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Two years for schoolboy convicted of terrorism (AFP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:34 AM CDT AFP - A teenager was sentenced to two years in a young offenders institution Friday, after becoming the youngest person in Britain to be convicted on terrorism charges.

NATO members wonder: Will defense promises hold? (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:34 AM CDT AP - In the aftermath of Russia's brief war with Georgia, the United States and its NATO partners face questions about the very foundation of their alliance — the pledge enshrined in the 59-year-old North Atlantic Treaty that an unprovoked attack on one member would be treated as an attack on all.

Russian minister says war with the United States not possible (AFP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:30 AM CDT AFP - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Yakovenko said on Friday there was no possibility of a war with the United States and Russia wants the European Union to guarantee security in Georgia.

EU aid study critical of efforts to fight poverty (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:29 AM CDT AP - A food crisis and economic turmoil are threatening to scuttle U.N. goals to halve extreme poverty around the world by 2015, according to an EU report released Friday.

Alitalia licence may be suspended soon: source (AFP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:28 AM CDT AFP - Italy's civil aviation authority will from Monday start examining the situation at ailing flag-carrier Alitalia and could suspend its licence within 10 days, a source close to the regulator told AFP on Friday.

Russian market suspends trading for 2nd time today (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:22 AM CDT AP - Russia's benchmark RTS stock exchange has been suspended for a second time in several hours after stocks rose too sharply.

Arsenal bring Kroenke on board to resist Usmanov (AFP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:19 AM CDT AFP - American sports tycoon Stan Kroenke has joined Arsenal's board in a move designed to bolster the club's defences against a potential takeover by Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov.

Russian defense budget to rise 25 percent in 2009 (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:09 AM CDT AP - Russian lawmakers discussed a draft 2009 budget Friday that calls for a 25 percent hike in defense spending — a sharp increase for Russia's military that comes only a month after it crushed Georgia on the battlefield.

Report: Danish plane lands safely after emergency (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 04:47 AM CDT AP - Police say a charter plane with 145 people on board has landed safely in Denmark after reporting a landing gear malfunction.

Germans arrest 2 suspected of 2007 terror plot (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 04:34 AM CDT AP - German prosecutors say they have arrested a German and a Turk suspected of ties to al-Qaida and to a foiled 2007 terrorist plot to attack U.S. and other targets.

Spain: Another Basque party banned (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 02:59 AM CDT AP - The Spanish Supreme Court has banned a Basque nationalist party on grounds that it is linked to the armed group ETA, the third ruling this week against pro-independence groups in the troubled region.

Venezuela-Russia ties deepen despite US pressure (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 08:01 PM CDT AP - Venezuela and Russia are strengthening their strategic alliance with new plans to cooperate on oil production, weapons and even wireless technology, the governments said as two visiting Russian Tu-160 bombers left for home on Thursday.

Unknown Mozart fragment found in French library (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 08:00 PM CDT AP - It's a forgotten melody, sketched in black ink in a swift but sure hand. The single manuscript page, long hidden in a provincial French library, has been verified as the work of Mozart, the apparent underpinnings for a Mass he never composed.

Suspension for head of Britain's Black Police Assn (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 05:29 PM CDT AP - British police said Thursday they have suspended the officer who heads the National Black Police Association.

Transformer glitch shuts down biggest atom smasher (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 04:18 PM CDT AP - The world's largest particle collider malfunctioned within hours of its launch to great fanfare, but its operator didn't report the problem for a week.

US to help solve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:31 PM CDT AP - The United States will work harder to help settle a 20-year territorial conflict between the ex-Soviet republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia, a U.S. diplomat said Thursday.

Pope defends wartime pontiff Pius XII (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:21 PM CDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday that his predecessor Pius XII spared no effort to save Jews from the Nazis, one of the strongest Vatican defenses of a pontiff accused of silence during the Holocaust.

Boom goes bust: Bubbles burst for British bankers (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:00 PM CDT AP - This is a bad time to be a purveyor of $1,800 pens. Or a seller of champagne, sports cars or big bouquets of flowers.

Danes who sold T-shirts for militants convicted (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 02:06 PM CDT AP - Six people who tested Denmark's anti-terror law by selling T-shirts to raise money for Colombian guerrillas and Palestinian militants were convicted Thursday of violating the statute.

Bulgarian archaeologist Georgi Kitov dies at 65 (AP) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 02:06 PM CDT AP - Archaeologist Georgi Kitov — an expert on the treasure-rich Thracian culture of antiquity — died of a heart attack while excavating a temple in central Bulgaria considered to be one of his greatest discoveries, his family said Thursday. He was 65.

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