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Sarkozy threatens immigrants who target police
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:24:29 GMT
 AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that he wants to revoke the French citizenship of immigrants who put the lives of police officers in danger as part of a "national war" on delinquency.
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Berlusconi split with ally erodes once comfortable majority
(AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:19:42 GMT
 AFP - Italy's Silvio Berlusconi saw the erosion of his once comfortable majority in parliament Friday as 33 lawmakers defected in support of the prime minister's estranged longtime ally.
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Bike riding in London is risky business
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:48:01 GMT
 AP - Feel like living dangerously?
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Crisis deepens as Italy speaker refuses to resign
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:44:20 GMT
 Reuters - The influential speaker of Italy's lower house refused to step down on Friday after being censured by his own party, and said his supporters could vote against the government of former ally Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Anti-Islam lawmaker not part of Dutch government
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:29:39 GMT
AP - Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders' hopes of becoming a Dutch Cabinet minister evaporated Friday after exploratory talks to include him in a right-wing coalition ended without agreement.
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Activist: Iranian with stoning sentence tormented
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:42:06 GMT
 AP - An Iranian woman whose sentence of death by stoning was lifted earlier this month says she's grateful for the international support she's received, but remains heartbroken at the separation from her children and tormented by the fear she could still be executed, a rights activist said Friday.
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Wildfires sweeping Russia kill at least 25
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:30:44 GMT
 Reuters - Wildfires sweeping across European Russia killed at least 25 people on Friday and forced the evacuation of thousands in the hottest weather since records began 130 years ago.
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Russia mobilizes army to fight fires that kill 25
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:29:35 GMT
 AP - Vast sections of Russia were under a state of emergency Friday as more than 10,000 firefighters fought to save villages and forests from being reduced to ash and ember during the country's hottest summer on record.
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Spanish PM preferred if Catalonia kept bullfighting
(AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:26:51 GMT
 AFP - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Friday his government would have "preferred" if Catalonia had not outlawed bullfighting, while adding the issue should not be politicised.
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IMF lowers Spain growth forecast, warns of 'fragile' rebound
(AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:54:30 GMT
 AFP - The IMF on Friday lowered its 2011 growth forecast for the Spanish economy to 0.6 percent from the 0.9 percent it foresaw in April and warned the recovery "is likely to be weak and fragile."
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Irish find remains of IRA victim missing since '81
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:16:49 GMT
AP - The suspected remains of a 57-year-old Northern Ireland man who was abducted by the Irish Republican Army in 1981 have been unearthed in a bog in Ireland.
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Paris police: Tear gas in letter for US Embassy
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:14:27 GMT
 AP - Two men who work for the U.S. Embassy in Paris underwent medical tests after handling a suspicious letter Friday, the embassy said, and Paris police said it appeared they had been exposed to tear gas fumes.
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Berlusconi ousts ally, says government stable
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:05:21 GMT
 AP - Silvio Berlusconi has split with his oldest political ally and co-founder of his party, a spectacular falling-out expected to make it harder for the premier to push disputed legislation through parliament.
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US senator hopes to quiz UK witnesses on Lockerbie
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:23:07 GMT
AP - A U.S. senator wants to send investigators to Britain to question key witnesses on the release of the Lockerbie bomber.
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Russian official resigns over youth group comments
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:56:21 GMT
AP - President Dmitry Medvedev's human rights adviser has resigned after a Kremlin-backed youth organization threatened her with a libel suit for her harsh criticism.
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Istanbul landmark seeks return to glory era
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:04:52 GMT
 AP - It was the last stop on the Orient Express, a grand hotel with Istanbul's first electric elevator where artists and aristocrats sipped champagne beneath chandeliers as the Ottoman Empire dissolved and the world drifted toward war.
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US wants missile defense center in Czech Republic
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:27:53 GMT
AP - The Czech prime minister said Friday his government has been negotiating a plan with the United States to place a warning center in the Czech Republic as part of a reworked U.S. missile defense plan.
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UK's Iraq inquiry may recall witnesses
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:19:41 GMT
 AP - Britain's Iraq inquiry says it may recall witnesses to offer new testimony — which could see ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair return to face the panel.
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Swedish ex-police chief convicted of sex crimes
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:18:31 GMT
 AP - A former Swedish police chief known for his lectures on gender equality and sexual harassment was convicted on Friday of rape and other sex crimes and sent to prison.
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German rage over festival deaths focuses on mayor
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:07:38 GMT
 AP - The mayor of the German city where 21 people were crushed to death at a music festival last weekend is facing growing pressure to resign amid nationwide outrage over the tragedy.
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