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• Anatoly Dobrynin, key Soviet diplomat, dead at 90 (AP)
• Benfica rout can spark successful finale says Benitez (AFP)
• Westwood fires English challenge at Masters (AFP)
• US upbeat about anti-terror data accord with EU (AP)
• Former Sex Pistols manager McLaren dead at 64 (AFP)
• Liverpool, Fulham rescue English Europa League pride (AFP)
• Quickfire Zamora leads Fulham into semi-finals (AFP)
• Lunch-only beer policy prompts Carlsberg strike (AP)
• Italy central bank orders stop to new AmEx cards (AP)
• Man injured by elephant at Belgrade Zoo (AP)
• Norway's Catholic Church reports new abuse claims (AP)
• Climate talks could pick up from failed summit (AP)
• New Kyrgyz leader pragmatic politician, diplomat (AP)
• Ex-Red Army Faction member charged (AP)
• Romania to increase troops in Afghanistan to 1,800 (AP)
• UN judges reject Karadzic's attempt to halt trial (AP)
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• Soros says Roma are scapegoats in economic crisis (AP)
• Doctors separate conjoined Irish twins (AP)
• Greek borrowing costs hit new record high (AP)

Anatoly Dobrynin, key Soviet diplomat, dead at 90 (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 06:48 PM PDT AP - Anatoly Dobrynin, a Soviet diplomat who represented Moscow during the Cuban missile crisis and later in key superpower negotiations to curb the growth of nuclear arsenals, has died at age 90, Russia's Itar-Tass news agency reported Thursday.

Benfica rout can spark successful finale says Benitez (AFP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 06:30 PM PDT AFP - Rafael Benitez believes Liverpool's Europa League quarter-final triumph against Benfica can provide the springboard for a successful end to the Reds' spluttering campaign.

Westwood fires English challenge at Masters (AFP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:37 PM PDT AFP - Eighteen greens in regulation meant that Lee Westwood had made his best-ever start to a Masters campaign at the 11th time of asking.

US upbeat about anti-terror data accord with EU (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:04 PM PDT AP - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday he is confident an accord will be reached shortly with the European Union to relaunch a Bush-era data-sharing program the U.S. considers key to anti-terror investigations.

Former Sex Pistols manager McLaren dead at 64 (AFP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 04:10 PM PDT AFP - Malcolm McLaren, the punk rock mogul best known as the manager of the Sex Pistols, died Thursday after a battle with cancer, his girlfriend Young Kim said. He was 64.

Liverpool, Fulham rescue English Europa League pride (AFP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 03:05 PM PDT AFP - Liverpool and Fulham combined on Thursday to rescue England's European pride which was so badly bruised by the Champions League exits of Manchester United and Arsenal.

Quickfire Zamora leads Fulham into semi-finals (AFP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 03:02 PM PDT AFP - Bobby Zamora bolstered his hopes of an England World Cup call when he fired Fulham into the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday, the first time the Londoners have reached such lofty heights.

Lunch-only beer policy prompts Carlsberg strike (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:57 PM PDT AP - Scores of Carlsberg workers walked off their jobs in protest Thursday after the Danish brewer tightened laid-back rules on workplace drinking and removed beer coolers from work sites, a company spokesman said.

Italy central bank orders stop to new AmEx cards (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:31 PM PDT AP - Italy's central bank on Thursday ordered a stop to the issuance of new credit cards by American Express in the country until the company can improve compliance with laws combatting money laundering and usury.

Man injured by elephant at Belgrade Zoo (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 01:54 PM PDT AP - A man was attacked and seriously injured Thursday by an elephant as he rescued his grandchild who had sneaked into the animal's enclosure at the Belgrade Zoo, doctors and local media said.

Norway's Catholic Church reports new abuse claims (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:40 AM PDT AP - Norway's Catholic Church has received new allegations of clergy abuse after revealing that its former bishop had admitted to molesting a minor in the early 1990s, a church official said Thursday.

Climate talks could pick up from failed summit (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:57 AM PDT AP - Climate change negotiators convening this weekend are hoping to renew momentum on a new global warming treaty after setbacks at the Copenhagen summit four months ago — but the talks could easily turn into a round of recriminations.

New Kyrgyz leader pragmatic politician, diplomat (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:31 AM PDT AP - The woman now leading the interim government in Kyrgyzstan after bloody unrest has a reputation as a pragmatic, skilled diplomat. The question is whether opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva can hold onto power and put her volatile country, once considered the most progressive in Central Asia, on a path to stability and prosperity.

Ex-Red Army Faction member charged (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 09:47 AM PDT AP - Ex-Red Army Faction member Verena Becker is facing charges for her alleged role in the 1977 assassination of a West German federal prosecutor.

Romania to increase troops in Afghanistan to 1,800 (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 09:11 AM PDT AP - President Traian Basescu says that Romania will increase its troop levels in Afghanistan to 1,800 from 1,073 by September.

UN judges reject Karadzic's attempt to halt trial (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 09:09 AM PDT AP - Judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal on Thursday rejected former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's latest attempt to halt his genocide trial.

(AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 06:23 AM PDT AP - Kyrgyz news agency quotes statement from President Bakiyev saying he refuses to resign.

Soros says Roma are scapegoats in economic crisis (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:49 AM PDT AP - Philanthropist George Soros said Thursday that Roma, or Gypsies, are being targeted as scapegoats in Europe's economic crisis.

Doctors separate conjoined Irish twins (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:14 AM PDT AP - British doctors say they successfully separated conjoined Irish twins in a London hospital.

Greek borrowing costs hit new record high (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:02 AM PDT AP - Greece's borrowing costs spiked higher for a third day Thursday, intensifying the country's debt crisis and suggesting a eurozone rescue plan is providing little support for Athens' struggle to avoid default.

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