http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/?track=rss Headlines from latimes.com en ©2009, latimes.com Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/AMaoAv4HHYo/la-sci-fort-hood-psych9-2009nov09,0,1915569.story Psychological problems are rampant, leaders admit. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars have been long, and repeat deployments are highly stressful. Doctors, too, fall prey to mental illness. <br/><br/> The U.S. military's culture of silence about troops' mental health had finally begun to change. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/V1zlKit0RANh33WnxsCAPfoc9j8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/V1zlKit0RANh33WnxsCAPfoc9j8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/V1zlKit0RANh33WnxsCAPfoc9j8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/V1zlKit0RANh33WnxsCAPfoc9j8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/europe/~4/AMaoAv4HHYo" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/la-sci-fort-hood-psych9-2009nov09,0,1915569.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/04ENwt2DeKs/la-fg-berlin-wall-katrin8-2009nov08,0,3960943.story Born in 1961, Katrin Geissler grew up on the east side of a divided Berlin and accepted that reality. When the wall first came down, she was frightened. In time, she embraced the feeling of freedom. <br/><br/> Katrin Geissler remembers being 4 years old and on her way to ballet school when she first tried to peek through the wall. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/K7Ot_0xCkwzwM43yn1Za0cJFxAY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/K7Ot_0xCkwzwM43yn1Za0cJFxAY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/K7Ot_0xCkwzwM43yn1Za0cJFxAY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/K7Ot_0xCkwzwM43yn1Za0cJFxAY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/europe/~4/04ENwt2DeKs" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/la-fg-berlin-wall-katrin8-2009nov08,0,3960943.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/oc-EW5ICjho/la-fg-obama-merkel4-2009nov04,0,675001.story German Chancellor Angela Merkel, fresh from being sworn in for her second term, met with President Obama at the White House this morning to discuss global warming and Afghanistan before she heads to Congress where she will be the first German leader to address a joint session. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JZphLf-X226qGc1pnPFqXxRH33c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JZphLf-X226qGc1pnPFqXxRH33c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JZphLf-X226qGc1pnPFqXxRH33c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JZphLf-X226qGc1pnPFqXxRH33c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/europe/~4/oc-EW5ICjho" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:44:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/la-fg-obama-merkel4-2009nov04,0,675001.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/3ePvpO7Vi0Q/la-me-seymour-fromer8-2009nov08,0,7571280.story At the Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley, he displayed thousands of items reflecting the daily lives of Jews around the world. Another museum highlights the Jewish pioneers of the American West. <br/><br/> Seymour Fromer, who built one of the country's largest collections of Judaica with little money but enormous drive to preserve the history of Jews, especially those who helped settle the American West, has died. He was 87. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VCpucAB8AIC658HS7-mbZLnNQjU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VCpucAB8AIC658HS7-mbZLnNQjU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VCpucAB8AIC658HS7-mbZLnNQjU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VCpucAB8AIC658HS7-mbZLnNQjU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/europe/~4/3ePvpO7Vi0Q" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/la-me-seymour-fromer8-2009nov08,0,7571280.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/rY5rndnrb5c/la-fg-berlin-wall-valentin8-2009nov08,0,234478.story Just an infant when the Berlin Wall fell, Valentin Geissler never felt its restrictions. But he has always been aware of east and west. <br/><br/> Valentin Geissler has no memory of the wall. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pwocfzNzk7J7sWx9uB6Tqr4qUl0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pwocfzNzk7J7sWx9uB6Tqr4qUl0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pwocfzNzk7J7sWx9uB6Tqr4qUl0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pwocfzNzk7J7sWx9uB6Tqr4qUl0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/europe/~4/rY5rndnrb5c" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/la-fg-berlin-wall-valentin8-2009nov08,0,234478.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/cztruMt5n6Y/la-fi-himi8-2009nov08,0,3133294.story The founder of Worldwide Aeros in Montebello has been fascinated by airships since his childhood in Ukraine. His firm has sold more than 35 different platforms flown on four continents. <br/><br/> The gig: Igor Pasternak, 45, is the founder and chief executive of Worldwide Aeros Corp., a Montebello-based developer and maker of blimps used for surveillance, advertising and transport. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/HbQvtFGfQ9MUXclO0WfTKsAyLjY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/HbQvtFGfQ9MUXclO0WfTKsAyLjY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/HbQvtFGfQ9MUXclO0WfTKsAyLjY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/HbQvtFGfQ9MUXclO0WfTKsAyLjY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/europe/~4/cztruMt5n6Y" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/la-fi-himi8-2009nov08,0,3133294.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/Cr7Ia9KcRtc/la-me-stacy-rowles8-2009nov08,0,624467.story Rowles, the daughter of pianist and composer Jimmy Rowles, was a fixture in the L.A. jazz scene. She had built a following in Europe, where she regularly toured. <br/><br/> Stacy Rowles, a jazz trumpet and fluegelhorn player and vocalist who was the daughter of pianist and composer Jimmy Rowles, has died. She was 54. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tYPwOqB82dAFcLpjaxORxpMFru8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tYPwOqB82dAFcLpjaxORxpMFru8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tYPwOqB82dAFcLpjaxORxpMFru8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tYPwOqB82dAFcLpjaxORxpMFru8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/europe/~4/Cr7Ia9KcRtc" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/la-me-stacy-rowles8-2009nov08,0,624467.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/40LUANySzZM/la-fg-berlin-wall-intro8-2009nov08,0,7701116.story Katrin Geissler was born just before the Berlin Wall was built. Her son, Valentin, was born just before it came down. Though they grew up in the same place, their experiences were entirely different. <br/><br/> The world turned upside down when Katrin Geissler was born, and it turned upside down again when she gave birth to her son, Valentin. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FYmf-gJ7I-YqJRERtxaQI75s5Eg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FYmf-gJ7I-YqJRERtxaQI75s5Eg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FYmf-gJ7I-YqJRERtxaQI75s5Eg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FYmf-gJ7I-YqJRERtxaQI75s5Eg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/europe/~4/40LUANySzZM" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/la-fg-berlin-wall-intro8-2009nov08,0,7701116.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/-pPB7p58E18/la-et-green7-2009nov07,0,3427646.story An unhappy teen seeking a way out of Ireland turns to illegally importing and selling porn magazines. <br/><br/> "Turning Green," an amusing Irish coming-of-age comedy set in 1979, takes its title from the effect of chug-a-lug beer drinking upon 16-year-old James (gifted newcomer Donal Gallery). Pub patrons bet on his prowess, and James adds his winnings to the money he's saving to get him and his brother, Pete (Killian Morgan), back to America. Six years earlier, after the death of their mother, their father shipped them off to three maiden aunts living in a coastal town as idyllic as it is boring for James. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/p0VVZZ6d8VHRgY57qYDstMswdDs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/p0VVZZ6d8VHRgY57qYDstMswdDs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/p0VVZZ6d8VHRgY57qYDstMswdDs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/p0VVZZ6d8VHRgY57qYDstMswdDs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/europe/~4/-pPB7p58E18" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/la-et-green7-2009nov07,0,3427646.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/vfGgzz7oJro/la-me-immig6-2009nov06,0,5332784.story Frances Barrios, who was brought to the U.S. illegally as a child, receives humanitarian parole and can stay in Los Angeles and apply for a green card. Her husband suffers from post-traumatic stress. <br/><br/> The U.S. government has cleared a pathway to citizenship for the illegal immigrant wife of an Iraq war veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress, the family's attorney said Thursday. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qZVgdmoSBSW5YjjTYihimV3xTaM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qZVgdmoSBSW5YjjTYihimV3xTaM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qZVgdmoSBSW5YjjTYihimV3xTaM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qZVgdmoSBSW5YjjTYihimV3xTaM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/europe/~4/vfGgzz7oJro" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/la-me-immig6-2009nov06,0,5332784.story?track=rss