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France names envoy to relaunch Syria-Israel talks (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 05:14 PM PDT

Reuters - President Nicolas Sarkozy has named a former French ambassador to the Middle East as a mediator between Israel and Syria in an effort to kick-start stalled peace talks, the French foreign ministry said on Friday.

Emma Thompson honoured on Hollywood 'Walk of Fame' (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Actress Emma Thompson poses at her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during the star presentation ceremony in front of the historic Pig 'n Whistle British Pub on in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.(AFP/Robyn Beck)AFP - Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson was the toast of Tinseltown on Friday, receiving the 2,416th star on Hollywood's "Walk of Fame" -- outside an English-themed pub.

Senators demand more info from UK on Lockerbie (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 04:18 PM PDT

Reuters - Four U.S. senators have written to Britain's Foreign Secretary curtly demanding more information to help clear up the "public pall" over the release of the Lockerbie bomber to Libya.

Britain, Pakistan pledge unity in 'anti-terror' fight (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 03:28 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) and Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, address the media after their meeting at his Chequers residence in southern England. The leaders of Britain and Pakistan on Friday smoothed over a row about tackling terrorism in the South Asian republic as they agreed to step up cooperation in fighting extremism.(AFP/POOL/Peter Macdiarmid)AFP - The leaders of Britain and Pakistan on Friday smoothed over a row about Islamabad's response to terrorism as they agreed to step up cooperation in the fight against violent extremism.

Mother charged with murder of three children (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 03:12 PM PDT

Crime scene tape. The mother of three young children found dead at their home in Britain was charged with their murder Friday.(AFP/Illustration)AFP - The mother of three young children found dead at their home was charged with their murder Friday.

American mom charged with murdering 3 children (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 02:47 PM PDT

This undated image made available by Grampian Police in Aberdeen, Scotland, shows Gianluca Riggi, 8, Cecilia Riggi, 5 and Augustino Riggi, 8. Pasquale Riggi, 46, an oil executive from Colorado, described his grief Friday Aug. 6, 2010, after police launched an inquiry into the mystery death of his three children at a town house in Edinburgh. The children were discovered following a gas explosion, but are not thought to have died as a result of the blast. Their mother is in a serious but stable condition in hospital after apparently falling from an upper story of the Edinburgh house. Police said they are investigating the circumstances of the deaths and have interviewed the children's father, but confirmed he is not a suspect in the case. (AP Photo/Grampian Police) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALESAP - Scottish police on Friday charged the American mother of three children who were found dead in an Edinburgh town house with their murder.

Hobbling Westwood out of PGA, faces Ryder Cup battle (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 02:31 PM PDT

Lee Westwood of England, seen here chipping to the green on the tenth hole at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Friday was forced to withdraw from next week's PGA Championship, the season's final Major, because of a right leg injury.(AFP/Getty Images/Sam Greenwood)AFP - World number three Lee Westwood on Friday was forced to withdraw from next week's PGA Championship, the season's final Major, because of a right leg injury.

AP Interview: Zardari open to Taliban talks (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 01:46 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, shakes hands with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari before talks at Chequers, his official country residence, Friday Aug. 6, 2010. President Zardari has been criticised at home for his diplomatic visit to France and Britain, as the worst flooding in Pakistan's history has killed over around 1,500 people and affected four million.(AP Photo/Peter Macdiarmid, pool)AP - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari said Friday he's willing to consider reopening negotiations with the Taliban in his country — a statement that came amid a flurry of criticism that some elements within Pakistan remain sympathetic to the extremist movement.

Fires lay ghostly shroud of smoke on Moscow (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 12:11 PM PDT

Tourists wear protective face masks as they walk along the Red square in thick smog, with Saint Basil's Cathedral partially visible in the back, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. The city of Moscow was shrouded Friday by a dense smog that grounded flights at international airports and seeped into homes and offices, as wildfires that have killed 50 people nationwide continued to burn. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - A miasma of smoke from wildfires cloaked the sweltering Russian capital on Friday, turning the city's spires into ominous blurs and grounding flights while glum pedestrians trudged the streets with faces hidden by surgical masks and water-soaked bandanas.

Report: Swedish alpinist dies on K-2 (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 11:39 AM PDT

AP - The Austrian News Agency says Swedish climber and skier Fredrik Ericsson has fallen to his death on K-2 while trying to conquer the world's second highest peak.

Dutch woman suspected of killing her babies (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 10:28 AM PDT

AP - Dutch police say they have arrested a young woman on suspicion of killing three of her newborn babies shortly after their births over an eight-year period.

(AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 10:18 AM PDT

AP - Pakistan's president says he's willing to consider negotiations with the Pakistani Taliban.

US sees spike in Greek terrorism (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 09:05 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, March 19, 2009 file photo, police officers examine evidence following a bomb explosion in central Athens, damaging a government real estate agency. The U.S. State Department said on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 that domestic terrorism increased 'significantly' in Greece last year following riots in Dec. 2008, sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)AP - Domestic terrorism increased "significantly" in Greece last year following riots in Dec. 2008 sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager, the U.S. State Department says in an annual report on terrorism.

Tariq Aziz: Obama is 'leaving Iraq to the wolves' (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 08:40 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 24, 2006 file photo, former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz testifies for the defence during former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's trial held in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone. Aziz accused the United States of abandoning Iraq and leaving the country to die, according to a British newspaper interview to be published Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Marco Di Lauro, Pool)AP - The man who once served as Saddam Hussein's leading lieutenant has appealed to the United States to extend its presence in Iraq, saying that President Barack Obama is abandoning the country, according to a British newspaper interview published Friday.

Cameron, Obama push for Middle East peace talks (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 08:39 AM PDT

AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron's office says he and President Barack Obama agreed on the need for urgency on Middle East peace talks in a telephone conversation.

German spies may face punishment over Internet use (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 07:58 AM PDT

AP - Germany's government has asked its spy agency to open an investigation following reports that several former intelligence officers advertised themselves as experienced spies on a professional networking website.

Swedish Web hosting firm confirms WikiLeaks link (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 07:18 AM PDT

AP - A Swedish Internet company linked to file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay says it's helping online whistle-blower WikiLeaks release classified documents from servers located in a basement in the Stockholm suburb of Solna.

Obamas hit Spanish beach, with help from police (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 06:38 AM PDT

A reporter speaks from a viewpoint overlooking the Alhambra as U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama is expected to visit the site on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, in Granada, southern Spain. (AP Photo/Sergio Torres)AP - Spanish police cleared off a stretch of beach for U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha to relax by the Mediterranean Friday after a busy day of sightseeing.

Poland's new pro-European president is sworn in (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 06:29 AM PDT

Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, right, takes the oath during the inauguration ceremony at the Parliament, as his wife Anna looks on, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. Komorowski was sworn in Friday for a five-year term in a ceremony overshadowed by the plane crash that killed his predecessor Lech Kaczynski. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - Poland's new president pledged to serve as a unifying force and work closely with European allies as he was sworn in Friday — but the ceremony was overshadowed by the plane crash that killed his predecessor and snubbed by his defeated rival.

Bhutto's son says he's not yet ready for politics (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 06:18 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, right, poses for a photograph with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, second right, and his children Asifa Bhutto Zardari, left, and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, second left, as they arrive at Chequers near Princes Risborough in England, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool)AP - He was seen rubbing elbows with the leaders of France and Britain this week, but the son of slain Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says he's not yet ready to follow in his mother's political footsteps.

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