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• Turkish Cypriots go to polls in crucial vote (Reuters)
• Dutch, German airlines say no damage in test flights (Reuters)
• Couple stranded by volcano take vows online (AFP)
• A glance at flight disruptions due to volcanic ash (AP)
• AP Exclusive: How the pope got his US lawyer (AP)
• Poland to bury president, ash cloud deters Obama, Merkel (Reuters)
• Britain extends flight ban until 1200 GMT Sunday (AFP)
• Poland holds public memorial for crash victims (AP)
• World champion Higgins comes through opener (AFP)
• Pope on pilgrimage in nation hit by sex scandal (AP)
• Cardinal: late pope backed priest-shielding (AP)
• Hydrogen still in the eco-car race (AP)
• Priest involved in sex case has left job in Italy (AP)
• Glance at some of those who died in plane crash (AP)

Turkish Cypriots go to polls in crucial vote (Reuters) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 04:25 PM PDT Reuters - Turkish Cypriots vote in a presidential election Sunday which could shape the future of Cyprus's fragile reunification process and Turkey's bid to join the European Union.

Dutch, German airlines say no damage in test flights (Reuters) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 04:02 PM PDT Reuters - Dutch and German airlines carried out test flights over Europe on Saturday and said their planes appeared undamaged by a volcanic ash cloud that has forced airports to close across the continent.

Couple stranded by volcano take vows online (AFP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 04:02 PM PDT AFP - A British-Australian couple's wedding guests watched them take their vows over the Internet on Saturday after the volcanic ash cloud disrupting European flights left them stranded in Dubai.

A glance at flight disruptions due to volcanic ash (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 03:55 PM PDT AP - Here is a glance of the flight disruptions and airspace closures across Europe and beyond, caused by a lingering volcanic ash plume drifting from Iceland.

AP Exclusive: How the pope got his US lawyer (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 03:44 PM PDT AP - The Vatican has long let cardinals or its official spokesmen do its talking when scandal hits.

Poland to bury president, ash cloud deters Obama, Merkel (Reuters) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 03:43 PM PDT Reuters - Poland prepared on Sunday to bury President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria, killed in a plane crash last weekend, but a volcanic ash cloud over Europe prevented many world leaders from attending.

Britain extends flight ban until 1200 GMT Sunday (AFP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 03:25 PM PDT AFP - Britain has extended a ban on most flights in its airspace until at least 1200 GMT Sunday due to the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland, air authorities announced.

Poland holds public memorial for crash victims (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 03:11 PM PDT AP - Some 100,000 Poles filled Warsaw's biggest public square Saturday, joining together for a memorial and funeral Mass for the 96 people killed in a plane crash a week earlier.

World champion Higgins comes through opener (AFP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 02:34 PM PDT AFP - Reigning champion John Higgins avoided the embarrassment of a first round exit at the World Championship with a hard-fought 10-6 win over Barry Hawkins at the Crucible Theatre on Saturday.

Pope on pilgrimage in nation hit by sex scandal (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 01:25 PM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday began a pilgrimage in Malta, a Catholic nation buffeted by the worldwide clerical sex abuse scandal and where victims are hoping to meet with him as a way to deal with their pain.

Cardinal: late pope backed priest-shielding (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 01:20 PM PDT AP - Spanish media are quoting a retired Vatican cardinal as saying the late Pope John Paul II backed his letter congratulating a French bishop for risking jail for shielding a priest convicted of raping minors.

Hydrogen still in the eco-car race (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:00 AM PDT AP - Hydrogen, one of Earth's most abundant elements, once was seen as green energy's answer to the petroleum-driven car: easy to produce, available everywhere and nonpolluting when burned.

Priest involved in sex case has left job in Italy (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 07:36 AM PDT AP - An Indian priest who pleaded no contest to assaulting a 15-year-old girl in Florida and was found by an Associated Press investigation to be posted in Italy has given up his job at the Italian church, officials said Saturday.

Glance at some of those who died in plane crash (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 03:25 AM PDT AP - A glance at some of the most prominent victims of the crash of Poland's presidential plane April 10, according to the official passenger list, released by the president's office.

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