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Trade deficit narrows in July (AFP) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:58 AM CDT AFP - Britain's trade-in-goods deficit with the rest of the world narrowed to 7.7 billion pounds in July from June, official data showed on Wednesday.

Dutch court rejects Srebrenica relatives' claim (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:53 AM CDT AP - A Netherlands court says the government does not owe compensation to relatives of two Bosnian Muslims handed to Serb forces by Dutch peacekeepers and slain in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

EU sees Britain, Germany, Spain headed for recession (AFP) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:52 AM CDT AFP - European economic heavyweights Britain, Germany and Spain are headed for recession this year, the European Commission forecast on Wednesday.

Russia threatens to target US missile shield sites: reports (AFP) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:35 AM CDT AFP - Russia could point missiles at strategic US targets in central Europe, including planned American missile shield sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, a senior Russian general said Wednesday.

London 'umbrella' murder recalled amid Cold War chill (AFP) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:34 AM CDT AFP - The infamous "umbrella" killing of Bulgarian dissident Georgy Markov, which became a symbol of Soviet intrigue at the height of the Cold War, is being remembered this week amid a new East-West chill.

French bank Credit Agricole announces 500 job cuts (AFP) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:30 AM CDT AFP - France's biggest retail bank Credit Agricole said Wednesday it would cut 500 jobs worldwide, half of them in France, in its subsidiary investment bank Calyon.

Govt finalises deal to reduce fuel bills (AFP) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:11 AM CDT AFP - The government is on the verge of finalising a deal with the country's biggest energyproviders to reduce soaring household bills, ministers said on Wednesday.

India says can resolve trade issues with EU - paper (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 03:52 AM CDT Reuters - India can resolve its differences with the European Union on trade policy, but faces a bigger dispute with the United States over farm subsidies, Trade Minister Kamal Nath told a German newspaper.

Reports: Russian repeats warning on missile sites (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 03:43 AM CDT AP - The commander of Russia's strategic missile forces has repeated warnings that Russian ballistic rockets could be aimed at U.S. missile defenses in Europe if the system is ever built, news agencies reported Wednesday.

Successful test for Europe's Big Bang collider (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 03:32 AM CDT AP - The world's biggest physics experiment has succeeded in its first major test as a beam of protons was successfully fired all the way around a 17-mile tunnel beneath the Swiss-French border.

EU tugs at Ukraine amid concerns about Russia (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 02:06 AM CDT AP - The European Union is drawing a line in the sand with Russia: the bloc isn't going to let Ukraine get dissected like Georgia.

New security database angers many in France (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 02:57 PM CDT AP - A new French security database that could track anyone deemed a "possible threat to public order" — even minors as young as 13 — has outraged privacy crusaders and put France's conservative government on the defensive.

Polish man accused of confining, abusing daughter (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 02:56 PM CDT AP - Prosecutors investigating claims that a Polish man imprisoned and raped his daughter were seeking DNA samples Tuesday from the two children she says he fathered.

British says US rushed alleged bomb plot arrests (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 01:51 PM CDT AP - American worries about a suspected plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners in 2006 led to premature arrests and a weaker case at trial, British investigators said Tuesday, a day after a London jury failed to convict eight men of pursuing the alleged plan.

UK man charged with terrorism offenses (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 01:08 PM CDT AP - A man was charged with five terrorism offenses Tuesday, including possession of an ingredient used to make gunpowder. British media reported that the arrest came in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Cheney says Georgia's territory must remain intact (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 11:17 AM CDT AP - Vice President Dick Cheney insisted Tuesday that Georgia's territorial integrity must be respected, after Russia announced it would keep a military presence in two Georgian breakaway provinces and moved to establish diplomatic ties with them.

French court to try Church of Scientology (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 11:09 AM CDT AP - The Church of Scientology and seven of its top members are to stand trial in Paris on fraud charges after an investigation into allegations by a former member that the church swindled her out of more than $28,000.

Wandering whale headed from Baltic to North Sea (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 09:53 AM CDT AP - A humpback whale who roamed the Baltic Sea has made his way to the North Sea, where he can meet up with other whales and build up his winter fat reserves .

Serbia ratifies EU, Russia deals (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2008 05:21 AM CDT AP - Serbian lawmakers on Tuesday ratified a pre-membership agreement with the European Union and an oil and gas deal with Russia after months of heated debate over the direction of the country's policies.

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