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Stewart hanged himself with bedsheet, authorities say

Don Melvin

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2012 file photo provided by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad casts his ballot next to his wife Asma at a polling station in Damascus, Syria, during a referendum on the new constitution. EU foreign ministers imposed sanctions Friday, March 23, 2012 on Asma Assad, the stylish, British-born wife of the Syrian president, banning her from traveling to European Union countries and freezing any assets she may have there. The foreign ministers also imposed the same sanctions on President Bashar Assad's mother, sister and sister-in-law, and eight government ministers, in a continuing attempt to stop the bloody crackdown on opposition in the country. (AP Photo/SANA, File)

Syrian sanctions slapped on Assad's wife, relatives

Don Melvin, John Heilprin The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 23, 2012 - 10:29am

BRUSSELS -- EU foreign ministers have slapped sanctions on the wife and other close relatives of Syrian President Bashar Assad, freezing their assets and banning them from traveling to the EU in a continuing attempt to stop the violent crackdown on opposition, officials said Friday.

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Rescuers and police work amid the wreckage of a tourist bus from Belgium at the accident site in a tunnel of the A9 highway near Sierre, western Switzerland, early Wednesday, March 14, 2012. A bus carrying Belgian students returning from a ski holiday crashed into a wall in a Swiss tunnel, killing 22 Belgian 12-year-olds and six adults, police said Wednesday. (AP Photo/KANTONSPOLIZEI WALLIS/POLICE OF VALAIS, Handout)

Swiss bus crash kills 28, including 22 children

Don Melvin, John Helprin The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 9:43am

GENEVA -- A tour bus slammed into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps in a horrific accident that killed 22 school children and six adults returning to Belgium from a joyous ski vacation, police said Wednesday.

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EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton speaks during a media conference after a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. EU foreign ministers are expected on Monday to agree to new economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU adopts Iran oil embargo

Don Melvin The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 23, 2012 - 11:30am

BRUSSELS -- The European Union adopted an oil embargo Monday against Iran and a freeze of the assets of the country's central bank, part of sanctions meant to pressure the country to resume talks on its nuclear program.

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(LUCA BRUNO/The Associated Press) A man checks stock indexes on a screen of a bank in Milan, Italy, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. For the second time in as many market days, Italy paid sharply higher borrowing rates in an auction Monday, as investors continued to pressure the eurozone’s third largest economy to come up with reforms urgently.

Eurozone ministers meet to build euro rescue plan

Don Melvin The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 8:11am

BRUSSELS — The 17 finance ministers of the countries that use the euro converged on EU headquarters Tuesday in a desperate bid to save their currency — and to protect Europe, the United States, Asia and the rest of the global economy from a debt-induced financial tsunami.

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(THANASSIS STAVRAKIS/The Associated Press) European Union’s flag flies as the temple of Parthenon atop of the Acropolis hill is seen, background, in Athens, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011. The leaders of Greece, France and Germany will seek ways to contain the spiraling debt crisis and prevent it from further roiling global financial markets in a teleconference on Wednesday evening.

Top EU official seeks closer policy union

Don Melvin The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 7:47am

BRUSSELS — A senior EU official called for closer political and financial unification in Europe, as fractures emerged Wednesday among leaders on how to solve Greece’s debt crisis.

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