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• London warns Libya against feting Megrahi's release (AFP)
• Mancini delight as new boy Balotelli lifts City (AFP)
• Ex-soldier jailed for stealing rare falcon eggs (AP)
• USTR appeals two findings in WTO Airbus ruling (Reuters)
• London announces doubling of aid to flood-hit Pakistan (AFP)
• Babel earns Liverpool slender advantage (AFP)
• Mazda recall to cover vehicles in Asia, Europe (AP)
• Scores expelled in French crackdown on Roma (AFP)
• Key Berlusconi ally seeks early poll (AFP)
• Sunderland turn to referee Webb for help with discipline (Reuters)
• France sends scores of Gypsies back to Romania (AP)
• Germany: Father saves girl from bear in zoo (AP)
• Russia gives plane crash evidence to Poland (AP)
• 2 more Cuban political prisoners arrive in Spain (AP)
• Russia marks 50th anniversary of space dogs flight (AP)
• Ditch the queen: UK public's wild ideas for cuts (AP)
• Doctor: experts agreed on Lockerbie bomber health (AP)
• Study shows women still earn less than men in UK (AP)
• Bull leaps into bullring stands in Spain, 40 hurt (AP)
• Missing kangaroo causes stir in Austria (AP)

London warns Libya against feting Megrahi's release (AFP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:25 PM PDT AFP - London warned Libya that any celebrations to mark the one-year anniversary Friday of the Lockerbie bomber's release would be "tasteless, offensive and deeply insensitive".

Mancini delight as new boy Balotelli lifts City (AFP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:42 PM PDT AFP - Mario Balotelli got his Manchester City career off to a flying start when he scored the only goal in their 1-0 win over Timisoara in Romania in the first leg of their Europa League play-off.

Ex-soldier jailed for stealing rare falcon eggs (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:56 PM PDT AP - A former special forces soldier was jailed Thursday for attempting to sneak out of Britain with a stash of 14 rare peregrine falcon eggs hidden in socks strapped to his body.

USTR appeals two findings in WTO Airbus ruling (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:12 PM PDT Reuters - The United States is appealing two elements of a World Trade Organization ruling on European government support for Airbus that it otherwise won, U.S. trade officials said on Thursday.

London announces doubling of aid to flood-hit Pakistan (AFP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:46 PM PDT AFP - London vowed on Thursday to double its emergency aid for flood-ravaged Pakistan to more than 64 million pounds, an official told the UN General Assembly.

Babel earns Liverpool slender advantage (AFP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:26 PM PDT AFP - Liverpool will take a slender 1-0 lead to Turkey after a Ryan Babel goal earned Roy Hodgson's side a narrow victory over Trabzonspor in the Europa League play-off first leg at Anfield on Thursday.

Mazda recall to cover vehicles in Asia, Europe (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 01:23 PM PDT AP - Mazda Motor Corp. says its recall of certain Mazda3 and Mazda5 vehicles to fix problems with the power-steering system will include those sold in Europe and parts of Asia.

Scores expelled in French crackdown on Roma (AFP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 12:51 PM PDT AFP - France expelled scores of Roma, packing them on planes and flying them back to Romania Thursday at the start of a crackdown ordered by President Nicolas Sarkozy which has drawn strong criticism.

Key Berlusconi ally seeks early poll (AFP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 12:23 PM PDT AFP - Umberto Bossi, a key ally of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, called on Thursday for elections to be held "as soon as possible", suggesting a date in late November or early December.

Sunderland turn to referee Webb for help with discipline (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 11:48 AM PDT Reuters - Sunderland manager Steve Bruce invited World Cup final referee Howard Webb to their training ground on Thursday after describing his team's unenviable disciplinary record as unacceptable and petulant.

France sends scores of Gypsies back to Romania (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 08:35 AM PDT AP - France expelled nearly 100 Gypsies, or Roma, to their native Romania on Thursday as part of a very public effort by conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy to dismantle Roma camps and sweep them out of the country, the Immigration Ministry said.

Germany: Father saves girl from bear in zoo (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 08:25 AM PDT AP - A Dutch man braved an angry bear to save his three-year-old daughter after the girl climbed a fence in a German zoo and tumbled into the animal's pen, police said Thursday.

Russia gives plane crash evidence to Poland (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:52 AM PDT AP - Russia handed Poland's top military prosecutor Thursday thousands of pages of evidence on the plane crash in April that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other people.

2 more Cuban political prisoners arrive in Spain (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:25 AM PDT AP - Two more Cuban political prisoners have arrived in Spain, the latest to be allowed go into exile under Cuba's pledge to free dissidents jailed since 2003.

Russia marks 50th anniversary of space dogs flight (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 06:53 AM PDT AP - Russia remembered two unlikely national heroes Thursday — a pair of skinny street mutts who moved the Soviet Union into the lead of the space race when they became the first living creatures to circle the Earth and come back alive.

Ditch the queen: UK public's wild ideas for cuts (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 06:13 AM PDT AP - Britain's Treasury says it will consider wild ideas submitted by the public after calling on taxpayers to help draft the toughest spending cuts in decades.

Doctor: experts agreed on Lockerbie bomber health (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 05:50 AM PDT AP - A cancer specialist who advised Scotland's government over the release of the Lockerbie bomber on Thursday defended the assessment of medical experts that the prisoner had only three months to live.

Study shows women still earn less than men in UK (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 05:41 AM PDT AP - A study says female managers in Britain earn 10,000 pounds ($15,600) a year less than their male counterparts, and at current rates will wait 57 years to achieve parity.

Bull leaps into bullring stands in Spain, 40 hurt (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 05:26 AM PDT AP - A bull leapt into the packed grandstands of a Spanish bullring and ran amok, charging and trampling spectators and leaving 40 people injured, regional officials said Thursday.

Missing kangaroo causes stir in Austria (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:48 AM PDT AP - No kangaroos in Austria? Wrong! The search is on for a missing marsupial in the Alpine republic.

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