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• Hague says no BP involvement in Lockerbie release (AFP)
• Austerity hurts consumers in Europe but Asians upbeat (Reuters)
• Britain should not seek burqa ban: government (Reuters)
• Dutch, Venezuelan diplomats discuss differences (AP)
• Germany beat Britain for field hockey Four Nations title (AFP)
• IMF and EU suspend talks with Hungary (Reuters)
• BP prolongs tests on oil well structure as cap holds (AFP)
• Oosthuizen holds off Casey for four-stroke Open lead (AFP)
• Gays march in Poland to demand equal rights (AP)
• Minister rules out veil ban in Britain (AFP)
• Divers find 200-year old champagne in Baltic wreck (AP)
• Albania: 14 die, 12 injured in bus drop off cliff (AP)
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• Vatican defends revised abuse rules (AP)
• Dancing, laughing at Auschwitz: who has the right? (AP)
• Dutch teenage sailor gets green light from mother (AP)

Hague says no BP involvement in Lockerbie release (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 05:29 PM PDT AFP - Foreign Secretary William Hague told his US counterpart that there was no evidence linking the release of the Lockerbie bomber last year to a BP oil deal, amid mounting US concern.

Austerity hurts consumers in Europe but Asians upbeat (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 05:14 PM PDT Reuters - A drop in consumer confidence in Europe amid worries about the region's debt crisis is holding back a recovery in global consumer sentiment and weighing on the broader economic outlook, a survey showed on Sunday.

Britain should not seek burqa ban: government (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 03:18 PM PDT Reuters - Britain's parliament should not try to ban wearing full-length veils in public after France's lower house passed a bill which could see Muslim women fined for wearing the burqa, immigration minister Damian Green said.

Dutch, Venezuelan diplomats discuss differences (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 03:04 PM PDT AP - The foreign ministers of the Netherlands and Venezuela agreed to strengthen cooperation after President Hugo Chavez's government protested what it called violations of its airspace by a Dutch military aircraft, authorities said Saturday.

Germany beat Britain for field hockey Four Nations title (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 03:03 PM PDT AFP - Olympic champions Germany came back from two goals down to defeat Britain 3-2 in extra-time and clinch the Four Nations title on Saturday.

IMF and EU suspend talks with Hungary (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 02:55 PM PDT Reuters - The IMF and EU suspended on Saturday a review of Hungary's funding program, set up in 2008 to save the country from financial meltdown, saying it must take tough action to meet targets for cutting its budget deficit.

BP prolongs tests on oil well structure as cap holds (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 02:49 PM PDT AFP - Energy giant BP extended testing on its Gulf of Mexico oil well to ensure that cracks are not emerging in the seabed after a cap stopped the months-long flow, officials said Saturday.

Oosthuizen holds off Casey for four-stroke Open lead (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 02:47 PM PDT AFP - South African Louis Oosthuizen fought off Paul Casey to seize a four-stroke lead over the Englishman after Saturday's third round of the British Open at the wind-swept Old Course.

Gays march in Poland to demand equal rights (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 02:20 PM PDT AP - Thousands of gays and lesbians from around Europe marched through Poland's capital Saturday to demand equal rights and more tolerance in this heavily Roman Catholic nation.

Minister rules out veil ban in Britain (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 02:20 PM PDT AFP - Britain was "very unlikely" to introduce a ban on Muslim women wearing face-covering veils despite widespread public support for such a move, Immigration Minister Damian Green said.

Divers find 200-year old champagne in Baltic wreck (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 12:18 PM PDT AP - Now that's some vintage bubbly.

Albania: 14 die, 12 injured in bus drop off cliff (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 12:17 PM PDT AP - Fourteen people died and 12 others were injured, many of them seriously, Saturday at about 1700 local time (1600 GMT) when a bus fell off a cliff 140 kilometers (87 miles) north of the capital, Tirana, Albanian authorities said.

(AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 11:11 AM PDT AP - Roman Polanski at Montreux festival in 1st public appearance since release from house arrest.

Vatican defends revised abuse rules (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 08:29 AM PDT AP - The Vatican spokesman defended on Saturday a revised set of rules on clerical sex abuse as an essential and lasting response to abuse cases, but acknowledged the church will need to show long-term commitment if it wants to eradicate the crime.

Dancing, laughing at Auschwitz: who has the right? (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 03:55 AM PDT AP - Who has the right to dance at Auschwitz, to make light of the Holocaust, to shoot videos set amid cattle cars and gas chambers?

Dutch teenage sailor gets green light from mother (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2010 02:49 AM PDT AP - The mother of a 14-year-old Dutch girl who wants to sail solo around the world has given up her opposition to her daughter's planned trip.

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