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• Lawmakers call for inquiry into torture allegations (AFP)
• Helicopters for Afghanistan 'not fit for use': report (AFP)
• Opel bid on agenda of GM board's first post-bankruptcy meeting (AFP)
• Lawmakers want inquiry into UK complicity in torture (Reuters)
• British lawmakers seek inquiry into torture claims (AP)
• Escape to freedom via underside of immigration agents' bus... (AFP)
• Kalinic snubs Portsmouth as he signs for Blackburn (AFP)
• EU warns Georgia, South Ossetia against raising tension (Reuters)
• Georgia says Russia is trying to seize more land (AP)
• Somali pirates release German ship (AP)
• UK police criticized for Muslim veiling exercise (AP)
• EU probing alleged Balkan organ trafficking (AP)
• Temperature drop helps Spanish island battle fires (AP)
• Canada extradites German businessman Schreiber (AP)
• List of NATO secretaries-general (AP)
• Teen charged after moviegoer attacked with bleach (AP)
• NATO chief: More UN, EU help needed in Afghanistan (AP)
• Belgian police recapture 1 of 3 escaped convicts (AP)

Lawmakers call for inquiry into torture allegations (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 04:32 PM PDT AFP - The government was hiding behind a "wall of secrecy" over allegations security agents colluded in the torture of terrorism suspects, an influential committee of lawmakers said Tuesday.

Helicopters for Afghanistan 'not fit for use': report (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 04:29 PM PDT AFP - Military helicopters set to be deployed to Afghanistan were not properly equipped to fly combat missions, a newspaper said Tuesday, fuelling a row over adequate resources for troops.

Opel bid on agenda of GM board's first post-bankruptcy meeting (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 04:09 PM PDT AFP - The new board of directors for General Motors mulled the sale of European unit Opel Monday at its first meeting since the automaker emerged from bankruptcy protection, an official with knowledge of the agenda told AFP.

Lawmakers want inquiry into UK complicity in torture (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 04:05 PM PDT Reuters - A full independent inquiry into allegations of British complicity in torture is the only way to address "woefully deficient" government accountability for security and intelligence services, legislators said on Tuesday.

British lawmakers seek inquiry into torture claims (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 04:01 PM PDT AP - The British government has refused to answer questions about whether its spies were complicit in the torture of terrorist suspects, and only an independent inquiry can clear the air and restore public confidence, a committee of lawmakers said Tuesday.

Escape to freedom via underside of immigration agents' bus... (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 02:58 PM PDT AFP - British immigration agents in France inspecting border controls at a bottleneck for clandestine crossings were left red-faced Monday as a stowaway hidden under the chassis of their bus escaped to freedom.

Kalinic snubs Portsmouth as he signs for Blackburn (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 01:06 PM PDT AFP - Croatian international striker Nikola Kalinic signed for English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers on Monday for 7.5million euros from Hajduk Split, the selling club announced on its website.

EU warns Georgia, South Ossetia against raising tension (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 12:59 PM PDT Reuters - The European Union urged Georgia and South Ossetia Monday not to raise tensions around the rebel territory, calling for "unrestricted access" for EU monitors to both sides of its administrative boundary.

Georgia says Russia is trying to seize more land (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 12:41 PM PDT AP - Georgia accused Russia on Monday of trying to take more territory outside the breakaway province of South Ossetia as tensions rose before the first anniversary of the Russian-Georgian war last summer.

Somali pirates release German ship (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 12:38 PM PDT AP - Somali pirates released a German freighter after a ransom was paid Monday, nearly four months after the ship was seized in the Indian Ocean, a European Union naval spokesman said.

UK police criticized for Muslim veiling exercise (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 10:54 AM PDT AP - British police have been criticized for an exercise in which two female officers spent the day in full-body veils to learn about Islam.

EU probing alleged Balkan organ trafficking (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 09:07 AM PDT AP - Europe's top human rights watchdog launched a probe Monday into Serb allegations that ethnic Albanian guerrillas kidnapped Serb civilians during Kosovo's war, then removed their organs and sold the body parts on the black market.

Temperature drop helps Spanish island battle fires (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 08:21 AM PDT AP - Lower temperatures on Monday helped firefighters battle two forest fires that have raged on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands for three days.

Canada extradites German businessman Schreiber (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 06:53 AM PDT AP - Karlheinz Schreiber, a key figure in a political party financing scandal involving former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, was extradited to Germany from Canada to face criminal charges after losing a decade-long court battle.

List of NATO secretaries-general (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 06:44 AM PDT AP - A list of secretaries-general in NATO's 60-year history:

Teen charged after moviegoer attacked with bleach (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 04:31 AM PDT AP - British police say they have charged a 16-year-old boy with assault after he allegedly splashed bleach on a woman who had asked him to be quiet during a movie.

NATO chief: More UN, EU help needed in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 04:26 AM PDT AP - NATO needs more international help from the United Nations and European Union to secure and rebuild Afghanistan, the alliance's new civilian chief said Monday.

Belgian police recapture 1 of 3 escaped convicts (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 02:54 AM PDT AP - Belgian authorities say they have recaptured a convict who escaped twice in as many weeks, including once from a Bruges prison by helicopter.

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