* EU birthday to mark ‘new phase’ European Union leaders are due to meet in Berlin to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the bloc, which was founded by the 1957 Treaty of Rome.

* Syria rejects Israeli overtures Syria rejected Israeli overtures to engage in discreet negotiations regarding the Golan Heights.

* UFOs flew over Phoenix in ’97, Symington says Former Gov. Fife Symington says now that those strange lights that appeared over Phoenix a decade ago were from another world and that he had a close encounter with an alien craft on March 13, 1997.

* Egypt: no talks until Israel accepts land-for-peace principle Egyptian Foreign Minister suggests Israel accept Arab peace initiative ‘in principle’, as basis for negotiation

* Seized sailors ‘taken to Tehran’ The 15 Royal Navy personnel seized at gunpoint in the Gulf by Iran are reportedly being questioned in Tehran.

* Pope: Europe Losing Faith in Its Future Europe seems to be losing faith in its future, Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday, citing the continent’s population trends, which include generally low birth rates.

* Ahmadinejad cancels trip to New York Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has canceled his trip to New York to address the UN Security Council before a vote on whether to impose further sanctions against his country for refusing to stop enriching uranium.

* EU tells Iran to free UK troops The EU has told Iran to free fifteen British sailors who have been captured and taken to the Iranian capital after allegedly straying into Iranian waters near the Iraqi city of Basra.

* United Nations Security Council Set to OK Sanctions on Iran Major powers expect unanimous approval Saturday of new U.N. Security Council sanctions to pressure Iran into suspending uranium enrichment.

* MIT sponsoring contest to solve Israeli-Palestinian conflict University’s ‘Just Jerusalem’ contest aimed to make region ‘peaceful and sustainable’ by 2050. $50,000 fellowship awarded to winners