BERLIN, June 3 (UPI) -- A group of German security and peace researchers warns that current armament tendencies may pose greater threats to the world than the Cold War did.

FRANKFURT, Germany, May 12 (UPI) -- Russia's new leadership is bullying Georgia because the Europeans and Americans are at odds; at risk is the only pipeline from the vast Caspian oil basin that is not under Russia's control.

WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- In the struggle over ABM defense bases in Central Europe, Washington finds Western Europe supports it while Poland and the Czech Republic are wavering.

WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush's plan to build two antiballistic missile bases in Central Europe -- one in the Czech Republic and the other in Poland -- is forging along more strongly than ever. In so doing, it is confounding the conventional wisdom of the past 20 years about the future dynamics of the Atlantic Alliance.

LONDON, May 5 (UPI) -- The victory of Boris Johnson in London's mayoral election represents the emergence of a new generation of politicians into the struggle for power. The baby boomers are starting the long, sad slide into senescence. The generation X-ers are on the march.

BERLIN, April 9 (UPI) -- Germany's government was due to face lawmakers' questions Wednesday on whether it knew about the training Libyan security forces received from German experts.

UPI Almanac for Monday, April 7, 2008.

BERLIN, March 10 (UPI) -- The former German government ignored the rendition case of a German-Syrian terror suspect, according to a news report.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Germany's left party is surging, driven by tax evasion and business scandals, with ominous implications for Europe's hopes of escaping recession.