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• Scottish leader defends Lockerbie bomber release (AP)
• Tens of thousands flee raging wildfires in Greece (AP)
• EU to draft new immigration policy by October (Reuters)
• Everton agree Lescott fee with City (AFP)
• Eight dead in Ukraine mine blast: reports (Reuters)
• Russia sees no threat to deals in new Mongolia leader (Reuters)
• Strauss savours 'amazing' Ashes win (AFP)
• Scotland defends Lockerbie bomber release (AFP)
• Triumphant England fans savour Ashes glory (AFP)
• Italy defends record in saving migrants' lives (AP)
• Long leg room of the law: UK police fly 1st class (AP)
• Pope freed from cast, says wrist still 'lazy' (AP)
• Godmothers rise among Naples crime syndicate (AP)
• Death toll in Siberian power plant blast at 69 (AP)
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• Man killed in fight at Dutch beach party (AP)
• Bosnia's ethnic divisions are evident in schools (AP)

Scottish leader defends Lockerbie bomber release (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:09 PM PDT AP - Scotland's government defended itself Sunday against unrelenting criticism from the U.S. over the decision to free the Pan Am Flight 103 bomber on compassionate grounds.

Tens of thousands flee raging wildfires in Greece (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:09 PM PDT AP - A partial drop in gale-force winds early Monday offered hard-pressed Greek firefighters a brief respite after wildfires raged for two days north of Athens, burning houses and swathes of forest while forcing thousands to evacuate their homes.

EU to draft new immigration policy by October (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 03:13 PM PDT Reuters - The European Union will issue new immigration policy proposals by the end of October, Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Sunday, responding to Italy's plea for more coordinated EU action.

Everton agree Lescott fee with City (AFP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 02:51 PM PDT AFP - Everton on Sunday confirmed they have agreed a fee with English Premier League rivals Manchester City for the sale of defender Joleon Lescott, bringing to an end a bitter, summer-long saga.

Eight dead in Ukraine mine blast: reports (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 01:31 PM PDT Reuters - A methane explosion at a pit in eastern Ukraine's Donbass coalfield, plagued by recurring accidents, killed eight miners and injured five on Sunday, industry officials were quoted as saying.

Russia sees no threat to deals in new Mongolia leader (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 01:30 PM PDT Reuters - Russia is confident planned investments in Mongolia's uranium fields and rail network will not be undermined by the country's new leadership, a Kremlin official said ahead of the Russian president's visit this week.

Strauss savours 'amazing' Ashes win (AFP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 01:09 PM PDT AFP - England captain Andrew Strauss admitted the "amazing day" his side enjoyed had in winning the Ashes here on Sunday had looked a long way off just as recently as a few weeks ago.

Scotland defends Lockerbie bomber release (AFP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 12:58 PM PDT AFP - Scotland's first minister Sunday defended his government's decision to free the Lockerbie bomber after a blistering attack from the FBI chief and insisted that US-Scottish ties would remain strong.

Triumphant England fans savour Ashes glory (AFP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 12:45 PM PDT AFP - England fans gleefully celebrated victory over their old enemy Australia on Sunday as they regained the Ashes and gave a Test send-off to remember to their old talisman Andrew Flintoff.

Italy defends record in saving migrants' lives (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 11:44 AM PDT AP - Italy defended its record Sunday in saving the lives of migrants found at sea amid increasing criticism over the suspected deaths of dozens of Africans.

Long leg room of the law: UK police fly 1st class (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 11:20 AM PDT AP - British police say officers spent about 12.5 million pounds ($20.6 million) on first class and business class flights in the last three years.

Pope freed from cast, says wrist still 'lazy' (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 10:25 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI made his first public appearance since having the cast removed from his broken right wrist, joking Sunday that his hand was "freed," but still a bit sluggish.

Godmothers rise among Naples crime syndicate (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 09:05 AM PDT AP - They go by such nicknames as "Fat Cat" and "Tomboy." Their simmering power struggles once drove them into the streets, guns blazing. They rule their crime families with steely determination, and also raise the kids and stir the pasta.

Death toll in Siberian power plant blast at 69 (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 08:29 AM PDT AP - Searchers on Sunday combed wreckage at Russia's largest hydroelectric plant for six workers missing since an explosion a week ago. Three more bodies were found, raising the death toll to at least 69 people.

(AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 03:47 AM PDT AP - Authorities order evacuation of 10,000 people from Athens suburb threatened by wildfires.

Man killed in fight at Dutch beach party (AP) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 02:58 AM PDT AP - Prosecutors say one man died and eight people were wounded when brawls and shooting erupted at a Dutch beach party.

Bosnia's ethnic divisions are evident in schools (AP) Posted: 22 Aug 2009 09:01 PM PDT AP - It's shortly after noon, and teenagers who were taught their capital is Zagreb, in neighboring Croatia, are streaming out of Stolac High School. In an hour, their classrooms will be filled with children who have learned that their capital is Sarajevo, Bosnia.

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