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Murray ready for Slam win: Nadal (AFP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 03:31 AM CST AFP - Top-ranked Rafael Nadal says Andy Murray is ready to win a Grand Slam despite doubts expressed by Roger Federer.

French say 3 soldiers survive Gabon chopper crash (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 03:24 AM CST AP - Rescuers were searching for six French soldiers missing after a helicopter crashed into icy Atlantic waters during a training exercise off Gabon's coast, France's military said Sunday.

India slams Miliband over "aggressive" visit (AFP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 03:23 AM CST AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband's trip to India, billed as a "solidarity visit" following the Mumbai siege, has been dubbed a "disaster."

Brown urges banks to come clean over bad assets (AFP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 03:20 AM CST AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has told banks that they must own up to the extent of their bad assets amid more reports his government could launch a fresh bailout of the struggling sector.

British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan (AFP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 03:16 AM CST AFP - A British soldier has been killed in action in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Sunday.

Russia, Ukraine PMs say reach gas deal (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 03:06 AM CST Reuters - The prime ministers of Ukraine and Russia said on Sunday they had reached an outline deal to restore gas supplies to European consumers after marathon talks which dragged on into the small hours of the morning.

Turkey's PM travels to Brussels to bolster EU bid (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 02:40 AM CST Reuters - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan flies to Brussels on Sunday for a visit aimed at boosting the Muslim country's troubled bid for European Union accession.

Tom Cruise says grew up wanting to kill Hitler (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 02:23 AM CST Reuters - Tom Cruise, who fails to assassinate Adolph Hitler in his new movie "Valkyrie," said he grew up really wanting to kill the Nazi leader.

Germany's Merkel counts on a boost from state vote (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 01:23 AM CST Reuters - Polling stations opened in the western state of Hesse on Sunday in a vote expected to boost German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) in the run-up to September's federal election.

Europe had "catastrophic" 4th quarter: EU Verheugen (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 01:19 AM CST Reuters - The European economy is sliding deeper into recession and the fourth quarter of last year was "catastrophic," European Union Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said on Sunday.

Russia and Ukraine reach gas deal (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 12:57 AM CST AP - Negotiations dragged into the early hours Sunday, but in the end the prime ministers of Russia and Ukraine announced a deal to settle the gas dispute that has drastically reduced supplies of Russian gas to Europe for nearly two weeks.

Stakes rise for Nazi-looted art as lawyers move in (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 07:12 PM CST AP - Otto Nathan Deutsch, a Jewish businessman, lost his personal belongings as he fled Nazi Germany at the onset of World War II, including a painting by the German expressionist Emil Nolde.

French helicopter with 10 aboard crashes off Gabon (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 06:50 PM CST AP - A helicopter carrying 10 French soldiers crashed Saturday off the coast of Gabon in central Africa, the French president's office said. It was not immediately clear whether there were any survivors.

Brown offers British naval help to monitor Gaza (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 04:51 PM CST AP - Britain is prepared to deploy naval resources and provide security at the Gaza Strip's border crossing points as part of an effort secure the cease-fire declared by Israel in the tiny coastal territory, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday.

Driving oneself crazy on a bad Russian road (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 12:55 PM CST AP - No lights. No road signs. Potholes big enough to swallow a farm animal. Going 80 mph through the Russian twilight and still being passed by cars and trucks.

Pope to have own Google channel with video (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 06:50 AM CST AP - The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI is getting his own channel on Google.

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