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• Lockerbie affair linked to UK trade deals: Kadhafi's son (AFP)
• More ETA arms caches found in France (AFP)
• AP Source: Talks to sell GM's Opel hit rough patch (AP)
• Lockerbie bomber's release a 'victory': Kadhafi's son (AFP)
• Five-star Broad focuses on Ashes prize (AFP)
• Former London mayor to marry at zoo (AFP)
• Murray fights to face Federer in Cincy semi-finals (AFP)
• Hungary and Slovakia in war of words as president is barred (AFP)
• U.S. upset at hero's welcome for Lockerbie bomber (Reuters)
• Russian court arrests suspected ship hijackers (AP)
• Air France sued over plane crash investigation (AP)
• Landslide on Portuguese beach kills 5, injures 4 (AP)
• Report: Russian hydro plant called unsafe in 1998 (AP)
• Soviet-Nazi pact revisited 70 years later (AP)
• Doctors remove cast from pope's broken wrist (AP)
• Swiss president defends apology in Libya dispute (AP)
• Spain: For sake of swine flu, don't kiss the saint (AP)
• Experts: water issue crucial in world climate deal (AP)
• Russia: Suicide attacks in Chechnya kill 5 (AP)

Lockerbie affair linked to UK trade deals: Kadhafi's son (AFP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 04:50 PM PDT AFP - The release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi was linked to trade deals with Britain, Seif al-Islam, the son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, said in a interview broadcast Friday.

More ETA arms caches found in France (AFP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 04:19 PM PDT AFP - Police discovered more ETA arms and explosives caches in southern France Friday, taking to at least six the number found since three suspected Basque militants were arrested this week in the French Alps.

AP Source: Talks to sell GM's Opel hit rough patch (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 02:48 PM PDT AP - Talks between General Motors Corp. and the German government over which of two bidders will take control of GM's Opel unit have run into "serious challenges," according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.

Lockerbie bomber's release a 'victory': Kadhafi's son (AFP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 02:10 PM PDT AFP - The release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi is a "victory" for all Libyans, Seif al-Islam, the son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi said in a televised interview broadcast Friday.

Five-star Broad focuses on Ashes prize (AFP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 01:59 PM PDT AFP - Stuart Broad insisted his dramatic five-wicket haul against Australia here at the Oval would count for nothing unless England used it as a springboard for a sensational Ashes series win.

Former London mayor to marry at zoo (AFP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 01:52 PM PDT AFP - Former London mayor Ken Livingstone -- a keen newt-fancier -- is to get married at the city's zoo, he told a newspaper.

Murray fights to face Federer in Cincy semi-finals (AFP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 01:07 PM PDT AFP - Britain's world number two Andy Murray stayed on course for back-to-back titles on Friday when he recovered to beat France's Julien Benneteau 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 and reach the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters.

Hungary and Slovakia in war of words as president is barred (AFP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 01:02 PM PDT AFP - Hungary and Slovakia stepped up a bitter war of words Friday as Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom was forced to cancel a private visit after Bratislava said it would bar him from entering.

U.S. upset at hero's welcome for Lockerbie bomber (Reuters) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 12:56 PM PDT Reuters - The United States and Britain on Friday condemned a "hero's welcome" given to the newly released Lockerbie bomber, with London scrambling to stem fallout from the decision to free him on humanitarian grounds.

Russian court arrests suspected ship hijackers (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 12:47 PM PDT AP - A Moscow court has formally arrested eight people suspected of hijacking a freighter at the center of a monthlong high-seas mystery, according to Russian news agencies.

Air France sued over plane crash investigation (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 12:08 PM PDT AP - A lawyer says the family of a French flight attendant who perished in an Air France plane crash on June 1 over the Atlantic Ocean is suing the airline to force it to release information on what caused the tragedy.

Landslide on Portuguese beach kills 5, injures 4 (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 12:06 PM PDT AP - A landslide at a Portuguese seaside resort killed five people and injured at least four Friday, officials said.

Report: Russian hydro plant called unsafe in 1998 (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 10:52 AM PDT AP - Russian authorities were reportedly warned back in 1998 that Siberia's massive Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power plant had fallen into serious neglect and was unsafe.

Soviet-Nazi pact revisited 70 years later (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 08:58 AM PDT AP - Seventy years ago Sunday, the Soviet Union signed a pact with Nazi Germany that gave dictator Josef Stalin a free hand to take over part of Poland and the Baltic states on the eve of World War II.

Doctors remove cast from pope's broken wrist (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 08:35 AM PDT AP - Doctors on Friday removed Pope Benedict XVI's cast five weeks after he broke his right wrist in a fall and said they were pleased with how the fracture has healed.

Swiss president defends apology in Libya dispute (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 08:31 AM PDT AP - Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz defended his apology to Libya for the arrest of Moammar Gadhafi's son, saying Friday it was the only way to secure the release of two Swiss citizens detained by Tripoli.

Spain: For sake of swine flu, don't kiss the saint (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 07:05 AM PDT AP - Spain's Catholic Church has new advice for pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela: Don't kiss the saint.

Experts: water issue crucial in world climate deal (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 06:49 AM PDT AP - Thousands of scientists and experts urged world leaders Friday to include strategies for global water management in the planned Copenhagen climate agreement.

Russia: Suicide attacks in Chechnya kill 5 (AP) Posted: 21 Aug 2009 06:18 AM PDT AP - Suicide bombers on bicycles detonated explosives in Chechnya on Friday, killing at least four police officers and a civilian in coordinated attacks in the capital, officials said.

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