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• Russia won't put missiles in Kaliningrad: Medvedev (Reuters)
• New Iran uranium enrichment site raises concerns (AP)
• New video seeks al-Qaida recruits in Germany (AP)
• Taliban threatens Germany ahead of vote: official (AFP)
• More veterans in UK justice system than in combat (AP)
• Morgan, Collingwood guide England to victory (AFP)
• Kadhafi says he met families of Lockerbie victims (AFP)
• European committee recommends Wyeth's Prevenar 13 (AP)
• Wenger ends Arsenal's Chamakh pursuit (AFP)
• Video threat suspect arrested before German vote (Reuters)
• Swiss: Libya detaining 2 Swiss in unknown location (AP)
• AP may sell stake in its German Service (AP)
• Toxic algae complaints piling up in France (AP)
• French military teaches recruits about Holocaust (AP)
• Poll: German election outcome tight (AP)
• Defense witness testifies at Italy murder trial (AP)
• Russian activist in court over Chechen lawsuit (AP)
• German president signs EU's Lisbon treaty (AP)
• Renowned British chef apologizes to sick diners (AP)
• Oil leak shuts down StatoilHydro platform (AP)

Russia won't put missiles in Kaliningrad: Medvedev (Reuters) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 04:05 PM PDT Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday he will call off his decision to deploy missiles in the enclave of Kaliningrad, his response to the United States scrapping missile shield plans in Europe.

New Iran uranium enrichment site raises concerns (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 03:34 PM PDT AP - Iran's newly revealed uranium enrichment plant is a heavily guarded, still-unfinished underground facility in the arid mountains near the holy city of Qom that will be able to produce nuclear fuel — or the payload for atomic warheads, Western intelligence officials and diplomats said Friday.

New video seeks al-Qaida recruits in Germany (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:47 PM PDT AP - The release of a third al-Qaida video message in German this week shows that Germany must remain on alert before weekend parliamentary elections, officials said.

Taliban threatens Germany ahead of vote: official (AFP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:44 PM PDT AFP - German authorities have uncovered a new video threatening attacks against the country over its military engagement in Afghanistan ahead of this weekend's pivotal elections, an official said Friday.

More veterans in UK justice system than in combat (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:14 PM PDT AP - Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse are behind an alarming rise in the number of former British soldiers ending up in prison, a report says — and more veterans have had tangles with the law than there are British troops in Afghanistan.

Morgan, Collingwood guide England to victory (AFP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:03 PM PDT AFP - Eoin Morgan steered England to a morale-boosting six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka with a solid half-century in the Champions Trophy here on Friday.

Kadhafi says he met families of Lockerbie victims (AFP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 01:55 PM PDT AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi told CNN Friday he had met with some of the families of those who died in the 1988 bombing of a US jet over Lockerbie to offer his condolences.

European committee recommends Wyeth's Prevenar 13 (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 01:50 PM PDT AP - Wyeth said Friday European Union regulators are recommending approval for a new version of its children's pneumococcal vaccine, Prevenar 13.

Wenger ends Arsenal's Chamakh pursuit (AFP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 01:28 PM PDT AFP - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Friday that he will not continue his pursuit of highly-rated Morocco striker Marouane Chamakh when the transfer window reopens in January.

Video threat suspect arrested before German vote (Reuters) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 01:24 PM PDT Reuters - German police said on Friday they had arrested a 25-year-old Turkish man they suspected of posting an al Qaeda Internet video threatening Germany with an attack after Sunday's federal election.

Swiss: Libya detaining 2 Swiss in unknown location (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 11:34 AM PDT AP - Switzerland and Libya reached a new low point in their relations Friday as the Swiss government announced that two of its citizens are being held at an undisclosed location in the Arab country.

AP may sell stake in its German Service (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 10:36 AM PDT AP - The Associated Press said Friday that it is in talks with German news agency DDP about selling a stake in AP's German language news service to the Berlin-based company.

Toxic algae complaints piling up in France (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 10:30 AM PDT AP - The prosecutor's office is studying up to 300 complaints linked to noxious green algae after the death of a horse this summer on a beach in Brittany, a judicial official said Friday.

French military teaches recruits about Holocaust (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 10:18 AM PDT AP - The French official choked on the words he read to a room of Defense Ministry recruits and swallowed back tears as he tried to kick off an unusual program aimed at teaching about the Holocaust.

Poll: German election outcome tight (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 09:44 AM PDT AP - A poll published Friday underlined expectations of a tight outcome in Germany's weekend election, finding that Chancellor Angela Merkel's preferred center-right alliance is level with its rivals.

Defense witness testifies at Italy murder trial (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 09:41 AM PDT AP - A neurologist testified Friday at the trial of an American student accused of killing her British roommate that stress could have affected her memory during questioning, news reports and a lawyer said.

Russian activist in court over Chechen lawsuit (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 08:41 AM PDT AP - A Russian human rights activist on trial over a defamation claim filed by Chechnya's strongman president said Friday he stands by his statements blaming the Kremlin-backed provincial leader for a fellow activist's slaying in July.

German president signs EU's Lisbon treaty (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 08:21 AM PDT AP - German President Horst Koehler's office says he has signed the European Union's reform treaty — completing its ratification by the 27-nation bloc's most populous nation.

Renowned British chef apologizes to sick diners (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 08:19 AM PDT AP - Chef Heston Blumenthal has apologized to diners who fell ill after eating at his celebrated restaurant The Fat Duck — and invited them to return as his guests.

Oil leak shuts down StatoilHydro platform (AP) Posted: 25 Sep 2009 07:32 AM PDT AP - State-controlled Norwegian oil company StatoilHydro ASA was forced to shut down its Statfjord C offshore oil platform Friday after it leaked water contaminated by oil into the North Sea.

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