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• Speculation rife as Merkel keeps mum on ECB candidate (AFP)
• United on brink of title as Chelsea downed (AFP)
• Part of Swiss collector's exceptional art trove to be sold (AFP)
• Pope in Venice, urges welcome for immigrants (AP)
• German playboy Gunter Sachs kills self at 78 (AFP)
• France's Sarkozy may not make 2012 runoff (Reuters)
• Ex-Rover chiefs banned from serving as directors (AFP)
• Maddie mother speaks of 'endless bad dream' (AFP)
• Albania holds local elections amid unrest (AP)
• Irish government sees opportunity from Greek crisis (Reuters)
• 1 policeman, 8 rebels killed in Russia (AP)
• Turkey hosts forum on poorest nations (AP)
• Aircraft carriers gain clout in naval power (AP)
• Italian police save 400 migrants off Lampedusa (AP)
• US ranks 17 as clean tech producer, China is No. 2 (AP)

Speculation rife as Merkel keeps mum on ECB candidate (AFP) Posted: 08 May 2011 02:56 PM PDT AFP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is playing her cards close to her chest on her pick for the next head of the European Central Bank, though frontrunner Mario Draghi is emerging as an acceptable choice for Berlin, analysts said.

United on brink of title as Chelsea downed (AFP) Posted: 08 May 2011 02:39 PM PDT AFP - Manchester United defeated Chelsea 2-1 at Old Trafford on Sunday to leave themselves on the brink of a record 19th Premier League title.

Part of Swiss collector's exceptional art trove to be sold (AFP) Posted: 08 May 2011 02:32 PM PDT AFP - Works by many of the world's greatest modern and impressionist artists will be sold at auction in June with the closure of the gallery of late Swiss art trader Ernst Beyeler, auctioneers Christie's said on Sunday.

Pope in Venice, urges welcome for immigrants (AP) Posted: 08 May 2011 01:25 PM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI urged Italy on Sunday to welcome immigrants fleeing to its shores, invoking the historic role of Venice and the once influential church in nearby Aquileia as a cultural bridges during his two-day visit to northern Italy.

German playboy Gunter Sachs kills self at 78 (AFP) Posted: 08 May 2011 01:25 PM PDT AFP - Legendary German-born playboy Gunter Sachs, a former husband of French bombshell Brigitte Bardot, killed himself at his Swiss chalet due to sickness, his family said Sunday. He was 78.

France's Sarkozy may not make 2012 runoff (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2011 12:57 PM PDT Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy would not make it to the run-off of the 2012 presidential election if he faced potential Socialist candidate Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the first round, an opinion poll said Sunday.

Ex-Rover chiefs banned from serving as directors (AFP) Posted: 08 May 2011 12:06 PM PDT AFP - The four men at the head of British car maker MG Rover when it folded in 2005, resulting in the loss of more than 6,000 jobs, were banned Sunday from serving as directors for between four and six years.

Maddie mother speaks of 'endless bad dream' (AFP) Posted: 08 May 2011 12:00 PM PDT AFP - The mother of missing girl Madeleine McCann described how she was haunted by harrowing visions of her daughter and was stuck in an "endless bad dream" in extracts from a new book printed Sunday.

Albania holds local elections amid unrest (AP) Posted: 08 May 2011 10:54 AM PDT AP - Albanians cast ballots Sunday to elect the local authorities amid reports of incidents among political rivals following an election campaign marred by violence.

Irish government sees opportunity from Greek crisis (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2011 10:45 AM PDT Reuters - Ireland's government is watching to see what concessions it can win on its EU-IMF bailout if Greece is given a new deal to resolve its worsening debt crisis, a senior government minister said on Sunday.

1 policeman, 8 rebels killed in Russia (AP) Posted: 08 May 2011 09:28 AM PDT AP - A Russian police officer and eight insurgents have been killed in clashes in the country's south Sunday, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry of the province of Dagestan said.

Turkey hosts forum on poorest nations (AP) Posted: 08 May 2011 04:44 AM PDT AP - The acute problems of the world's poorest countries form the agenda of a U.N.-backed conference this week in Turkey, which has sought to balance its traditional Western alliances with growing ties to Africa, the Middle East and other developing regions.

Aircraft carriers gain clout in naval power (AP) Posted: 08 May 2011 02:57 AM PDT AP - Despite growing controversy about the cost and relevance of aircraft carriers, navies around the world are adding new ones to their inventories at a pace unseen since World War II.

Italian police save 400 migrants off Lampedusa (AP) Posted: 08 May 2011 12:05 AM PDT AP - Italian police and coast guard officials on Sunday rescued some 400 illegal migrants coming from Libya whose boat was tossed against rocks near port in southern Italy after the steering malfunctioned, officials said.

US ranks 17 as clean tech producer, China is No. 2 (AP) Posted: 07 May 2011 10:50 PM PDT AP - Denmark earns the biggest share of its national revenue from producing windmills and other clean technologies, the United States is rapidly expanding its clean-tech sector, but no country can match China's pace of growth, according to a new report obtained by The Associated Press.

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