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MI6 cooks up confusion for terrorists (AFP)
New MRSA 'superbug' found in cow's milk: scientists (AFP)
Fire at Chevron oil refinery in Wales (AP)
Blaze at Welsh oil refinery (AFP)
U.S. police shoot fake alligator (Reuters)
Froch faces Johnson for berth in Super Six finals (AFP)
Russia lays out conditions for EU vegetable ban removal (AFP)
Chevron UK fire affects process tank, truck: Fire department (Reuters)
Europe E.coli is toxic new strain, trade row grows (Reuters)
McDowell starts Wales Open golf defence in style (AFP)
Lawyer says document proves Mladic has cancer (AP)
After theft, Auschwitz sign won't go back to gate (AP)
Andris Berzins wins Latvia's presidential election (AP)
Italy marks 150 years of unity with flair (AP)
Fondue believe it? Cheese truck set ablaze in UK (AP)
Report: 2 Turkish soldiers jailed (AP)
Khodorkovsky testifies at ex-colleague's trial (AP)
British police surround bank with man inside (AP)
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Farmers block roads in Serbia's north (AP)

MI6 cooks up confusion for terrorists (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:31 PM PDT

AFP - Would-be terrorists searching the Internet for tips on how to build bombs were instead taught how to bake the perfect cupcake after an intervention by MI6, the Telegraph reported Friday.

New MRSA 'superbug' found in cow's milk: scientists (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:07 PM PDT

AFP - An entirely new strain of the drug-resistant MRSA superbug has been found in cow's milk and people in Britain and Denmark, a study published on Friday said.

Fire at Chevron oil refinery in Wales (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:52 PM PDT

AP - An explosion caused a fire at a Chevron oil refinery in Wales on Thursday and the company was trying to account for all of its employees at the site, officials said.

Blaze at Welsh oil refinery (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:34 PM PDT

AFP - Fire crews on Thursday extinguished a blaze at an oil refinery near Pembroke, Wales, after a series of explosions rocked the Chevron plant.

U.S. police shoot fake alligator (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:13 PM PDT

Reuters - Police in a suburb in the state of Missouri recently encountered one tough alligator -- or so they thought.

Froch faces Johnson for berth in Super Six finals (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:38 PM PDT

AFP - Britain's Carl Froch defends his World Boxing Council super middleweight crown against Jamaican-born Glen Johnson on Saturday with a chance at a unification showdown also at stake.

Russia lays out conditions for EU vegetable ban removal (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:13 PM PDT

AFP - Russia said Thursday it would need to be convinced that Europe has a lethal bacteria outbreak under control before lifting a ban on vegetable imports from the European Union.

Chevron UK fire affects process tank, truck: Fire department (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:34 PM PDT

Reuters - A fire at a Chevron oil refinery in south Wales on Thursday affected a process tank and a truck, the local fire service said.

Europe E.coli is toxic new strain, trade row grows (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:18 PM PDT

Reuters - A highly infectious new strain of E.coli bacteria is causing a deadly outbreak of food poisoning in Germany, scientists said on Thursday, with cases in Europe and the United States raising the alarm worldwide.

McDowell starts Wales Open golf defence in style (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:05 PM PDT

AFP - Graeme McDowell returned to the scene of two great successes to start the defence of his Wales Open title with a four-under-par 67 at Celtic Manor here on Thursday.

Lawyer says document proves Mladic has cancer (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:12 AM PDT

AP - Ratko Mladic's lawyer said Thursday that he has a document proving the war crimes suspect has been battling cancer and that he was treated at a Serbian hospital in 2009, but a Serbian prosecutor called it a hoax.

After theft, Auschwitz sign won't go back to gate (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:52 AM PDT

AP - The notorious sign that once spanned the main gate at Auschwitz will not return to its original spot after being recently repaired from the damage it suffered during a 2009 theft, an international council that oversees Auschwitz-Birkenau decided Thursday.

Andris Berzins wins Latvia's presidential election (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 08:46 AM PDT

AP - A banker-turned-politician won Latvia's presidential ballot Thursday, defeating the incumbent president who derailed his re-election bid at the last minute with a move to dissolve Parliament.

Italy marks 150 years of unity with flair (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 08:11 AM PDT

AP - Italian politicians are setting aside bickering for a day as the country fetes itself with a flourish to mark 150 years as a united nation.

Fondue believe it? Cheese truck set ablaze in UK (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:16 AM PDT

AP - Someone will be getting a grilling about this. British fire crews say a truck carrying a cargo of cheese has burst into flames on an English road.

Report: 2 Turkish soldiers jailed (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:17 AM PDT

AP - A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced two military officers to six months in prison for ignoring intelligence that may have prevented the killing of a prominent ethnic Armenian journalist, the state-run news agency reported.

Khodorkovsky testifies at ex-colleague's trial (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:11 AM PDT

AP - Making what may be his last public appearance before being sent back to prison, former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky testified on Thursday at the trial of a former colleague who is accused of siphoning off $13 billion from one of Khodorkovsky's subsidiaries.

British police surround bank with man inside (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:41 AM PDT

AP - British police say they have surrounded a bank in an English town after a man threatened to harm the staff.

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Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:26 AM PDT

AP - Lawyer: Document proves Mladic has been battling cancer and was treated in 2009.

Farmers block roads in Serbia's north (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:26 AM PDT

AP - Serbian farmers have blocked roads throughout a northern province demanding higher subsidies from the government.