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• Film party: Everybody comes to Cannes, or wants to (AP)
• Russia: Bushehr reactor begins operation (AP)
• Liverpool boss Dalglish sets sights on United (AFP)
• Irish economy set for stronger growth this year: think tank (AFP)
• Crouch own goal sends Manchester City into Champions League (AFP)
• Iran nuclear plant operates at low level in key step (Reuters)
• Italy goes to enormous lengths to debunk quake myth (AP)
• West 'will not abandon Afghanistan': commander (AFP)
• Albania vote competitive say international observers (Reuters)
• Rome trembles at earthquake prophecy (AFP)
• French police arrest 6 suspected Islamic radicals (AP)
• Close to 600 may be dead on Libyan migrant ship (AP)
• Demjanjuk attorney disputes trial's legitimacy (AP)
• Ex-racing boss loses privacy bid at European court (AP)
• 2 Turkish politicians resign over sex tapes (AP)
• IRA dissidents toss dud grenade at NIreland police (AP)
• Autopsy of US student in Spain indicates accident (AP)
• Pope names new missionary office head (AP)
• Lawyers for USS Cole bomb suspect file court case (AP)
• Hungary war crimes trial halted for medical exams (AP)

Film party: Everybody comes to Cannes, or wants to (AP) Posted: 10 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT AP - The Cannes Film Festival is like Rick's Cafe Americain, Humphrey Bogart's nightclub in "Casablanca" about which one character proclaims, "Everybody comes to Rick's."

Russia: Bushehr reactor begins operation (AP) Posted: 10 May 2011 04:23 PM PDT AP - The first reactor at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant has gone into operation, the Russian state company that built the complex said Tuesday.

Liverpool boss Dalglish sets sights on United (AFP) Posted: 10 May 2011 04:13 PM PDT AFP - Kenny Dalglish set his sights on leading Liverpool back to the the summit of English football after his side gave a tantalising glimpse of their potential with a 5-2 demolition of Fulham at Craven Cottage.

Irish economy set for stronger growth this year: think tank (AFP) Posted: 10 May 2011 04:11 PM PDT AFP - Ireland's troubled economy is set to grow by a stronger-than-expected 2.0 percent this year, the nation's leading think-tank predicted on Wednesday.

Crouch own goal sends Manchester City into Champions League (AFP) Posted: 10 May 2011 03:23 PM PDT AFP - Peter Crouch's own goal ensured Manchester City will make their debut in the Champions League next season as Roberto Mancini's side overcame Tottenham 1-0 at Eastlands on Tuesday.

Iran nuclear plant operates at low level in key step (Reuters) Posted: 10 May 2011 02:20 PM PDT Reuters - Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station has begun operating at a low level in a crucial step toward bringing it online, the Russian company that built the plant said Tuesday.

Italy goes to enormous lengths to debunk quake myth (AP) Posted: 10 May 2011 01:45 PM PDT AP - Italian officials are going to extraordinary lengths to try to debunk an urban legend predicting a devastating earthquake in Rome on Wednesday.

West 'will not abandon Afghanistan': commander (AFP) Posted: 10 May 2011 01:39 PM PDT AFP - The army general leading British troops in Afghanistan promised Tuesday that the West "was not going to abandon" the war-torn nation after the security handover to local forces in 2014.

Albania vote competitive say international observers (Reuters) Posted: 10 May 2011 01:32 PM PDT Reuters - Albania's mayoral elections, seen as a key test for the country in its campaign for EU membership, were competitive and transparent but marred by political wrangling and mistrust, international observers said Tuesday.

Rome trembles at earthquake prophecy (AFP) Posted: 10 May 2011 01:26 PM PDT AFP - Will Rome crumble on Wednesday? Thousands of alarmed Italians are fleeing the capital amid rumours that a seismologist predicted that a devastating earthquake will strike the Eternal City.

French police arrest 6 suspected Islamic radicals (AP) Posted: 10 May 2011 11:19 AM PDT AP - French police arrested six men on Tuesday, including an Indian seized at the airport as he arrived from Algeria, as they investigated a recruiting network to train jihad fighters in Pakistan.

Close to 600 may be dead on Libyan migrant ship (AP) Posted: 10 May 2011 09:24 AM PDT AP - Almost everyone on an overcrowded ship carrying some 600 African migrants to Europe is believed to have died when the vessel broke apart within sight of the Libyan capital, the United Nations said Tuesday.

Demjanjuk attorney disputes trial's legitimacy (AP) Posted: 10 May 2011 08:24 AM PDT AP - John Demjanjuk's attorney argued Tuesday that the German trial against his client on 28,060 counts of accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp lacks a legal basis because the Sobibor camp lies in neighboring Poland.

Ex-racing boss loses privacy bid at European court (AP) Posted: 10 May 2011 08:07 AM PDT AP - An ex-car racing boss who sued a tabloid over a story about his sadomasochistic orgy with dominatrixes lost his privacy case Tuesday in the European Court of Human Rights — a ruling applauded by free speech advocates.

2 Turkish politicians resign over sex tapes (AP) Posted: 10 May 2011 06:30 AM PDT AP - Two more top Turkish opposition politicians resigned Tuesday — a month before the country's general election — over secretly filmed tapes posted on the Internet that reportedly showed them having extramarital affairs.

IRA dissidents toss dud grenade at NIreland police (AP) Posted: 10 May 2011 06:20 AM PDT AP - Two Northern Ireland boys were lucky to escape with their lives after a grenade thrown at a police patrol failed to detonate, a police commander said Tuesday.

Autopsy of US student in Spain indicates accident (AP) Posted: 10 May 2011 05:24 AM PDT AP - A Spanish court official says the final autopsy report on the body of the U.S. exchange student found dead in a river suggests an accidental death.

Pope names new missionary office head (AP) Posted: 10 May 2011 04:47 AM PDT AP - The pope has named veteran Vatican diplomat Archbishop Fernando Filoni to head the office overseeing the Vatican's global missionary work.

Lawyers for USS Cole bomb suspect file court case (AP) Posted: 10 May 2011 04:05 AM PDT AP - Lawyers for the suspected al-Qaida mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole said Tuesday they have filed a case against Poland at Europe's court of human rights over alleged abuse against him at a CIA-run site in that country about eight years ago.

Hungary war crimes trial halted for medical exams (AP) Posted: 10 May 2011 03:33 AM PDT AP - The war crimes trial of a Hungarian former gendarmerie officer was temporarily suspended on Tuesday while doctors determine if he is healthy enough to continue.

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