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• Nigerian rebels claim to locate kidnapped French workers (AFP)
• Nigerian rebels claim to locate kidnapped French seamen (AFP)
• Spaniards who banned bullfights OK flaming horns (AP)
• Liverpool stunned by spot-on Northampton in League Cup (AFP)
• England win fifth ODI against Pakistan by 121 runs (AFP)
• Swedish government gains 1 seat in late vote count (AP)
• UN experts: Israel flotilla raid broke int'l law (AP)
• Russia plans crucial tests of troubled missile (Reuters)
• Iberia says it won't cancel BA merger over pensions deficit (AFP)
• Russia bans sales of anti-aircraft systems to Iran (AP)
• France's Sarkozy calls Niger kidnappings worrying (AP)
• Police chief: Threat of attack on France hits peak (AP)
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• Swiss women claim majority of seats in Cabinet (AP)
• Cops in court over alleged terror suspect assault (AP)
• Polish prosecutors to probe CIA prison acts (AP)
• 3 French employees kidnapped in ship off Nigeria (AP)
• Egypt accuses Israel of "chutzpah" at nuclear meet (AP)
• Spain jails Kurd for shoe toss at Turkish premier (AP)
• Holocaust denier tours Nazi sites in Poland (AP)

Nigerian rebels claim to locate kidnapped French workers (AFP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:46 PM PDT AFP - Nigeria's main rebel group MEND claimed to have located three Frenchmen and another seaman kidnapped Wednesday in the oil-rich Niger Delta and said they were trying to get the captives in their custody.

Nigerian rebels claim to locate kidnapped French seamen (AFP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:24 PM PDT AFP - Nigeria's main rebel group MEND on Wednesday claimed to have located three French nationals and another sailor kidnapped earlier by pirates.

Spaniards who banned bullfights OK flaming horns (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:33 PM PDT AP - Run with the bulls, let them tumble into the sea during the chase, even stick fireworks or flaming wax to their horns — but don't kill them. That's the line legislators in northeastern Spain drew Wednesday between protecting animals and upholding cherished national traditions.

Liverpool stunned by spot-on Northampton in League Cup (AFP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:24 PM PDT AFP - Liverpool were sent crashing out of the League Cup by lowly Northampton on Wednesday as Chelsea and Manchester City tumbled out on a night of upsets.

England win fifth ODI against Pakistan by 121 runs (AFP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:48 PM PDT AFP - Eoin Morgan's latest match-winning Rose Bowl century saw England to a crushing 121 run-victory against Pakistan as they took the five-match one-day series 3-2 on Wednesday to end a scandal-marred season.

Swedish government gains 1 seat in late vote count (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:29 PM PDT AP - A tally of foreign and advance ballots from Sweden's election has given the center-right government another seat in Parliament, but it still lacks a majority.

UN experts: Israel flotilla raid broke int'l law (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:14 PM PDT AP - A report by three U.N.-appointed human rights experts Wednesday said that Israeli forces violated international law when they raided a Gaza-bound aid flotilla killing nine activists earlier this year.

Russia plans crucial tests of troubled missile (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 01:55 PM PDT Reuters - Russia's military said on Wednesday new tests of a long-range missile seen as a mainstay of its nuclear forces would be crucial, expressing rare public concern that major changes would be needed if they failed.

Iberia says it won't cancel BA merger over pensions deficit (AFP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 01:50 PM PDT AFP - A merger between Iberia and British Airways moved a step closer on Wednesday after the Spanish carrier said it had decided not to exercise its right to cancel the deal over BA's pensions deficit.

Russia bans sales of anti-aircraft systems to Iran (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 01:16 PM PDT AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued a decree Wednesday banning all sales of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran.

France's Sarkozy calls Niger kidnappings worrying (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 11:29 AM PDT AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Wednesday to mobilize his government to free five French people abducted last week by an al-Qaida affiliate in Niger, calling it a "very serious and worrying affair," according to a government spokesman.

Police chief: Threat of attack on France hits peak (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 10:33 AM PDT AP - France is facing a "peak" terror threat, and authorities suspect al-Qaida's North African affiliate of plotting a conventional bomb attack on a crowded target, the national police chief said Wednesday.

(AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 10:33 AM PDT AP - Spanish province that banned bull fighting votes to uphold other traditions seen to harm bulls.

Swiss women claim majority of seats in Cabinet (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 09:05 AM PDT AP - Swiss women for the first time captured most of the seats in the country's seven-member executive branch Wednesday, brushing aside Switzerland's history as one of Europe's last nations to grant women full suffrage.

Cops in court over alleged terror suspect assault (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 08:17 AM PDT AP - Four police officers have appeared in a London court charged with attacking a terrorist suspect they were arresting on a U.S. extradition warrant.

Polish prosecutors to probe CIA prison acts (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 06:24 AM PDT AP - A Polish prosecutor says his office has opened an investigation into whether a Saudi man accused in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole was mistreated in a prison that the CIA allegedly ran in Poland.

3 French employees kidnapped in ship off Nigeria (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 06:18 AM PDT AP - The French marine services company Bourbon says three French employees have been kidnapped in an attack on one of its ships off Nigeria.

Egypt accuses Israel of "chutzpah" at nuclear meet (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:15 AM PDT AP - Egypt accused Israel on Wednesday of displaying "chutzpah" — blatant shamelessness — in unusually harsh comments at a 151-nation meeting on the issue of a nuclear-free Mideast.

Spain jails Kurd for shoe toss at Turkish premier (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:59 AM PDT AP - A Syrian Kurd has been sentenced to three years in jail in Spain for throwing a shoe at Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Holocaust denier tours Nazi sites in Poland (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:40 AM PDT AP - Prosecutors in Poland say a British historian who denies the Holocaust is touring World War II sites including former Nazi death camps.

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