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• Brown, Sarkozy in united front on bank bonuses (AFP)
• Briton guilty of trans-Atlantic airline bomb conspiracy (Reuters)
• Could airlines be a model for government savings? (Reuters)
• UK bankers fume over bonus levy, others welcome it (Reuters)
• Ding and Maguire into last four (AFP)
• Liverpool woes continue as Fiorentina snatch late win (AFP)
• Abortion pill cleared for sale in Italy: official journal (AFP)
• Young Gunners slip in Greece (AFP)
• Cisco and British Telecom head for the "cloud" (AFP)
• Shot Guinea junta chief in no state to return: France (Reuters)
• Ukraine reaches $2.5B arms deal with Iraq (AP)
• Man convicted of conspiring with UK bomb plotter (AP)
• Russian FM: US, Russia close to reaching arms deal (AP)
• Exhibition on love in antiquity opens in Athens (AP)
• US wants tough bioweapons ban, but no verification (AP)
• Tigers attack Hamburg zoo keepers (AP)
• Romania in turmoil: massive election fraud charged (AP)
• 3 women challenge Irish abortion ban in Euro court (AP)
• Officials: Russian nightclub fire toll hits 125 (AP)
• Police and protesters gear up for Obama visit (AP)

Brown, Sarkozy in united front on bank bonuses (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 05:06 PM PST AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Thursday other leaders to impose a tax on bankers' bonuses, in a united front amid tensions between London and Paris.

Briton guilty of trans-Atlantic airline bomb conspiracy (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 04:18 PM PST Reuters - A British man was found guilty on Wednesday of conspiring with the ringleader of a suspected al Qaeda plot to blow up transatlantic airliners bound for North America using liquid explosives.

Could airlines be a model for government savings? (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 04:14 PM PST Reuters - Braced to cut costs when Britain is facing the biggest government deficit in its history, a London council is trying the budget airline approach.

UK bankers fume over bonus levy, others welcome it (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 03:51 PM PST Reuters - Angry London bankers and traders accused finance minister Alistair Darling on Wednesday of "lip service" to appease the poor with a levy on bank bonuses.

Ding and Maguire into last four (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 03:13 PM PST AFP - Ding Jinhui came through a nail-biting quarter-final clash with Ali Carter in the final frame here Wednesday to set up a UK championship last four date with Stephen Maguire.

Liverpool woes continue as Fiorentina snatch late win (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 02:34 PM PST AFP - Alberto Gilardino's stoppage time winner ensured Liverpool ended a disastrous Champions League campaign with a 2-1 defeat against Fiorentina at Anfield on Wednesday.

Abortion pill cleared for sale in Italy: official journal (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 02:15 PM PST AFP - The sale of the RU486 abortion pill in Italy was given a final green light on Wednesday, despite protests from the Vatican and members of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government.

Young Gunners slip in Greece (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 02:07 PM PST AFP - Arsenal's young guns failed to fire Wednesday as they slipped to a solitary goal defeat at Olympiakos in their final Champions League Group H pool encounter to take the Greeks through.

Cisco and British Telecom head for the "cloud" (AFP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 02:00 PM PST AFP - Cisco and British telecom giant BT Group on Wednesday announced a partnership aimed at a growing hunger by businesses worldwide for Internet-based communications services.

Shot Guinea junta chief in no state to return: France (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 01:26 PM PST Reuters - Guinea's military junta chief is in a "difficult" condition after an assassination attempt and a return to Guinea is not imminent, a junior French minister who works on relations with African countries said on Wednesday.

Ukraine reaches $2.5B arms deal with Iraq (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:33 AM PST AP - Ukraine will provide Iraq with $2.5 billion worth of weapons and military equipment under a deal intended to shore up Iraq's fledgling armed forces before the planned pullout of U.S. troops, a senior Ukrainian lawmaker said Wednesday.

Man convicted of conspiring with UK bomb plotter (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:18 AM PST AP - A Muslim man was convicted Wednesday of conspiracy to murder for his role in a plan to blow up trans-Atlantic passenger jets using liquid explosives, a plot that sparked sweeping restrictions for passengers carrying on liquids and gels.

Russian FM: US, Russia close to reaching arms deal (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 10:30 AM PST AP - Russia's foreign minister says Moscow and Washington will sign a new nuclear arms deal shortly.

Exhibition on love in antiquity opens in Athens (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 10:10 AM PST AP - When it came to endearments, Philonides wasn't a man of subtlety.

US wants tough bioweapons ban, but no verification (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 08:58 AM PST AP - The U.S. unveiled a strategy Wednesday to crack down on biological weapons that doesn't include any international enforcement, continuing the Bush administration's rejection of binding verification plans.

Tigers attack Hamburg zoo keepers (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 08:45 AM PST AP - German police say three tigers attacked a Hamburg zookeeper, who remains in the hospital in critical condition.

Romania in turmoil: massive election fraud charged (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 08:42 AM PST AP - Many Romanians had hoped this election would lift the country out of political crisis, help it shake its reputation for corruption, and allow it to climb out of its worst recession in 20 years.

3 women challenge Irish abortion ban in Euro court (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 08:27 AM PST AP - Three women filed a lawsuit in a European court against Ireland's abortion ban Wednesday, claiming the government violates the human rights of pregnant women by forcing them to travel abroad for abortions and denying them appropriate medical care at home.

Officials: Russian nightclub fire toll hits 125 (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 06:56 AM PST AP - Members of a regional government in Russia overseeing a town hit by a deadly nightclub blaze resigned Wednesday as the death toll from the fire rose to 125.

Police and protesters gear up for Obama visit (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2009 06:14 AM PST AP - Although he doesn't show up at the Copenhagen climate talks until next week, U.S. President Barack Obama won't be far from global warming issues when he lands in Oslo Thursday to collect his contentious Nobel Peace Prize.

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