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• Geffen to release album featuring Benedict XVI (AP)
• Experts: UN program to save children didn't work (AP)
• Sanofi-Aventis pays Merck $4B for share in Merial (AP)
• Seol caps Fulham victory, Euro ties marred by violence (AFP)
• Eurofighter deal to be inked: sources (AFP)
• Bomb kills two police in Spain on eve of ETA anniversary (AFP)
• UK race horse trainer earns stripes with zebra (AP)
• Bomb kills 2 Spanish police officers on Mallorca (AP)
• Germany's Gal takes shock British Open lead (AFP)
• MS sufferer wins landmark ruling on assisted suicide (AFP)
• Woman handed victory in UK assisted suicide case (AP)
• Spain ready to boost Afghan troops (AP)
• Ex-Liberian chief blames UN envoy for false charge (AP)
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• Ireland unveils `bad bank' plans for dud loans (AP)
• East German police feared 1988 Jackson concert (AP)
• UK court rules in favor of Procol Harum organist (AP)
• Allingham, world's oldest man, laid to rest (AP)
• Britain begins Iraq war inquiry (AP)

Geffen to release album featuring Benedict XVI (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 04:07 PM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI will release an album on which he sings and recites prayers to the Virgin Mary, his label said Friday.

Experts: UN program to save children didn't work (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 04:01 PM PDT AP - The U.N. unveiled a multimillion dollar strategy a dozen years ago to save children worldwide, but a new study has found the program had surprisingly little effect in Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest countries.

Sanofi-Aventis pays Merck $4B for share in Merial (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 03:22 PM PDT AP - Pharmaceuticals company Sanofi-Aventis SA said Thursday it has agreed to pay $4 billion in cash to U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. for its share in the two companies' animal health joint venture Merial.

Seol caps Fulham victory, Euro ties marred by violence (AFP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 03:20 PM PDT AFP - South Korea international Seol Ki-Hyeon scored the crucial third goal as Fulham defeated Lithuanian side Vetra 3-0 in Vilnius on Thursday in a Europa League third qualifying round first leg tie.

Eurofighter deal to be inked: sources (AFP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 03:13 PM PDT AFP - The four partner countries in the Eurofighter consortium were on Friday due to sign a contract on production of the first part of the third tranche of the aircraft, sources said Thursday.

Bomb kills two police in Spain on eve of ETA anniversary (AFP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 03:06 PM PDT AFP - A car bomb on Majorca killed two police officers Thursday in the second major attack in two days blamed by the Spanish government on the armed Basque separatist group ETA.

UK race horse trainer earns stripes with zebra (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 03:05 PM PDT AP - What's black and white and really hard to ride?

Bomb kills 2 Spanish police officers on Mallorca (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 02:25 PM PDT AP - A powerful bomb on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca killed two police officers in their patrol vehicle Thursday, the second attack blamed on Basque separatist group ETA in two days.

Germany's Gal takes shock British Open lead (AFP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 02:13 PM PDT AFP - Germany's Sandra Gal fired a three-under par 69 to take a one-shot lead as blustery winds sent scores soaring in the first round of the Women's British Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes on Thursday.

MS sufferer wins landmark ruling on assisted suicide (AFP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 01:53 PM PDT AFP - A multiple sclerosis sufferer won a landmark victory Thursday in her long-running legal battle to clarify the law on assisted suicide.

Woman handed victory in UK assisted suicide case (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 01:43 PM PDT AP - A disabled woman won her legal battle Thursday to force British authorities to say whether her husband would be prosecuted if he helped her commit suicide.

Spain ready to boost Afghan troops (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 01:13 PM PDT AP - Spain is prepared to boost its long-term troop presence in Afghanistan if conditions there require it, a Spanish official said Thursday.

Ex-Liberian chief blames UN envoy for false charge (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 11:48 AM PDT AP - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday blamed the beginning of his legal troubles on a former U.N. envoy who he claimed misidentified Liberians fighting in Sierra Leone as his men.

(AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 10:26 AM PDT AP - Spanish police say they are defusing second bomb on Mallorca island.

Ireland unveils `bad bank' plans for dud loans (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 09:58 AM PDT AP - Ireland's government published its plan Thursday for establishing a "bad bank" that would buy, at a discount, euro90 billion ($135 billion) in dud loans to property developers.

East German police feared 1988 Jackson concert (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 09:54 AM PDT AP - A 1988 Michael Jackson concert in West Berlin prompted security concerns for East Germany's Stasi secret police, according to historical files published Thursday.

UK court rules in favor of Procol Harum organist (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 09:12 AM PDT AP - Britain's top court says a musician who played the distinctive organ solo on the 1960s hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale" is entitled to a share of royalties from the song.

Allingham, world's oldest man, laid to rest (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 08:58 AM PDT AP - Henry Allingham understood the cost of war in his heart, his guts and his bones — and made it his mission to share that knowledge.

Britain begins Iraq war inquiry (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 08:57 AM PDT AP - Britain launched its first sweeping inquiry into the unpopular Iraq war on Thursday — a potentially explosive national reckoning that will call ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair as a witness, and seek evidence from former White House staff.

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