For better or worse, euro's time is now
PARIS -- At Chombert & Schwartz, a shop on the exclusive Avenue Montaigne, a full-length mink and sable coat costs an eye-popping 159,000 francs this weekend.

U.K. already feeling effects of new currency
PARIS -- For years, Britain has looked down its nose at the common currency. But with euro coins and bills about to go into circulation in France and 11 other European countries, there are signs that the British regret being quite so standoffish.

All about the euro
On Tuesday, the euro will become the official currency of 12 countries across Europe, replacing each country's local currency.

Palestinians arrest militants
JERUSALEM -- Palestinian security forces arrested two Islamic Jihad militants a day after an attack near a Jewish settlement. Also Saturday, suspected militants riddled an Israeli bus with bullets, police said.

2nd fumigation of Senate office building continues
WASHINGTON -- The latest effort to remove residual anthrax spores from the heating and ventilation system of a Senate office building entered its second day Saturday.

U.S. forces transfer prisoners cross country
SHIBERGAN, Afghanistan -- American forces transferred a batch of war prisoners Saturday from northern Afghanistan to a detention facility at a Marine base where suspected al-Qaida and Taliban fighters face interrogation -- and possible imprisonment in Cuba afterward.

New leader, same protests in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- President Adolfo Rodriguez Saa got a taste Saturday of the unrest that brought down his predecessor when a protest against his government's handling of Argentina's economic crisis turned violent. At least 12 police officers were injured.