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• MySpace Music launches in Britain (AP)
• Russia recession likely to dominate Putin phone-in (Reuters)
• Robinson make Chelsea pay League Cup penalty (AFP)
• Teenager convicted of setting girlfriend ablaze (AFP)
• Everton, Benfica through as Lazio and Celtic crash in Europa League (AFP)
• Airbus job cuts nearly complete under restructuring (AFP)
• City spike Arsenal's young guns (AFP)
• Daimler moving some C-Class production to Alabama (AP)
• Iran frees five detained British yachtsmen (AFP)
• England cricketer Vaughan aims to bowl over art world (AFP)
• Albania ready to receive more Guantanamo detainees (AP)
• US allies wary of Obama's Afghanistan troop plea (AP)
• Serbian court probes attack on NY student (AP)
• Macedonia to send more troops to Afghanistan (AP)
• Knox defense urges: Give Amanda back her life (AP)
• Stolen remains of Austrian billionaire returned (AP)
• Troop contributions for Obama's Afghan surge (AP)
• Poland plans to add 600 more troops in Afghanistan (AP)
• Chechen rebels claim Russian train bombing (AP)
• Some main Paris museums closed due to strike (AP)

MySpace Music launches in Britain (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 04:10 PM PST AP - More than a year after launching in the U.S., MySpace Music is crossing the pond and arriving in Britain.

Russia recession likely to dominate Putin phone-in (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 03:35 PM PST Reuters - Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister and most powerful politician, will field dozens of questions on Thursday from the Russian people at an annual phone-in likely to be dominated by the country's sickly economy.

Robinson make Chelsea pay League Cup penalty (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 03:22 PM PST AFP - A double penalty save by Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper Paul Robinson sent his side into the semi-finals of the League Cup 4-3 in a shootout after an enthralling encounter here with Chelsea.

Teenager convicted of setting girlfriend ablaze (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 03:17 PM PST AFP - A teenager was convicted Wednesday in court of murdering his girlfriend by soaking her in petrol and setting her on fire after she threatened to leave him.

Everton, Benfica through as Lazio and Celtic crash in Europa League (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 03:01 PM PST AFP - Everton, Benfica, Hamburg, Fenerbahce and Red Bull Salzburg confirmed their places in the knockout phase of the Europa League on Wednesday, but Lazio and Celtic crashed out of European competition.

Airbus job cuts nearly complete under restructuring (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 02:38 PM PST AFP - Airbus has nearly finished cutting 4,400 jobs as set out in a major restructuring plan, union leaders and management said after a meeting between them on Wednesday.

City spike Arsenal's young guns (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 02:18 PM PST AFP - Carlos Tevez, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Vladimir Weiss were all on target as Manchester City beat Arsenal 3-0 in the quarter-finals of the English League Cup at Eastlands here on Wednesday.

Daimler moving some C-Class production to Alabama (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 01:51 PM PST AP - German carmaker Daimler AG said Wednesday it will move production of some Mercedes-Benz sedans to its Alabama plant, part of plans to cut manufacturing costs and take advantage of a growing U.S. market for the automaker's luxury vehicles.

Iran frees five detained British yachtsmen (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 01:41 PM PST AFP - Five British yachtsmen seized by Iran after apparently straying into the country's territorial waters were released on Wednesday and arrived in Dubai, saying they were treated well while in custody.

England cricketer Vaughan aims to bowl over art world (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 01:41 PM PST AFP - First it was tennis legend Martina Navratilova, and now former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan is using his sporting skills to produce art.

Albania ready to receive more Guantanamo detainees (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:50 AM PST AP - Albania says it has agreed to accept more former Guantanamo detainees, but not members of China's ethnic Uighur Muslim minority.

US allies wary of Obama's Afghanistan troop plea (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:46 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama won flattering words but little solid firepower from European allies for his new Afghanistan strategy Wednesday, as small countries pitched in small troop reinforcements but bigger armies held back.

Serbian court probes attack on NY student (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:18 AM PST AP - A Serbian court heard video testimony on Wednesday from an American college student who was beaten into a coma in upstate New York last year by a Serb.

Macedonia to send more troops to Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:52 AM PST AP - Macedonia says it will send more soldiers to Afghanistan.

Knox defense urges: Give Amanda back her life (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:27 AM PST AP - A defense lawyer for an American student accused of killing her British roommate broke down after urging the court to give his client back her life. But a prosecutor called the accused a compressed spring who exploded the night of the murder.

Stolen remains of Austrian billionaire returned (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:18 AM PST AP - A coffin containing the body of an Austrian billionaire has been returned to his family, more than a year after it was stolen from a graveyard by thieves who blackmailed the relatives for $150,000 (euro100,000), police said Wednesday.

Troop contributions for Obama's Afghan surge (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 08:57 AM PST AP - Key allied pledges to the NATO-led international force in Afghanistan, in addition to the deployment of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements announced by President Barack Obama.

Poland plans to add 600 more troops in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 08:00 AM PST AP - Poland plans to send 600 more troops to Afghanistan next year, officials said Wednesday.

Chechen rebels claim Russian train bombing (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 07:57 AM PST AP - Chechen rebels claimed responsibility Wednesday for blowing up a high-speed Russian train last week, an attack that killed 26 people, injured scores of others and raised fears of a fresh wave of terror attacks.

Some main Paris museums closed due to strike (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 06:48 AM PST AP - On a gray, drizzly day just made for a Paris museum visit, the city's premier art institutions were hit by strikes that left tourists out in the cold and had some French people worried about the image their country projects to foreigners.

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