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• Police disperse 'angry fans' at Rooney's house (AFP)
• Clashes, protests in French tensions over pensions (AP)
• Hungary, rail firms sued in U.S. over Holocaust role (Reuters)
• Four Liverpool fans attacked in Naples (AFP)
• Avandia restrictions hit GlaxoSmithKline Q3 profit (AP)
• Summary Box: German sees economic strong growth (AP)
• Adebayor treble fires City, Liverpool hold Napoli in Europa League (AFP)
• Summary Box: UK seeks $4B a year from bank tax (AP)
• Italy calls emergency talks as riots erupt in Naples (AFP)
• Disciplined Liverpool hold Napoli to stalemate (AFP)
• Anti-dump protesters clash with police in Italy (AP)
• Court condemns Moscow gay pride bans (AP)
• Swedish king awards Michigan gov for clean energy (AP)
• Belgian woman who altered parachute gets 30 years (AP)
• US writer Robert Katz dies at 77 (AP)
• Germany granted access to citizens in Iran (AP)
• EU rights prize for Cuban dissident Farinas (AP)
• Wife of ex-German chancellor Schmidt dies (AP)
• Britain suspends 3 members in expense scandal (AP)
• Economists: Britain's austerity plan to hit poor (AP)

Police disperse 'angry fans' at Rooney's house (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 04:57 PM PDT AFP - Police have dispersed angry Manchester United fans who were reportedly besieging the house of club superstar Wayne Rooney in protest at his decision to quit.

Clashes, protests in French tensions over pensions (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - Police used tear gas and water cannon against rampaging youth in Lyon on Thursday while the French government showed its muscle in parliament, short-circuiting tense Senate debate on a bill raising the retirement age to 62.

Hungary, rail firms sued in U.S. over Holocaust role (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 03:30 PM PDT Reuters - Hungarian survivors of the Holocaust and families of the victims sued the Republic of Hungary and its two rail companies in U.S. court on Thursday, accusing them of collaborating with the Nazis to exterminate Jews during World War Two.

Four Liverpool fans attacked in Naples (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 03:15 PM PDT AFP - At least four Liverpool fans including a father and his two sons were attacked in Naples ahead of a match on Thursday by a group of locals wielding metals bars and a knuckleduster, police said.

Avandia restrictions hit GlaxoSmithKline Q3 profit (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 03:06 PM PDT AP - Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline reported a 3.5 percent drop in third-quarter earnings Thursday due to generic competition and a European ban on its diabetes drug Avandia, which was also restricted in the United States.

Summary Box: German sees economic strong growth (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 02:46 PM PDT AP - OKTOBERFEST: The German government more than doubled its economic growth forecast for this year to 3.4 percent.

Adebayor treble fires City, Liverpool hold Napoli in Europa League (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 02:14 PM PDT AFP - Emmanuel Adebayor, making a rare start for moneybags Manchester City, scored his first goals of the season on Thursday to secure a 3-1 win over Lech Poznan and give his club an excellent chance of qualifying from Europe League Group A.

Summary Box: UK seeks $4B a year from bank tax (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 01:57 PM PDT AP - POUND OF FLESH: The British government published draft legislation for a permanent tax on banks that is expected to raise about 2.5 billion pounds ($4 billion) a year by 2014.

Italy calls emergency talks as riots erupt in Naples (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 01:53 PM PDT AFP - Rioting residents threw rocks at police and destroyed garbage trucks during violent skirmishes near Naples on Thursday that injured 20 officers as the region's waste disposal crisis escalated.

Disciplined Liverpool hold Napoli to stalemate (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 01:32 PM PDT AFP - An inexperienced Liverpool line-up gave under-fire manager Roy Hodgson a boost by holding Napoli to a 0-0 Europa League draw at the San Paolo stadium here on Thursday.

Anti-dump protesters clash with police in Italy (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:15 AM PDT AP - Demonstrators on Thursday set vehicles ablaze and hurled stones and firecrackers at police over plans to build a garbage dump at a national park, leaving 20 officers injured, authorities said.

Court condemns Moscow gay pride bans (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:04 AM PDT AP - The European Court of Human Rights condemned Russia on Thursday for letting Moscow ban gay pride marches simply because the city's then-mayor — who famously compared gays to the devil — and other officials disapproved of them.

Swedish king awards Michigan gov for clean energy (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 09:52 AM PDT AP - King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden on Thursday honored Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm with the Order of the Polar Star for her work to promote a clean energy economy.

Belgian woman who altered parachute gets 30 years (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 09:08 AM PDT AP - A jealous schoolteacher who doctored the parachute of a love rival causing her to plunge to her death was sentenced to 30 years in prison Thursday.

US writer Robert Katz dies at 77 (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 08:17 AM PDT AP - American writer and historian Robert Katz, best known for his reconstruction of an infamous Nazi massacre in Rome, has died in Italy. He was 77.

Germany granted access to citizens in Iran (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 07:50 AM PDT AP - Germany's foreign minister says an embassy official has been granted access to two Germans arrested in Iran earlier this month while reportedly trying to interview the son of a woman sentenced to death by stoning.

EU rights prize for Cuban dissident Farinas (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 07:46 AM PDT AP - The European Parliament awarded its annual human rights prize on Thursday to Guillermo Farinas, the Cuban dissident whose 134-day hunger strike helped draw attention to the plight of political dissidents jailed in a 2003 crackdown on dissent.

Wife of ex-German chancellor Schmidt dies (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 06:27 AM PDT AP - Loki Schmidt, longtime wife of former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, has died. She was 91.

Britain suspends 3 members in expense scandal (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 05:21 AM PDT AP - Britain's House of Lords is suspending three members who it found improperly claimed thousands of pounds (dollars) in expenses.

Economists: Britain's austerity plan to hit poor (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2010 04:34 AM PDT AP - Britain's poor and powerful argued Thursday over who'll lose out most under harsh austerity measures which will slash benefits, jobs and government services in order to reduce the country's crippling debts.

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