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Merkel thanks Gorbachev on Berlin Wall anniversary for making change possible in East Germany

Merkel thanks Gorbachev on Berlin Wall anniversary

Germany celebrates day Berlin Wall collapsed, paving the way for reunification

Germany celebrates fall of Berlin Wall

BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel has joined former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and other luminaries at what was once a fortified border crossing — retracing her steps on the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall fell.

Senator says Cuba travel policy leading to canceled orchestra trip is ‘outrageous’

WASHINGTON — U.S. restrictions on travel to Cuba that led to the New York Philharmonic calling off a trip to the communist country are outrageous and should be ended, a senator who has long called for lifting trade and travel restraints said Monday.

NY Philharmonic postpones plans for Cuba tour, citing US travel restrictions for patrons

NEW YORK — The New York Philharmonic is postponing a planned trip to Cuba, citing U.S. travel restrictions that prevent patrons from going on the historic journey to the communist country.

Obama says Juanes Havana concert doesn’t hurt, but carries no US stamp of approval

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says cultural diplomacy with Cuba can be helpful to a point.

Jimena weakens to remnant low as US issues travel advisory for Mexico’s Baja

LOS CABOS, Mexico — Jimena weakened to a remnant low Friday after hitting Mexico’s Baja California peninsula as a hurricane earlier this week and causing flooding that killed at least one person.

NM Gov. Richardson praises US, Cuban openness to better relations but says they will take time

HAVANA — The U.S. and Cuba need time to reverse nearly a half-century of bad blood, but both sides are more open to doing so than they have been in years, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Friday.

US urges citizens to avoid going to Mexican president’s home state because of violence

MEXICO CITY — The U.S. State Department is warning Americans to stay away from President Felipe Calderon’s home state of Michoacan, where drug cartel members killed 18 federal agents last month.

Search suspended overnight in midair collision over Hudson River that killed 9

HOBOKEN, N.J. —Federal officials say divers have suspended their search of the Hudson River for bodies and debris in the midair collision that killed nine.

Divers recover 7 bodies, helicopter in Hudson River from mid-air crash that killed 9

HOBOKEN, N.J. —Divers pulled a helicopter and four more bodies out of the murky Hudson River on Sunday in their search for victims, wreckage and explanations from a midair collision of a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane that killed nine people.

Divers recover 7 bodies after Hudson River midair collision that killed 9

HOBOKEN, N.J. —Divers lifted the wreckage of a helicopter from the murky Hudson River on Sunday, and police using sonar located the submerged small plane that had collided with it. Nine people died in the midair crash, and seven bodies have been pulled from the water.

Divers recover body in fuselage, helicopter in Hudson River from crash that killed 9

HOBOKEN, N.J. —Divers lifted the wreckage of a helicopter from the murky Hudson River on Sunday, and police using sonar located the submerged small plane that had collided with it. Nine people died in the midair crash, and five bodies have been pulled from the water.

NYPD: Plane wreckage from midair crash that killed 9 found in Hudson River

HOBOKEN, N.J. —New York City police say they have located the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into a helicopter and went down in the Hudson River.

Divers recover body in fuselage, piece of helicopter in Hudson River from crash that killed 9

HOBOKEN, N.J. —Divers recovered a piece of a submerged helicopter and a fifth body Sunday as investigators searched the Hudson River for wreckage from the helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair, killing nine people.

Divers recover 4th body, piece of wreckage in Hudson River from midair crash that killed 9

HOBOKEN, N.J. —Divers recovered a piece of a submerged helicopter and a fourth body Sunday as investigators searched the Hudson River for wreckage from the helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair, killing nine people.

Divers look for wreckage, bodies from Hudson crash; victims include 3 from Pa., 5 from Italy

HOBOKEN, N.J. —Police boats and divers on Sunday recovered a piece of a submerged helicopter and a body as investigators resumed their search of the Hudson River for wreckage from the helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair.

Police divers remove 4th victim, helicopter fuselage piece from Hudson after midair collision

HOBOKEN, N.J. —Police divers have located the body of a fourth victim from the Hudson River air collision in the fuselage of a tourist helicopter.

Investigators search for clues in NYC air collision over Hudson River

HOBOKEN, N.J. —Police boats and divers on Sunday circled the wreckage of a submerged tourist helicopter as investigators resumed their search for debris and missing bodies from the helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair, raining wreckage down on the New Jersey waterfront and into the Hudson River.

NTSB: 3 bodies recovered in Hudson air collision

HOBOKEN, N.J. —The National Transportation Safety Board says three of nine presumed victims of a helicopter-plane collision over the Hudson River have been recovered.

Attention airport shoppers: Duty-free stores in Thailand can be pricier than planned

BANGKOK — Travelers to Thailand have braved a variety of hazards in recent years but foreign governments are now warning about a new and different one: duty-free shopping at the airport.

Police chief: Suicide bombers responsible for blasts that killed 8 at Jakarta luxury hotels

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s national police chief says two suicide bombers carried out the attacks on Jakarta’s luxury hotels.

Terrorist blasts kill 8, wound 50 at luxury hotels in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Suicide bombers who checked in as guests smuggled explosives into American luxury hotels in Indonesia’s capital and set off a pair of heavy blasts that killed eight people and wounded more than 50, investigators said Friday.

Jakarta police chief says suspected bombers were guests at Marriott hotel

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Jakarta’s police chief says several suspects in the bombing of the Marriott were staying at the hotel.

Senior lawmaker says there are ‘indications’ suicide attackers carried out Jakarta bombings

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A senior lawmaker says there are “indications” suicide attackers carried out the twin bombings on hotels in downtown Jakarta that killed nine and wounded 50.

Bombs hit Ritz, Marriott hotels in Indonesian capital, killing 9, wounding 50

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Suspected suicide bombers set off explosions that ripped through two luxury hotels in Jakarta Friday, killing nine and wounding at least 50 more, ending a four-year lull in terror attacks in the world’s most populous Muslim nation. At least 18 foreigners were among the dead and wounded.

US warns citizens to avoid travel to Honduras, restricts embassy staff to necessary trips only

WASHINGTON — The State Department on Monday warned U.S. citizens to avoid all nonessential travel to Honduras due to the “current unstable political and security situation” there.

EU health ministers reject travel ban against Mexico; Swine flu hits 2 new EU nations

LUXEMBOURG — EU nations rejected a French proposal to ban flights going to Mexico at emergency health talks Thursday as a way to curb the spread of swine flu in Europe.

World takes action on swine flu: Killing pigs, kissing bans and fever-seeking cameras

From Egypt’s order that all 300,000 pigs in the country be slaughtered to travel bans and putting the kibosh on kissing, the world is taking drastic — and some say debatable — measures to combat swine flu.