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EU urges global donors to support Georgia (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 04:34 AM CDT AP - Top European Union officials are urging countries and organizations to pledge US$3.2 billion (euro2.43 billion) to rebuild parts of the former Soviet republic of Georgia damaged in its war with Russia.

Govt wins appeal against Chagos islanders (AFP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 04:12 AM CDT AFP - The government on Wednesday won its appeal against a court ruling allowing some 2,000 displaced islanders from the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to return home.

Russia may create oil reserve to influence prices (Reuters) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 04:11 AM CDT Reuters - Russia may create an oil reserve to influence global prices, the country's top energy official said on Wednesday, as OPEC's Secretary General prepared for his first ever meeting with a Russian president.

GM production suspension could hit all European plants (AFP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 04:07 AM CDT AFP - US auto giant General Motors, owner of the German brand Opel, might extend work suspensions to all its European plants for several weeks, a press report said on Wednesday.

Pound hits five-year low against dollar (AFP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 03:46 AM CDT AFP - The pound on Wednesday slumped to a five-year low point against the dollar after Bank of England governor Mervyn King indicated the economy was "likely" entering a recession.

Police to offer new ID to victims of 'honour' crime (AFP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 03:34 AM CDT AFP - London police on Wednesday said they would offer new identities to victims of so-called "honour" violence, in a bid to take fresh steps against a crime which affects hundreds of people here every year.

Treasures of Byzantium empire come to London (AFP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 02:55 AM CDT AFP - The treasures of Byzantium, dispersed over centuries by looting, will be reunited in London on Saturday in a new exhibition celebrating the splendours of a city at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.

London stocks lose 1.53 percent at open (AFP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 02:49 AM CDT AFP - London shares opened with a loss of 1.53 percent on Wednesday as recession jitters hit global equity markets once again, analysts said.

London art market starts to feel economic chill (AFP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 02:45 AM CDT AFP - Just a month after a record-shattering auction of works by Damien Hirst, the economic crisis has suddenly hit the art market with two big London sales in recent days falling short of previous highs.

British women find Germans sexiest in Europe: poll (AFP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 02:31 AM CDT AFP - British women find German men the sexiest in Europe, while their male counterparts say Croatian women are the most attractive, a survey has found.

EU lawmakers criticize virtual strip search (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:38 PM CDT AP - EU lawmakers have joined U.S. civil liberty campaigners in criticizing a new scanner that allows airport security to see through passengers' clothes, calling it a virtual strip search that should only be used as a last resort.

Media group: War threatens press freedom in 2008 (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 06:37 PM CDT AP - Press freedom fell dramatically in Georgia and Niger this year as new armed conflicts flared up, while China continued to jail dissidents even as it hosted the world's press for the Olympics, a media rights group said Wednesday.

Anand takes 3-point lead over Kramnik in chess (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 02:42 PM CDT AP - India's Viswanathan Anand beat challenger Vladimir Kramnik again on Tuesday to put another nail in the coffin of the Russian challenger's fast-disappearing hopes of reclaiming the chess world championship.

US, Russia hold fence-mending military talks (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 02:23 PM CDT AP - The top U.S. military officer held "businesslike" talks on Georgia, Afghanistan and missile defense with his Russian counterpart Tuesday, a signal of thawing relations between the two powers.

2 suspects in Sarkozy bank theft arrested (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 12:51 PM CDT AP - French police say they have arrested two men near Paris on suspicion of breaking into the personal bank account of President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Jane's identifies key emerging defense markets (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 11:38 AM CDT AP - Arms manufacturers will have to seek new markets as the economic crisis and changing priorities curb military spending in the U.S. and Europe, analyst Jane's Information Group said Tuesday.

Serbia requests warrant for Tito's grandson (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:59 AM CDT AP - A Serbian court has requested an international warrant for the arrest of the grandson of late Yugoslav Communist dictator Josip Broz-Tito.

Belarus marks ghetto's destruction 65 years on (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 08:59 AM CDT AP - Survivors of Minsk's World War II ghetto, where more than 100,000 Jews were killed, joined a procession Tuesday to mark the 65th anniversary of its destruction.

Russian deputy minister freed from jail (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 07:51 AM CDT AP - Russian investigators say that a senior official charged with attempted fraud and abuse of office has been freed after nearly one year in jail.

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