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Europe to Cap Prices for Roaming Text Messages and Data (PC World) Posted: 29 Nov 2008 01:40 AM CST PC World - European telecommunications ministers gave their backing on Thursday to a plan to cap retail prices for sending SMS (Short Message Service) text messages and browsing the Internet using mobile phones while abroad.

Britain probes links with Mumbai attackers (AFP) Posted: 29 Nov 2008 01:29 AM CST AFP - Britain was probing Saturday whether any of the gunmen who carried out attacks in Mumbai were from here, though officials have insisted there is "no evidence" thus far to support those claims.

French locate black boxes after Airbus A320 crash (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2008 12:01 AM CST AP - Search teams on Friday found the flight recorders from an Airbus A320 passenger jet that crashed off France's southern coast, killing two people and leaving five others missing and feared dead, officials said.

Russian president visits Cold War ally Castro (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 10:56 PM CST AP - Russia's president met with revolutionary icon Fidel Castro on Friday, discussing Guantanamo Bay and hopes for a multipolar world with Cuba's former leader during a tour of Latin America aimed at raising Moscow's presence in the region.

5 arrested in killing of Chad leader's son (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 10:25 PM CST AP - French and Romanian police said Friday they have arrested five people in a probe into the killing of a son of Chad's president.

Russian leader meets Fidel Castro in Cuba (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 10:06 PM CST Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Friday as Moscow rebuilt ties with its Cold War ally during a trip to expand its political and economic reach in Latin America.

Wales desperate for Wallabies scalp (AFP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 09:24 PM CST AFP - Wales will bid to salvage their autumn international series with a win against Australia on Saturday, having already lost to southern hemisphere rivals New Zealand and South Africa.

Scolari plans new year title surge (AFP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 07:00 PM CST AFP - Luiz Felipe Scolari has warned Chelsea's title rivals that his team will win the Premier League if they are in the top two at the end of December.

India needs new leadership to fight terror: Booker winner Adiga (AFP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 06:41 PM CST AFP - India and its financial hub Mumbai need new leadership that is better equipped to fight terrorism, Booker Prize winner Aravind Adiga said in a newspaper article Saturday.

Britain to start clearing mines on Falklands (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:18 PM CST AP - Britain will start next year to clear land mines left by Argentina on the Falkland Islands, a British ambassador said Friday.

UK convicts to wear vests during community service (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 12:12 PM CST AP - It's a modern day scarlet letter only it's bright orange.

Russia test-fires ICBM from submarine (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 11:38 AM CST AP - The Russian navy said Friday that a new-generation Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile was test-fired from a submerged submarine and hit its target — the second consecutive successful test of the troubled weapon.

Spain: Franco's birthplace takes away his titles (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 11:29 AM CST AP - The late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's home town has stripped him of the title of honorary mayor.

UN takes new steps in Zimbabwe (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 11:16 AM CST AP - Humanitarian organizations trying to prevent a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe from becoming a regional catastrophe are feeding unpaid hospital employees so they can keep working, the United Nations said Friday.

Nazi guard case going to German federal court (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 11:02 AM CST AP - Germany's highest criminal court must decide where a former Nazi death camp guard — now a U.S. resident — can be prosecuted for alleged involvement in the deaths of 29,000 Jews, a prosecutor said Friday.

Germany: 2 Russians arrested after flight (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 10:54 AM CST AP - Police say have they arrested two Russian sailors at the Frankfurt airport after they drank an entire bottle of vodka and harassed passengers on a flight from Houston, Texas.

UK: No evidence India attackers were British (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 10:53 AM CST AP - The British government is investigating whether some of the attackers in the deadly India shootings could be British citizens with links to Pakistan or the disputed territory of Kashmir but there was no such evidence yet, officials said Friday.

Georgian president defends war decisions (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 10:36 AM CST AP - Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Friday defended the decisions made in the run-up to the August war with Russia, telling a parliamentary commission that Georgia had responded to Russian "intervention."

10-year sentence for UK army spy (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 10:33 AM CST AP - A former British army interpreter in Afghanistan who was convicted of espionage was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday.

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