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• Australia win the toss and bat in second Ashes Test (AFP)
• Alcott airlifted off hill after crash on ski training run (AFP)
• Leaked cables show US, UK quarrel on spy flights (AP)
• Snow batters Europe and Britain grinds to halt (AFP)
• Confident Khan at his best for Vegas boxing debut (AFP)
• Liverpool progress in Europa League despite Reina howler (AFP)
• Summary Box:Treasurys slip on hope for Europe fix (AP)
• Treasurys slip on hopes Europe's crisis will ease (AP)
• Lead thieves use Google Earth to target churches (Reuters)
• 12 dead as heavy snow, flooding slams Europe (AP)
• Pope in 1988 sought to remove abusers faster (AP)
• Putin's spokesman rejects leaked cables on Russia (AP)
• Russia's World Cup coup shows Putin's power (AP)
• UN nuke chief attacks Iran's lack of cooperation (AP)
• US special forces disciplined in aid worker death (AP)
• Britain's Conservatives flashed most election cash (AP)
• Red Cross: Afghanistan unlikely to improve in 2011 (AP)
• Greece: Clashes at student rally (AP)
• France: Le Pen acquitted of racism charges (AP)
• Thieves in Spain rob art van, including Picasso (AP)

Australia win the toss and bat in second Ashes Test (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 04:09 PM PST AFP - Australia won the toss and chose to bat on the opening day of the second Ashes Test against England at the Adelaide Oval on Friday.

Alcott airlifted off hill after crash on ski training run (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:37 PM PST AFP - British ski racer Chemmy Alcott was to undergo emergency surgery for a badly broken right leg following a horrific flying crash during a downhill training run Thursday.

Leaked cables show US, UK quarrel on spy flights (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:32 PM PST AP - British officials complained to U.S. diplomats about secret American spy flights using foreign U.K. airbases, fearing that the data collected during those missions could implicate their country in potential human rights violations, according to secret diplomatic memos released by WikiLeaks.

Snow batters Europe and Britain grinds to halt (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:03 PM PST AFP - Fresh snowfalls swept northern Europe Thursday, causing misery for travellers as airports remain closed, roads were blocked and Eurostar international rail services were cancelled.

Confident Khan at his best for Vegas boxing debut (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 02:55 PM PST AFP - Britain's Amir Khan is confident and motivated for his debut in boxing mecca Las Vegas, next week's World Boxing Association super lightweight title defense against Argentina's Marcos Maidana.

Liverpool progress in Europa League despite Reina howler (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 02:52 PM PST AFP - Liverpool reached the Europa League last 32 on Thursday with a 1-1 draw at Steaua Bucharest, but a blunder by Spanish goalkeeper Pepe Reina allowed the Romanians to claim a crucial point which put them closer to the next round.

Summary Box:Treasurys slip on hope for Europe fix (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 02:48 PM PST AP - EUROPE'S DEBTS: Treasurys turned lower Thursday as traders gained confidence that Europe is making progress on containing its debt crisis.

Treasurys slip on hopes Europe's crisis will ease (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 02:23 PM PST AP - Treasurys turned lower Thursday as traders gained confidence that Europe is making progress on containing its debt crisis.

Lead thieves use Google Earth to target churches (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:55 PM PST Reuters - Thieves in Britain are using Google Earth to target lead roofs on Church of England buildings to sell on the lucrative metals market, a Church spokesman said.

12 dead as heavy snow, flooding slams Europe (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:28 PM PST AP - Freezing temperatures and often blinding snowfall killed 12 more people and caused travel chaos across northern Europe on Thursday, while some of the worst floods in a century devastated parts of the Balkans.

Pope in 1988 sought to remove abusers faster (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:39 PM PST AP - The Vatican on Thursday released documentation showing Pope Benedict XVI sought as early as 1988 to find quicker ways to permanently remove priests who raped and molested children but was rebuffed.

Putin's spokesman rejects leaked cables on Russia (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:58 AM PST AP - The leaked U.S. diplomatic cables that portray Russia as a virtual mafia state are "total nonsense" of doubtful authenticity, the spokesman of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday.

Russia's World Cup coup shows Putin's power (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:33 AM PST AP - His nominal partner, president Dmitry Medvedev, appeared to be a benchwarmer at best and increasingly unlikely to muster the vim to run in presidential elections less than 1 1/2 years away.

UN nuke chief attacks Iran's lack of cooperation (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:16 AM PST AP - The head of the U.N. atomic agency on Thursday shook off suggestions of pro-U.S. bias, asserting that his investigation of Iran's nuclear program was factual and objective.

US special forces disciplined in aid worker death (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:13 AM PST AP - Members of an American special-forces team have been disciplined after an inquiry into the death of a British aid worker in Afghanistan found that U.S. military law had been breached, the U.K. foreign secretary said Thursday.

Britain's Conservatives flashed most election cash (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 07:13 AM PST AP - Britain's Electoral Commission says the winning Conservative Party spent twice as much as the Labour Party in the 2010 election campaign.

Red Cross: Afghanistan unlikely to improve in 2011 (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 06:53 AM PST AP - The head of the international Red Cross says the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan worsened this year and is unlikely to improve in 2011.

Greece: Clashes at student rally (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 06:50 AM PST AP - Police clashed Thursday with demonstrating students outside Greece's parliament in the latest protest against austerity measures.

France: Le Pen acquitted of racism charges (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 06:49 AM PST AP - A Paris court has acquitted far-right French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen, who had faced charges of racism over campaign posters for his National Front party.

Thieves in Spain rob art van, including Picasso (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:48 AM PST AP - Spanish police and media say hooded thieves have stolen a van containing some 20 pieces of art reportedly including works by Picasso, Colombian artist Fernando Botero and Spanish sculptor Eduardo Chillida.

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