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All rights reservedSat, 18 Aug 2012 13:20:50 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/europe/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/liverpool-suffer-losing-start-arsenal-held-premiership-162516479--sow.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/baRzON9fFOkWBZWroEBusg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345307073698-2-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="West Bromwich Albion&#039;s Peter Odemwingie celebrates scoring during a match in February 2012" align="left" title="West Bromwich Albion&#039;s Peter Odemwingie celebrates scoring during a match in February 2012" border="0" /></a>Liverpool crashed to a shock 3-0 defeat at West Brom in Brendan Rodgers&#039; first Premier League match as Reds boss, while Arsenal started life without Robin van Persie with a dour 0-0 draw against Sunderland on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/liverpool-suffer-losing-start-arsenal-held-premiership-162516479--sow.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 13:20:50 -0400AFPliverpool-suffer-losing-start-arsenal-held-premiership-162516479--sow<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/liverpool-suffer-losing-start-arsenal-held-premiership-162516479--sow.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/baRzON9fFOkWBZWroEBusg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345307073698-2-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="West Bromwich Albion&#039;s Peter Odemwingie celebrates scoring during a match in February 2012" align="left" title="West Bromwich Albion&#039;s Peter Odemwingie celebrates scoring during a match in February 2012" border="0" /></a>Liverpool crashed to a shock 3-0 defeat at West Brom in Brendan Rodgers&#039; first Premier League match as Reds boss, while Arsenal started life without Robin van Persie with a dour 0-0 draw against Sunderland on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fourth-tier-rangers-shatter-world-crowd-record-171758123--sow.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zLo8p8KpoeewmjMolS1RMg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345310264417-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Rangers set a world record attendance for fourth tier football" align="left" title="Rangers set a world record attendance for fourth tier football" border="0" /></a>Fallen giants Rangers set a world record attendance for fourth tier football on Saturday as 49,118 fans packed Ibrox to watch a 5-1 thrashing of East Stirling.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/fourth-tier-rangers-shatter-world-crowd-record-171758123--sow.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 13:17:58 -0400AFPfourth-tier-rangers-shatter-world-crowd-record-171758123--sow<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fourth-tier-rangers-shatter-world-crowd-record-171758123--sow.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zLo8p8KpoeewmjMolS1RMg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345310264417-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Rangers set a world record attendance for fourth tier football" align="left" title="Rangers set a world record attendance for fourth tier football" border="0" /></a>Fallen giants Rangers set a world record attendance for fourth tier football on Saturday as 49,118 fans packed Ibrox to watch a 5-1 thrashing of East Stirling.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-welcomes-africa-probe-mine-shootings-165043757.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vCK1GKAI.ggaOPS5JbdvEw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345308620977-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An injured miner at London-listed Lonmin&#039;s Marikana platinum mine" align="left" title="An injured miner at London-listed Lonmin&#039;s Marikana platinum mine" border="0" /></a>Britain on Saturday said it welcomed an investigation into the police killing of 34 striking workers at a South African platinum mine, while expressing its shock at the deaths.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/britain-welcomes-africa-probe-mine-shootings-165043757.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 12:50:43 -0400AFPbritain-welcomes-africa-probe-mine-shootings-165043757<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-welcomes-africa-probe-mine-shootings-165043757.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vCK1GKAI.ggaOPS5JbdvEw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345308620977-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An injured miner at London-listed Lonmin&#039;s Marikana platinum mine" align="left" title="An injured miner at London-listed Lonmin&#039;s Marikana platinum mine" border="0" /></a>Britain on Saturday said it welcomed an investigation into the police killing of 34 striking workers at a South African platinum mine, while expressing its shock at the deaths.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/libor-inquiry-chairman-slams-ex-barclays-boss-041014344.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B.sZQj8BId_LklHxxnRJtQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345257094816-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Diamond quit along with chairman Marcus Agius and chief operating officer Jerry del Missier" align="left" title="Diamond quit along with chairman Marcus Agius and chief operating officer Jerry del Missier" border="0" /></a>Former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond on Saturday hit back strongly at claims by British lawmakers that he gave &quot;highly selective&quot; evidence over the Libor rate-rigging scandal.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/libor-inquiry-chairman-slams-ex-barclays-boss-041014344.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 12:39:09 -0400AFPlibor-inquiry-chairman-slams-ex-barclays-boss-041014344<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/libor-inquiry-chairman-slams-ex-barclays-boss-041014344.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B.sZQj8BId_LklHxxnRJtQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345257094816-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Diamond quit along with chairman Marcus Agius and chief operating officer Jerry del Missier" align="left" title="Diamond quit along with chairman Marcus Agius and chief operating officer Jerry del Missier" border="0" /></a>Former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond on Saturday hit back strongly at claims by British lawmakers that he gave &quot;highly selective&quot; evidence over the Libor rate-rigging scandal.</p><br clear="all"/>Greece won't leave the 17-nation eurozone, Luxembourg's prime minister said, arguing in an interview published Saturday that an exit wouldn't be politically feasible and would carry unforeseeable risks.http://news.yahoo.com/juncker-greece-wont-leave-eurozone-092308507.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 12:25:02 -0400Associated Pressjuncker-greece-wont-leave-eurozone-092308507<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/leeds-tame-wolves-161407236--sow.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZOfD9496Zk2_33qVNuLP_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345306415647-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Leeds United&#039;s Argentine forward Luciano Becchio" align="left" title="Leeds United&#039;s Argentine forward Luciano Becchio" border="0" /></a>Leeds United kicked off their bid for promotion to the English Premier League with a confidence-boosting 1-0 win against relegated Wolves on the opening weekend of the Championship season on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/leeds-tame-wolves-161407236--sow.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 12:14:07 -0400AFPleeds-tame-wolves-161407236--sow<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/leeds-tame-wolves-161407236--sow.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZOfD9496Zk2_33qVNuLP_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345306415647-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Leeds United&#039;s Argentine forward Luciano Becchio" align="left" title="Leeds United&#039;s Argentine forward Luciano Becchio" border="0" /></a>Leeds United kicked off their bid for promotion to the English Premier League with a confidence-boosting 1-0 win against relegated Wolves on the opening weekend of the Championship season on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/commons-spares-celtics-blushes-against-county-161114153--sow.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iA5PD7lOgXnFdAjBTUVHYQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345306244779-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Celtic&#039;s Kris Commons" align="left" title="Celtic&#039;s Kris Commons" border="0" /></a>Scottish champions Celtic needed a Kris Commons equaliser three minutes into stoppage-time to salvage a 1-1 draw at newly-promoted Ross County on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/commons-spares-celtics-blushes-against-county-161114153--sow.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 12:11:14 -0400AFPcommons-spares-celtics-blushes-against-county-161114153--sow<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/commons-spares-celtics-blushes-against-county-161114153--sow.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iA5PD7lOgXnFdAjBTUVHYQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345306244779-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Celtic&#039;s Kris Commons" align="left" title="Celtic&#039;s Kris Commons" border="0" /></a>Scottish champions Celtic needed a Kris Commons equaliser three minutes into stoppage-time to salvage a 1-1 draw at newly-promoted Ross County on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/prophet-depictions-shown-mosque-demos-151826226.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3AfGRdEHGPJwNAHo0xpwJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3217721b3ee79d17180f6a706700a135.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Demonstrators display signs with crossed mosques during a protest in front of a mosque in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012. A Berlin court had allowed the demonstration of the far-right group &#039; Pro Deutschland&#039; held under the slogan &quot;Islam does not belong in Germany ? stop Islamization.&quot; (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)" align="left" title="Demonstrators display signs with crossed mosques during a protest in front of a mosque in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012. A Berlin court had allowed the demonstration of the far-right group &#039; Pro Deutschland&#039; held under the slogan &quot;Islam does not belong in Germany ? stop Islamization.&quot; (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)" border="0" /></a>Members of a small far-right group have displayed caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad during demonstrations outside mosques in Berlin, but officials say their protests have gone peacefully.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/prophet-depictions-shown-mosque-demos-151826226.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 11:18:26 -0400Associated Pressprophet-depictions-shown-mosque-demos-151826226<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/prophet-depictions-shown-mosque-demos-151826226.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3AfGRdEHGPJwNAHo0xpwJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3217721b3ee79d17180f6a706700a135.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Demonstrators display signs with crossed mosques during a protest in front of a mosque in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012. A Berlin court had allowed the demonstration of the far-right group &#039; Pro Deutschland&#039; held under the slogan &quot;Islam does not belong in Germany ? stop Islamization.&quot; (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)" align="left" title="Demonstrators display signs with crossed mosques during a protest in front of a mosque in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012. A Berlin court had allowed the demonstration of the far-right group &#039; Pro Deutschland&#039; held under the slogan &quot;Islam does not belong in Germany ? stop Islamization.&quot; (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)" border="0" /></a>Members of a small far-right group have displayed caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad during demonstrations outside mosques in Berlin, but officials say their protests have gone peacefully.</p><br clear="all"/>Former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond offered a "highly selective" account to a parliamentary hearing on the banking rate-fixing scandal, British lawmakers said Saturday in a highly critical report.http://news.yahoo.com/british-lawmakers-criticize-ex-barclays-ceo-101916651.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 11:14:15 -0400Associated Pressbritish-lawmakers-criticize-ex-barclays-ceo-101916651<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/moors-murder-victims-mother-dies-without-finding-grave-101113633.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/knFhSXPUKKK.8qgLbLwlow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345288318780-3-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Keith Bennett is the only one of the Moors murderers&#039; victims whose remains have not been located" align="left" title="Keith Bennett is the only one of the Moors murderers&#039; victims whose remains have not been located" border="0" /></a>The mother of a boy murdered 48 years ago by jailed British serial killer, Moors murderer Ian Brady, died on Saturday without ever knowing where her 12-year old son was buried, her lawyer said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/moors-murder-victims-mother-dies-without-finding-grave-101113633.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 11:09:08 -0400AFPmoors-murder-victims-mother-dies-without-finding-grave-101113633<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/moors-murder-victims-mother-dies-without-finding-grave-101113633.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/knFhSXPUKKK.8qgLbLwlow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345288318780-3-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Keith Bennett is the only one of the Moors murderers&#039; victims whose remains have not been located" align="left" title="Keith Bennett is the only one of the Moors murderers&#039; victims whose remains have not been located" border="0" /></a>The mother of a boy murdered 48 years ago by jailed British serial killer, Moors murderer Ian Brady, died on Saturday without ever knowing where her 12-year old son was buried, her lawyer said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/british-threats-wikileaks-case-stupid-expert-180832448.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5hNp8Trw40oKEB1UvWlFcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345296446036-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain insists it never threatened to &quot;invade&quot; the Ecuadoran embassy" align="left" title="Britain insists it never threatened to &quot;invade&quot; the Ecuadoran embassy" border="0" /></a>Britain is considering using an obscure law to extract Julian Assange from Ecuador&#039;s embassy in London, but experts say the possibility is slim -- and one says London&#039;s actions are &quot;stupid&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/british-threats-wikileaks-case-stupid-expert-180832448.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 09:28:50 -0400AFPbritish-threats-wikileaks-case-stupid-expert-180832448<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/british-threats-wikileaks-case-stupid-expert-180832448.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5hNp8Trw40oKEB1UvWlFcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345296446036-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Britain insists it never threatened to &quot;invade&quot; the Ecuadoran embassy" align="left" title="Britain insists it never threatened to &quot;invade&quot; the Ecuadoran embassy" border="0" /></a>Britain is considering using an obscure law to extract Julian Assange from Ecuador&#039;s embassy in London, but experts say the possibility is slim -- and one says London&#039;s actions are &quot;stupid&quot;.</p><br clear="all"/>A U.S.-based oceanographic institute says it has found the wreckage of a ship that was manned by a crew of doomed Antarctic explorers more than a century ago.http://news.yahoo.com/legendary-expedition-ship-found-off-greenland-132214356.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 09:22:14 -0400Associated Presslegendary-expedition-ship-found-off-greenland-132214356Pope Benedict XVI has named Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto as a new envoy to Israel, who will also serve as apostolic delegate in Jerusalem and Palestine.http://news.yahoo.com/papal-envoy-israel-hopes-foster-peace-130824529.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 09:08:24 -0400Associated Presspapal-envoy-israel-hopes-foster-peace-130824529<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/assange-diplomatic-row-spreads-ahead-key-statement-004553784.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Wf1qzqrmhPjHBYlqRDreNQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345293517722-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Ecuador on Thursday granted asylum to Assange, whose website enraged the US" align="left" title="Ecuador on Thursday granted asylum to Assange, whose website enraged the US" border="0" /></a>WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in Ecuador&#039;s London embassy for nearly two months, was caught up in a spreading diplomatic row Saturday as the ex-hacker prepared to face the world&#039;s media.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/assange-diplomatic-row-spreads-ahead-key-statement-004553784.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 20:45:53 -0400AFPassange-diplomatic-row-spreads-ahead-key-statement-004553784<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/assange-diplomatic-row-spreads-ahead-key-statement-004553784.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Wf1qzqrmhPjHBYlqRDreNQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345293517722-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Ecuador on Thursday granted asylum to Assange, whose website enraged the US" align="left" title="Ecuador on Thursday granted asylum to Assange, whose website enraged the US" border="0" /></a>WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in Ecuador&#039;s London embassy for nearly two months, was caught up in a spreading diplomatic row Saturday as the ex-hacker prepared to face the world&#039;s media.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ricard-took-family-liquor-firm-global-dies-67-120121158.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/E8AxgUfbMm6LmY6Ul1yLOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/019271633ec09c17180f6a706700e513.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - Patrick Ricard in this file photo dated Monday March 31, 2008, the head of French drink group Pernod-Ricard poses after a press conference in Paris. Patrick Ricard, who transformed a small firm based on his father&#039;s anis-flavored liquor into a global entity, died aged 67 on Friday Aug. 17, 2012, the Pernod Ricard company announced Saturday Aug.18. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)" align="left" title="FILE - Patrick Ricard in this file photo dated Monday March 31, 2008, the head of French drink group Pernod-Ricard poses after a press conference in Paris. Patrick Ricard, who transformed a small firm based on his father&#039;s anis-flavored liquor into a global entity, died aged 67 on Friday Aug. 17, 2012, the Pernod Ricard company announced Saturday Aug.18. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)" border="0" /></a>Patrick Ricard, who transformed a small firm based on his father&#039;s anis-flavored liquor into a global entity with some of the most famous names in alcohol, has died. He was 67.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ricard-took-family-liquor-firm-global-dies-67-120121158.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 08:41:45 -0400Associated Pressricard-took-family-liquor-firm-global-dies-67-120121158<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ricard-took-family-liquor-firm-global-dies-67-120121158.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/E8AxgUfbMm6LmY6Ul1yLOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/019271633ec09c17180f6a706700e513.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - Patrick Ricard in this file photo dated Monday March 31, 2008, the head of French drink group Pernod-Ricard poses after a press conference in Paris. Patrick Ricard, who transformed a small firm based on his father&#039;s anis-flavored liquor into a global entity, died aged 67 on Friday Aug. 17, 2012, the Pernod Ricard company announced Saturday Aug.18. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)" align="left" title="FILE - Patrick Ricard in this file photo dated Monday March 31, 2008, the head of French drink group Pernod-Ricard poses after a press conference in Paris. Patrick Ricard, who transformed a small firm based on his father&#039;s anis-flavored liquor into a global entity, died aged 67 on Friday Aug. 17, 2012, the Pernod Ricard company announced Saturday Aug.18. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)" border="0" /></a>Patrick Ricard, who transformed a small firm based on his father&#039;s anis-flavored liquor into a global entity with some of the most famous names in alcohol, has died. He was 67.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/serb-chess-grandmaster-svetozar-gligoric-dies-111941662.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/riSXTG_53sy06u9vevA9nw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/dd10635e3e3a9a17180f6a706700f49a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - Svetozar Gligoric, left, of Yugoslavia, and Boris Spassky, of the USSR, are shown during a game on the opening day of the 41st annual International Chess Congress, in this Dec. 29, 1965 file photo taken in Hastings, Sussex, England. Gligoric, a legendary Serbian and Yugoslav chess player and one of the world&#039;s top players in the 20th century, died Tuesday Aug. 14, 2012 and was buried in the Serbian capital on Friday. He was 89. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="FILE - Svetozar Gligoric, left, of Yugoslavia, and Boris Spassky, of the USSR, are shown during a game on the opening day of the 41st annual International Chess Congress, in this Dec. 29, 1965 file photo taken in Hastings, Sussex, England. Gligoric, a legendary Serbian and Yugoslav chess player and one of the world&#039;s top players in the 20th century, died Tuesday Aug. 14, 2012 and was buried in the Serbian capital on Friday. He was 89. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>Svetozar Gligoric, a legendary Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster who was the national champion 12 times and one of the world&#039;s top players in the 20th century has died in Belgrade. He was 89.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/serb-chess-grandmaster-svetozar-gligoric-dies-111941662.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 07:19:41 -0400Associated Pressserb-chess-grandmaster-svetozar-gligoric-dies-111941662<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/serb-chess-grandmaster-svetozar-gligoric-dies-111941662.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/riSXTG_53sy06u9vevA9nw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/dd10635e3e3a9a17180f6a706700f49a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - Svetozar Gligoric, left, of Yugoslavia, and Boris Spassky, of the USSR, are shown during a game on the opening day of the 41st annual International Chess Congress, in this Dec. 29, 1965 file photo taken in Hastings, Sussex, England. Gligoric, a legendary Serbian and Yugoslav chess player and one of the world&#039;s top players in the 20th century, died Tuesday Aug. 14, 2012 and was buried in the Serbian capital on Friday. He was 89. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="FILE - Svetozar Gligoric, left, of Yugoslavia, and Boris Spassky, of the USSR, are shown during a game on the opening day of the 41st annual International Chess Congress, in this Dec. 29, 1965 file photo taken in Hastings, Sussex, England. Gligoric, a legendary Serbian and Yugoslav chess player and one of the world&#039;s top players in the 20th century, died Tuesday Aug. 14, 2012 and was buried in the Serbian capital on Friday. He was 89. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>Svetozar Gligoric, a legendary Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster who was the national champion 12 times and one of the world&#039;s top players in the 20th century has died in Belgrade. He was 89.</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's largest nuclear power producer, EDF Energy, stopped its 500-megawatt (MW) Hunterston B-7 nuclear reactor on Friday for a planned outage, a spokesman for the company said. "Unit 3 at Hunterston B power station is on a planned statutory outage which commenced on Friday 17 August 2012," he said. Nuclear reactors are regularly taken offline to undergo inspection and maintenance work. (Reporting by Karolin Schaps; editing by Ron Askew)http://news.yahoo.com/edf-energy-stops-nuclear-reactor-planned-101509025--finance.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 06:15:09 -0400Reutersedf-energy-stops-nuclear-reactor-planned-101509025--financeSvetozar Gligoric, a legendary Serbian and Yugoslav chess player and one of the world's top players in the 20th century, has died. He was 89.http://news.yahoo.com/serb-chess-master-svetozar-gligoric-dies-aged-89-091631204.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 05:16:31 -0400Associated Pressserb-chess-master-svetozar-gligoric-dies-aged-89-091631204<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/premier-league-campaign-kick-off-031759983--sow.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/x6WhkLImaoB4cxmBwuTPAg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345259005720-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Dutch star Robin van Persie decided to snub Man City in favour of a move to Sir Alex Ferguson&#039;s team, Manchester United" align="left" title="Dutch star Robin van Persie decided to snub Man City in favour of a move to Sir Alex Ferguson&#039;s team, Manchester United" border="0" /></a>Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has warned champions Manchester City that his side&#039;s swoop for Arsenal striker Robin van Persie could tilt the balance of power in the Premier League back to Old Trafford.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/premier-league-campaign-kick-off-031759983--sow.htmlSat, 18 Aug 2012 04:23:07 -0400AFPpremier-league-campaign-kick-off-031759983--sow<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/premier-league-campaign-kick-off-031759983--sow.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/x6WhkLImaoB4cxmBwuTPAg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345259005720-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Dutch star Robin van Persie decided to snub Man City in favour of a move to Sir Alex Ferguson&#039;s team, Manchester United" align="left" title="Dutch star Robin van Persie decided to snub Man City in favour of a move to Sir Alex Ferguson&#039;s team, Manchester United" border="0" /></a>Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has warned champions Manchester City that his side&#039;s swoop for Arsenal striker Robin van Persie could tilt the balance of power in the Premier League back to Old Trafford.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mps-demand-bank-changes-libor-report-023741111.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B.sZQj8BId_LklHxxnRJtQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345257094816-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Diamond quit along with chairman Marcus Agius and chief operating officer Jerry del Missier" align="left" title="Diamond quit along with chairman Marcus Agius and chief operating officer Jerry del Missier" border="0" /></a>MPs have called for &quot;urgent improvements&quot; in the way banks are run and regulated in a report into the Libor rate-rigging scandal that rocked Barclays published Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mps-demand-bank-changes-libor-report-023741111.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 22:37:41 -0400AFPmps-demand-bank-changes-libor-report-023741111<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mps-demand-bank-changes-libor-report-023741111.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B.sZQj8BId_LklHxxnRJtQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345257094816-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Diamond quit along with chairman Marcus Agius and chief operating officer Jerry del Missier" align="left" title="Diamond quit along with chairman Marcus Agius and chief operating officer Jerry del Missier" border="0" /></a>MPs have called for &quot;urgent improvements&quot; in the way banks are run and regulated in a report into the Libor rate-rigging scandal that rocked Barclays published Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-backs-brahimi-appointment-syria-role-233724260.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sJxYhQvshR9CGc.Owdg5KA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345246618174-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Lakhdar Brahimi" align="left" title="Lakhdar Brahimi" border="0" /></a>Britain said Friday it &quot;fully supports&quot; the appointment of veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi as the new international envoy for the conflict in Syria.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/britain-backs-brahimi-appointment-syria-role-233724260.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 19:37:24 -0400AFPbritain-backs-brahimi-appointment-syria-role-233724260<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/britain-backs-brahimi-appointment-syria-role-233724260.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/sJxYhQvshR9CGc.Owdg5KA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345246618174-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Lakhdar Brahimi" align="left" title="Lakhdar Brahimi" border="0" /></a>Britain said Friday it &quot;fully supports&quot; the appointment of veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi as the new international envoy for the conflict in Syria.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spain-complains-britain-gibraltar-fishing-row-195330690.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iupkQis6wZ_rfXGx1ynzcg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345233184876-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The famous Rock of the British colony of Gibraltar" align="left" title="The famous Rock of the British colony of Gibraltar" border="0" /></a>Spain made a formal complaint to Britain Friday in a simmering dispute over fishing off the territory of Gibraltar.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/spain-complains-britain-gibraltar-fishing-row-195330690.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 15:53:30 -0400AFPspain-complains-britain-gibraltar-fishing-row-195330690<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spain-complains-britain-gibraltar-fishing-row-195330690.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iupkQis6wZ_rfXGx1ynzcg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345233184876-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The famous Rock of the British colony of Gibraltar" align="left" title="The famous Rock of the British colony of Gibraltar" border="0" /></a>Spain made a formal complaint to Britain Friday in a simmering dispute over fishing off the territory of Gibraltar.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/england-29-1-against-south-africa-001222488--spt.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9VMf4i4J.pLqJIGUo0cTrw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345226320269-4-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="England&#039;s Jonathan Bairstow thanks the crowd" align="left" title="England&#039;s Jonathan Bairstow thanks the crowd" border="0" /></a>Jonathan Bairstow rewarded England&#039;s decision to recall him in place of Kevin Pietersen with a maiden Test fifty as they fought back on the second day of their series finale with South Africa at Lord&#039;s.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/england-29-1-against-south-africa-001222488--spt.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 15:17:45 -0400AFPengland-29-1-against-south-africa-001222488--spt<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/england-29-1-against-south-africa-001222488--spt.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9VMf4i4J.pLqJIGUo0cTrw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345226320269-4-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="England&#039;s Jonathan Bairstow thanks the crowd" align="left" title="England&#039;s Jonathan Bairstow thanks the crowd" border="0" /></a>Jonathan Bairstow rewarded England&#039;s decision to recall him in place of Kevin Pietersen with a maiden Test fifty as they fought back on the second day of their series finale with South Africa at Lord&#039;s.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-sentence-pussy-riot-disproportionate-britain-181331870.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/krJUx.9dLmleg6ucxfCFmA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345227174992-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of all-girl punk band &quot;Pussy Riot&quot; protest near the Russian embassy in London" align="left" title="Supporters of all-girl punk band &quot;Pussy Riot&quot; protest near the Russian embassy in London" border="0" /></a>Britain added its voice to the international chorus of criticism of Russia on Friday after a court jailed three members of punk band Pussy Riot for criticising President Vladimir Putin.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russian-sentence-pussy-riot-disproportionate-britain-181331870.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 14:13:31 -0400AFPrussian-sentence-pussy-riot-disproportionate-britain-181331870<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-sentence-pussy-riot-disproportionate-britain-181331870.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/krJUx.9dLmleg6ucxfCFmA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345227174992-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Supporters of all-girl punk band &quot;Pussy Riot&quot; protest near the Russian embassy in London" align="left" title="Supporters of all-girl punk band &quot;Pussy Riot&quot; protest near the Russian embassy in London" border="0" /></a>Britain added its voice to the international chorus of criticism of Russia on Friday after a court jailed three members of punk band Pussy Riot for criticising President Vladimir Putin.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spains-ferrovial-sell-baa-stake-qatar-holding-173845811.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PzZO_bzrRuav98Q9gXw5aw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345225085244-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The British Airways check-in area at Heathrow airport" align="left" title="The British Airways check-in area at Heathrow airport" border="0" /></a>The Spanish construction group Ferrovial said Friday it will sell off a further 10-percent stake in British airport operator BAA which controls London&#039;s Heathrow airport.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/spains-ferrovial-sell-baa-stake-qatar-holding-173845811.htmlFri, 17 Aug 2012 13:38:45 -0400AFPspains-ferrovial-sell-baa-stake-qatar-holding-173845811<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spains-ferrovial-sell-baa-stake-qatar-holding-173845811.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PzZO_bzrRuav98Q9gXw5aw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1345225085244-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The British Airways check-in area at Heathrow airport" align="left" title="The British Airways check-in area at Heathrow airport" border="0" /></a>The Spanish construction group Ferrovial said Friday it will sell off a further 10-percent stake in British airport operator BAA which controls London&#039;s Heathrow airport.</p><br clear="all"/>

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