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• Military takes over air traffic control in Spain (AP)
• Pitcairn mayor on child porn charges (AFP)
• Ireland sees tax income rising next year before budget test (Reuters)
• Spain OKs new austerity measures to calm markets (AP)
• Air controllers shut most of Spanish airspace (AFP)
• Spain PM allows army to take control of air space (Reuters)
• The Top 10 Stories in IT This Week (PC World)
• German cardinal asks abuse victims for forgiveness (AP)
• IAEA board approves nuclear fuel bank (AP)
• Clinton tries to reassure Britain on Afghan performance (AFP)
• Jewish conductor wants Wagner free of Nazi link (AP)
• Teenage Dutch sailor sets off to cross Atlantic (AP)
• Serb court postpones guns case against Mladic wife (AP)
• EU: No breakthrough expected in Iran nuclear talks (AP)
• European TV group condemns China Nobel boycott (AP)
• Retired Naples cardinal Giordano dies at 80 (AP)
• Berlusconi in Moscow; cable says he's Putin's man (AP)
• Poland deaths from deep freeze reach 30 (AP)
• Scavengers leave dumps to speak out on UN stage (AP)
• Dutch cities to start crackdown on marijuana cafes (AP)

Military takes over air traffic control in Spain (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 05:14 PM PST AP - Spain's military took control of the nation's airspace Friday night after air traffic controllers staged a massive sickout that stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers on the eve of a long holiday weekend, forcing the government to shut down Madrid's big international hub and seven other airports.

Pitcairn mayor on child porn charges (AFP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 04:46 PM PST AFP - The mayor of Pitcairn, a Pacific island notorious in recent times for child sex convictions, has been charged with possessing child pornography, it was reported Saturday.

Ireland sees tax income rising next year before budget test (Reuters) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 04:06 PM PST Reuters - Ireland's tax take will rise by five percent next year, the country's finance department predicted on Saturday, just days before it will test a fragile economic recovery with the harshest budget on record.

Spain OKs new austerity measures to calm markets (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 04:02 PM PST AP - The Spanish government approved new austerity measures and a limited economic stimulus package to ease investor fears about its debt — and insisted again it was taking strong steps to right its ailing economy.

Air controllers shut most of Spanish airspace (AFP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 03:44 PM PST AFP - Spain's military took over nationwide air traffic Friday after civilian controllers called in sick en masse in a wildcat holiday-weekend strike over working hours.

Spain PM allows army to take control of air space (Reuters) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 03:37 PM PST Reuters - The Spanish army took over air control towers on Friday after unofficial strike action by controllers grounded planes and disrupted travel for around 250,000 people on one of Spain's busiest holiday weekends.

The Top 10 Stories in IT This Week (PC World) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 02:00 PM PST PC World - Contrary to how the week might have seemed, what with leaked classified documents all the headline rage, Google actually took a hefty number of headlines this week. The European Union opened an antitrust probe into the company's business practices, Google was found guilty of trespassing in a lawsuit related to Street View, it altered its search engine and promised to do better to protect copyrights.

German cardinal asks abuse victims for forgiveness (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:28 PM PST AP - The archbishop of Munich and Freising begged forgiveness on Friday for "everything those working for the church have done" as he presented a report that showed over 250 priests and religion teachers abused children in a diocese that was once presided over by Pope Benedict XVI.

IAEA board approves nuclear fuel bank (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:08 PM PST AP - The 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency approved an IAEA-run repository for nuclear fuel on Friday, in a move meant to limit proliferation by making domestic uranium enrichment programs superfluous.

Clinton tries to reassure Britain on Afghan performance (AFP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 12:59 PM PST AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday tried to reassure Britain over its role in Afghanistan, following WikiLeaks disclosures of disappointment at the performance of British forces.

Jewish conductor wants Wagner free of Nazi link (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 12:57 PM PST AP - Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim says the perception of Richard Wagner is unjustly influenced by the fact he was Hitler's favorite composer, infuriating a Holocaust survivors group which blasted the argument as a "moral failure."

Teenage Dutch sailor sets off to cross Atlantic (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 09:08 AM PST AP - Teenage Dutch sailor Laura Dekker said she is setting off to cross the Atlantic Ocean in her yacht, the most challenging leg yet in her ambitious plan to sail solo around the world, by stages.

Serb court postpones guns case against Mladic wife (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 08:28 AM PST AP - A Serbian court postponed a case for possession of illegal weapons against the wife of Europe's most wanted fugitive Ratko Mladic on Friday, amid renewed pledges by government officials that they will find and arrest her husband.

EU: No breakthrough expected in Iran nuclear talks (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 08:09 AM PST AP - A senior EU official says international negotiators do not expect a breakthrough in next week's talks with Iran over the country's nuclear program.

European TV group condemns China Nobel boycott (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:43 AM PST AP - The European Broadcasting Union has condemned the Chinese government's decision to boycott next week's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.

Retired Naples cardinal Giordano dies at 80 (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 04:15 AM PST AP - Retired Naples Cardinal Michele Giordano, the highest ranking church official to ever stand trial in Italy, has died at the age of 80.

Berlusconi in Moscow; cable says he's Putin's man (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 02:38 AM PST AP - Italy's prime minister is on an official visit to Russia against the background of a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable that alleges an uncomfortably close relationship between him and Russian premier Vladimir Putin.

Poland deaths from deep freeze reach 30 (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 02:28 AM PST AP - The death toll from a deep freeze in Poland has increased to 30 with a dozen more deaths overnight, while some of the worst floods in a century devastated parts of the Balkans.

Scavengers leave dumps to speak out on UN stage (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 02:26 AM PST AP - Clambering over garbage heaps, rummaging through trash cans, 13-year-old Supriya Bhadakwad didn't set out to save the planet, just her family. But two decades later, in the global arena of climate negotiations, the little sari-clad Indian and other scavengers are making their voices heard, tilting with big corporate players in a tug-of-war over the world's dumpsites.

Dutch cities to start crackdown on marijuana cafes (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:35 AM PST AP - The Netherlands' justice minister and five southern Dutch cities say they will implement new restrictions on marijuana cafes after a wave of drug-related gangland violence.

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