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Deutsche Post shares soar ahead of possible massive job cuts (AFP) Posted: 10 Nov 2008 04:00 AM CST AFP - Shares in German logistics giant Deutsche Post jumped by 5.02 percent to 9.82 euros in morning trading here on Monday as investors awaited news of deep restructuring plans, especially in the United States.

HSBC says 3Q profit rose despite weak US (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:54 AM CST AP - HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe's largest bank by market value, reported Monday that third-quarter profit rose, as growth in Asia and asset sales offset a poor performance in the United States, where bad loans continued to mount.

Spanish police repel migrants at border crossing (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:48 AM CST AP - Spanish authorities say police have fired tear gas to repel around 150 African migrants who tried to force their way into the enclave of Melilla from Morocco.

HSBC says profits rise despite rising US bad debts (AFP) Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:44 AM CST AFP - Global banking giant HSBC said on Monday that its pre-tax profits had risen in the third-quarter despite loan write-offs in the United States rising to 2.73 million pounds.

Carnegie to raise $152M in new share issue (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2008 03:15 AM CST AP - Troubled Swedish investment bank Carnegie AB Monday said it will raise 1.2 billion kronor ($152 million) in a new share issue, part of plan to convince financial authorities to not revoke its banking licenses after suffering large writedowns from the credit crisis.

Experts: Human error factor in Russia sub accident (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2008 02:57 AM CST AP - Russian navy veterans and experts say that overcrowding and human error likely contributed to the accident on a brand-new nuclear submarine that killed 20.

Swedish financial firm aims to issue 120 million euros in new shares (AFP) Posted: 10 Nov 2008 02:34 AM CST AFP - Troubled Swedish investment bank Carnegie said on Monday it aimed to issue 1.2 billion kronor (120 million euros, 153 million dollars) in new shares to help keep it afloat.

London stocks jumps 2.43% as trading begins (AFP) Posted: 10 Nov 2008 02:32 AM CST AFP - The London stock market soared 2.43 percent to 4,471.03 points when trading began on Monday following huge gains for Asian share prices and a pre-weekend rally on Wall Street, traders said.

South African singer Miriam Makeba dies in Italy (AFP) Posted: 10 Nov 2008 02:27 AM CST AFP - South African singer Miriam Makeba has died aged 76 after being taken ill near the southern Italian town of Caserta following a concert, ANSA news agency reported Monday.

Official: Ossetian militants enter Georgia village (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2008 02:25 AM CST AP - Georgian officials say about 70 militants from the breakaway province of South Ossetia illegally entered a village in Georgia.

Hospital: Miriam Makeba dies in Italy (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2008 01:45 AM CST AP - Miriam Makeba, the South African folk singer and anti-apartheid activist fondly known as "Mama Africa," died early Monday in southern Italy after performing at a concert against organized crime, hospital officials said. She was 76.

Obama win sparks push to end racism in France (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 06:58 PM CST AP - Inspired by Barack Obama, the French first lady and other leading figures say it's high time for France to stamp out racism and shake up a white political and social elite that smacks of colonial times.

Germany arrests Rwandan presidential aide (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 02:59 PM CST AP - Rose Kabuye, a Rwandan woman sought for questioning by a French judge about what sparked her country's infamous genocide in 1994, was arrested at Frankfurt International Airport on Sunday.

Germany, Israel mark 70 years since Kristallnacht (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 12:47 PM CST AP - "We must not be silent" about condemning anti-Semitism, German chancellor Angela Merkel declared Sunday as Germany and Israel commemorated the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Nazi-incited riots against Jews.

WWI exhibit examines role of Asian, African troops (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 11:59 AM CST AP - After the guns of World War I fell silent, a young Vietnamese kitchen worker petitioned the leaders of the victorious Allied powers at the 1919 Versailles peace conference to support independence for his country.

Poland condemns lawmaker's anti-Obama slur (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 11:05 AM CST AP - Poland's Foreign Ministry has condemned a conservative lawmaker who called U.S. president-elect Barack Obama the "black messiah of the new left" and said his victory marks the "end of the civilization of the white man."

Russia: Missile deployment depends on US moves (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 10:24 AM CST AP - Moscow will go ahead with its plan to station missiles near Poland only if the United States deploys missile defenses in Europe, a senior Russian diplomat said Sunday.

Queen leads UK's Remembrance Sunday ceremony (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 10:11 AM CST AP - Laying a wreath of bright red poppies on a chilly fall morning, Queen Elizabeth II led Britain's annual ceremony for the country's war dead Sunday, including troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Syrian president criticizes proposed US-Iraq pact (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 06:14 AM CST AP - Syria's president criticized Sunday a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact that would keep American troops in Iraq for three more years.

US, Russian diplomats seek to ease tensions (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2008 05:07 AM CST AP - In what may be one of her last such sessions as secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice met with her Russian counterpart in an effort to cool simmering tensions between the two superpowers in the final months of the Bush administration.

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