'The Vampire Diaries' 3.22 Clips: Elena Realizes She Has to Choose

Elena is close to make her choice in a new sneak peek of "The Vampire Diaries" season 3 finale. Waking up from sleep, she tells Matt she's sorry for stringing him along in the past, and realizes that she makes the same mistake with Stefan and Damon. "I have to let one of them go," so the mortal beauty says. "Which one?" a curious Matt asks, but before Elena gives the answer, Stefan bursts into the room to see if she's...

U.S. drone strike kills nine in Pakistan, officials say

A U.S. drone aircraft killed nine suspected militants on Saturday in Pakistan's North Waziristan region near the Afghan border, Pakistani security officials said. The controversial drone program, a key element in U.S. counter-terrorism efforts, is highly unpopular in Pakistan where it is considered a violation of sovereignty which causes unacceptable civilian casualties. In Saturday's strike, a drone fired missiles at a compound in the Shawal area of North Waziristan, killing the nine, said the officials who declined to...

Ringing the changes: Big Ben's tower may be renamed for Queen's Jubilee

British lawmakers want to rename one of London's most famous landmarks -- known to tourists around the world as "Big Ben" -- after Queen Elizabeth II, for her Diamond Jubilee. The Queen marks 60 years on the throne in 2012, and politicians believe that naming St. Stephen's Tower, the clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, in her honor would be a fitting tribute to her years of service. "Not many kings and queens have served for such a long time," Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood, who is leading the renaming campaign, told...

French election: François Hollande vows to rid politics of sexism

He has promised an equal number of men and women in cabinet, and to reintroduce a ministry of women's rights. But will François Hollande be the president who finally took on the pervasive sexism in French politics, if as polls predict he wins Sunday's presidential election? The Socialist frontrunner, who was on Friday leading by at least five points in the final opinion polls of an increasingly vitriolic campaign,...

Hollande-Merkel: A new entente cordiale?

There has been a great deal of austerity-bashing -- that is to say Germany-bashing -- this French election season. Buoyed by his success in the first round, socialist contender Francois Hollande declared last Thursday: "It is not for Germany to decide for the rest of Europe." Vowing to reset Europe on a growth path, he said, "we're not just any country, we can change the situation." As for French President Nicolas...