of gun crime has soared in recent years.]]></description><author> Glenn Frankel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Russian's Trial Ends, So Does Era Of First Oligarchs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18629-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18629-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MOSCOW, April 26  --   Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former oil tycoon, is to soon hear a verdict that will likely close out the era of the first oligarchs of post-communist Russia, the small group of men who built huge fortunes and achieved enormous political influence in the 1990s.]]></description><author> Peter Finn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adventurers Conquer Arctic, and History]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18751-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18751-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TORONTO, April 26  --  Fighting a shifting ice pack and open water that threatened to swallow their dogs, a team of five adventurers reached the North Pole at 9:32 a.m. Tuesday, five hours faster than the record claimed by explorer Robert E. Peary almost a century ago.]]></description><author> Doug Struck</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travel Agent: Jackson Aide Ordered Ticket To Brazil for Boy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18720-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18720-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  SANTA MARIA, Calif., April 26  --  In  those hectic days in February 2003, after a British documentary aired that had Michael Jackson saying he saw nothing wrong with sharing his bed with children, his business associate ordered Jackson's travel agent to get one-way airline tickets to fly the young accuser in his current trial, along with the boy's brother, sister and mother, to Sao Paulo, Brazil.]]></description><author> William Booth</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putin Tries to Calm Investors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16412-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16412-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/europe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  MOSCOW, April 25  --  President Vladimir Putin sought Monday to blunt rising concern about the country's political direction and business climate, declaring in his annual state of the nation address that "ensuring human rights and freedoms is critical both for the development of the economy and for the social and political life of Russia."]]></description><author> Peter Finn</author></item></channel></rss>
