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• Hampshire win T20 final despite Christian chaos (AFP)
• Murray upsets Nadal to reach Toronto final (AFP)
• UK's Cameron hails World War II veterans (AP)
• N. Ireland bomb blast injures three children: police (AFP)
• Afghanistan crush Scotland by 229 runs (AFP)
• Chelsea trounce West Bromwich 6-0 (AFP)
• French lawmaker denounces Roma raids as disgraceful (AFP)
• Struggling Montgomerie turns focus to Ryder Cup (AFP)
• Old Firm pair edge opening wins (AFP)
• Russia to consider fate of grain export ban after October 1 (Reuters)
• 3 children injured by Northern Ireland bomb (AP)
• Police say they've seized Mafia wealth in Sicily (AP)
• Polish police remove cross defenders amid dispute (AP)
• Portugal: firefighters battling 26 forest blazes (AP)
• Fire situation improves around Moscow (AP)
• WikiLeaks 'will not be threatened' by Pentagon (AP)

Hampshire win T20 final despite Christian chaos (AFP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 04:42 PM PDT AFP - Hampshire were crowned English county cricket's Twenty20 champions on their Rose Bowl home ground after a last ball win over Somerset on Saturday.

Murray upsets Nadal to reach Toronto final (AFP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 04:02 PM PDT AFP - Britain's Andy Murray upset world number one Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday, advancing the defending champion into the final of the 2.4 million-dollar ATP Toronto Masters.

UK's Cameron hails World War II veterans (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 04:01 PM PDT AP - Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and the country's military chief on Sunday hailed the bravery of World War II veterans as they commemorated the anniversary of the surrender of Japan.

N. Ireland bomb blast injures three children: police (AFP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 02:01 PM PDT AFP - A bomb exploded in a bin in Northern Ireland on Saturday and left three children with minor injuries, police said, amid a surge of unrest blamed on republicans seeking to destabilise the peace process.

Afghanistan crush Scotland by 229 runs (AFP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 01:47 PM PDT AFP - Afghanistan went to the top of the ICC Intercontinental Cup table with a resounding 229-run victory over Scotland on Saturday.

Chelsea trounce West Bromwich 6-0 (AFP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 12:19 PM PDT AFP - Didier Drogba scored a hat-trick as Chelsea began the defence of the English Premier League title with a crushing 6-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

French lawmaker denounces Roma raids as disgraceful (AFP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 12:11 PM PDT AFP - A lawmaker from France's ruling UMP party denounced Saturday the government's raids on camps of illegal Roma immigrants as disgraceful, likening them to WWII roundups.

Struggling Montgomerie turns focus to Ryder Cup (AFP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 12:07 PM PDT AFP - Colin Montgomerie, whose PGA Championship ended in misery with an 18-over 162 after two rounds, can at least now concentrate on putting together his Ryder Cup team.

Old Firm pair edge opening wins (AFP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 11:06 AM PDT AFP - Rangers got the defence of their Scottish Premier League title off to a winning start with a narrow 2-1 home victory over Kilmarnock on Saturday while Celtic saw off Inverness 1-0.

Russia to consider fate of grain export ban after October 1 (Reuters) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 10:44 AM PDT Reuters - Russia plans to discuss after October 1 whether to extend a grain export ban into next year, First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov told Reuters, after a severe drought ruined vast tracts of the country's grain crop.

3 children injured by Northern Ireland bomb (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 09:16 AM PDT AP - Three children suffered minor injuries in a bomb attack seemingly timed to attack police and emergency services in Northern Ireland, officers and a lawmaker said Saturday.

Police say they've seized Mafia wealth in Sicily (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 07:59 AM PDT AP - Police in Sicily say they've hit at the heart of the financial empire of a convicted Mafia associate, seizing euro800 million (more than $1 billion) in property and businesses, including a clinic for cancer patients and a local soccer team.

Polish police remove cross defenders amid dispute (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 07:28 AM PDT AP - Polish police say they have removed a group of protesters from around a large cross memorializing the late President Lech Kaczynski in the heart of the capital to make way for a Sunday parade.

Portugal: firefighters battling 26 forest blazes (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 07:07 AM PDT AP - Officials say more than 600 firefighters are battling at least 26 serious wildfire outbreaks fanned by gusting winds in three separate areas of Portugal.

Fire situation improves around Moscow (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 05:13 AM PDT AP - The number of wildfires in the Moscow region fell sharply overnight, but hundreds of blazes continued to rage in other areas of Russia, and officials warned Saturday that some of them are in hard-to-reach regions.

WikiLeaks 'will not be threatened' by Pentagon (AP) Posted: 14 Aug 2010 02:41 AM PDT AP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says his organization will publish 15,000 documents from the Afghan war as planned despite warnings from the U.S.

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