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• Robinho ends City purgatory as transfer deadline looms (AFP)
• 'Difficult' Brown was 'maddening': Blair (AFP)
• ICRC: Somalis swamp hospitals after 8 violent days (AP)
• Blair 'desperately sorry' for Iraq war deaths: memoirs (AFP)
• 3 Russians kidnapped in Darfur freed (AP)
• Robinho gets fresh start at AC Milan (AFP)
• Pakistan says no suspensions over betting probe (AFP)
• Gudjohnsen heads mass Stoke intake (AFP)
• Dozens detained at anti-Kremlin rallies (Reuters)
• Swedish royals' names crop up on election ballot (AFP)
• EU lawmakers criticize Russian handling of rally (AP)
• British FM Hague pressures Serbia over Kosovo (AP)
• German bishops expand sex abuse guidelines (AP)
• Police: Slovak shooter angry over neighbors' noise (AP)
• UN denies Ban pressure to change Congo report (AP)
• Germany marks reunification treaty's anniversary (AP)
• Dutch: 2 Yemenis from US suspected of terror plot (AP)
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• AP Interview: Walesa says reforms going too slowly (AP)
• Denmark alleges Kurdish TV station promoted terror (AP)

Robinho ends City purgatory as transfer deadline looms (AFP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:38 PM PDT AFP - Brazilian star Robinho's nightmare two year stay at Manchester City came to an agreeable conclusion for both parties on Tuesday as he signed for Serie A giants AC Milan on a frenetic final day of trading as the transfer deadline comes into force on Wednesday.

'Difficult' Brown was 'maddening': Blair (AFP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:29 PM PDT AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair said his successor Gordon Brown was "maddening", "difficult" and wore him down with "relentless personal pressure", in his memoirs released Wednesday.

ICRC: Somalis swamp hospitals after 8 violent days (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:02 PM PDT AP - Eight days of deadly clashes between government forces and al-Qaida-linked insurgents have forced dozens of people to seek surgical care and left Somalia's capital in a critical state, the international Red Cross said Tuesday.

Blair 'desperately sorry' for Iraq war deaths: memoirs (AFP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:24 PM PDT AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair said he was "desperately sorry" over the deaths in the Iraq war, in extracts released Tuesday from his memoirs.

3 Russians kidnapped in Darfur freed (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 02:34 PM PDT AP - Three Russians abducted by gunmen in Sudan's restive Darfur region were freed by security forces after a clash with their kidnappers, a Sudanese news website reported Tuesday.

Robinho gets fresh start at AC Milan (AFP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 02:17 PM PDT AFP - Brazilian star Robinho signed for Serie A giants AC Milan on Tuesday on a four-year contract for 18million euros from English Premier League side Manchester City where he had an unhappy two year spell.

Pakistan says no suspensions over betting probe (AFP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 02:12 PM PDT AFP - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said Tuesday it would not suspend players embroiled in betting scam allegations while the claims are investigated, though they are set to miss the next match.

Gudjohnsen heads mass Stoke intake (AFP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:49 PM PDT AFP - Icelandic international striker Eidur Gudjohnsen joined English Premier League side Stoke on loan for the season on Tuesday from French Ligue 1 outfit Monaco.

Dozens detained at anti-Kremlin rallies (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:38 PM PDT Reuters - Russian police detained more than 150 people including prominent opponents of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at anti-Kremlin protests Tuesday, after Putin said demonstrators without permits could expect harsh treatment.

Swedish royals' names crop up on election ballot (AFP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:30 PM PDT AFP - Members of the Swedish royal family on Tuesday unwittingly found themselves on the ballot for an upcoming general election, after they were nominated by a minor political party.

EU lawmakers criticize Russian handling of rally (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:16 AM PDT AP - Four European Union lawmakers joined a banned opposition rally in central Moscow on Tuesday and criticized Russian police for violently detaining an opposition leader and dozens of other protesters.

British FM Hague pressures Serbia over Kosovo (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:00 AM PDT AP - Britain's foreign secretary urged Serbia on Tuesday not to challenge Kosovo's independence at the U.N. General Assembly, and the Balkan country's president said it is open to a compromise on the resolution.

German bishops expand sex abuse guidelines (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:03 AM PDT AP - Germany's Roman Catholic church introduced new guidelines Tuesday on handling reports of sexual abuse that require prosecutors to be informed of any suspected case unless the victim objects to that.

Police: Slovak shooter angry over neighbors' noise (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 08:26 AM PDT AP - Anger over loud neighbors may have caused a heavily armed man to kill seven people before committing suicide in a rampage that has shocked Slovakia, authorities suggested Tuesday.

UN denies Ban pressure to change Congo report (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 08:24 AM PDT AP - The U.N.'s human rights office said Tuesday it hasn't come under pressure from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to alter a forthcoming report accusing the Rwandan army of committing possible genocide in Congo in the 1990s.

Germany marks reunification treaty's anniversary (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 07:14 AM PDT AP - German leaders are marking the 20th anniversary of the treaty that sealed the reunification of West Germany with the former communist East Germany.

Dutch: 2 Yemenis from US suspected of terror plot (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 07:13 AM PDT AP - Dutch prosecutors say two Yemeni citizens who arrived in Amsterdam on a flight from the United States are suspects in a conspiracy to commit a terrorist act.

(AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 06:59 AM PDT AP - Dutch prosecutors say 2 arrested Yemenis from US are suspects in conspiracy of terrorist act.

AP Interview: Walesa says reforms going too slowly (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 06:36 AM PDT AP - Solidarity founder and former Polish President Lech Walesa said Tuesday that 30 years after his trade union movement paved the way for massive democratic reforms that brought communism to its knees across Eastern Europe, Poland is dragging its feet on changes it needs to help it catch up with its western European neighbors.

Denmark alleges Kurdish TV station promoted terror (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 06:12 AM PDT AP - Danish prosecutors say they have charged a Kurdish-language television station with promoting activities of a group linked to terrorism.

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