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• Dutch anti-immigration party gains ground in vote (AP)
• Huge wave kills 2 on cruise ship in Mediterranean (AP)
• Starbucks to soon begin Via sales in Japan, UK (Reuters)
• EU envoy visits Haiti, defends lateness of trip (AFP)
• Levein off to winning start as Scots end home drought (AFP)
• Polygamy row clouds British welcome for S.Africa's Zuma (AFP)
• Chavez denies links with Spain's ETA, FARC rebels (AP)
• Google Europe Exec: Desktop PCs 'Irrelevant' In Three Years (PC World)
• Queen Elizabeth welcomes South African president (AP)
• Chavez rejects Spanish claim of links to rebels (Reuters)
• Former UK Labour Party leader Michael Foot dies (AP)
• Turkey seeks to avert genocide vote in US Congress (AP)
• Greece's new austerity measures (AP)
• Ex-UK spy accused of attempting to sell secrets (AP)
• EU, US concerned about Iran's nuclear activities (AP)
• Prosecutor has 20 suspects in 2007 Kenya violence (AP)
• UK court refuses bail to former Bosnian politician (AP)
• Tymoshenko's government ousted in Ukraine (AP)
• NATO: Dutch Afghan pullout won't spark big pullout (AP)
• Correction: Ireland-1641 Massacre (AP)

Dutch anti-immigration party gains ground in vote (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 05:16 PM PST AP - Early returns in Dutch local elections showed an anti-immigrant, anti-Islam party making big gains in a result seen as a possible foreshadowing of national elections in June.

Huge wave kills 2 on cruise ship in Mediterranean (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:56 PM PST AP - A 26-foot wave smashed into a cruise ship carrying nearly 2,000 people in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, smashing glass windshields and killing two passengers, according to officials and news reports.

Starbucks to soon begin Via sales in Japan, UK (Reuters) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:04 PM PST Reuters - Starbucks Corp said on Wednesday that its cafes in the United Kingdom and Japan will soon sell its Via instant coffee, which helped boost same-store sales at U.S. outlets in the latest quarter.

EU envoy visits Haiti, defends lateness of trip (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:30 PM PST AFP - European Union foreign affairs chief, Catherine Ashton, visited quake-hit Haiti Wednesday with pledges of long-term aid, and sought to defend the delay in making the trip.

Levein off to winning start as Scots end home drought (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:20 PM PST AFP - Craig Levein's reign as Scotland manager got off to a winning start on Wednesday with Scott Brown firing them to a 1-0 win over the Czech Republic at Hampden.

Polygamy row clouds British welcome for S.Africa's Zuma (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:04 PM PST AFP - South African President Jacob Zuma received a royal welcome Wednesday as he began a state visit to Britain with colour and pomp, although a row over his polygamy threatened to cloud the trip.

Chavez denies links with Spain's ETA, FARC rebels (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:03 PM PST AP - President Hugo Chavez lashed out at Spain's prime minister Wednesday for asking Venezuela to respond to a Spanish judge's accusation that his government collaborated with Basque separatists and Colombian rebels.

Google Europe Exec: Desktop PCs 'Irrelevant' In Three Years (PC World) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 02:53 PM PST PC World - One thing's for certain: Google isn't exactly bullish on the long-term prospects of the conventional desktop or laptop. When it comes to online search, the conventional PC will be "irrelevant" within three years, or so claims Google vice-president of Global Ad Operations John Herlihy.

Queen Elizabeth welcomes South African president (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 02:24 PM PST AP - Queen Elizabeth II gave South African President Jacob Zuma a ringing welcome at a state visit Wednesday, greeting him at Horse Guards Parade before a carriage procession to Buckingham Palace.

Chavez rejects Spanish claim of links to rebels (Reuters) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 02:15 PM PST Reuters - President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday denied that Venezuela supports terrorist groups after a Spanish judge alleged links between the Venezuelan government and ETA and FARC rebels.

Former UK Labour Party leader Michael Foot dies (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 02:03 PM PST AP - Michael Foot, a bookish intellectual and anti-nuclear campaigner who led Britain's Labour Party to a disastrous defeat in 1983, died Wednesday morning, officials said. He was 96.

Turkey seeks to avert genocide vote in US Congress (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 12:13 PM PST AP - Turkey's foreign minister said Wednesday he hopes the Obama administration will try to prevent a U.S. congressional panel from recognizing the World War I-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide.

Greece's new austerity measures (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 12:02 PM PST AP - Greece has announced a new euro4.8 billion (US$6.5 billion) austerity package to deal with the financial crisis. Here is a summary of some of the key measures:

Ex-UK spy accused of attempting to sell secrets (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:45 AM PST AP - A former MI6 spy has been accused of stealing top-secret files on intelligence-gathering techniques and offering them to a foreign government for 2 million pounds ($2.9 million), a prosecutor said Wednesday.

EU, US concerned about Iran's nuclear activities (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:32 AM PST AP - The U.S. and Europe say they share U.N. fears that Tehran may be secretly working on developing nuclear missiles, expressing support Wednesday for new sanctions if Tehran continues to defy Security Council demands.

Prosecutor has 20 suspects in 2007 Kenya violence (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:29 AM PST AP - An international prosecutor probing the deadly violence that rocked Kenya after the 2007 elections said Wednesday he believes top officials from both major parties were responsible for crimes against humanity, and he has a list of 20 suspects.

UK court refuses bail to former Bosnian politician (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:17 AM PST AP - A British judge on Wednesday ordered former Bosnian Vice President Ejup Ganic held in custody, dismissing a request to release him while he challenges a Serbian demand that he be extradited for alleged war crimes.

Tymoshenko's government ousted in Ukraine (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 09:45 AM PST AP - Parliament ousted Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a no-confidence motion on Wednesday that could end a political deadlock that has forced Ukraine to cope with a severe economic crisis without a budget.

NATO: Dutch Afghan pullout won't spark big pullout (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 09:42 AM PST AP - NATO's chief predicted Wednesday that the likely withdrawal of Dutch troops from Afghanistan will not prompt other allies to follow suit.

Correction: Ireland-1641 Massacre (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 09:25 AM PST AP - In a story March 2 about academics' high-tech investigation of killings of Protestant settlers in Ireland in 1641, The Associated Press misspelled the surname of the lead investigator. Her correct name is Barbara Fennell, not Farrell.

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