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| Ex-hostage Betancourt gets hero's welcome in Paris
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - French-Colombian politician Ingrid
Betancourt was given a hero's welcome on Friday in France,
where President Nicolas Sarkozy had made her release a foreign
policy priority and thousands had campaigned for her freedom
for years.
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| Burglary link to murder of 2 French students
(AP)
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| AP - The brutal murder of two French students in South London may be linked to the theft of two PlayStation game consoles, police said Friday. |
| French regulator fines Societe Generale for rogue trade
(AFP)
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 AFP - France's banking regulator Friday fined Societe Generale four million euros (6.3 million dollars) over "grave deficiencies" in its internal controls that enabled a massive rogue trade scandal at the bank.
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| Betancourt greets France with tears, joy
(AP)
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 AP - "I cry with joy," Ingrid Betancourt said. And she did. After six years as a hostage in the Colombian jungle, the former Colombian presidential candidate and French citizen flew back to her beloved France to be embraced Friday as an icon by the country that raised her.
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| Belarus bomb explosion wounds more than 50
(AP)
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 AP - A homemade bomb tore through a crowd that included the country's authoritarian president early Friday, wounding more than 50 people at an all-night holiday concert, health officials said.
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| Chile reality show contestant expelled over porn
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - So much for "love is blind." A
contestant has been expelled from a popular Chilean TV dating
show after he was found to have had previous acting experience
-- in a pornographic movie. |
| London's deputy mayor quits as investigation launched
(AFP)
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 AFP - London's new mayor Boris Johnson suffered his second setback in the job Friday when his deputy announced his resignation over allegations of financial irregularities and inappropriate behaviour.
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| Poland rejects U.S. missile shield offer
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - Poland spurned as insufficient on Friday
a U.S. offer to boost its air defenses in return for basing
anti-missile interceptors on its soil but said it remained open
to talks with Washington.
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| Goldman Sachs lowers estimates on 40 European banks
(AFP)
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 AFP - The US investment bank Goldman Sachs has lowered its 2008-2010 forecasts for more than 40 European banks, warning Friday that some of them may have to raise between 60 and 90 billion euros to shore up finances in the face of a nearly year-long credit crisis.
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| Amla at it again for South Africa
(AFP)
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 AFP - Hashim Amla's fine start to South Africa's tour of England continued with another big century on Friday while Ashwell Prince also weighed in with a hundred on the first day against Middlesex at Uxbridge.
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| Serb fled because he doesn't to face US charges
(AP)
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| AP - A college basketball player from Serbia accused of severely beating a schoolmate in the United States fled the country because he does not trust the U.S. justice system, his lawyer said Friday. |
| Italy moves to help combat decay at Pompeii site
(AP)
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| AP - Italy's government moved Friday to help combat damage to the buried ancient city of Pompeii, which has been damaged by decay and inadequate management, officials said. |
| UN chief to G8: climate change, food crisis linked
(AP)
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 AP - The global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the U.N. climate chief said Friday, urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon emissions within the next dozen years.
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| G-8 summit gives chance to gauge Medvedev's power
(AP)
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 AP - Dmitry Medvedev's grand debut on the world stage at the Group of Eight summit Monday promises insights into the riddle all Kremlinologists are trying to crack: Is he calling any of the shots as Russia's president — or is he merely a puppet of Vladimir Putin?
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| Veteran BBC correspondent Wheeler dies at 85
(AP)
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| AP - Sir Charles Wheeler, who reported from Washington, Berlin and other capitals during a long and distinguished broadcasting career, died Friday. He was 85. |
| US Embassy returns to historic Berlin address
(AP)
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 AP - The U.S. Embassy in Germany returned to the site it occupied before World War II, marking the occasion Friday with a ribbon cutting by former President Bush and Ambassador William Timken.
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| UK court: Pringles are potato-light, tax-free
(AP)
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| AP - Britain's High Court has ruled that Pringles are not a potato snack, and thus are not subject to value-added tax. |
| Prado says 'Colossus' is not the work of Goya
(AP)
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 AP - For years Spain's famed Prado museum had its suspicions about one of its most prized Goyas. Now the museum says it is certain the painting is not by the 18th-century master.
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| Merkel takes tough stance on Zimbabwe sanctions
(AP)
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 AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel took a tough stance against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, condemning his re-election last week as illegitimate and vowing in an interview with The Associated Press that the European Union would seek "all possible sanctions" against the country's government and leader.
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| Pope to meet Sarkozy during France trip in Sept.
(AP)
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| AP - Pope Benedict XVI will meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy and representatives of the country's Jewish community during a stop in Paris on his September pilgrimage to the Roman Catholic shrine of Lourdes, the Vatican said Friday. |
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