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• UK's Brown stands firm on Afghanistan (AP)
• Climate talks 'not going well': Ed Miliband (AFP)
• Brazil's Lula meets queen on investment-seeking visit (AFP)
• Roma late show shocks Fulham, Celtic face Europa League exit (AFP)
• Public support for Afghan strategy plummets: poll (AFP)
• UK lawmakers call for new rendition flight ban (AP)
• Chechen human rights activist abducted in Moscow (AP)
• Sweden, Finland okay Russia's Nord Stream pipeline (AFP)
• Russia: 2 suspects in lawyer, journalist killings (AP)
• Outrage over wall blocking free U2 Berlin concert (AP)
• Spanish hostages' wives: 3 crew taken ashore (AP)
• Russia criticizes Poland's call for US troops (AP)
• Union, UK Royal Mail reach interim agreement (AP)
• German workers protest GM's Opel reversal (AP)
• Norway seeks WTO help in disputed EU seal hunt ban (AP)
• War crimes tribunal to appoint lawyer for Karadzic (AP)
• Sweden, Finland OK Baltic Sea gas pipeline project (AP)
• Killings by Afghan policeman shake British resolve (AP)
• Negotiators scale back UN climate pact ambitions (AP)
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UK's Brown stands firm on Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 04:01 PM PST AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to defend his government's commitment to Afghanistan in a major speech Friday, saying the war is essential to his country's security, according to excerpts released in advance by his office.

Climate talks 'not going well': Ed Miliband (AFP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 03:39 PM PST AFP - Negotiations ahead of the crucial UN climate talks in Copenhagen are "not going well", Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband warned Thursday.

Brazil's Lula meets queen on investment-seeking visit (AFP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 03:25 PM PST AFP - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met Queen Elizabeth II Thursday on the last day of his trip to Britain, where he sought to drum up investment and signed an Olympic cooperation deal.

Roma late show shocks Fulham, Celtic face Europa League exit (AFP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 02:33 PM PST AFP - Fulham compromised their hopes of advancing in the Europa League on Thursday when Roma came from behind to win 2-1 in Italy, the English Premiership side ending the Group E contest with nine men, while Everton slumped 2-0 at home to Benfica.

Public support for Afghan strategy plummets: poll (AFP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 01:45 PM PST AFP - The public is rapidly losing confidence that the war in Afghanistan can be won, after the killing of five soldiers by a rogue Afghan policeman, a new poll showed Thursday.

UK lawmakers call for new rendition flight ban (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 01:12 PM PST AP - A group of British lawmakers proposed new laws Thursday to ban the use of airports, harbors or highways in the secret rendition of suspected terrorists, while a human rights group urged the government to stop detaining terror suspects without charge.

Chechen human rights activist abducted in Moscow (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:55 PM PST AP - A Russian rights group said Chechen authorities on Thursday abducted a human rights advocate in Moscow who has been critical of Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader.

Sweden, Finland okay Russia's Nord Stream pipeline (AFP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:52 PM PST AFP - After years of procrastination, Sweden and Finland agreed on Thursday to allow the Russian-led Nord Stream pipeline to pass through their waters in the Baltic Sea, a crucial step for the project destined to supply Europe with Russian gas.

Russia: 2 suspects in lawyer, journalist killings (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:49 PM PST AP - Russian investigators on Thursday announced the arrests of two suspects in the killings of a human rights lawyer and a journalist who were shot in central Moscow in January.

Outrage over wall blocking free U2 Berlin concert (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:36 PM PST AP - Irish rockers U2 returned to Berlin for a free mini-concert Thursday in front of the Brandenburg Gate, playing its classic singles and a duet with Jay-Z even as the show was obscured from public view by a nearly 6-1/2-foot (two-meter) high metal barrier.

Spanish hostages' wives: 3 crew taken ashore (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:19 PM PST AP - Pirates holding a Spanish trawler off Somalia took three crew members ashore Thursday to press Spanish authorities for the release of fellow pirates captured in connection with the month-old hostage drama, wives of two sailors said.

Russia criticizes Poland's call for US troops (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:00 PM PST AP - Russia's foreign minister said Thursday he was surprised by Poland's call for more U.S. troops on Polish soil in response to Moscow's assertiveness, a news agency reported.

Union, UK Royal Mail reach interim agreement (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 10:53 AM PST AP - The union representing Britain's postal workers says it will call off strikes planned for later this week — and remain at work through the December holidays — after reaching an interim agreement with the Royal Mail.

German workers protest GM's Opel reversal (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 10:37 AM PST AP - Fearing widespread layoffs, thousands of Opel workers walked off the job across Germany on Thursday to protest General Motors Co.'s decision to abandon the unit's sale to new owners.

Norway seeks WTO help in disputed EU seal hunt ban (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 10:14 AM PST AP - Norway has joined Canada in asking the World Trade Organization to settle its seal hunt dispute with the European Union.

War crimes tribunal to appoint lawyer for Karadzic (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 09:25 AM PST AP - The U.N. war crimes tribunal ruled Thursday that former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will be appointed a lawyer to represent him whenever he fails to appear in court.

Sweden, Finland OK Baltic Sea gas pipeline project (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 09:11 AM PST AP - Sweden and Finland on Thursday approved a Baltic Sea pipeline project that would ship Russian natural gas to Germany, clearing two key obstacles for construction to begin next year.

Killings by Afghan policeman shake British resolve (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 07:58 AM PST AP - The deaths of five British soldiers gunned down by an Afghan policeman as they made tea after a patrol has shaken public support for the war in Afghanistan, intensifying debate about the human cost of the conflict and increasing calls for a pullout.

Negotiators scale back UN climate pact ambitions (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 07:58 AM PST AP - Negotiators and diplomats were working Thursday on a scaled-back version of a global climate change treaty that could be agreed by next month's deadline, without firm U.S. commitments.

(AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2009 06:43 AM PST AP - War crime tribunal orders court appointed lawyer for Karadzic.

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