Fuel prices threaten livelihoods across Europe It was always a hard life working on trawlers off the coast of Brittany but Marc Grandmougin put up with it for 20 years -- until surging fuel costs cut the French fisherman's income by a third in one year. German saved after buried in China's earthquake A German tourist and a 52-year-old man were rescued Saturday -- nearly five days after being buried by a powerful earthquake that ravaged China's Sichuan province, state media reported.
Bush says he regrets tough guy talk on war LONDON (Reuters) - President George W Bush admitted on Wednesday that his tough rhetoric had given the world the impression was a "guy really anxious for war" and said he now wished he had used a different tone on the global stage.
LA obscenity case nauseates some potential jurors LOS ANGELES - What violates community obscenity standards in the nation's reputed pornography capital? Federal prosecutors think they have a case.