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• Iceland's president defends Icesave veto (AFP)
• Blair allies call for ballot on Brown (AFP)
• Last-minute deal to save Saab unlikely: GM chief (AFP)
• Slovak security test ends with explosives on plane (AP)
• Filthy lucre: Cash-filled shoes tossed in Romania (AP)
• Snow brings mayhem to Britain as Europe shivers (AFP)
• France wants to save Airbus military transport project (AFP)
• UK's PM Brown faces leadership ballot call (Reuters)
• Germany's Westerwelle embarks on tour of Turkey, Gulf (AFP)
• 2 former UK govt ministers challenge Gordon Brown (AP)
• Wife says CIA bomber saw US as adversary (AP)
• Former Czech chancellor Ivan Medek dies at 84 (AP)
• Suicide bombing kills 6 Russian police, wounds 16 (AP)
• Snow slams Britain as European cold snap lingers (AP)
• France to push for genocide panel in Paris court (AP)
• UK agreed cease-fire with Iraqi militants in Basra (AP)
• Ex-prostitute loses claim against school (AP)
• French at odds over putting poor into top schools (AP)
• Suspect likely visited Auschwitz site before theft (AP)
• Germany investigating report on CIA hit team (AP)

Iceland's president defends Icesave veto (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 05:26 PM PST AFP - Iceland's president has defended as "democratic" his decision to veto a compensation deal to cover the Icesave bank collapse, amid anger in Britain and the Netherlands.

Blair allies call for ballot on Brown (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:50 PM PST AFP - Two ex-ministers called Wednesday for a ballot of Labour lawmakers on whether Prime Minister Gordon Brown should remain leader, highlighting his vulnerability months before a general election.

Last-minute deal to save Saab unlikely: GM chief (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:26 PM PST AFP - A last-minute deal to save Swedish carmaker Saab from being shut down is unlikely, the head of General Motors said Wednesday.

Slovak security test ends with explosives on plane (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:16 PM PST AP - A failed airport security test ended up with a Slovak man unwittingly carrying hidden explosives in his luggage on a flight to Dublin, Slovak officials admitted Wednesday — a mistake that enraged Irish authorities and shocked aviation experts worldwide.

Filthy lucre: Cash-filled shoes tossed in Romania (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:39 PM PST AP - Romanian newspapers are reporting that a Romanian family who hid euro40,000 ($57,768) in a pair of old shoes, then threw them away by mistake, has recovered the bulk of its savings.

Snow brings mayhem to Britain as Europe shivers (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:06 PM PST AFP - Soldiers helped rescue stranded drivers Wednesday as Britain's most brutal winter in decades caused chaos for travellers, and bitterly cold temperatures cloaked much of Europe.

France wants to save Airbus military transport project (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:38 AM PST AFP - France on Wednesday insisted that the building of high-tech Airbus A400M military transport planes must go ahead but Germany looked unwilling to plough more money into the much-delayed project.

UK's PM Brown faces leadership ballot call (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:36 AM PST Reuters - Two former British cabinet ministers on Wednesday called for a secret ballot of MPs to decide if Prime Minister Gordon Brown should lead the Labour Party into an election due by June.

Germany's Westerwelle embarks on tour of Turkey, Gulf (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:27 AM PST AFP - Germany's foreign minister embarked Wednesday on a tour of Turkey and the Gulf to promote efforts to revive the Middle East peace process and weigh security risks emanating from Yemen and Iran.

2 former UK govt ministers challenge Gordon Brown (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:26 AM PST AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown fought off a challenge to his leadership Wednesday from two senior figures in his Labour Party as the party moved quickly to quash the revolt. But the challenge exposed a badly divided party months before a national election that polls predict it will lose.

Wife says CIA bomber saw US as adversary (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 10:40 AM PST AP - The wife of the suspected Jordanian double agent who killed seven CIA workers in Afghanistan said Wednesday her husband regard the United States as an adversary.

Former Czech chancellor Ivan Medek dies at 84 (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 10:20 AM PST AP - Ivan Medek, who served as chancellor under Czech President Vaclav Havel, has died. He was 84.

Suicide bombing kills 6 Russian police, wounds 16 (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 10:07 AM PST AP - A suicide bomber blew up an explosives-packed car at a police station in Russia's troubled North Caucasus on Wednesday, killing six officers and wounding at least 16 people, officials said.

Snow slams Britain as European cold snap lingers (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 09:50 AM PST AP - Blustery winter weather paralyzed Britain and parts of Europe Wednesday, frustrating air travelers, stranding motorists and keeping thousands from their jobs and schools. London area airports — including Heathrow, Europe's busiest — suffered widespread delays and cancellations.

France to push for genocide panel in Paris court (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 09:31 AM PST AP - France wants to speed up the way it prosecutes genocide and crimes against humanity, creating a special investigative unit in a Paris court as more suspects allegedly linked to Rwanda's genocide are turning up in the country.

UK agreed cease-fire with Iraqi militants in Basra (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 09:21 AM PST AP - Britain negotiated a cease-fire with Iraqi militants in Basra three months before British troops pulled out of the city, a senior British official told his country's Iraq inquiry Wednesday.

Ex-prostitute loses claim against school (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 09:01 AM PST AP - A Dutch court on Wednesday rejected a compensation claim by a woman who sued her former high school for allegedly failing to stop her from becoming a prostitute.

French at odds over putting poor into top schools (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 08:16 AM PST AP - France is facing a dilemma: Should the government force its most prestigious schools, those that produce presidents, prime ministers and CEOs, to be less elitist about the students they let in?

Suspect likely visited Auschwitz site before theft (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 07:59 AM PST AP - A Swedish citizen suspected of ordering the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz memorial cased the site before the theft along with Poles who carried out the crime, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Germany investigating report on CIA hit team (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 07:19 AM PST AP - German authorities are looking into allegations raised in an American magazine that a CIA hit team targeted an al-Qaida suspect in Hamburg in a post-Sept. 11 operation that was never carried out, officials said Wednesday.

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