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• England clarifies law on assisted suicide (AFP)
• Google warned by EU over Street View map photos (AP)
• Politicians condemn N. Ireland killing (AFP)
• Berlusconi lawyer has guilty verdict overturned (AP)
• Iceland ends Icesave talks with no resolution (AP)
• Real IRA faction says it `executed' NIreland man (AP)
• Liverpool survive scare as Roma crash in Europa League (AFP)
• Icesave talks fail, referendum to go ahead: Reykjavik (AFP)
• Hollywood stars, royalty at 'Alice in Wonderland' premiere (AFP)
• Executive: Nike already benefiting from World Cup (AP)
• Turkish court frees ex-Navy, Air Force chiefs (AP)
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• Half-empty chamber greets Ukraine's new president (AP)
• 9 Russian neo-Nazis get up to 23 years in prison (AP)
• Sun, not sails, for solar yacht (AP)
• Germany to promote `language of ideas" (AP)
• Germans investigate Catholic school sex abuse (AP)
• German officer who defied orders dies in France (AP)
• NATO chief defends European role in Afghan war (AP)
• Reports: Madeira flood missing rises to 29 (AP)

England clarifies law on assisted suicide (AFP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 06:16 PM PST AFP - Prosecutors in England and Wales received fresh guidelines on assisted suicide to make it easier for them to decide whether to charge people who have helped sick loved ones to die.

Google warned by EU over Street View map photos (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 05:54 PM PST AP - European Union data privacy regulators are telling Google Inc. to warn people before it sends cameras out into cities to take pictures for its Street View maps, adding to the company's legal worries in Europe.

Politicians condemn N. Ireland killing (AFP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:47 PM PST AFP - Politicians condemned the murder of a man in Northern Ireland who was shot in the head and left half-naked on a roadside by dissident republicans as "a throwback to the very worst of our past".

Berlusconi lawyer has guilty verdict overturned (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 03:59 PM PST AP - Italy's highest court overturned a guilty verdict Thursday for a British lawyer accused of taking a bribe to lie in court in the 1990s to protect Premier Silvio Berlusconi, ruling that the statute of limitations had expired.

Iceland ends Icesave talks with no resolution (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 03:32 PM PST AP - Hopes that Iceland could agree with Britain and the Netherlands over the terms of repaying $5.7 billion owed to the two countries collapsed Thursday, as officials said talks in London ended without a final resolution.

Real IRA faction says it `executed' NIreland man (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 03:10 PM PST AP - The Real IRA splinter group says it killed a Catholic civilian whose semi-naked body was found handcuffed and dumped near the Irish border.

Liverpool survive scare as Roma crash in Europa League (AFP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 02:57 PM PST AFP - Liverpool survived a big scare against Romanian underdogs Unirea Urziceni on Thursday night before securing a 3-1 victory that takes them into the Europa League round of 16.

Icesave talks fail, referendum to go ahead: Reykjavik (AFP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 02:46 PM PST AFP - Final talks on how Iceland should compensate Britain and the Netherlands for money lost in the collapse of an Icelandic bank in 2008 failed Thursday, meaning a referendum on the issue will go ahead, the government said.

Hollywood stars, royalty at 'Alice in Wonderland' premiere (AFP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 02:04 PM PST AFP - Hollywood stars Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway joined British royalty on Thursday for the London world premiere of Tim Burton's 3D fantasy adventure movie "Alice in Wonderland".

Executive: Nike already benefiting from World Cup (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 01:54 PM PST AP - A Nike Inc. executive said Thursday that the U.S. sports outfitter is cautiously optimistic about overall trading prospects for the year, with sales of its soccer gear already up dramatically ahead of this year's World Cup.

Turkish court frees ex-Navy, Air Force chiefs (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 01:28 PM PST AP - A confident Turkish prime minister dismissed opposition calls for early elections Thursday and met with the country's military chief to defuse tensions over the government's probe into an alleged military plot to overthrow the Islamic-rooted government.

(AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 10:26 AM PST AP - A Turkish court releases ex-Navy and Air Force chiefs without charging them in coup plot case.

Half-empty chamber greets Ukraine's new president (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 10:20 AM PST AP - New Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych vowed Thursday to create "a European state outside of any bloc," but the crippling lack of consensus in his government was clear in the half-empty hall during his inaugural address.

9 Russian neo-Nazis get up to 23 years in prison (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 09:16 AM PST AP - Nine young men who formed a neo-Nazi group and killed six non-Slavs were sentenced to prison Thursday, as Russia officials battle a surge in racist assaults, hate crimes and xenophobia.

Sun, not sails, for solar yacht (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 08:55 AM PST AP - No need to hoist the sails aboard this yacht.

Germany to promote `language of ideas" (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 08:20 AM PST AP - Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Well, you should, at least according to Germany's foreign minister.

Germans investigate Catholic school sex abuse (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 08:05 AM PST AP - German prosecutors have opened investigations into allegations of sexual abuse at two Roman Catholic schools — the first legal action since reports of priests abusing students surfaced in January.

German officer who defied orders dies in France (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 08:04 AM PST AP - A former German officer who helped save Bordeaux's port from destruction by Nazi forces in World War II has died.

NATO chief defends European role in Afghan war (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 06:19 AM PST AP - NATO's chief is defending Europe's contribution to the international force in Afghanistan from criticism by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Reports: Madeira flood missing rises to 29 (AP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 05:32 AM PST AP - Reports say authorities in Madeira have increased to 29 the number of people reported missing in the Portuguese island's deadly landslides last weekend.

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