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• Talks bid to avert BA strike (AFP)
• Summary Box: Treasurys fall as stocks rebound (AP)
• EU says new ash rules will reduce disruption (Reuters)
• British Airways and union to talk ahead of strike (AP)
• Beaten Bangladesh desperate for Shakib recovery (AFP)
• GM's European restructuring may not go far enough (AP)
• One of world's rarest stamps to be auctioned (AP)
• Dollar pares gains as Europe discusses rules (AP)
• French prosecutor seeks suspended jail for 'father' of Concorde (AFP)
• Poland says flooding has killed 9 people (AP)
• Church warns cell scientists not to play God (AP)
• Italy's anti-Mafia fighters fear wiretap bill (AP)
• Paris judge defers decision on Noriega release (AP)
• UK mother charged with murdering 2 kids in Spain (AP)
• British troops in Afghanistan put under US command (AP)
• Britain's role in war on terror under new scrutiny (AP)
• Germany requests transfer of piracy suspects (AP)
• Turkey says nuclear deal with Iran chance at peace (AP)
• Paris heightens museum vigilance after big heist (AP)
• 3 Basques convicted in 2006 Madrid airport bombing (AP)

Talks bid to avert BA strike (AFP) Posted: 21 May 2010 04:19 PM PDT AFP - British Airways and union representatives are to hold last-ditch talks Saturday in a bid to prevent a wave of strike action.

Summary Box: Treasurys fall as stocks rebound (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 03:32 PM PDT AP - EU BAILOUT: Treasury prices fell Friday as investors returned to the stock market after the European Union moved closer to winning approval for a $1 trillion bailout to help contain debt problems in the region.

EU says new ash rules will reduce disruption (Reuters) Posted: 21 May 2010 03:10 PM PDT Reuters - The European Union has drawn up new guidelines for dealing with volcanic ash to curb disruption to travelers, the EU's aviation safety body said on Friday.

British Airways and union to talk ahead of strike (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 02:54 PM PDT AP - British Airways PLC will hold last-minute talks with the union representing the airline's cabin crew to try to avert a damaging walkout.

Beaten Bangladesh desperate for Shakib recovery (AFP) Posted: 21 May 2010 02:19 PM PDT AFP - Bangladesh were desperately hoping captain Shakib Al Hasan makes a speedy recovery from chickenpox after his side lost by seven wickets to England Lions on Friday.

GM's European restructuring may not go far enough (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 02:11 PM PDT AP - While the rest of General Motors Co. rose to its financial feet in the first quarter, the auto giant's European unit continued to struggle with high costs and a declining market.

One of world's rarest stamps to be auctioned (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 02:11 PM PDT AP - One of world's rarest stamps is going up for auction this weekend and could fetch a record-breaking price, the head of a Geneva auction house said.

Dollar pares gains as Europe discusses rules (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 02:01 PM PDT AP - The dollar pared its gains against the euro on Friday as European Union financial officials backed tougher budget rules aimed at limiting future debt crises for member countries.

French prosecutor seeks suspended jail for 'father' of Concorde (AFP) Posted: 21 May 2010 01:29 PM PDT AFP - French prosecutors called Friday for a two-year suspended jail term for an 80-year-old engineer known as the father of the Concorde after a deadly crash of the supersonic jet in 2000.

Poland says flooding has killed 9 people (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 01:25 PM PDT AP - Authorities say flooding in Poland has killed nine people this week. Residents and officials in Warsaw are working to strengthen the capital's flood defenses.

Church warns cell scientists not to play God (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 12:40 PM PDT AP - Catholic Church officials said Friday that the recently created first synthetic cell could be a positive development if correctly used, but warned scientists that only God can create life.

Italy's anti-Mafia fighters fear wiretap bill (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 12:22 PM PDT AP - Italian organized crime prosecutors received a boost Friday from a top U.S. justice official in their campaign against a bill designed by Premier Silvio Berlusconi's government to drastically tighten restrictions on electronic eavesdropping.

Paris judge defers decision on Noriega release (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 11:24 AM PDT AP - A Paris appeal court judge on Friday deferred a decision until May 28 on whether to release former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega before his trial on money laundering charges.

UK mother charged with murdering 2 kids in Spain (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 10:12 AM PDT AP - A British woman was charged Friday with murdering her two children, aged 11 months and 5, by suffocating them with a plastic bag in a Spanish hotel room hours after her husband had been extradited to face child sex abuse charges in Britain.

British troops in Afghanistan put under US command (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 09:33 AM PDT AP - About 8,000 British troops in Afghanistan have been placed under U.S. command as part of a restructuring of NATO forces in the country.

Britain's role in war on terror under new scrutiny (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 08:21 AM PDT AP - Britain will hold a formal inquiry into whether its government and spy agencies colluded in the torture of terrorism suspects overseas, a potentially embarrassing probe that could affect intelligence gathering and upset ties with allies including the United States.

Germany requests transfer of piracy suspects (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 07:53 AM PDT AP - A group of suspected Somali pirates arrested last month by Dutch marines in a daring high-seas rescue operation appeared in court Friday to fight their extradition to Germany, where prosecutors want to put them on trial.

Turkey says nuclear deal with Iran chance at peace (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 07:47 AM PDT AP - Turkey is defending its attempt to resolve the nuclear standoff between Iran and Western powers led by the U.S.

Paris heightens museum vigilance after big heist (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 06:45 AM PDT AP - Paris City Hall, embarrassed by a major art heist at a museum with a broken alarm, urged security guards Friday to be more vigilant — and pleaded with the perpetrators not to damage the Picasso, Matisse and Modigliani spirited away from the city's Museum of Modern Art.

3 Basques convicted in 2006 Madrid airport bombing (AP) Posted: 21 May 2010 06:36 AM PDT AP - Three members of Basque separatist group ETA were convicted Friday of a 2006 bombing that destroyed a Madrid airport parking garage and killed two people in an attack that shattered a cease-fire.

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