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• British forces strike against Libya air defences: MoD (AFP)
• Israel has Palestinian who vanished in Ukraine: report (AFP)
• NATO approves plan to enforce Libya arms embargo (AP)
• Italy tug apparently seized by Libya military (AP)
• Nuclear wake-up for Merkel in state vote (AFP)
• Britain to judge Libya ceasefire on 'actions not words' (AFP)
• Jarvis gets surprise England call-up (AFP)
• Sarkozy suffers poll setback as far-right closes in (Reuters)
• Merkel party set to hold onto German state (Reuters)
• French minister Besson against "destabilizing Renault" (Reuters)
• Glance of assets for Libya military action (AP)
• France: Qatar to join Libya operation within hours (AP)
• Fans mourn Knut's death at Berlin zoo (AP)
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• Pope urges military to consider safety of Libyans (AP)
• German ex-minister apologizes to Swiss journalist (AP)
• Czech-ex president Havel released from hospital (AP)
• Size of Chernobyl's deadly legacy hard to measure (AP)

British forces strike against Libya air defences: MoD (AFP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 04:53 PM PDT AFP - British forces on Sunday took part in a "co-ordinated strike against Libyan air defence systems", the country's military said.

Israel has Palestinian who vanished in Ukraine: report (AFP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 04:18 PM PDT AFP - Israeli authorities confirmed Sunday that a Palestinian engineer, who mysteriously vanished February 19 from the Ukraine, is detained in Israeli, according to media reports citing a court decision.

NATO approves plan to enforce Libya arms embargo (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 03:59 PM PDT AP - NATO's top decision-making body approved late Sunday a military plan to implement the U.N. arms embargo on Libya, but failed to agree on a plan for the alliance to enforce the no-fly zone over this north African country.

Italy tug apparently seized by Libya military (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 03:29 PM PDT AP - Libyan military officials on Sunday boarded an Italian tugboat docked at Tripoli's port and threatened to suspend its communications in an apparent seizure, ship owner said, as U.S. and European airstrikes enforced a no-fly zone over Libya.

Nuclear wake-up for Merkel in state vote (AFP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 03:26 PM PDT AFP - Voters handed German Chancellor Angela Merkel a wake-up call Sunday on nuclear power after the Japan crisis as the Greens more than doubled their score in the second of 2011's seven state elections.

Britain to judge Libya ceasefire on 'actions not words' (AFP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 02:56 PM PDT AFP - Britain Sunday said it would consider Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's promise of a ceasefire on "actions not words" as more Tornado jets left from a base in eastern England.

Jarvis gets surprise England call-up (AFP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 02:08 PM PDT AFP - Wolves winger Matt Jarvis has been handed his first England call-up after being named in Fabio Capello's 26-man squad for the Euro 2012 qualifier with Wales and the friendly against Ghana.

Sarkozy suffers poll setback as far-right closes in (Reuters) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 01:40 PM PDT Reuters - Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front gave French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives a fright on Sunday, snapping at the heels of the mainstream center-right in poorly attended local elections.

Merkel party set to hold onto German state (Reuters) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 01:10 PM PDT Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives appeared set to keep control in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, election projections showed on Sunday, but face a much tougher credibility test next week.

French minister Besson against "destabilizing Renault" (Reuters) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 12:00 PM PDT Reuters - French Industry Minister Eric Besson said on Sunday he did not want to destabilize carmaker Renault when asked if chief executive Carlos Ghosn should step down over a now debunked espionage scandal.

Glance of assets for Libya military action (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 10:45 AM PDT AP - Here's a look at some of the international military assets in or heading to the region to help enforce the U.N.-sanctioned no-fly zone over Libya:

France: Qatar to join Libya operation within hours (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 10:06 AM PDT AP - France said Sunday that Qatar will join the international operation against the forces of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi within hours.

Fans mourn Knut's death at Berlin zoo (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 09:51 AM PDT AP - Hundreds of fans of Knut the polar bear flocked to his zoo enclosure Sunday to mourn the sudden death of the celebrity who burst into the limelight as a cuddly, fluffy cub hand-fed by his keeper.

(AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 09:49 AM PDT AP - French official: Qatar planes to join international operation against Libya within hours.

Pope urges military to consider safety of Libyans (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 09:06 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI issued an urgent appeal Sunday to military and political leaders to consider the safety of Libyan civilians and ensure they have access to emergency aid in his first comments on the U.S.-led military assault on Libya.

German ex-minister apologizes to Swiss journalist (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 06:19 AM PDT AP - Germany's former defense minister has apologized to a Swiss journalist for failing to credit her as a source for parts of his doctoral thesis.

Czech-ex president Havel released from hospital (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 06:17 AM PDT AP - A hospital official says former Czech President Vaclav Havel has been released after being treated for bronchitis.

Size of Chernobyl's deadly legacy hard to measure (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 03:56 AM PDT AP - The ruins of a city call up questions in the mind, and this high-rise ghost town where the Chernobyl nuclear power plant workers once lived raises a daunting number of them.

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