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• Chelsea struggle to beat APOEL (AFP)
• Study says too much candy could lead to prison (AP)
• Britain's BAE faces threat of bribe charges: source (AFP)
• Paris summer 2010 ready-to-wear off to light start (AP)
• Carrick seals United comeback as Milan humbled (AFP)
• Family of Americans killed in Air France crash sue (AP)
• West goes to Iran talks — and readies sanctions (AP)
• EU: Georgia started '08 war but Russia shares blame (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Carrick and Giggs haul United to victory (AFP)
• Look at UN sanctions on Iran for nuclear program (AP)
• EU report: Georgian attack started war with Russia (AP)
• Russia ready for restoration of ties with NATO (AP)
• Prison sought for 26 Americans in CIA case (AP)
• France's Villepin denies plot to smear Sarkozy (AP)
• 2 kangaroos from Belgrade zoo killed (AP)
• EU nations to hammer out financial oversight (AP)
• Hawking steps down as Lucasian professor in UK (AP)
• 2 suspects in custody in Swedish helicopter heist (AP)
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• Excerpts from EU report on the Georgia-Russia war (AP)

Chelsea struggle to beat APOEL (AFP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:19 PM PDT AFP - Chelsea came through a tricky Champions League tie in Cyprus on Wednesday against Cypriot underdogs APOEL Nicosia with a scrappy 1-0 victory to stay top of Group D.

Study says too much candy could lead to prison (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:02 PM PDT AP - Willy Wonka would be horrified. Children who eat too much candy may be more likely to be arrested for violent behavior as adults, new research suggests.

Britain's BAE faces threat of bribe charges: source (AFP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:56 PM PDT AFP - British defence equipment firm BAE Systems could face criminal charges if efforts to force the company to accept a deal with corruption investigators fails, a source said late Wednesday.

Paris summer 2010 ready-to-wear off to light start (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:54 PM PDT AP - The City of Light's spring-summer 2010 ready-to-wear shows got off to a breezy start Wednesday, with British goth Gareth Pugh delivering a kindler, gentler version of the apocalypse, Rochas' seaside resort gear and a heatwave-ready wardrobe from emerging French designer Anne Valerie Hash.

Carrick seals United comeback as Milan humbled (AFP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:49 PM PDT AFP - Manchester United, Chelsea and Real Madrid kept up their 100 percent start in the Champions League on Wednesday - but the English pair both had to scrap for narrow wins over Wolfsburg and Apoel Nicosia.

Family of Americans killed in Air France crash sue (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:49 PM PDT AP - The families of two Americans killed in the crash of an Air France flight off the coast of South America in June filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming the airline and the plane's various manufacturers knew the aircraft had defective parts that could have caused the accident.

West goes to Iran talks — and readies sanctions (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:41 PM PDT AP - The U.S. and five other world powers go to the table with Iran on Thursday to demand a freeze of its nuclear activities, and a senior U.S. official said Washington may seek rare face-to-face talks with Iranian diplomats.

EU: Georgia started '08 war but Russia shares blame (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:22 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - MOSCOW — Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had no justification under international law when he ordered a military incursion into the breakaway South Ossetia region last year that included missile barrages on civilian areas, according to a European Union-commissioned report released Wednesday.

Carrick and Giggs haul United to victory (AFP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 02:16 PM PDT AFP - Michael Carrick struck a 77th-minute winning goal for Manchester United as they maintained their 100 per cent record in their Champions League group with a 2-1 victory over German champions Wolfsburg at Old Trafford on Wednesday.

Look at UN sanctions on Iran for nuclear program (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:31 PM PDT AP - The U.N. Security Council has imposed three rounds of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. The key points in each:

EU report: Georgian attack started war with Russia (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:55 PM PDT AP - Georgia and Russia both claimed to find vindication in Wednesday's independent report on the causes of their 2008 war, but neither seemed likely to be able to take the moral high ground because of its blunt judgments.

Russia ready for restoration of ties with NATO (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:12 PM PDT AP - Russia is ready to fully restore cooperation with NATO which was suspended in the aftermath of the Russia-Georgia war, the Kremlin said Wednesday.

Prison sought for 26 Americans in CIA case (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:07 PM PDT AP - An Italian prosecutor in the first trial anywhere scrutinizing the CIA's extraordinary renditions asked a Milan court on Wednesday to sentence 26 Americans to jail terms ranging from 10 to 13 years for the abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect.

France's Villepin denies plot to smear Sarkozy (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:02 PM PDT AP - Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin denied orchestrating a plot to discredit President Nicolas Sarkozy, in much-awaited testimony Wednesday that is central to a slander trial pitting the two political rivals against each other.

2 kangaroos from Belgrade zoo killed (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:35 AM PDT AP - Two of the Belgrade Zoo's kangaroos died Wednesday, one of them a baby that got loose in downtown Belgrade and was killed by an apparent hit-and-run driver, police said.

EU nations to hammer out financial oversight (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 11:33 AM PDT AP - European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet warned EU governments Wednesday that the public will be unforgiving if authorities don't provide a stronger financial system.

Hawking steps down as Lucasian professor in UK (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 08:59 AM PDT AP - Physicist Stephen Hawking stepped down Wednesday as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University after 30 years in the post.

2 suspects in custody in Swedish helicopter heist (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 08:59 AM PDT AP - A Swedish court ordered two suspects in last week's dramatic helicopter heist at a cash depot in Stockholm to remain in custody.

(AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 08:50 AM PDT AP - Prosecutor requests up to 13 years in prison for 26 Americans charged with abducting Egyptian.

Excerpts from EU report on the Georgia-Russia war (AP) Posted: 30 Sep 2009 08:25 AM PDT AP - Following are key excerpts from the independent EU-commissioned report on the causes of the August 2008 war between Russia and Georgia:

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