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• Icelandic parliament approves repayment bill (Reuters)
• Iceland approves Icesave compensation (AFP)
• Formula One king and Status Quo rockers honoured (AFP)
• Buoyant Boyd greedy for more goals (AFP)
• Survey: 133 media workers killed in 2009 (AP)
• Guide to breaking cell phone security revealed (AP)
• United and Arsenal keep pressure on Premier League leaders Chelsea (AFP)
• Telefonica Answering The Call For VoIP In Europe (Investor's Business Daily)
• Dutch to use full body scanners for US flights (AP)
• British hostage in Iraq freed after over 2 years (AP)
• Swedish Kurds demand removal from Interpol list (AP)
• New French government decree: Party 'til dawn (AP)
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• Bulgaria sending more troops to Afghanistan (AP)
• Space head: Russia may send spacecraft to asteroid (AP)

Icelandic parliament approves repayment bill (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:49 PM PST Reuters - Iceland's parliament approved an amended bill on Wednesday to repay more than $5 billion lost by savers in Britain and the Netherlands when the island's banks collapsed during the financial crisis.

Iceland approves Icesave compensation (AFP) Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:23 PM PST AFP - Iceland parliament's approved Wednesday paying nearly four billion euros to Britain and the Netherlands, which had compensated more than 320,000 of their savers in a failed Icelandic bank.

Formula One king and Status Quo rockers honoured (AFP) Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:21 PM PST AFP - Formula One world champion Jenson Button and the two remaining original members of veteran rockers Status Quo were recognised in the New Year's Honours List on Thursday.

Buoyant Boyd greedy for more goals (AFP) Posted: 30 Dec 2009 03:44 PM PST AFP - Kris Boyd broke Henrik Larsson's Scottish Premier League scoring record with five goals in a 7-1 mauling of Dundee United on Wednesday but the striker says he is greedy for more.

Survey: 133 media workers killed in 2009 (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2009 03:00 PM PST AP - This year has been one of the worst on record for the deliberate killing of reporters and media staff, an international journalists' association said Thursday.

Guide to breaking cell phone security revealed (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2009 02:51 PM PST AP - A German security expert has raised the ire of the cell phone industry after he and a group of researchers posted online a how-to guide for cracking the encryption that keeps the calls of billions of cell phone users secret.

United and Arsenal keep pressure on Premier League leaders Chelsea (AFP) Posted: 30 Dec 2009 02:37 PM PST AFP - Manchester United closed the gap on Premier League leaders Chelsea to two points with a 5-0 rout of Wigan, while Arsenal are also firmly in the title race after thrashing Portsmouth 4-1 on Wednesday.

Telefonica Answering The Call For VoIP In Europe (Investor's Business Daily) Posted: 30 Dec 2009 02:15 PM PST Investor's Business Daily - Telefonica's purchase of Internet calling startup Jajah likely will speed up big changes in Europe's mobile phone market, analysts say.

Dutch to use full body scanners for US flights (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2009 01:24 PM PST AP - The Netherlands announced Wednesday it will immediately begin using full body scanners for flights heading to the United States, saying that could have stopped the attempted Christmas Day airline bombing.

British hostage in Iraq freed after over 2 years (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2009 01:23 PM PST AP - A British man abducted in Baghdad by armed militants disguised as policemen was freed Wednesday, alive and remarkably well after 2 1/2 years in captivity, the British government said.

Swedish Kurds demand removal from Interpol list (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2009 01:10 PM PST AP - A group of Swedish citizens accused by Iran of terrorism and other crimes demanded Wednesday that their names be removed from Interpol's most-wanted list, and criticized the international police agency for honoring politically motivated requests.

New French government decree: Party 'til dawn (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2009 06:55 AM PST AP - Just in time for New Year's Eve, a new decree from France: Let them dance 'til dawn.

(AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2009 06:29 AM PST AP - British foreign secretary says Peter Moore, kidnapped in Iraq in 2007, has been released alive.

Bulgaria sending more troops to Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:52 AM PST AP - Bulgaria says it will send 30 more troops to the NATO-led force in Afghanistan early next year.

Space head: Russia may send spacecraft to asteroid (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:28 AM PST AP - Russia's space chief said Wednesday his agency will consider sending a spacecraft to a large asteroid to knock it off its path and prevent a possible collision with Earth.

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