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BA cabin crew to strike for 7 days this month
(AP)
AP - British Airways PLC cabin crew plan to strike for a total of seven days this month, potentially disrupting thousands of travellers ahead of Easter holidays, after talks with management over changes to pay and working conditions broke down.
03/12/2010 - 07:20 AM
British Airways cabin crew to strike in late March
(AFP)
 AFP - British Airways cabin crew will strike for seven days later this month after failing to reach agreement in a long-running dispute over pay and working conditions, union officials said on Friday.
03/12/2010 - 07:10 AM
France's Sarkozy in Britain for talks on economy
(AFP)
 AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Britain on Friday for talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the European economy, and a potentially thorny encounter with the man after Brown's job.
03/12/2010 - 07:05 AM
European stock markets gain ground
(AFP)
 AFP - Europe's main stock markets rose Friday as investors awaited crucial economic data and tracked US attempts to rein in the banking sector, dealers said.
03/12/2010 - 06:58 AM
'IMF' for Europe should carry high price: German minister
(AFP)
 AFP - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble again voiced support on Friday for the idea of a European monetary fund (EMF) to help eurozone nations in crisis, but stressed that any aid would have to come with draconian penalties.
03/12/2010 - 06:55 AM
Boyzone members play first show since Gately's death
(AFP)
 AFP - The four remaining members of Irish pop band Boyzone paid tribute to former bandmate Steven Gately after performing together for the first time since his death in October last year.
03/12/2010 - 06:50 AM
England dominate Bangladesh cricket Test
(AFP)
 AFP - Alastair Cook celebrated his first day as Test captain with a superb 158 not out to put England in a commanding position in the opening Test against Bangladesh on Friday.
03/12/2010 - 06:49 AM
Brian Pitman, former Lloyds Bank CEO, dies at 78
(AP)
AP - Sir Brian Pitman, the banker who led Lloyds TSB to become one of Europe's largest financial groups, has died at age 78, the British Bankers' Association said Friday.
03/12/2010 - 06:39 AM
Pope meets with German bishop amid sex scandal
(AP)
 AP - Pope Benedict XVI met Friday with Germany's top bishop amid the spiraling abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church in his homeland.
03/12/2010 - 06:39 AM
German minister: EMF aid would come at heavy price
(AP)
AP - Emergency aid from a proposed European Monetary Fund should come with strict conditions and a "prohibitive" price tag to boost market confidence, Germany's finance minister wrote in an article published Friday.
03/12/2010 - 06:23 AM
Victorian Thames tunnel in London reopens
(AP)
AP - A 19th-century tunnel under the River Thames that was hailed as a wonder of Victorian engineering has reopened to pedestrians for two days.
03/12/2010 - 06:06 AM
Released aid workers in Haiti are Czech, Belgian
(AP)
AP - An official says two European aid workers kidnapped in Haiti and later released were from the Czech Republic and Belgium.
03/12/2010 - 05:46 AM
Russia criticizes US, NATO over Afghan drugs
(AP)
 AP - Russia's envoy to NATO has sharply criticized the alliance's shift away from fighting drug trafficking in Afghanistan, saying the resulting surge in heroin smuggling is endangering Russia's national security.
03/12/2010 - 05:25 AM
Vatican criticizes condom machines in Rome school
(AP)
 AP - The decision by a Rome high school to install condom vending machines has set off a storm in Italy, with the Catholic Church charging the move will encourage young people to have sex and Rome's mayor saying it sends the wrong message.
03/11/2010 - 05:39 PM
UN food agency welcomes any probe into Somalia aid
(AP)
AP - A U.N. food agency said Thursday it will cooperate with any independent probe into its food operations in Somalia, after a report found that up to half the food aid intended for the nation's hungry people does not reach its destination.
03/11/2010 - 05:25 PM
Sweden labels mass killing of Armenians genocide
(AP)
AP - Sweden's parliament narrowly approved a resolution Thursday recognizing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey as genocide, prompting the Turkish government to recall its ambassador in protest.
03/11/2010 - 03:55 PM
4 UK lawmakers in court over expenses scandal
(AP)
 AP - Four legislators being prosecuted in a political scandal involving fraudulent expenses claims by hundreds of British lawmakers pleaded not guilty on Thursday.
03/11/2010 - 02:57 PM
EU condemns Cuba for rights violations
(AP)
AP - The European Parliament voted Thursday to condemn Cuba for the "avoidable and cruel" death of a dissident hunger striker, earning a stinging response from Havana, which said it did not appreciate the lecture and would not respond to international pressure.
03/11/2010 - 02:50 PM
Italy murder convict blames Knox and ex-boyfriend
(AP)
AP - A man convicted in the 2007 slaying of a British student has written a letter implicating his co-defendants and denying he had ever said they had nothing to do with the murder.
03/11/2010 - 02:24 PM
Cyprus ex-leader's stolen body is reburied
(AP)
 AP - The body of former Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos was reburied on Thursday, three months to the day after it was dug up from its grave and stolen in an apparent extortion bid.
03/11/2010 - 02:20 PM
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