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• Gladiator graveyard discovered in northern England (AP)
• Canada grilled over "half-baked fake lake" at G20 (Reuters)
• Summary Box: Interest rates fall on Europe worries (AP)
• Some 440 medical pot shops ordered to close in L.A (Reuters)
• Unarmed UK police forced to break off gunman chase (AP)
• US: Sacking of Afghan officials an internal matter (AP)
• Frenchman Kerviel in massive rogue trade trial (AFP)
• Free latte for oncologists? Not without disclosure (Reuters)
• Border mediation with Slovenia could help Croatia join European Union (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Dutch murder suspect shows different faces on TV (AP)
• Poland: money stolen from crash victim's account (AP)
• Danish Muhammad cartoonist retires near age 75 (AP)
• Turkey calls on Israel to accept probe into raid (AP)
• IAEA chief: Iran 's nuclear program special case (AP)
• UK's Prince Charles ill with chest infection (AP)
• Experts ask Bristol-Myers not to shut French plant (AP)
• Fox attack in London home leaves twins injured (AP)
• Lesbian couple weds in Portugal's 1st gay marriage (AP)
• Funeral Mass held for bishop slain in Turkey (AP)
• Bullfight backers get reprieve in Spanish region (AP)

Gladiator graveyard discovered in northern England (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:17 PM PDT AP - Dozens of headless skeletons excavated from a northern English building site appear to be the remains of Roman gladiators, one of whom had bites from a lion, tiger, bear or other large animal, archaeologists said Monday.

Canada grilled over "half-baked fake lake" at G20 (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:01 PM PDT Reuters - Canada's government found itself in hot water on Monday after it emerged that the media centre for two international summits this month will feature a C$1.9 million (1.2 million pound) artificial lake, complete with canoes and a bar.

Summary Box: Interest rates fall on Europe worries (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 02:59 PM PDT AP - RATES DROP: Interest rates fell in the bond market as worries about Europe's debt crisis helped send the euro to another four-year low. That increased demand for safer investments like Treasurys, driving rates lower.

Some 440 medical pot shops ordered to close in L.A (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 02:34 PM PDT Reuters - Around 440 self-described medical marijuana dispensaries across Los Angeles were under orders to close on Monday, nearly five months after city officials voted to shut most of them down.

Unarmed UK police forced to break off gunman chase (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 02:25 PM PDT AP - British police say they were forced to break off their pursuit of the gunman who killed a dozen people across a rural area in northern England last week because he turned the weapon on unarmed officers.

US: Sacking of Afghan officials an internal matter (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 02:12 PM PDT AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday to replace two top security officials with ministers of "equal caliber," and said the sacking of the pair does not signal trouble in Karzai's government over efforts to seek a peace deal with the Taliban.

Frenchman Kerviel in massive rogue trade trial (AFP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:51 PM PDT AFP - Former trader Jerome Kerviel goes on trial Tuesday accused of fraud that cost French bank Societe Generale five billion euros -- but insists that his bosses knew what he was up to.

Free latte for oncologists? Not without disclosure (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:43 PM PDT Reuters - New limits on free gifts to doctors have hit the ubiquitous free lattes and coffee seen at major medical meetings like the one here of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Border mediation with Slovenia could help Croatia join European Union (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:32 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A tiny spat over a sliver of sea that has been a major irritant between Slovenia and Croatia since the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991 now looks set to be arbitrated by international jurists, unblocking Croatia’s stalled bid to join the European Union.

Dutch murder suspect shows different faces on TV (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 01:31 PM PDT AP - Joran van der Sloot can be charming, angry, deceitful, tearful. The young Dutchman has been all that and more, playing out his troubled drama on TV over the five years since he came under suspicion in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba.

Poland: money stolen from crash victim's account (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:42 PM PDT AP - Polish authorities said Monday that someone stole a credit card from the wreckage of the plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in Russia, and the card was then used to withdraw cash.

Danish Muhammad cartoonist retires near age 75 (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:10 PM PDT AP - Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad and caused outrage in the Muslim world, said Monday he is quitting because he is getting old.

Turkey calls on Israel to accept probe into raid (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 12:00 PM PDT AP - Turkey's leader on Monday said Israel's raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed nine pro-Palestinian activists was a violation of international law and human values, and he urged Israel to accept an international probe into the raid.

IAEA chief: Iran 's nuclear program special case (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 10:17 AM PDT AP - The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency singled out Iran for the first time Monday as a "special case" because of suspicions it may be trying to make nuclear weapons. A senior Iranian envoy said Israel was the true threat to Mideast peace.

UK's Prince Charles ill with chest infection (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 09:29 AM PDT AP - Buckingham Palace says Prince Charles will take three days off next week to try to shake a persistent chest infection.

Experts ask Bristol-Myers not to shut French plant (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 09:02 AM PDT AP - Officials urged Bristol-Myers Squibb not to shut down a plant in France which makes AIDS drugs, saying the move will jeopardize the lives of thousands of babies.

Fox attack in London home leaves twins injured (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 08:39 AM PDT AP - A fox walked into a London home through an open door and attacked twin 9-month-old girls in their cribs, leaving the babies hospitalized with bites on Monday, officials said.

Lesbian couple weds in Portugal's 1st gay marriage (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 08:27 AM PDT AP - Two lesbians who were pioneers in bringing gay marriage to Portugal wed on Monday, becoming the first couple to enjoy the benefits of the law they helped usher into this predominantly Catholic country.

Funeral Mass held for bishop slain in Turkey (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 08:09 AM PDT AP - Dignitaries and the faithful have mourned a murdered bishop at a funeral Mass in the Mediterranean port of Iskenderun.

Bullfight backers get reprieve in Spanish region (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 07:48 AM PDT AP - Spaniards fighting to save bullfighting won a reprieve Monday as lawmakers in the proud and powerful Catalonia region decided to hold off on a vote to ban the cultural pillar that opponents consider cruel to animals.

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