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• ECB chief warns Europe to stick with financial reforms (AFP)
• Al-Qaeda plot to attack European cities uncovered (AFP)
• Summary Box: Workers take to streets in Europe (AP)
• Anglo Irish failure would 'bring down' Ireland: minister (AFP)
• Summary Box: France's budget for 2011 (AP)
• Naismith ends Rangers wait for Champions win (AFP)
• Hernandez helps United sink Valencia in Champions League (AFP)
• Stocks slip as European protests worsen debt fears (AP)
• UK's David Miliband quits after losing to brother (AP)
• Musharraf: Pakistan's military need political role (AP)
• Vatican taps investigator for group tied to Legion (AP)
• Terror plot in Europe prompted drone strikes (AP)
• UK defense sec'y warns spending cuts too brutal (AP)
• Court sentences Serb to 2 years in NY beating case (AP)
• Italy's Berlusconi wins confidence vote (AP)
• Italy coast guard hunting 2 missing US balloonists (AP)
• Irish government rejects byelections, survives (AP)
• WTO says US ban on Chinese poultry is illegal (AP)
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• Palestinian rights groups slam Gaza vote at UN (AP)

ECB chief warns Europe to stick with financial reforms (AFP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 04:05 PM PDT AFP - European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet urged politicians and financial market actors on Wednesday to stay the course and push for reforms to avoid future crises.

Al-Qaeda plot to attack European cities uncovered (AFP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 04:01 PM PDT AFP - Western intelligence agencies have uncovered an Al-Qaeda plot to launch attacks in Britain, France and Germany by Pakistan-based extremists, security sources and media reports said Wednesday.

Summary Box: Workers take to streets in Europe (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 03:50 PM PDT AP - TAKING TO THE STREETS: Tens of thousands of workers marched through the streets of Europe Wednesday to protest austerity measures that will lead to the loss of jobs and benefits.

Anglo Irish failure would 'bring down' Ireland: minister (AFP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 03:44 PM PDT AFP - Ireland's finance minister has warned the failure of Anglo Irish Bank would "bring down" the country, as regulators prepared to reveal Thursday the cost of bailing out the stricken lender.

Summary Box: France's budget for 2011 (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 03:42 PM PDT AP - THE CUTS: France plans to eliminate $54 billion in spending by reducing economic stimulus measures and eliminating some tax breaks. International investors and other European nations have been pressuring France to reduce its deficit.

Naismith ends Rangers wait for Champions win (AFP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:54 PM PDT AFP - A Steven Naismith strike sent Rangers joint top of Group C as they defeated Bursapor 1-0 at Ibrox in their Champions League clash here on Wednesday.

Hernandez helps United sink Valencia in Champions League (AFP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:49 PM PDT AFP - Javier Hernandez scored an 85th-minute winner to give Manchester United a 1-0 win over Spanish league leaders Valencia in Wednesday's Champions League Group C match at the Mestalla Stadium.

Stocks slip as European protests worsen debt fears (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:39 PM PDT AP - Stocks slipped in muted trading Wednesday as traders held back ahead of corporate earnings announcements, which start to roll in next week. Protests in Europe against austerity measures renewed worries about the region's finances and helped keep buyers at bay.

UK's David Miliband quits after losing to brother (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:29 PM PDT AP - Britain's former foreign secretary David Miliband said Wednesday he was quitting front-line politics in the U.K. after losing to his younger brother in a battle for the leadership of the country's main opposition Labour Party.

Musharraf: Pakistan's military need political role (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:26 PM PDT AP - Pakistan's former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, said Wednesday that the country's armed forces need to play a larger political role, as he discussed plans for his own bid to return to power as a civilian.

Vatican taps investigator for group tied to Legion (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 02:12 PM PDT AP - The Vatican has named a Spanish archbishop to investigate a cult-like group affiliated with the Legionaries of Christ, the conservative religious order disgraced by revelations its founder sexually abused seminarians and fathered three children.

Terror plot in Europe prompted drone strikes (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 01:44 PM PDT AP - Security officials said Wednesday a terror plot to wage Mumbai-style shooting sprees or other attacks in Britain, France and Germany is still active and that recent CIA strikes in Pakistan were aimed at al-Qaida operatives suspected in the threat.

UK defense sec'y warns spending cuts too brutal (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 01:19 PM PDT AP - Britain's defense secretary on Wednesday made a surprising attack his own government's plans for sweeping spending cuts, telling Prime Minister David Cameron in a leaked letter that slashing the military budget could have dire consequences.

Court sentences Serb to 2 years in NY beating case (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 12:21 PM PDT AP - A Belgrade court said Wednesday it will sentence a former Serb basketball player to about two years in jail for beating an American student into a coma.

Italy's Berlusconi wins confidence vote (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 11:54 AM PDT AP - Premier Silvio Berlusconi won a confidence vote Wednesday night in the Chamber of Deputies by a wide margin, staving off, at least for now, the specter of early elections.

Italy coast guard hunting 2 missing US balloonists (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 11:25 AM PDT AP - Coast guards are hunting for a pair of missing American balloonists last detected piloting their craft over the Adriatic Sea in rough weather, officials said Wednesday.

Irish government rejects byelections, survives (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 11:10 AM PDT AP - Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has survived a tight parliamentary vote that illustrates his government's desperation to survive its full five-year term.

WTO says US ban on Chinese poultry is illegal (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 10:52 AM PDT AP - The Obama administration received its first rebuke from the World Trade Organization on Wednesday as a three-member panel declared that an American ban on Chinese poultry is illegal.

(AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 10:35 AM PDT AP - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi wins confidence vote.

Palestinian rights groups slam Gaza vote at UN (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2010 09:58 AM PDT AP - Palestinian human rights groups sharply criticized a U.N. resolution — backed by their own government — that delays action on a report alleging war crimes during the 2009 Gaza conflict.

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