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• Afghan mission falls short of expectations: Lawmakers (AFP)
• Lawmakers urge UK to drop Afghan drugs mission (AP)
• Migrant slipped into UK aboard border agents' bus (AP)
• Fire in Canary Islands forces evacuation of 4,000 (AP)
• Dalai Lama urges global cooperation in economic crisis (AFP)
• Forest fires rage on Spanish island, 4,000 evacuated (AFP)
• Double-up Arshavin leads Arsenal to victory (AFP)
• Poland marks 1944 revolt against Nazis (AFP)
• Al-Qaeda sympathisers may have joined MI5: report (AFP)
• Matthew closes in on British Open title (AFP)
• American-Dutch gay couples wed in Amsterdam (AP)
• South Ossetia claims Georgian mortar attack (AP)
• Warsaw marks 65 years since revolt against Nazis (AP)
• Pre-dawn art festival wakes up Paris (AP)
• Pope meets swimming worlds athletes (AP)
• Lawmaker: UK may have recruited al-Qaida backers (AP)

Afghan mission falls short of expectations: Lawmakers (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 04:06 PM PDT AFP - The international military mission in Afghanistan has delivered "much less than it promised" due to the lack of a realistic strategy, an influential committee of lawmakers said Sunday.

Lawmakers urge UK to drop Afghan drugs mission (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 04:03 PM PDT AP - Britain should abandon its anti-drug role in Afghanistan and focus on securing the country against the Taliban insurgency, a prominent group of U.K. lawmakers said Sunday.

Migrant slipped into UK aboard border agents' bus (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 03:08 PM PDT AP - The government says an illegal immigrant sneaked into the U.K. by smuggling himself aboard a bus full of British border agents.

Fire in Canary Islands forces evacuation of 4,000 (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 02:03 PM PDT AP - A forest fire fanned by high winds has forced the evacuation of about 4,000 residents on the Canary Island of La Palma, the Spanish government said Saturday.

Dalai Lama urges global cooperation in economic crisis (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 01:13 PM PDT AFP - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday called for worldwide cooperation to fight the effects of the economic crisis.

Forest fires rage on Spanish island, 4,000 evacuated (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 12:26 PM PDT AFP - Some 4,000 people were evacuated from their homes on one of Spain's Canary Islands Saturday as forest fires raged out of control, local officials said.

Double-up Arshavin leads Arsenal to victory (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 11:50 AM PDT AFP - Russian international Andrey Arshavin came off the bench to score twice as Arsenal beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 in the Emirates Cup on Saturday.

Poland marks 1944 revolt against Nazis (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 11:23 AM PDT AFP - Sirens wailed across the Polish capital Saturday as elderly veterans and thousands of ordinary people held emotional commemorations of an ill-fated World War II revolt against the Nazi German occupiers.

Al-Qaeda sympathisers may have joined MI5: report (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 10:21 AM PDT AFP - A senior lawmaker claimed Saturday that the MI5 security service may have mistakenly recruited up to six al-Qaeda sympathisers in the wake of the 2005 London bombings.

Matthew closes in on British Open title (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 10:12 AM PDT AFP - Catriona Matthew set her sights on becoming the first Scot to win the Women's British Open Saturday when she eased into a three-shot lead with a third round 71 at Royal Lytham and St Annes.

American-Dutch gay couples wed in Amsterdam (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 09:45 AM PDT AP - The mayor of Amsterdam presided over the weddings of five American-Dutch gay, lesbian and transgender couples on a boat during the city's Gay Pride festival Saturday, challenging the United States to legalize gay marriage, as well.

South Ossetia claims Georgian mortar attack (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 09:17 AM PDT AP - Authorities in the separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia said Saturday that two mortar shells had fired into the territory from Georgia proper, and Russia quickly warned that it might retaliate.

Warsaw marks 65 years since revolt against Nazis (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 08:55 AM PDT AP - To the sounds of the national anthem, Poland's leaders and World War II veterans paid silent honor Saturday to the fighters of Warsaw's 1944 uprising against the city's Nazi occupiers.

Pre-dawn art festival wakes up Paris (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 06:02 AM PDT AP - As dawn breaks over a sumptuous Paris garden that was once the playground of kings, a lone horseman puts his mount through his paces. The magnificent steed prances in fancy circles, stretches his forelegs and canters almost in place — in short, he dances.

Pope meets swimming worlds athletes (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 05:33 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday met athletes participating in the swimming world championships in Rome and urged them to act as role models for fellow youths "in sports and in life."

Lawmaker: UK may have recruited al-Qaida backers (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 05:08 AM PDT AP - A legislator has called for an investigation into whether British secret services may have mistakenly recruited people sympathetic to al-Qaida, a newspaper reported Saturday.

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