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Hypo Real Estate Group 3Q loss 3.1 billion euros (AP) Posted: 17 Nov 2008 03:54 AM CST AP - Troubled German lender Hypo Real Estate reported Monday a net loss of 3.1 billion euros ($4 billion) in the third quarter as the financial crises worsened, with a unit in Ireland hit especially hard by write-downs on the values of its assets.

Dutch couple in India pays $200 for "special" samosas (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2008 03:42 AM CST Reuters - A Dutch couple on a visit to the eastern Indian state of Bihar paid 10,000 rupees (136 pounds) for four samosas, a spicy deep-fried snack that usually doesn't cost more than a few rupees, a newspaper reported on Monday.

Suspected ETA military chief arrested in France (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2008 03:36 AM CST Reuters - The suspected military leader of Basque separatist rebel group ETA has been arrested in south western France, the French interior ministry said on Monday, the biggest blow to the organization in months.

Another Yuvraj ton lifts India to 292-9 (AFP) Posted: 17 Nov 2008 03:35 AM CST AFP - Yuvraj Singh plundered a second successive century off England to steer India to 292-9 in the second one-day international here on Monday.

Pop opera hunks Il Divo top charts (AFP) Posted: 17 Nov 2008 03:31 AM CST AFP - Pop opera quartet Il Divo topped the charts on Sunday with their new album "The Promise," knocking Girls Aloud off the number one spot in a top 10 dominated by old classics.

London shares fall 0.32% as trading begins (AFP) Posted: 17 Nov 2008 03:28 AM CST AFP - Share prices here fell by 0.32 percent on the FTSE 100 share index when trading began here on Monday in the first European deals after an economic crisis summit in Washington at the weekend.

Finnish union boycotts Stora Enso exports (AP) Posted: 17 Nov 2008 03:24 AM CST AP - The Finnish Transport Workers Union says it has begun a boycott of handling Stora Enso's paper and wood exports at Finnish ports in protest at the paper maker's policies.

French cops seize head of ETA military wing (AFP) Posted: 17 Nov 2008 02:51 AM CST AFP - French police seized the accused military chief of ETA in a pre-dawn raid Monday, officials said, capturing the most wanted Basque militant still at large only six months after holding the separatist group's presumed leader.

French GDP set to contract by 0.5 pct in last quarter: central bank (AFP) Posted: 17 Nov 2008 02:06 AM CST AFP - The French economy is likely to contract by 0.5 percent in the last quarter of the year, the Bank of France forecast in a first estimate on Monday, putting growth for the year at 0.9 percent.

For Europe, Obama revives positive image of America's unique identity (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 17 Nov 2008 02:00 AM CST The Christian Science Monitor - "What then is this American? This new man?"

French police nab top ETA suspect (AP) Posted: 17 Nov 2008 01:32 AM CST AP - French police have arrested the suspected leader of the military wing of banned Basque group ETA.

'Meh': Apathetic expression enters dictionary (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 06:23 PM CST AP - At least someone is excited about "meh."

Wagner's Lohengrin a study in darkness and light (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 06:12 PM CST AP - Many themes swirl through Wagner's Lohengrin — love, betrayal, redemption. But at the Vienna State Opera Sunday, the work was mostly a study in darkness and light.

Armenia holds off Ukraine in Chess Olympiad (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 03:58 PM CST AP - Ninth seed Armenia, winner of the last Chess Olympiad, held second seed Ukraine to a 2-2 tie in open division play Sunday, drawing all four games in their match in the fourth round of this year's event.

British TV comedy star Reg Varney dies at 92 (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 03:52 PM CST AP - Reg Varney, a comic actor who played a cheery Cockney bus driver in British sitcom "On the Buses," died Sunday, his daughter said. He was 92.

Italy fights mob terror near Naples (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 12:40 PM CST AP - The paratroopers' armored vehicles had barely taken up position in this fiefdom of the Casalesi crime clan when the mobsters decided to show who was boss.

EU monitors say they were fired on in Georgia (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 10:47 AM CST AP - European Union cease-fire monitors in Georgia say they were shot at near a breakaway region in the former Soviet republic.

New Kremlin-friendly party formed in Russia (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 08:39 AM CST AP - A new Kremlin-friendly party emerged Sunday in Russia, creating itself from the ashes of a once-leading opposition party and two smaller groups.

Slow Cyprus talks dampen euphoria (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 03:15 AM CST AP - Initial hopes that one of the world's most intractable disputes might finally be solved have dissipated in Cyprus as peace talks enter their third month.

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