BERLIN  — Germany's chancellor says a deal to grant the country's nuclear power plants an extra 12 years on average of production is a "revolution of the energy supply" for her country. Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday the decision puts Germany on track to securing the "most efficient and...

BEIRUT  — Lebanon's prime minister said it was a mistake to accuse Syria of involvement in the 2005 assassination of his father, a major turnaround for a man who has long blamed Damascus for the massive Beirut truck bombing that killed Rafik Hariri. Saad Hariri told the Saudi-owned newspaper...

JERUSALEM  — Israel's hard-line foreign minister said Monday that his party will try to block any extension of Israel's settlement slowdown, a move that could derail the recently launched Mideast peace negotiations. Avigdor Lieberman said the Israeli government must keep its promise to voters...

CHRISTCHURCH,  — New Zealand's prime minister warned Monday that the country's economic recovery will be hurt by the weekend's powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that smashed buildings and wrecked roads and rail lines in the city of Christchurch. The aftereffects of the temblor are still coming...

MADRID  — Spain's interior minister has dismissed a cease-fire announcement by the Basque separatist group ETA and says police will be as tough as ever against the armed militants. Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba says ETA's statement on Sunday falls short of what Basque society and other Spaniards...

LONDON — Tony Blair said Monday that he might cancel a planned public appearance in London to promote his new memoir because of potential disruption from protesters. The former British prime minister told ITV television that a bookstore signing session could cause unnecessary "hassle and cost" for...

TOKYO  — The star of an Oscar-winning documentary about a Japanese village's infamous dolphin hunt said Monday that activists trying to stop the killing might need to back off and allow the Japanese people to tackle the issue themselves. The Cove" highlighted the story of a handful of...

LONDON  — Police may reopen an investigation of alleged telephone tapping of public figures by a major British tabloid. John Yates, assistant commissioner of Metropolitan Police, said in a statement late Sunday that police are seeking any new information from The New York Times, which...

BOGOTA  — Edward Nino Hernandez is in many ways a typical 24-year-old Colombian male. He loves to dance reggaeton, dreams of owning a car — preferably a Mercedes— and wants to see the world. Top on his list of people he would like to meet are Jackie Chan, Sylvester Stallone and former...

PESHAWAR  — A suicide bomber detonated a car in an alley behind a police station in a strategically vital town in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 17 police and civilians in an explosion that shattered the station and neighboring homes, police said. About 40 people were wounded...