Thomas Steg
latest news & developmentsGermany ignores Chávez’s Hitler slur against Merkel
The German government on Monday brushed off a verbal attack from Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in which the leftist leader said Chancellor Angela Merkel was a political…
Observers say Russia’s poll ‘not fair’
International observers declared on Monday that Russia’s parliamentary elections failed to meet widely accepted democratic standards, saying President Vladimir Putin and his…