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A look at Sweden's candidates for prime minister (AP)
Swedish gov't loses majority as far-right surges (AP)
Centre-right wins Swedish vote but short of majority (Reuters)
Britain raises Pakistan flood aid to 134 million pounds (AFP)
Swedish vote ends in hung parliament: near final results (AFP)
'Hacktivity 2010' tackles computer security in Hungary (AFP)
Pope beatifies convert in climax of British visit (AFP)
Woman opens fire in German town, four killed (Reuters)
Four killed in Germany shootings: police (AFP)
Lamb gives former club the boot as Irish go second (AFP)
Germany: 4 die after blast, shooting (AP)
Armenian Christians celebrate rare Mass in Turkey (AP)
Report: Protest in Turkey over Quran desecration (AP)
Dutch arrest alleged UK terror suspect at airport (AP)
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Remorseful US vet returns French war flag to Paris (AP)
Basque separatists want peace talks with Spain (AP)
Quadruple amputee swims across English Channel (AP)

A look at Sweden's candidates for prime minister (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT

AP - Sweden's candidates for prime minister:

Swedish gov't loses majority as far-right surges (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 03:58 PM PDT

AP - A far-right party entered the Swedish Parliament for the first time in elections Sunday, spoiling the center-right government's victory and majority, and plunging the country into political disarray, preliminary results showed.

Centre-right wins Swedish vote but short of majority (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 03:56 PM PDT

Reuters - Sweden's prime minister became the nation's first sitting center-right leader to win re-election on Sunday, but he was deprived of a majority by the entry into parliament of an anti-immigrant party.

Britain raises Pakistan flood aid to 134 million pounds (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 03:23 PM PDT

AFP - Britain said Sunday it would more than double its aid to Pakistan to 134 million pounds in response to a United Nations appeal to help the flood-hit country recover.

Swedish vote ends in hung parliament: near final results (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 03:06 PM PDT

AFP - Sweden's ruling centre-right coalition came in first in Sunday's election but fell short of a majority, near final results showed, as the far-right was seen entering a key position in a hung parliament.

'Hacktivity 2010' tackles computer security in Hungary (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:44 PM PDT

AFP - A major hackers' conference wrapped up in Hungary Sunday after higlighting protection against increasingly sophisticated computer piracy as the Internet becomes ever more present in daily life.

Pope beatifies convert in climax of British visit (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:35 PM PDT

AFP - Pope Benedict XVI beatified a 19th century Catholic convert on Sunday in the finale of his historic visit to Britain.

Woman opens fire in German town, four killed (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:31 PM PDT

Reuters - Four people were killed and at least one person seriously injured when a woman armed with a gun opened fire in and around a hospital in the southern German town of Loerrach, authorities said on Sunday.

Four killed in Germany shootings: police (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:31 PM PDT

AFP - A toddler was among four people killed after a woman armed with a shotgun went on the rampage before being shot dead by police in the town of Loerrach, southwest Germany, police told AFP.

Lamb gives former club the boot as Irish go second (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:25 PM PDT

AFP - London Irish fly-half Ryan Lamb put the boot into former club Gloucester as the Exiles secured a 23-16 victory to move up to second in the Premiership table on Sunday.

Germany: 4 die after blast, shooting (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 02:15 PM PDT

AP - Four people died and a policeman was seriously wounded in a town in southwestern Germany on Sunday, after an explosion in an apartment building and a shooting in the neighboring hospital that authorities believe are linked, a prosecutor said.

Armenian Christians celebrate rare Mass in Turkey (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 12:41 PM PDT

AP - Several thousand Armenian Christian pilgrims took boats to an ancient island cathedral in eastern Turkey on Sunday for the first Mass held in the church since it was abandoned during the mass killings of Armenians 95 years ago.

Report: Protest in Turkey over Quran desecration (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 12:13 PM PDT

AP - A news report says thousands of people have protested incidents of Quran desecration in the United States.

Dutch arrest alleged UK terror suspect at airport (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 11:57 AM PDT

AP - Dutch police on Sunday arrested a British man of Somali ancestry at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport for possible links to a terrorist group, a spokesman for the Dutch prosecutors said.

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Posted: 19 Sep 2010 11:02 AM PDT

AP - TV Exit poll: center-right government to win Swedish election with 49.1 percent of the vote.

Remorseful US vet returns French war flag to Paris (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 09:53 AM PDT

AP - On the day Paris was liberated from the Nazis in 1944, a young American soldier nabbed a souvenir of epic proportions: He took home the French flag that hung from the Arc de Triomphe, a symbol of the end of four years of struggle and shame.

Basque separatists want peace talks with Spain (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2010 08:12 AM PDT

AP - The armed Basque separatist group ETA said Sunday that it is willing to accept international mediation to help solve its long-running conflict with Spain's government.