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• Syrian leader visits Spain (AFP)
• Exit polls in Polish election give Komorowski edge (AP)
• German state bans smoking at Oktoberfest (AP)
• Two French ministers quit in row over perks (AFP)
• Kaczynski concedes defeat in Polish presidential bid (AFP)
• Komorowski wins Polish presidential election (Reuters)
• Ton-up Bopara roars for Lions against Windies A (AFP)
• Two scandal-tainted French junior ministers resign (Reuters)
• France trims budget piecemeal to ward off protest (AP)
• Queen unveils 'Magna Carta' cornerstone for Canada museum (AFP)
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• Clinton seeks to broker Armenia-Azerbaijan dispute (AP)
• Pope praises life of 13th-century pontiff who quit (AP)
• Britain's queen making first visit to Ground Zero (AP)
• Medvedev: Trying to downplay US gains fruitless (AP)
• Cyprus: how an alleged Russian spy eluded capture (AP)

Syrian leader visits Spain (AFP) Posted: 04 Jul 2010 01:32 PM PDT AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Spain Sunday for a two-day official visit that follows a tour of Latin America.

Exit polls in Polish election give Komorowski edge (AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2010 01:28 PM PDT AP - Interim president Bronislaw Komorowski appeared Sunday to have held off a last-minute surge from the identical twin brother of the late president, who died in an April plane crash that shocked the country and forced early elections.

German state bans smoking at Oktoberfest (AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2010 01:22 PM PDT AP - Smokers heading to Germany's famous annual beer festival, Oktoberfest, will be stuck lighting up outside after voters Sunday supported a total smoking ban in Bavarian for restaurants, bars, cafes and beer tents.

Two French ministers quit in row over perks (AFP) Posted: 04 Jul 2010 01:11 PM PDT AFP - Two French ministers resigned Sunday after rows over the spending of thousands of euros of taxpayers' money on a private jet and cigars at a time when budget cuts are hitting the public.

Kaczynski concedes defeat in Polish presidential bid (AFP) Posted: 04 Jul 2010 01:07 PM PDT AFP - Polish ex-premier Jaroslaw Kaczynski conceded defeat Sunday in a presidential vote forced by his identical twin's air-crash death, after exit polls indicated he had lost to rival Bronislaw Komorowski.

Komorowski wins Polish presidential election (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jul 2010 12:42 PM PDT Reuters - Bronislaw Komorowski, the candidate of Poland's ruling pro-business Civic Platform (PO), won Sunday's presidential election run-off, removing a potential obstacle to reforms needed to repair battered public finances.

Ton-up Bopara roars for Lions against Windies A (AFP) Posted: 04 Jul 2010 12:39 PM PDT AFP - Ravi Bopara made 168 as the England Lions crushed West Indies A by 124 runs in their triangular series one-day match at New Road here on Sunday.

Two scandal-tainted French junior ministers resign (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jul 2010 12:28 PM PDT Reuters - Two French junior ministers resigned on Sunday over spending scandals, a move likely to embarrass President Nicolas Sarkozy's unpopular government at a time when it is preaching sobriety and austerity.

France trims budget piecemeal to ward off protest (AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2010 12:06 PM PDT AP - Officially, France has no single grand plan to cut the enormous national debt that has contributed to fears about Europe's financial stability.

Queen unveils 'Magna Carta' cornerstone for Canada museum (AFP) Posted: 04 Jul 2010 12:04 PM PDT AFP - Queen Elizabeth II hailed the special contribution to Canada's culture made by the country's native peoples, attending a performance of indigenous dance and visiting the site of a future museum for human rights.

(AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2010 11:03 AM PDT AP - Exit polls show Komorowski has slight edge over Kaczynski in Polish election.

Clinton seeks to broker Armenia-Azerbaijan dispute (AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2010 10:11 AM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday appealed to Armenia and Azerbaijan for a peaceful resolution of a long-running territorial dispute between the neighboring ex-Soviet states, but there were no outward signs of fresh diplomatic progress.

Pope praises life of 13th-century pontiff who quit (AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2010 10:07 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that "for all our weaknesses" priests have an important role in the world.

Britain's queen making first visit to Ground Zero (AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2010 07:53 AM PDT AP - Queen Elizabeth II will visit Ground Zero for the first time and make her first address to the U.N. General Assembly in over half a century when she arrives in New York on Tuesday.

Medvedev: Trying to downplay US gains fruitless (AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2010 07:37 AM PDT AP - In the wake of a spy scandal, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says efforts to minimize the importance of recent advances with the United States won't be successful.

Cyprus: how an alleged Russian spy eluded capture (AP) Posted: 04 Jul 2010 03:53 AM PDT AP - The alleged paymaster of a Russian spy ring in the United States spoke no more than necessary. He stayed in modest hotels and dressed for the Mediterranean heat: shorts and untucked shirts. He wore spectacles and a clipped mustache.

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