FRANCE-STRAUSS-KAHN

PARIS — Dominique Strauss-Kahn is going on trial on sex charges in France — the nation where he once was considered a top presidential contender. 

UKRAINE

KIEV, Ukraine — Officials say five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 29 wounded in the past day in eastern Ukraine as fighting rages around a strategic railway hub. Defense Ministry Spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov told The Associated Press Monday that fighting remains most intense around Ukraine-held Debaltseve, which is now almost entirely encircled by Russia-backed rebels.

BRITAIN-MAGNA CARTA

LONDON — You can't exactly call it a reunion — the four surviving Magna Cartas had never before been in the same place. So the British Library called it a "unification event" when the priceless documents were put on display together for the first time. B

GERMANY-ANTI-ISLAM PROTESTS

BERLIN — A former leader of German group anti-Islam group PEGIDA says she's starting a new organization to campaign for more referendums in politics. 

BRITAIN-MICHELANGELO

LONDON — Scholars in Britain say new evidence has emerged that two nude male bronzes attributed to other sculptors may be the work of Michelangelo. 

GERMANY-NAZI INVESTIGATION

BERLIN — German prosecutors are investigating a 93-year-old woman on suspicion of serving as a Nazi SS guard during World War II and that she was involved in forcing prisoners on a march during which about 1,400 women died.