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• Insituform to cut 35 jobs from European operations (AP)
• Attack on Italian PM reveals nation's divisions (AP)
• Verizon Business Lights up 100G Backbone in Europe (PC World)
• Officials: World power meeting on Iran canceled (AP)
• UK court issued arrest warrant for Livni: report (Reuters)
• Canada gets the Yes Men treatment in climate talks (AP)
• Berlusconi in hospital at least till Wednesday: doctor (AFP)
• Austria takes over bank Hypo Alpe Adria (AP)
• U.S., EU urge China to release prominent dissident (Reuters)
• UK appeals court decision over Guantanamo detainee (AP)
• Spain: 11 guilty of belonging to terror group (AP)
• Eiffel Tower's first stairs sold at Paris auction (AP)
• Court rules Basescu winner of Romanian election (AP)
• Officials say priest attacks menorah in Moldova (AP)
• France returns wall paintings sought by Egypt (AP)
• Israeli says some time left for diplomacy on Iran (AP)
• US envoy says he's encouraged by talks in NKorea (AP)
• Italy politics: Sex, thighs and 'Videocracy' (AP)

Insituform to cut 35 jobs from European operations (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 04:50 PM PST AP - Insituform Technologies Inc. said Monday that it will reorganize its European operations, cutting 35 jobs there as part of a plan to save $3 million annually.

Attack on Italian PM reveals nation's divisions (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 03:39 PM PST AP - Even hospitalized and in pain, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi can polarize Italians.

Verizon Business Lights up 100G Backbone in Europe (PC World) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 03:00 PM PST PC World - Verizon Business has deployed 100Gb-per-second equipment on a fiber link between Paris and Frankfurt, activating the next generation of optical networking for commercial services to enterprises.

Officials: World power meeting on Iran canceled (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 02:48 PM PST AP - An upcoming meeting by five world powers on trying to curb Iran's nuclear program has been canceled at China's request, senior officials from three of the countries involved said Monday.

UK court issued arrest warrant for Livni: report (Reuters) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 02:08 PM PST Reuters - A British court issued an arrest warrant for former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni on war crimes charges but withdrew it on finding she had canceled a planned trip to Britain, the Guardian newspaper reported.

Canada gets the Yes Men treatment in climate talks (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 02:00 PM PST AP - The news release read too good to be true.

Berlusconi in hospital at least till Wednesday: doctor (AFP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 01:54 PM PST AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will remain in hospital at least another two nights after an attack that left him with a broken nose, his doctor said Monday.

Austria takes over bank Hypo Alpe Adria (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 01:50 PM PST AP - Austria nationalized troubled financial institution Hypo Alpe Adria, a unit of German public-sector bank BayernLB, on Monday, bank and government officials said.

U.S., EU urge China to release prominent dissident (Reuters) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:58 PM PST Reuters - The European Union and the United States called on China on Monday to release a prominent pro-democracy writer and rights activist who faces trial on charges of subversion.

UK appeals court decision over Guantanamo detainee (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:50 PM PST AP - A lawyer for the British government argued Monday that two judges acted irresponsibly when they ordered officials to disclose confidential documents relating to the alleged torture of a former Guantanamo detainee.

Spain: 11 guilty of belonging to terror group (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 11:41 AM PST AP - A Spanish court has found 11 men guilty of belonging to a terrorist organization that was plotting to stage what would have been the country's first suicide attacks, judges said in a statement Monday.

Eiffel Tower's first stairs sold at Paris auction (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 11:04 AM PST AP - A section of the Eiffel Tower's original staircase has sold for euro105,400 ($154,380) in an auction of Paris memorabilia.

Court rules Basescu winner of Romanian election (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 10:03 AM PST AP - The Constitutional Court on Monday declared Traian Basescu the winner of Romania's disputed presidential election.

Officials say priest attacks menorah in Moldova (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 09:35 AM PST AP - Dozens of people led by an Orthodox priest smashed a menorah in Moldova's capital, using hammers and iron bars to remove the candelabra during Hanukkah, officials said.

France returns wall paintings sought by Egypt (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 09:03 AM PST AP - Fragments of an ancient wall painting that caused a feud between Egypt and the Louvre Museum are heading home.

Israeli says some time left for diplomacy on Iran (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 05:18 AM PST AP - Israel's defense minister urged the world Monday to agree to tough new sanctions on Iran, suggesting that military strikes remained a final option should Tehran refuse to heed U.N. Security Council demands to curb its nuclear activities.

US envoy says he's encouraged by talks in NKorea (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 04:38 AM PST AP - The special U.S. envoy to North Korea says he has been encouraged by his meetings with North Korean officials.

Italy politics: Sex, thighs and 'Videocracy' (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 04:23 AM PST AP - Take a sex scandal dogging Silvio Berlusconi, add plenty of scantily clad young women on Italian TV and throw in some of the first serious scrutiny of a national culture where television lies at the nexus of power and politics.

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