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• UK Treasury minister apologizes over expenses (AP)
• Minister apologises over expenses claims (AFP)
• Shot Brazilian's family attack ex-British policeman's honour (AFP)
• Oliver Stone: Venezuela's Chavez is misunderstood (Reuters)
• 'Crossbow cannibal' in court over prostitutes' killings (AFP)
• Summary Box: Long lines in Europe, Asia for iPad (AP)
• Donald holds half-way lead in Madrid (AFP)
• Masked gunmen kill man at N.Ireland hotspot (AFP)
• Fitch cuts Spain's debt rating over weak growth prospects (AFP)
• Fitch downgrade caps miserable week for Spain (Reuters)
• Criminology student in court in prostitute deaths (AP)
• Venus Williams' tennis dress cheers lace industry (AP)
• Georgia elections test Saakashvili party's support (AP)
• Swiss naked hiker wins court appeal (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Diplomats say Iran removed equipment (AP)
• Suspected poker heist initiator arrested (AP)
• French court keeps Noriega behind bars (AP)
• 95 German soldiers' graves vandalized in France (AP)
• Medvedev sends US-Russian arms deal to parliament (AP)
• Spanish city bans Islamic veils at the town hall (AP)

UK Treasury minister apologizes over expenses (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 04:51 PM PDT AP - Britain's new coalition government faced its first major setback Friday, as a senior Treasury minister admitted to claiming lawmakers' expenses to rent rooms in homes owned by his partner.

Minister apologises over expenses claims (AFP) Posted: 28 May 2010 04:14 PM PDT AFP - A key minister in the new British coalition government was forced to apologise Friday after reports he had channelled tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money to his long-time partner.

Shot Brazilian's family attack ex-British policeman's honour (AFP) Posted: 28 May 2010 03:11 PM PDT AFP - Relatives of the Brazilian electrician shot dead by British police when he was mistaken for a suicide bomber said Friday they were disgusted that the police chief at the time received a top honour.

Oliver Stone: Venezuela's Chavez is misunderstood (Reuters) Posted: 28 May 2010 02:42 PM PDT Reuters - Film director Oliver Stone said on Friday Venezuela's Hugo Chavez was misunderstood by the Western media, but said the socialist president should consider cutting back on his hours-long television appearances.

'Crossbow cannibal' in court over prostitutes' killings (AFP) Posted: 28 May 2010 01:39 PM PDT AFP - A man accused of murdering three prostitutes described himself as the "crossbow cannibal" Friday, as he appeared in court charged with the killings.

Summary Box: Long lines in Europe, Asia for iPad (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 01:17 PM PDT AP - ON SALE NOW: Long lines snaked down streets in Europe and Asia as Apple's iPad went on sale outside the U.S.

Donald holds half-way lead in Madrid (AFP) Posted: 28 May 2010 01:08 PM PDT AFP - Luke Donald, who missed out on the European PGA championship at Wentworth by a shot to fellow Briton Simon Khan at Wentworth last weekend, held the half-way lead at the Madrid Masters on Friday.

Masked gunmen kill man at N.Ireland hotspot (AFP) Posted: 28 May 2010 12:54 PM PDT AFP - Masked gunmen shot dead a man Friday on the Shankill Road, a staunchly Protestant area of Belfast, Northern Ireland, police said, but added that they did not believe the killing was sectarian.

Fitch cuts Spain's debt rating over weak growth prospects (AFP) Posted: 28 May 2010 12:36 PM PDT AFP - Ratings agency Fitch cut Spain's credit rating on Friday due to the country's poor growth prospects, in a new blow to the government as it struggles to ease market fears of a Greek-style financial crisis.

Fitch downgrade caps miserable week for Spain (Reuters) Posted: 28 May 2010 12:29 PM PDT Reuters - Fitch cut Spain's credit rating by one notch on Friday, sending markets lower and capping a horrible week for a government struggling to convince investors it can solve its economic woes and avoid a Greek-style debt crisis.

Criminology student in court in prostitute deaths (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 10:45 AM PDT AP - A doctoral student researching murder was accused of being a killer himself Friday, appearing in court on charges of killing three prostitutes in northern England.

Venus Williams' tennis dress cheers lace industry (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 10:19 AM PDT AP - When Grand Slam champion Venus Williams stepped onto a French Open court in a see-through black lace dress with a red-trimmed top, the beleaguered lace industry let out a cheer.

Georgia elections test Saakashvili party's support (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 09:51 AM PDT AP - Elections Sunday for local positions across the former Soviet republic of Georgia will give voters their first chance to pass judgment, even if indirectly, on the president who led them in a disastrous war with Russia nearly two years ago.

Swiss naked hiker wins court appeal (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 08:22 AM PDT AP - A Swiss man fined for nude hiking has won an appeal of the 100-franc ($87) penalty because a court decided that the charge of "indecent behavior" did not apply.

APNewsBreak: Diplomats say Iran removed equipment (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 07:45 AM PDT AP - U.N. nuclear inspectors revisiting an Iranian laboratory to follow up on activities that could be linked to a secret nuclear weapons program recently discovered that some equipment believed used in the experiments has disappeared, diplomats said Friday.

Suspected poker heist initiator arrested (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 07:06 AM PDT AP - Police have arrested a man German authorities suspect of initiating a brazen raid on a poker tournament in Berlin nearly three months ago.

French court keeps Noriega behind bars (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 06:46 AM PDT AP - A Paris appeals court has rejected former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega's request to be freed from jail pending a French money laundering trial.

95 German soldiers' graves vandalized in France (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 06:27 AM PDT AP - Vandals have smashed crosses and monuments on the graves of 95 German soldiers in a joint French-German military cemetery in eastern France, officials said Friday.

Medvedev sends US-Russian arms deal to parliament (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 06:09 AM PDT AP - President Dmitry Medvedev asked the Russian parliament Friday to ratify the new arms control treaty with the United States, but warned lawmakers to do it no earlier than the U.S. Senate does.

Spanish city bans Islamic veils at the town hall (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 05:04 AM PDT AP - The Spanish city of Lleida has barred women from wearing face-covering Islamic veils inside its municipal buildings.

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