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• Geithner: US can withstand Europe's debt crisis (AP)
• United Airlines plans fuel-saving flight to Europe (AP)
• Irate Liverpool fans burn US flag (AFP)
• Growth momentum to top Europe's woes: Geithner (Reuters)
• Fed lends $6.64 billion in `swap' program (AP)
• Pope makes sensitive trip to Cyprus (AP)
• British police seek answers over shooting rampage (Reuters)
• Police probe family feud link to Cumbria massacre (AFP)
• EU and U.S. eye human rights in terrorism prevention (Reuters)
• NKorean official says war possible at 'any moment' (AP)
• German gov't nominates Wulff as next president (AP)
• Cabbie shot twin brother, aimed for faces in spree (AP)
• Russian security chief warns of Sochi threat (AP)
• Man kills judge, clerk in Brussels courthouse (AP)
• Roman Catholic bishop stabbed to death in Turkey (AP)
• Parliament cements Ukraine's nonaligned status (AP)
• Sweden's Princess Lilian to miss royal wedding (AP)
• US wants global action on nuclear bomb material (AP)
• Somali security forces free ship, captain killed (AP)

Geithner: US can withstand Europe's debt crisis (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:31 PM PDT AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday he doesn't think that the European debt crisis will derail the U.S. economic recovery. He also praised the steps Europe is taking to deal with the crisis.

United Airlines plans fuel-saving flight to Europe (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 04:56 PM PDT AP - United Airlines says it will demonstrate new fuel-saving methods on two flights between Europe and the U.S. on Saturday.

Irate Liverpool fans burn US flag (AFP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 03:53 PM PDT AFP - Over 500 angry Liverpool fans marched on the club's Anfield ground on Thursday and burned the US flag in protest at the English giants' American owners, the Daily Telegraph reported.

Growth momentum to top Europe's woes: Geithner (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:51 PM PDT Reuters - The global recovery had enough momentum before Europe's debt crisis struck to be able to weather it without being derailed, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday.

Fed lends $6.64 billion in `swap' program (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:47 PM PDT AP - The Federal Reserve says it lent $6.64 billion through a program aimed at easing strains from the European debt crisis.

Pope makes sensitive trip to Cyprus (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:41 PM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI departs Friday on a sensitive three-day trip to Cyprus, a visit likely to be colored by shock over the killing in Turkey of a bishop who had been scheduled to meet with the pontiff.

British police seek answers over shooting rampage (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:24 PM PDT Reuters - Police said on Thursday they may never be able to fully explain why a quiet taxi-driver shot dead 12 people in the scenic Lake District, in Britain's worst gun rampage for years.

Police probe family feud link to Cumbria massacre (AFP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 01:58 PM PDT AFP - Police struggled Thursday to piece together the final hours of a taxi driver who killed 12 people in a rampage through the scenic Lake District region, amid reports it was sparked by a family feud.

EU and U.S. eye human rights in terrorism prevention (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 01:47 PM PDT Reuters - Human rights and respect for Islam and religious differences should play a vital role in efforts to combat terrorism, the European Union and the United States said in a joint declaration Thursday.

NKorean official says war possible at 'any moment' (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 12:56 PM PDT AP - A senior Pyongyang official has warned that the Korean peninsula could see "all-out war" as tensions mount from North Korea's believed sinking of a South Korean warship.

German gov't nominates Wulff as next president (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 11:43 AM PDT AP - Germany's government on Thursday nominated the 50-year-old governor of Lower Saxony for the nation's presidency, days after the previous head of state's suprise resignation.

Cabbie shot twin brother, aimed for faces in spree (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 11:03 AM PDT AP - Derrick Bird killed his twin brother and the family lawyer, then traveled the roads he had worked as a taxi driver, shooting people — apparently aiming for their faces — killing 12 in all and wounding nearly a dozen before committing suicide.

Russian security chief warns of Sochi threat (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:40 AM PDT AP - Russia's security chief warned Thursday that terrorists intend to disrupt preparations for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, according to state news agency Itar-Tass.

Man kills judge, clerk in Brussels courthouse (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 08:50 AM PDT AP - A lone gunman killed a magistrate and a clerk in a Brussels courthouse Thursday, then fled on foot, setting off a manhunt in the center of the Belgian capital.

Roman Catholic bishop stabbed to death in Turkey (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 08:40 AM PDT AP - A Roman Catholic bishop was stabbed to death in southern Turkey on Thursday, a day before he was scheduled to leave for Cyprus to meet with the pope, officials and reports said.

Parliament cements Ukraine's nonaligned status (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 08:28 AM PDT AP - Ukraine's Parliament, prodded by pro-Russia President Viktor Yanukovych, approved a bill on Thursday that cements the country's neutrality and prevents it from joining NATO.

Sweden's Princess Lilian to miss royal wedding (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 07:33 AM PDT AP - A royal court official says 94-year old Princess Lilian, the oldest member of Sweden's royal family, has Alzheimer's disease and will miss Crown Princess Victoria's wedding in two weeks.

US wants global action on nuclear bomb material (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 04:09 AM PDT AP - The chief U.S. negotiator of the new U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty wants similar progress from global disarmament talks.

Somali security forces free ship, captain killed (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 12:48 AM PDT AP - An official in the semiautonomous Somali region of Puntland says security forces in his northern region stormed a Panama-flagged cargo vessel taken by pirates a day earlier and freed it.

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