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Britain to cut immigration due to weak economy: minister (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 01:30 AM CDT Reuters - Britain plans to reduce immigration in the face of a weakening economy and rising unemployment, the Times newspaper quoted Immigration Minister Phil Woolas as saying Saturday.

Europe's Financial Crisis: Boom to Bust (Time.com) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 12:45 AM CDT Time.com - Europe's Financial Crisis: Boom to Bust

Bolivia buys British shares in gas pipeline Transredes (AFP) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 12:44 AM CDT AFP - The Bolivian government announced late Friday an agreement to buy all shares owned by the British company Ashmore Energy International in the local gas pipeline company Transredes.

Bold thief leaves police red-faced (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 12:24 AM CDT Reuters - Australian police have been left embarrassed after a man stole a large quantity of seized drugs from a police station.

Crusading judge Garzon sparks extremes of emotion in Spain (AFP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 09:12 PM CDT AFP - Judge Baltasar Garzon, Spain's maverick crusader for universal jurisprudence, has again drawn the ire of conservatives by ordering a probe of Franco-era abuses, 10 years after he obtained the arrest of Chile's ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet.

Former Spurs boss refuses to play the blame game (AFP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 08:30 PM CDT AFP - Former Tottenham manager Martin Jol insists no one's to blame for the Premier League side's worst start in almost a century under his successor, Juande Ramos.

Terry would die for Chelsea, says Scolari (AFP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 08:03 PM CDT AFP - If Luiz Felipe Scolari gets depressed as he counts the walking wounded in Chelsea's treatment room over the coming weeks, he can take heart from the reassuring presence of a player he believes would die for the cause.

US academic first woman to lead Muslim prayers in Britain (AFP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 07:26 PM CDT AFP - An American academic has become the first woman to lead British Muslims in mixed congregational prayers and deliver the Friday sermon, organisers said.

U.S., Russia to meet on arms control in November (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 07:14 PM CDT Reuters - U.S. and Russian officials will meet in Geneva next month to discuss whether to extend a treaty limiting nuclear arsenals that expires late next year, the State Department said on Friday.

Mystery nation picks Aussies over Austrians at U.N. (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 05:39 PM CDT Reuters - Austria narrowly won a coveted seat on the U.N. Security Council on Friday and diplomats said Vienna was lucky that only one country appeared to have confused the small Alpine nation with Australia.

France rejects payout for kidnapped Chad kids (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 05:02 PM CDT AP - France on Friday rejected a demand by Chad that it pay more than euro6 million (US$8 million) in compensation to the families of 103 children kidnapped by French aid workers.

French Jewish group opposes Pius XII sainthood (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 03:12 PM CDT AP - France's main Jewish organization warned Friday that efforts to make wartime Pope Pius XII a saint would deal "a severe blow" to relations between Catholics and Jews.

Putin tries satellite navigation device on his dog (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 02:56 PM CDT AP - Russia was the first to put a dog in space. Now, 50 years later, it has brought space to a dog, and not just any dog but Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's beloved black Labrador.

Chef who stabbed, seasoned victim guilty of murder (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 02:27 PM CDT AP - A British chef who sliced and seasoned bits of his victim's flesh after a frenzied knife attack was found guilty of murder Friday. A court in the northern English city of Leeds took less than 2 1/2 hours to convict Anthony Morley, 36, the first winner of the "Mr. Gay UK" title in 1993.

Polls in 8 countries show wide Obama support (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 02:20 PM CDT AP - If the world beyond America's shores had a say, it seems clear that Barack Obama would win the presidential election by something approaching a landslide.

Karl Marx's book sells as Germany economy sinks (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 01:45 PM CDT AP - Some Germans seem to be seeking solace in the words of their countryman Karl Marx amid the global financial crisis — to the delight of a small academic publisher.

A glance at the Bretton Woods conference (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 01:25 PM CDT AP - European leaders are calling for a second version of the Bretton Woods conference on ordering the global economy. Here's a brief look at Bretton Woods, held in July 1944.

European leaders press for new economic order (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 01:19 PM CDT AP - The idea is ambitious: World leaders joined by aides to the new U.S. president-elect would gather before the year's end in New York and attempt to forge a new vision for the global economy.

British burglar says 'sorry' with flowers (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 12:30 PM CDT AP - A repentant robber in England sent his elderly victim a bouquet of flowers to apologize for frightening her, police said Friday.

Missing King David statue stolen in Denmark (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 12:30 PM CDT AP - As the man who slew Goliath, King David could dispense with most threats. But not, it seems, a criminal with a crane.

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