Berlusconi's Fininvest hit with 750 mln euro payment (AFP)

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• Berlusconi's Fininvest hit with 750 mln euro payment (AFP)
• ETimor deputy PM 'abused power': leaked report (AFP)
• Report: Iran has A-bomb know-how
• Eight U.S. troops killed in E. Afghan battle
• Socialists set for comeback as Greece votes
• Wenger focuses on the future after landmark week (AFP)
• Hopes fade for Indonesia quake survivors (Reuters)
• Somali American Terror Recruits Seen Posing Threat to U.S.
• As Colombian War Crimes Suspects Sit in U.S. Jails, Victims' Kin Protest
• Greeks vote in general election
• Socialists favored to win Greece's election (AP)
• Eight U.S. troops killed in Afghan battle (Reuters)
• Former minister found dead in Japan
• Chinese premier visits North Korea
• North Korea's Kim woos China's Wen on rare visit
• Socialists set for comeback as Greece votes
• Philippines says may import rice as storms hit crops
• Russia dam disaster blamed on Chubais, five others
• 6.1-magnitude quake rocks eastern Indonesia (AFP)
• Michael Jackson's children "doing wonderfully"

Berlusconi's Fininvest hit with 750 mln euro payment (AFP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT AFP - The Italian company Fininvest, which is controlled by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has been sentenced to pay 750 million euros to its rival media group CIR in a long-running legal dispute, the ANSA news agency reported.

ETimor deputy PM 'abused power': leaked report (AFP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:52 PM PDT AFP - East Timor's deputy prime minister abused his power by securing a plum United Nations job for his wife in which she was overpaid thousands of dollars, a leaked ombudsman's report alleges.

Report: Iran has A-bomb know-how Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:34 PM PDT Fresh leak of confidential IAEA analysis comes as UN agency's chief ElBaradei visits Tehran.

Eight U.S. troops killed in E. Afghan battle Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:42 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Eight U.S. troops were killed in day of fighting in the remote east of Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, after fighters launched a "complex" attack, a military spokeswoman said on Sunday.

Socialists set for comeback as Greece votes Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:42 PM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greeks began voting on Sunday in an election that the socialist opposition was expected to win due to discontent with the government's failure to crack down on corruption and its handling of the economic crisis.

Wenger focuses on the future after landmark week (AFP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:17 PM PDT AFP - Arsene Wenger this week became Arsenal's longest-serving manager but the Frenchman has refused to dwell on previous successes during his 13-year reign, preferring instead to focus on future targets.

Hopes fade for Indonesia quake survivors (Reuters) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:22 PM PDT Reuters - Rescue teams combing the rubble in the shattered Indonesian city of Padang said on Sunday there was little hope of finding more survivors of a massive earthquake that authorities say may have killed 3,000 people.

Somali American Terror Recruits Seen Posing Threat to U.S. Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT The suspected involvement of a young Seattle man in a suicide bombing last month has refocused attention on the recruitment of Somali Americans by Islamist extremists in Somalia and the growing role of al-Qaeda, U.S. counterterrorism officials said.

As Colombian War Crimes Suspects Sit in U.S. Jails, Victims' Kin Protest Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT BOGOTA, Colombia -- One by one and in gory detail, a former death squad commander, Hernán Giraldo, recounted at special judicial hearings how he killed his opponents in Colombia's long, murky war.

Greeks vote in general election Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT Surveys predict victory for opposition socialist party amid deepening economic crisis.

Socialists favored to win Greece's election (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:08 PM PDT AP - Greeks cast ballots Sunday in a snap general election likely to produce a change in government, as voters angered by scandals and a foundering economy were expected to reject the conservatives in favor of the opposition Socialists.

Eight U.S. troops killed in Afghan battle (Reuters) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:54 PM PDT Reuters - Eight U.S. troops were killed in day of fighting in the remote east of Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, after fighters launched a "complex" attack, a military spokeswoman said on Sunday.

Former minister found dead in Japan Posted: 03 Oct 2009 10:44 PM PDT Shoichi Nakagawa was forced to step down in February after accusations of drunkenness.

Chinese premier visits North Korea Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:16 PM PDT Trip comes amid pressure on Pyongyang to return to nuclear disarmament talks.

North Korea's Kim woos China's Wen on rare visit Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:41 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il made a rare appearance at Pyongyang's airport on Sunday to personally greet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the start of a top-level visit likely to test the North's stance on nuclear disarmament.

Socialists set for comeback as Greece votes Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:41 PM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greeks vote on Sunday in a snap election that the socialist opposition is expected to win due to popular discontent with the government's failure to crack down on corruption and its handling of the economic crisis.

Philippines says may import rice as storms hit crops Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:41 PM PDT MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines, the world's biggest rice buyer, may import more of the grain to fill its needs for the first half of 2010 after two storms wreaked havoc on ricefields, a government official said on Sunday.

Russia dam disaster blamed on Chubais, five others Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:41 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian government commission found that Anatoly Chubais, the former head of the national power monopoly, was among those responsible for the Siberian hydropower station accident that killed 75 people in August.

6.1-magnitude quake rocks eastern Indonesia (AFP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 09:20 PM PDT AFP - A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia on Sunday, centred in the far east of the country about 3,500 kilometres (2,200 miles) from the Sumatra quake disaster zone, seismologists said.

Michael Jackson's children "doing wonderfully" Posted: 03 Oct 2009 08:18 PM PDT LOS ANGELES A judge overseeing legal issues concerning Michael Jackson's estate said Friday the late singer's children were "doing wonderfully" three months after their father's death. Read more...

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