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• Demjanjuk convicted over Nazi camp deaths (AP)
• Spaniards fearing aftershocks flee quake city (AP)
• Irish Muslim arrested in Dublin over Obama threats (AP)
• French economy grows 1.0% in Q1: finance minister (AFP)
• Police to help in McCann case (AFP)
• Bosnia envoy to block "illegal" Serb referendum (Reuters)
• Clinton blasts `brutal' crackdown by Syria's Assad (AP)
• Hundreds queue for food after Spanish earthquake (Reuters)
• Powell given Sale lifeline (AFP)
• German court convicts then frees Nazi guard Demjanjuk (Reuters)
• Catholic-Protestant leaders reappointed in Belfast (AP)
• US, Russia, others to cooperate on Arctic rescues (AP)
• AP Exclusive: Bosnian Serbs may cancel referendum (AP)
• Netherlands, Peru sign prisoner swap deal (AP)
• Libya rebels: Gadhafi legitimate airstrike target (AP)
• Italy expects Gadhafi international arrest warrant (AP)
• Frenchman killed in Libya's rebel-held Benghazi (AP)
• Clashes break out in Athens over injured protester (AP)
• Italy seeks Security Council expansion (AP)
• UK military official: Iraq dossier case for war (AP)

Demjanjuk convicted over Nazi camp deaths (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 05:07 PM PDT AP - A German court convicted retired U.S. autoworker John Demjanjuk on Thursday of taking part in the murder of tens of thousands of Jews as a Nazi death camp guard, breaking legal ground that could pave the way for the prosecution of many low-level cogs in Hitler's machinery of destruction.

Spaniards fearing aftershocks flee quake city (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 05:05 PM PDT AP - Thousands of Spaniards have fled this small agricultural city, fearing major aftershocks might level it after the country's deadliest earthquakes in 55 years killed nine people and caused extensive damage.

Irish Muslim arrested in Dublin over Obama threats (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 04:50 PM PDT AP - Police arrested Ireland's most notorious Muslim convert Thursday over his reported death threats against President Barack Obama.

French economy grows 1.0% in Q1: finance minister (AFP) Posted: 12 May 2011 03:31 PM PDT AFP - The economy of France grew by 1.0 percent in the first quarter, Economy Minister Christine Lagarde told AFP Thursday, hailing the figure as "the strongest since the second quarter of 2006".

Police to help in McCann case (AFP) Posted: 12 May 2011 03:30 PM PDT AFP - The government on Thursday ordered London police to "bring their expertise" to the search for Madeleine McCann, who went missing on a family holiday to Portugal four years ago.

Bosnia envoy to block "illegal" Serb referendum (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 03:05 PM PDT Reuters - Bosnia's international envoy said Thursday he would block a referendum planned by Serbs for next month that challenges his authority, calling it the greatest threat yet to the deal that ended the 1990s war.

Clinton blasts `brutal' crackdown by Syria's Assad (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 02:42 PM PDT AP - In some of her strongest remarks yet on Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham said Thursday the brutal crackdown against protesters demonstrated the government's weakness, though she stopped short of saying President Bashar Assad must quit.

Hundreds queue for food after Spanish earthquake (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 02:34 PM PDT Reuters - Hundreds of people queued for food aid in the Spanish town of Lorca and wandered the streets wrapped in blankets on Thursday after an earthquake killed eight people and injured more than 120.

Powell given Sale lifeline (AFP) Posted: 12 May 2011 01:26 PM PDT AFP - Andy Powell was given yet another chance to resurrect his faltering career when the Wales back-row was signed by English Premiership side Sale.

German court convicts then frees Nazi guard Demjanjuk (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 01:21 PM PDT Reuters - A German court convicted John Demjanjuk on Thursday for his role in the killing of 28,000 Jews in the Sobibor Nazi death camp, then set the 91-year-old free because of his age.

Catholic-Protestant leaders reappointed in Belfast (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 01:20 PM PDT AP - The Catholic and Protestant leaders of Northern Ireland's government were appointed Thursday to new four-year terms and planned to form the rest of their Cabinet next week as power-sharing — the central goal of a U.S.-brokered 1998 peace accord — passed another positive milestone.

US, Russia, others to cooperate on Arctic rescues (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 01:17 PM PDT AP - The United States, Russia and other nations agreed Thursday to coordinate Arctic search-and-rescue missions, a small step toward international cooperation in a fast-changing frontier threatened by looming fights over resources and military dominion.

AP Exclusive: Bosnian Serbs may cancel referendum (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 01:12 PM PDT AP - Bosnian Serbs say they're ready to cancel a referendum seen as the first step toward throwing off international control of their ethnic-mini state, Bosnia's international administrator told The Associated Press on Thursday.

Netherlands, Peru sign prisoner swap deal (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 11:21 AM PDT AP - Under an agreement signed Thursday, Dutch murder suspect Joran van der Sloot could serve part of his sentence in the Netherlands if he is convicted of murdering a Peruvian student nearly a year ago.

Libya rebels: Gadhafi legitimate airstrike target (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 11:19 AM PDT AP - The head of Libya's opposition said Thursday that Moammar Gadhafi is a legitimate target for rebel and NATO forces, but insisted his preference would be for the despot to be put on trial.

Italy expects Gadhafi international arrest warrant (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 11:01 AM PDT AP - Italy's foreign minister says he expects the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi at the end of the month.

Frenchman killed in Libya's rebel-held Benghazi (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 10:51 AM PDT AP - The French government says a French citizen has been killed at a checkpoint in the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi.

Clashes break out in Athens over injured protester (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 10:46 AM PDT AP - Demonstrators furious at the severe injury of a protester during an anti-austerity march clashed with riot police in central Athens on Thursday, the second day of violence in the Greek capital.

Italy seeks Security Council expansion (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 10:41 AM PDT AP - Italy is making a major diplomatic push to expand the U.N. Security Council, seeking consensus for the idea of adding new members to the powerful world body on a rotating basis, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

UK military official: Iraq dossier case for war (AP) Posted: 12 May 2011 09:27 AM PDT AP - A former British intelligence official says he came under strong pressure to find evidence to back up the government's case for war in Iraq.

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