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Germany: memorial service for Love Parade victims (AP)   Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:50:29 GMT

Yvonne Schroeder, left, and Dominique Pavone, who attended this year\'s Love Parade in Duisburg demonstrate in front of the city hall of Duisburg on Thursday, July 29, 2010, against the responsible persons of the disaster at the Love Parade. 21 people were killed in a crush at the Love Parade techno festival in Duisburg on Saturday. (AP Photo/dapd/Mark Keppler)AP - Germany is holding a memorial service for the victims of the Love Parade techno music festival, where 21 people were crushed to death and 500 injured.



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Russia begins to localize fires, others rage (AP)   Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:48:37 GMT

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tours the village of Verkhnyaya Vereya, Russia, on Friday, July 30, 2010. Putin on Friday visited the village of Verkhnyaya Vereya, where all 341 houses have burned to the ground, and kissed the cheek of one woman who was sobbing.(AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, pool)AP - Russian state TV is reporting the death toll from the massive forest fires that have wiped out villages and vast areas of woodland has risen to around 30 people, but officials say some of the worst blazes are under control.



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Pakistan intelligence agency scraps UK visit (AFP)   Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:53:33 GMT

Pakistan\'s intelligence agency has scrapped a planned visit to Britain in protest at Prime Minister David Cameron\'s comments on the export of terror, The Times newspaper reported Saturday. The daily also said Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, pictured, was considering pulling out of next week\'s three-day trip to Britain in a connected protest.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Pakistan\'s intelligence agency has scrapped a planned visit to Britain in protest at Prime Minister David Cameron\'s comments on the export of terror, The Times newspaper reported Saturday.



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Final face-off in Britain\'s Labour leadership race (AFP)   Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:05:27 GMT

Former foreign secretary David Miliband, pictured, is seen as the favourite of five candidates vying to suceed former prime minister Gordon Brown as the leader of the Labour Party.(AFP/File/Bulent Kilic)AFP - The five candidates vying to suceed former prime minister Gordon Brown as the leader of Britain\'s opposition Labour Party face their final hustings Sunday before voting gets under way.



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Dutch anti-Islam party to have strong voice in next govt (AFP)   Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:12:12 GMT

Dutch politician Geert Wilders addresses a press conference in Westminster, central London, in 2009. Dutch anti-Islam Wilders will have to be consulted on every decision the next government makes if a provisional agreement on forming a new cabinet reached Friday is finalised, an expert said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders will have to be consulted on every decision the next government makes if a provisional agreement on forming a new cabinet reached Friday is finalised, an expert said.



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Sarkozy threatens immigrants who target police (AP)   Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:24:29 GMT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech in Grenoble, French Alps, Friday, July 30, 2010. Nicolas Sarkozy came in Grenoble to install the new prefect after confrontations between youths and policemen, which came after a local resident suspected in the armed robbery of a casino was killed while fleeing police. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)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

Italy\'s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attends a Parliament session in Rome. Berlusconi saw the erosion of his once comfortable majority in parliament Friday as 32 lawmakers defected in support of the prime minister\'s estranged longtime ally.(AFP/Tiziana Fabi)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

Boris Johnson Mayor of London poses for the media as a new cycle hire scheme starts in London, Friday, July 30, 2010, with the London Eye in background. The cycle hire scheme aims to enable travelers to use a network of cycle stations throughout central London to commute or just tour the area, as the cycle hire system goes live Friday morning.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)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

Italy\'s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (rear C) votes as he is flanked by his ministers during a debate at Italy\'s upper house of Parliament in Rome July 29, 2010 REUTERS/Alessandro BianchiReuters - 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

Representative for the anti-capital punishment organization, the International Committee Against Executions and the International Committee Against Stoning. , with coordinator Mina Ahadi and Iranian Solidarity Spokesperson Maryam Namazie, right, before the start of their press conference in London, Friday July 30, 2010, in support of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, seen in poster background, who is sentenced to stoning after an Iranian court found her guilty of having sex outside of marriage. The anti captial punishment group hope to boldter international support to their cause and bring a reprieve for the stoning of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. (AP Photo/Max Nash)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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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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