With a caretaker holding his hand, a Belgian man who was diagnosed as comatose for 23 years typed out a message Tuesday that he felt reborn after decades of loneliness and frustration. A leading bioethicist, however, expressed skepticism that the man was truly communicating on his own.By: Raf Casert|Date: Nov 24, 2009

Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body.By: Raf Casert|Date: Nov 24, 2009

BERLIN - Usain Bolt’s third gold medal of the World Championships was met with a sense of disappointment yesterday because the Jamaican 400-meter relay team failed to set a world record.By: Raf Casert|Date: Aug 23, 2009

The European Union fought yesterday to live up to its self-proclaimed leadership on combating climate change, with the 27 EU leaders at odds over how much to offer poorer nations to join the global battle.By: Raf Casert|Date: Oct 30, 2009

BRUSSELS -- Authorities provided heavy security Tuesday at the opening of an opera based on the Achille Lauro hijacking and the slaying of a handicapped American Jew on board.

The topic is so sensitive that opening night would have been delayed for fear of terrorism if the Persian Gulf War were still being fought, said Interior Minister Louis Tobback. He was responsible for security in the Monnaie Theater, where the show opened.

By: Raf Casert, Associated Press|Date: Mar 21, 1991

BRUSSELS -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization decided yesterday to send three squadrons of German, Italian and Belgian jet fighters to Turkey to strengthen its border defense with Iraq.

Belgium and Germany stressed that the deployment was defensive, but the action still raised the prospect that NATO could be drawn into a Persian Gulf war. The United States praised the NATO decision.

By: Raf Casert, Associated Press|Date: Jan 3, 1991

...a veteran state legislator to be his running mate in next year s election. Man in coma was fully conscious By Raf Casert THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware...

...Talks Sports Ski Report Published: June 26, 2008 12:55 am PrintThis Germany scores late to advance By Raf Casert Associated Press BASEL, Switzerland — In one of the wilder finishes of an unpredictable European Championship...