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• Official: Train kills 12 commuters crossing tracks (AP)
• 10 killed as train hits revelers crossing rail track (AFP)
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• US allies hope for continuity after McChrystal (AP)
• Cisco commits $1B in meeting with Russian leader (AP)
• Longest match record smashed at Wimbledon (AFP)
• BP puts Bob Dudley in key Gulf clean-up role (AP)
• UK committed to Afghan strategy after McChrystal sacking (Reuters)
• Petition: ACTA 'threatens' Public Interests (PC World)
• Spain issues ultimatum to holders of Swiss accounts: report (AFP)
• UK says Brit general taking charge in Kabul (AP)
• Austrian Catholics ramp up quest for church reform (AP)
• Turkey sounds upbeat about joining EU (AP)
• Romanian media criticized as a security threat (AP)
• Germany bishop who resigned sticks to his decision (AP)
• NGO slams fine of Albania TV for video of official (AP)
• New documents surface on Hitler's jail time (AP)
• Lithuania says Belarus cuts Russian gas supplies (AP)
• Thousands evacuated from flooded homes in Bosnia (AP)
• Report: Kurdish rebels vow to fight on (AP)

Official: Train kills 12 commuters crossing tracks (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 06:24 PM PDT AP - A train speeding through a station near Barcelona on Wednesday ran over a group of young people crossing the tracks, killing at least 12 and injuring 17, a Spanish official said.

10 killed as train hits revelers crossing rail track (AFP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 06:04 PM PDT AFP - At least 10 people were killed when a high-speed passenger train slammed into a group of revelers crossing a railway track in northeastern Spain, regional authorities and Spanish media said.

(AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 04:55 PM PDT AP - Spanish official: At least 10 dead as train runs over people crossing tracks at rail station.

US allies hope for continuity after McChrystal (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:22 PM PDT AP - America's allies in the fight to stabilize Afghanistan are hoping that the ouster of Stanley McChrystal as commander of international forces there still leaves the general's strategy intact, officials and analysts said Wednesday.

Cisco commits $1B in meeting with Russian leader (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 02:59 PM PDT AP - Cisco Systems Inc. said Wednesday it will invest $1 billion to help foster high-tech innovation in Russia.

Longest match record smashed at Wimbledon (AFP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 02:45 PM PDT AFP - Tennis history was rewritten at Wimbledon on Wednesday as Nicolas Mahut and John Isner shattered the record for the longest-ever match -- and still could not finish.

BP puts Bob Dudley in key Gulf clean-up role (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 02:15 PM PDT AP - BP put Mississippi native Bob Dudley in charge of handling the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Wednesday, an effort to clean up its image and take the spotlight off chief executive Tony Hayward, the Englishman whose gaffes have infuriated Americans.

UK committed to Afghan strategy after McChrystal sacking (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 02:12 PM PDT Reuters - Britain remains "absolutely committed" to the allied strategy in Afghanistan after President Barack Obama sacked his top Afghanistan commander, Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman said on Wednesday.

Petition: ACTA 'threatens' Public Interests (PC World) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 02:00 PM PDT PC World - About 650 people, including 11 members of the European Union Parliament and about 90 intellectual property (IP) professors, have signed a document saying an international IP enforcement agreement being negotiated by the U.S. and 36 other countries "threatens numerous public interests."

Spain issues ultimatum to holders of Swiss accounts: report (AFP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 01:56 PM PDT AFP - Spanish authorities have ordered the holders of about 3,000 secret bank accounts in Switzerland to pay tax on the undeclared funds by the end of the month, a newspaper said Wednesday.

UK says Brit general taking charge in Kabul (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:33 PM PDT AP - Prime Minister David Cameron says a British general is temporarily taking charge of NATO-led forces in Afghanistan following the ouster of American Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

Austrian Catholics ramp up quest for church reform (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 10:17 AM PDT AP - Historically a potent symbol of Catholicism in Europe, Austria has in recent years been known more as the center of a taboo-busting movement to liberalize the church.

Turkey sounds upbeat about joining EU (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 08:43 AM PDT AP - Turkey's president sounded an optimistic note Wednesday about his country's prospects of joining the European Union despite its recent turn toward the East.

Romanian media criticized as a security threat (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 08:32 AM PDT AP - Like other countries, Romania sees terrorism, corruption and organized crime as potential threats to its national security. But as far as the government is concerned, the media should be added to that list.

Germany bishop who resigned sticks to his decision (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 08:05 AM PDT AP - A former German bishop accused of physical abuse, alcoholism and sexual harassment apologized for his misconduct on Wednesday and agreed to stand by his decision to resign.

NGO slams fine of Albania TV for video of official (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 07:23 AM PDT AP - A media organization has condemned as exorbitant the euro400,000 ($491,000) fine imposed on an Albanian TV station that aired video of a government officials asking a job applicant to take her clothes off.

New documents surface on Hitler's jail time (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 07:21 AM PDT AP - Adolf Hitler enjoyed special treatment while jailed in 1924, being allowed hundreds of visitors — sometimes unsupervised — including some 30 to 40 to celebrate his 35th birthday, according to a treasure trove of documents that have surfaced from the prison near Munich where he was held.

Lithuania says Belarus cuts Russian gas supplies (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 06:38 AM PDT AP - Russia's energy dispute with Belarus escalated and reached the European Union on Wednesday after Lithuania said its Russian gas supplies, which transit through Belarus, had been cut by 30 percent.

Thousands evacuated from flooded homes in Bosnia (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 06:30 AM PDT AP - Authorities in Bosnia are evacuating thousands of people as heavy rains cause rivers to spill over, cutting off entire towns and villages. De-miners have been called in, in case the floods have moved land mines laid during the Bosnian War in the 1990s.

Report: Kurdish rebels vow to fight on (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 06:23 AM PDT AP - A Kurdish rebel commander threatened more attacks on Turkish targets on Wednesday, saying the guerrilla group would keep fighting until its demands for greater rights and autonomy are met, a pro-Kurdish news agency reported.

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