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• Wreck of WWII freighter believed found off Albania (AP)
• UN: wars slow refugee returns to record low (AP)
• Barry ready to steady creaking England ship (AFP)
• BP shares plunge over 9 percent on oil spill fears (AFP)
• England cry foul over German World Cup balls (AFP)
• Belgium enters crunch talks after separatist poll shock (AFP)
• Summary Box: Europe concerns unravel stock gains (AP)
• Santander makes offer to buy RBS branches: Dow Jones (AFP)
• Dollar falls on strong European manufacturing data (AP)
• Summary Box: Copper rallies on European growth (AP)
• EU agrees on new set of Iran sanctions (AP)
• Belgium party leader says squabbling must stop (AP)
• Swiss released from Libya tells of 53-day solitude (AP)
• Whaling Commision chief to miss critical meeting (AP)
• Finns find mummified corpse in smoke stack (AP)
• Barcelona to ban burqa in municipal buildings (AP)
• 4 men confess to heist on poker tournament (AP)
• European Union invites Iran for nuclear talks (AP)
• Funeral in Milan for bishop slain in Turkey (AP)
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Wreck of WWII freighter believed found off Albania (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:07 PM PDT AP - Using undersea scanning devices, archaeologists from the U.S. and Albania believe they have found the wreckage of an Italian ship that British forces torpedoed during World War II when Albania was occupied by Mussolini's Fascists.

UN: wars slow refugee returns to record low (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT AP - Entrenched conflicts in Afghanistan, Somalia and other countries prevented a record number of refugees from returning home last year, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.

Barry ready to steady creaking England ship (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 04:46 PM PDT AFP - Gareth Barry has declared himself ready to restore stability to England's midfield as they prepare for a must-win encounter with Algeria.

BP shares plunge over 9 percent on oil spill fears (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 03:15 PM PDT AFP - BP shares plunged more than nine percent on Monday as investors fretted over the spiralling cost of the Gulf Mexico oil spill crisis and the future of the group's shareholder dividend.

England cry foul over German World Cup balls (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 03:11 PM PDT AFP - England's Jamie Carragher believes Germany gained a huge World Cup advantage by ensuring their players had four months to get used to the ball they banged into the net four times against Australia.

Belgium enters crunch talks after separatist poll shock (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 03:01 PM PDT AFP - Belgium's right-wing Flemish separatists and left-wing francophone unionists began tortuous negotiations Monday to resolve the country's future and its finances a day after sea-change elections.

Summary Box: Europe concerns unravel stock gains (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 02:55 PM PDT AP - LATE FADE: The Dow Jones industrial average gave up a gain of 118 points to close down 20 after more questions arose about Europe's economy. Broader indexes ended mixed.

Santander makes offer to buy RBS branches: Dow Jones (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 01:22 PM PDT AFP - Spanish banking group Santander has offered the Royal Bank of Scotland 1.8 billion pounds to buy 318 branches of the British financial giant, Dow Jones Newswires reported Monday.

Dollar falls on strong European manufacturing data (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 01:18 PM PDT AP - The dollar fell against the euro and other major currencies Monday as strong manufacturing data from Europe reassured investors.

Summary Box: Copper rallies on European growth (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 01:12 PM PDT AP - COPPER COMEBACK: Copper climbed above $3 a pound for the first time in nearly two weeks as investors moved back into riskier assets and a report showed industrial production in Europe topped forecasts.

EU agrees on new set of Iran sanctions (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 10:50 AM PDT AP - European foreign ministers agreed Monday to recommend a package of additional sanctions against Iran over that country's disputed nuclear program.

Belgium party leader says squabbling must stop (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 09:17 AM PDT AP - The separatist New Flemish Alliance became Belgium's biggest party after a general election and its leader warned Monday that the country's endless political squabbling must stop.

Swiss released from Libya tells of 53-day solitude (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 09:05 AM PDT AP - A Swiss businessman detained nearly two years in Libya amid a dispute over the arrest of Moammar Gadhafi's son accused Libyan authorities Monday of kidnapping and holding him and a Swiss colleague in solitary confinement for 53 days.

Whaling Commision chief to miss critical meeting (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 08:42 AM PDT AP - The chairman of the International Whaling Commission has fallen ill and will not attend its annual meeting due to discuss his proposal to control the annual whale hunt, a spokeswoman said Monday.

Finns find mummified corpse in smoke stack (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 08:14 AM PDT AP - Finnish police say they are investigating the mummified corpse of a man found in a smoke stack and believed to have died nearly 20 years ago.

Barcelona to ban burqa in municipal buildings (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 07:17 AM PDT AP - Barcelona is to become the first major Spanish city to bar the use of face-covering Islamic veils in municipal buildings.

4 men confess to heist on poker tournament (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 06:45 AM PDT AP - Four young men have confessed carrying out a brazen daylight raid on a poker tournament in March as their trial on charges of robbery and bodily harm opened at a Berlin state court.

European Union invites Iran for nuclear talks (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 03:45 AM PDT AP - Officials say EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has invited Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili to talks on his country's nuclear program.

Funeral in Milan for bishop slain in Turkey (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 03:38 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI has hailed a bishop slain this month in Turkey as a messenger of dialogue and reconciliation.

(AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 02:22 AM PDT AP - Uzbek leader in Kyrgyzstan says 100,000 refugees who fled ethnic clashes stuck at Uzbekistan border.

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