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• Weight loss surgeries in England jump tenfold (AP)
• Fugitive Cyprus tycoon returns to face trial (AFP)
• Outdoor Channel to launch in Asia, Europe (AP)
• Swedish charges caused 'enormous' damage: WikiLeaks founder (AFP)
• Russia jails top rights activist over protest (Reuters)
• City ease into Europa League group stage (AFP)
• Swiss halfway done giving UBS account info to US (AP)
• Britain being "overrun" by street signs (Reuters)
• Visteon forms JV with Russian company (AP)
• Liverpool late show seals victory (AFP)
• Paris archbishop concerned about Gypsy crackdown (AP)
• Attacks raise concerns in Northern Ireland (AP)
• Dutch teen sailor reaches Canary Islands (AP)
• Auschwitz memorial acquires Nazi medical devices (AP)
• 2 Greek fighter jets collide in mid-air; 1 dead (AP)
• UK declassifies file on glamorous German spy (AP)
• French diet guru Michel Montignac dies (AP)
• Mother Teresa remembered on centenary of her birth (AP)
• Spaniards rethink Afghanistan after fatal shooting (AP)
• Italy: Explosion near anti-Mafia magistrate's home (AP)

Weight loss surgeries in England jump tenfold (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:02 PM PDT AP - The number of weight-loss surgeries in England jumped more than tenfold from 2000 to 2007, a new study says.

Fugitive Cyprus tycoon returns to face trial (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:44 PM PDT AFP - One of Britain's most high-profile fugitives returned from northern Cyprus Thursday to face justice after 17 years in exile amid claims he stole millions of pounds from his collapsed firm.

Outdoor Channel to launch in Asia, Europe (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:53 PM PDT AP - Outdoor Channel Holdings, which produces shows on hunting, fishing, shooting and other outdoor activities, said Thursday that it inked deals to distribute its content in Asia and Europe.

Swedish charges caused 'enormous' damage: WikiLeaks founder (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:10 PM PDT AFP - Swedish prosecutors' handling of rape and molestation allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has caused him and his whistleblower website "enormous" damage, he said in comments published Thursday.

Russia jails top rights activist over protest (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:08 PM PDT Reuters - A Russian court on Wednesday jailed a leading rights activist and Kremlin critic for three days for taking part in an unsanctioned protest in Moscow, one of the organizers of the protest said.

City ease into Europa League group stage (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:05 PM PDT AFP - Shaun Wright-Phillips scored his first goal of the season to help Manchester City overcome FC Timisoara at Eastlands and cruise into the group stages of the Europa League.

Swiss halfway done giving UBS account info to US (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:51 PM PDT AP - The Swiss government said Wednesday it has handed roughly half the names of wealthy Americans demanded by Washington to solve a tax evasion dispute involving Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS AG.

Britain being "overrun" by street signs (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:29 PM PDT Reuters - The British government has declared war on the profusion of unnecessary road traffic signs, railings and advertising boards, saying they blight towns' English character.

Visteon forms JV with Russian company (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:29 PM PDT AP - Auto parts supplier Visteon Corp. said Thursday that it has formed a joint venture with a Russian company, Avtopribor, to provide vehicle cockpit electronics to the Russian auto market.

Liverpool late show seals victory (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:06 PM PDT AFP - Liverpool overcame a disastrous start to reach the Europa League group stages on Thursday by scoring twice in the last seven minutes to defeat Trabzonspor 2-1 for a 3-1 aggregate victory.

Paris archbishop concerned about Gypsy crackdown (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:01 AM PDT AP - The archbishop of Paris joined the tide of criticism over France's crackdown on Gypsies, calling it a "circus," while the EU's justice commissioner on Thursday denounced French officials' discriminatory tone about the vulnerable minority.

Attacks raise concerns in Northern Ireland (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:15 AM PDT AP - Bursts of laughter. Young men playing ping pong. Battles of the bands.

Dutch teen sailor reaches Canary Islands (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:13 AM PDT AP - A 14-year-old Dutch sailor aiming to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world says she has reached Spain's Canary Islands off northwest Africa but declined Thursday to say where exactly she was.

Auschwitz memorial acquires Nazi medical devices (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:39 AM PDT AP - The Auschwitz memorial in Poland says it has obtained around 150 medical instruments believed to have been used by the Nazis in experiments on the death camp inmates.

2 Greek fighter jets collide in mid-air; 1 dead (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:13 AM PDT AP - Two Greek fighter jets crashed in mid-air during a training exercise south of the island of Crete on Thursday, killing one of the three crew members and leaving the other two injured, the air force said.

UK declassifies file on glamorous German spy (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 06:44 AM PDT AP - She was thought to be one of Germany's prized secret agents, described as beautiful and languid and capable of infiltrating an enemy camp, obtaining secret plans of attack, and then delivering them to her bosses.

French diet guru Michel Montignac dies (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 06:31 AM PDT AP - A French official says French diet guru Michel Montignac, whose "glycemic index" weight-loss books sold millions of copies, has died.

Mother Teresa remembered on centenary of her birth (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 06:14 AM PDT AP - Hundreds of Catholics in Albania have held a Mass to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Nobel peace laureate Mother Teresa.

Spaniards rethink Afghanistan after fatal shooting (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:31 AM PDT AP - The shooting death of three Spaniards at a military base in Afghanistan has prompted renewed calls for the government to declare the war on the Taliban a failure and join other coalition countries in withdrawing.

Italy: Explosion near anti-Mafia magistrate's home (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:58 AM PDT AP - A bombing in southern Italy has damaged the apartment house of a magistrate who investigates the 'ndrangheta crime syndicate.

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