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• Arrest in England-Pakistan 'match-fixing' probe (AFP)
• Arrests as missiles thrown at anti-Islamist rally in Bradford (AFP)
• Cavendish leads Tour of Spain after first stage (AFP)
• PM enjoys time with new baby daughter (AFP)
• Third England player handed media injunction (AFP)
• Lampard, Terry to miss England qualifiers (AFP)
• Far-right protesters clash with police in UK (AP)
• EU prods China for faster yuan rise: G20 draft (Reuters)
• Rampant Chelsea cement top Premership spot (AFP)
• Murray sees no big changes needed to win US Open (AFP)
• Steam train connects Bosnia, Serbia (AP)
• Missing rafters found after accident in Austria (AP)
• Belgian cardinal offered to hush up sex case (AP)
• 14 militants, 2 policeman killed in Russia (AP)
• Protesters ask Iran to spare convicted woman (AP)
• Denmark navy helicopter foils pirates (AP)
• EU's Ashton to skip restarted Mideast peace talks (AP)
• Amanda Knox tells lawmaker she wants to adopt (AP)
• Putin visits site of Russia's new launch center (AP)

Arrest in England-Pakistan 'match-fixing' probe (AFP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 04:43 PM PDT AFP - British police said Saturday they had arrested a man on suspicion on conspiracy to defraud bookmakers following newspaper allegations of match-fixing in the ongoing cricket Test between England and Pakistan.

Arrests as missiles thrown at anti-Islamist rally in Bradford (AFP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 03:55 PM PDT AFP - Thirteen men were arrested Saturday in the ethnically-mixed city of Bradford as a far-right, anti-Islamist group clashed with anti-fascist demonstrators in the streets.

Cavendish leads Tour of Spain after first stage (AFP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 03:08 PM PDT AFP - British sprint sensation Mark Cavendish took the leader's jersey on the first day of the Tour of Spain after taking his HTC Columbia team to victory in the team time trial here Saturday.

PM enjoys time with new baby daughter (AFP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 03:04 PM PDT AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha were enjoying their first full day out of hospital Saturday with their new baby, Florence Rose Endellion.

Third England player handed media injunction (AFP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:48 PM PDT AFP - A third England football star on Saturday won a High Court injunction banning the reporting of allegations about his private life, as media concern mounted over the frequency of such bans.

Lampard, Terry to miss England qualifiers (AFP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:23 PM PDT AFP - Chelsea pair Frank Lampard and John Terry will both miss England's Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Switzerland next month after being ruled out by their club due to injury.

Far-right protesters clash with police in UK (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:10 PM PDT AP - A right-wing group that opposes what it calls the spread of Islam in Britain clashed with riot police in northern England on Saturday, throwing bottles, rocks and a smoke bomb at authorities. The demonstration by the English Defense League occurred in Bradford, a city with one of the country's largest Pakistani and Muslim communities.

EU prods China for faster yuan rise: G20 draft (Reuters) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 01:13 PM PDT Reuters - This story does not carry a dateline to protect the identity and location of a source. (Reuters) - The European Union thinks China has made only limited progress in allowing its yuan currency to move more rapidly, and swifter action would help safeguard a fragile economic recovery, according to a draft G20 document obtained by Reuters on Saturday.

Rampant Chelsea cement top Premership spot (AFP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 12:58 PM PDT AFP - Chelsea maintained their superb start to the season with a 2-0 win over Stoke on Saturday that kept the Premier League champions on top of the table.

Murray sees no big changes needed to win US Open (AFP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 12:38 PM PDT AFP - Britain's Andy Murray says his form is very close to what he needs to win his first Grand Slam title at the US Open, where the fourth-seeded Scotsman reached his first Slam final in 2008.

Steam train connects Bosnia, Serbia (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 10:57 AM PDT AP - Bosnia and Serbia have restarted an old steam-powered train in an effort to increase tourism in a region that was devastated by war in the 1990s.

Missing rafters found after accident in Austria (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 08:59 AM PDT AP - Over two dozen people were tossed into a raging Alpine river in western Austria after their rafts capsized Saturday, but all were found after an intensive rescue operation, authorities said.

Belgian cardinal offered to hush up sex case (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 08:58 AM PDT AP - Roman Catholic Cardinal Godfried Danneels of Belgium offered to keep a sexual molestation case against a bishop secret until the bishop retired, an official said Saturday.

14 militants, 2 policeman killed in Russia (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 08:15 AM PDT AP - At least 14 suspected militants and two police officers were killed during security raids in Russia's volatile North Caucasus, police said Saturday.

Protesters ask Iran to spare convicted woman (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 07:58 AM PDT AP - About 300 people from rights organizations have demonstrated in Paris to urge Iran to lift its death sentence on an Iranian woman convicted of adultery.

Denmark navy helicopter foils pirates (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 07:41 AM PDT AP - Denmark's navy says a helicopter from one its warships has foiled a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia.

EU's Ashton to skip restarted Mideast peace talks (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:59 AM PDT AP - The European Union says it will not participate in the U.S.-backed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority due to start on Thursday in Washington.

Amanda Knox tells lawmaker she wants to adopt (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 03:02 AM PDT AP - Amanda Knox, the American student convicted in Italy of murdering her British roommate, has told an Italian lawmaker in a series of jailhouse conversations that she hopes to adopt children and be a writer when free.

Putin visits site of Russia's new launch center (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:50 AM PDT AP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia will be launching its manned space missions from a new launching pad in the Far East in 2018.

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