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• Swiss eye tax deals with Britain, Germany: ministry (AFP)
• Hermes heirs have no plans to reduce stake: family (AFP)
• Slovenia elects its 1st black mayor (AP)
• Switzerland to sign key tax deal with Germany Thursday (Reuters)
• Fiat would perform better without Italy: CEO (Reuters)
• Italian government puts Naples dump on hold (Reuters)
• Sarkozy hopes end in sight for French pension protest (AFP)
• Grounded nuclear sub heading home (AFP)
• France's Sarkozy approval at record low (AP)
• Fiat would benefit from shutting Italian factories: CEO (AFP)
• Israel critical over Mideast synod conclusions (AP)
• British deputy PM: Investigate Iraq leak claims (AP)
• Germany awaits report on govt's role in Holocaust (AP)
• Niger PM: hostages held by al-Qaida are alive (AP)
• Tropical Storm Richard drenches Honduran coast (AP)

Swiss eye tax deals with Britain, Germany: ministry (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 03:28 PM PDT AFP - Switzerland and Germany will take a step to resolve a spat on taxation on Thursday, the Swiss finance ministry said, after long running tensions over tax evasion and Swiss banking secrecy.

Hermes heirs have no plans to reduce stake: family (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 03:24 PM PDT AFP - Heirs of the Hermes family, who own 70 percent of the French luxury goods firm, on Sunday said they had no plans to sell any of their stake after luxury retailer LVMH ramped up its share.

Slovenia elects its 1st black mayor (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 02:55 PM PDT AP - Slovenia elected its first black mayor on Sunday, an immigrant from Africa known as the "Obama of Piran," the town where he lives.

Switzerland to sign key tax deal with Germany Thursday (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 01:53 PM PDT Reuters - Swiss Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz will sign a tax deal with his German counterpart next week critical to the future of Switzerland's $2 trillion wealth management industry, Swiss news agency SDA reported on Sunday.

Fiat would perform better without Italy: CEO (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 01:44 PM PDT Reuters - Carmaker Fiat would perform better without its loss-making Italian plants, Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne said on Sunday, stressing that Italy must boost efficiency to stay competitive.

Italian government puts Naples dump on hold (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 01:15 PM PDT Reuters - The Italian government has put the opening of a new waste dump near Naples on hold after weeks of protests by residents, but demonstrators said the proposal was not enough and garbage continued to pile up in the streets.

Sarkozy hopes end in sight for French pension protest (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 12:38 PM PDT AFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy hopes to put his titanic battle to raise France's retirement age behind him this week by signing the measure into law despite a new wave of strikes, rallies and fuel blockades.

Grounded nuclear sub heading home (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 12:17 PM PDT AFP - The country's newest nuclear submarine headed back to base on Sunday after running aground off a Scottish island.

France's Sarkozy approval at record low (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:57 AM PDT AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's approval rating has sunk to its lowest level yet, a poll reported Sunday, as protests over his pension reforms left the country struggling with gas shortages, travel chaos and school shutdowns.

Fiat would benefit from shutting Italian factories: CEO (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:40 AM PDT AFP - The head of Italian industrial giant Fiat said Sunday the company would be better off if it outsourced all of its production from Italy, in comments that risk inflaming tensions with unions.

Israel critical over Mideast synod conclusions (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:38 AM PDT AP - Israel said Sunday that a meeting of Middle East bishops was hijacked by enemies of the Jewish state, after the gathering at the Vatican largely blamed Israel for conflict in the region.

British deputy PM: Investigate Iraq leak claims (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:08 AM PDT AP - Allegations of prisoner abuse and civilian killings in Iraq from a cache of leaked U.S. secret military documents are extremely serious and must be investigated, a top British official said Sunday.

Germany awaits report on govt's role in Holocaust (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:50 AM PDT AP - A historian who helped prepare an official report on the German Foreign Office's involvement in the Holocaust has been quoted as saying the ministry was more deeply involved in the genocide of the Jews than previously known.

Niger PM: hostages held by al-Qaida are alive (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 07:36 AM PDT AP - Niger's prime minister says seven hostages nabbed last month from a mining town in the north of the country and held by al-Qaida's North African affiliate are alive.

Tropical Storm Richard drenches Honduran coast (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 03:31 AM PDT AP - Tropical Storm Richard lashed Honduras' Caribbean coast with heavy rain and wind and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Sunday as it roared toward Belize and southeastern Mexico.

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