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Deliveries of Airbus A380 aircraft may be delayed: EADS (AFP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 04:20 AM CST AFP - Deliveries of some super-jumbo Airbus A380 airliners scheduled for next year may be delayed until 2010, the head of the European aerospace group EADS said on Friday.

Serbia reaches deal with IMF (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 04:17 AM CST AP - Serbia said Friday it has reached a deal with the International Monetary Fund to get a loan in case of emergencies to counter the global financial crisis and increase the Balkan country's credit worthiness.

Reports: RBS to cut 3,000 jobs globally (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 04:13 AM CST AP - Royal Bank of Scotland will cut around 3,000 jobs worldwide over the next several weeks to reduce costs amid the global financial crisis, according to British media reports.

Russia links arms control treaty to NATO expansion (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 04:09 AM CST Reuters - Russia will pull out of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty if ex-Soviet Ukraine and Georgia are set on the path to NATO membership, Interfax news agency quoted a government official as saying on Friday.

EU: Euro-zone in recession (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 04:07 AM CST AP - The European Union says the 15 countries that use the euro are recession as figures show their economy shrank for two quarters in a row because of the financial crisis and falling demand.

Prince Charles turns 60 (AFP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 03:57 AM CST AFP - Prince Charles celebrated his 60th birthday Friday surrounded by young people who have been helped by his charities, as he passes a milestone year with little sign of an end to his long wait to be king.

Azerbaijan to withdraw troops from Iraq (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 03:56 AM CST AP - Azerbaijan's parliament has voted to pull the ex-Soviet republic's small peacekeeping force out of Iraq.

Europe's Hopes for Washington Summit Risk Being Dashed (Time.com) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 03:55 AM CST Time.com - For all the bluster about hard-and-fast results, most realize that reforming the world's shaky financial architecture is at best a long-term effort

ETA member 'to give himself up to N Ireland authorities' (AFP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 03:39 AM CST AFP - A convicted member of the Basque separatist group ETA will surrender to authorities in Belfast after a Spanish court issued a warrant for his arrest this week, the man's lawyer said Friday.

Italian economy slides into recession (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2008 03:21 AM CST AP - Government data show that the Italian economy is officially in recession. Europe's fourth-largest economy recorded negative growth for the second consecutive quarter in the third quarter.

UK says it fears terror suspect could escape (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2008 08:52 PM CST AP - Bail should be revoked for a radical Muslim preacher accused of raising funds for terror groups because he is planning to go into hiding, the British government argued Thursday.

Britain in shock over abuse death of toddler (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2008 06:11 PM CST AP - The toddler had been visited 60 times by social workers. A doctor examined him but missed the fact he had a broken back and eight fractured ribs. His mother managed to explain away his constant bruises time and time again.

Austrian incest father Fritzl charged with murder (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2008 05:00 PM CST AP - Prosecutors filed a murder charge Thursday against the man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years in a rat-infested cell and fathering her seven children, saying one of the youngsters who died in infancy might have survived if brought to a doctor.

France: Canadian police detain bomb suspect (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2008 04:19 PM CST AP - Canadian police arrested the main suspect in the 1980 bombing of a synagogue in Paris that killed four people and injured 20 others, France's interior minister said Thursday.

13 Italian police convicted of G-8 violence (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2008 03:47 PM CST AP - An Italian court convicted 13 police officers Thursday of violence against protesters during the 2001 Group of Eight summit in the northern Italian city of Genoa.

Ukraine unlikely to return German paintings (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2008 03:36 PM CST AP - Ukraine is unlikely to return more than a dozen paintings by Western European artists brought here from a German museum as Soviet war trophies during World War II, an official said Thursday.

Russia sees EU talks as ray of hope for economy (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2008 03:31 PM CST AP - Russia's president and top business leaders looked Thursday to warming relations with the European Union as a ray of hope for Russia's tottering markets and at-risk economy.

Prince Charles turns 60 waiting for throne (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2008 03:28 PM CST AP - Talk about an apprentice. By the time he turns 60 Friday, Prince Charles will have spent a lifetime in line to become king.

El Salvador massacre case filed in Spanish court (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2008 03:07 PM CST AP - Rights groups asked a Spanish court on Thursday to indict a former president of El Salvador and 14 ex-officials over the massacre of six Jesuit priests and two others during the Central American country's 1980-92 civil war.

US defeats Iceland in 1st Chess Olympiad round (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2008 02:59 PM CST AP - Nearly all top-seeded teams won their matches in the opening round of the Chess Olympiad in Germany on Thursday, although not all by the 4-0 margins that one saw in years past.

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