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Hungary's economy to shrink by up to 6 pct in 2009 (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 02:11 PM PDT

New Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai speaks during a press conference to announce the crisis management program of his government in the parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, April 19, 2009. (AP Photo/MTI, Laszlo Beliczay)AP - Hungary's new prime minister said Sunday that the country's economy would contract by as much as 6 percent this year, making new budget cutbacks and reforms necessary to keep the state budget in balance.

'Empire of the Sun' author Ballard dies at 78 (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 02:09 PM PDT

AP - Writer J.G. Ballard, best known for the autobiographical novel "Empire Of The Sun," which drew on his childhood detention in a Japanese prison camp in China, died Sunday, his agent said. He was 78.

Nationalists win Turkish Cypriot elections (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 01:57 PM PDT

Turkish Cypriot supporters of the National Unity Party, or UBP, gathering outside party headquarters to celebrate a possible victory for the nationalist party in parliamentary elections in the Turkish occupied area in the north area of thedivided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Sunday, April 19, 2009. A UBP win would unseat the ruling leftist Republican Party, or CTP, of Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat. Analysts say a UBP win could stifle talks to reunify the ethnically divided island by limiting Talat's ability to negotiate. The talks, that Talat and the island's Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias started in September, are viewed as the best chance at achieving a peace deal in decades. Cyprus was split along ethnic lines in 1974 when Turkey invaded in response to a coup by supporters of union with Greece. (AP Photo/Harun Ucar)AP - Turkish Cypriot nationalists won a parliamentary election on Sunday, and their victory could stifle promising talks aimed at reuniting the ethnically divided island of Cyprus.

Briton freed by Nigeria militants: sources (AFP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 01:47 PM PDT

This undated handout photo released in January 2009 by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) shows British oil workers Robin Barry Hughes (L) and Matthew John Maguire (R) on January 7, 2009 at an undisclosed location. Nigeria's main armed militant group MEND freed one of two British hostages held captive for the past seven months, security and diplomatic sources said.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Nigeria's main armed militant group MEND on Sunday freed one of two British hostages held captive for the past seven months, security and British diplomatic sources said.

US boycotting, Iran starring, at UN racism meeting (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 01:42 PM PDT

Protestors carry a banner reading 'fight racism' as they take part in an anti-racism demonstration in the center of Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, April 18, 2009. The United Nations is bracing for a major anti-racism conference opening next week at its European headquarters, with concerns rife that it may descend once again into clashes over Israel that marred the last conference in South Africa eight years ago. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - The United Nations opens its first global racism conference in eight years on Monday with the U.S. and at least six other countries boycotting the event out of concern that Islamic countries will demand that it denounce Israel and ban criticism of Islam.

Writer JG Ballard dies age 78 (AFP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 01:34 PM PDT

AFP - Writer JG Ballard, famous for his book "Empire of the Sun" about his childhood struggle to survive in a Japanese internment camp, died Sunday after a long illness, his agent said. He was 78.

Germany joins boycotters of UN racism meeting (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 01:19 PM PDT

AP - Germany's government says the country will boycott this week's U.N. racism conference out of concern that it could be "abused as a platform for other interests."

Italy to accept migrants, after spat with Malta (AFP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 12:59 PM PDT

Would-be immigrants are pictured in a dinghy after being rescued in the sea near Lampedusa in 2008. Italy agreed Sunday to take in 140 migrants rescued off its island of Lampedusa by a Turkish freighter three days earlier, resolving a spat with Malta over their fate.(AFP/File/Mauro Seminara)AFP - Italy agreed Sunday to take in 140 migrants rescued off its island of Lampedusa by a Turkish freighter three days earlier, resolving a spat with Malta over their fate.

Italy will let stranded migrants land (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 12:35 PM PDT

AP - Italy agreed Sunday night to accept 140 migrants stranded aboard a Turkish cargo ship that rescued them in the Mediterranean, ending a four-day standoff with Malta about who would take them in.

French-Spanish op thwarted new ETA attack: Madrid (AFP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 12:33 PM PDT

The Spanish government said French and Spanish security forces have thwarted a new ETA attack with the arrests of nine suspected members of the Basque separatist group, including military chief Jurdan Martitegi.(AFP/HO)AFP - French and Spanish security forces thwarted an ETA attack with the arrest of the military chief of the Basque separatist group and eight other suspected members, the Spanish government said Sunday.

Italy fears mobsters ready to profit from quake (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 10:47 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 6, 2009 file photo, an excavator digs through the rubble of collapsed church building, in the village of Castelnuovo, near L'Aquila, central Italy, after the region which was rocked by 6.3-magnitude earthquake. Even before blueprints are drawn or beams raised in the massive reconstruction after Italy's latest devastating earthquake, there are fears that organized crime is poised to profit from contracts worth billions of dollars to rebuild schools, hospitals, courthouses and apartment houses. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)AP - Even before all the debris from Italy's latest devastating earthquake is cleaned up, investigators fear that organized crime is poised to profit from contracts worth billions of dollars to rebuild schools, hospitals, courthouses and homes.

Pope: UN racism conference 'important' (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 08:31 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful during the Regina Coeli prayer he celebrated in his Castegaldolfo summer residence in the hills overlooking Rome, Sunday, April 19, 2009. The pontiff hailed this week's U.N. anti-racism conference and urged countries to join forces to eliminate intolerance, but he made no reference to the U.S. boycott of the meeting. The conference beginning Monday in Geneva is an important initiative, the pope said, because 'even today, despite the lessons of history, such deplorable phenomena take place.' (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday praised this week's U.N. anti-racism conference and urged countries to join forces to eliminate intolerance, as the Vatican appeared to distance itself from the U.S. boycott of the meeting.

Bully? Hero? Britain fetes much-married Henry VIII (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 07:23 AM PDT

AP - Monarch. Tyrant. Reformer. Husband from hell.

Spain: Basque separatist leader arrested in France (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 06:28 AM PDT

This is a photo released by Spanish Interior Ministry, of Jurdan Martitegi. French police have arrested Martitegi, the suspected leader of the military wing of banned Basque group ETA Sunday, April 19, 2009. Two other suspected members of ETA were also arrested. ETA has suffered a wave of arrests of its suspected members in recent months in France and Spain. The French Interior Ministry statement said that with Saturday's three arrests, five suspected ETA militants had been arrested in 10 days. (AP Photo/Spanish Interior Ministry, HO)AP - French police arrested the suspected leader of Basque separatist group ETA as part of joint cross-border raids, Spain's Interior Ministry said Sunday. He was among nine alleged ETA members arrested in recent days.

Summit ending on hopeful note for President Obama (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 04:27 AM PDT

President Barack Obama is surrounded by leaders of the Americas during the official photo at the Summit of the Americas on Saturday, April 18, 2009 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - A Western Hemisphere summit was wrapping up on Sunday with President Barack Obama hopeful he'd boosted the image of the U.S. among its friends in the region and perhaps even made some new ones.

Dutch foreign minister boycotts racism conference (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 02:58 AM PDT

Protestors carry a banner reading 'fight racism' as they take part in an anti-racism demonstration in the center of Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, April 18, 2009. The United Nations is bracing for a major anti-racism conference opening next week at its European headquarters, with concerns rife that it may descend once again into clashes over Israel that marred the last conference in South Africa eight years ago. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - The Dutch foreign minister announced Sunday he is boycotting a U.N. anti-racism conference because some nations are using it as a platform to attack the West.

Nationalists win Turkish Cypriot elections (AP)

Posted: 19 Apr 2009 12:53 PM PDT

AP - Turkish Cypriot nationalists won a parliamentary election on Sunday that could stifle a promising effort to reunite Cyprus, an ethnically divided island.

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