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EU, IMFspread 750-billion-euro safety net - Summary - Brussels - The European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF)on Monday spread a 750-billion-euro safety net for eurozone members that run into financial trouble, bringing to a close a frantic weekend race to find a ...

PREVIEW: Robin Hood remake to open Cannes festival - Cannes - Ridley Scott's often confronting new take on the Robin Hood legend kicks off a 12-day celebration of cinema and stardom Wednesday when it opens the Cannes Film Festival....

Troubleshooting Windows Media Player - Feature - Washington - For most Windows users, there's no getting around Windows Media Player. Whether you want to enjoy digital music, video, images, DVDs, or recorded television, Media Player is the tool. And for the most part, it works like a charm - exce...

Iron Man 2 shoots to top of US box office - Los Angeles - Iron Man 2 triumphed at the box office in its opening weekend, taking in more than 133 million dollars, studio estimates showed Sunday....

Tokyo's markets gains on euro deal - 2nd Update - Tokyo - A deal reached by EU finance ministers to help financially struggling eurozone members pushed up markets in Tokyo as trading began Monday....

EXTRA:Total euro safety net 750 billion euros, EU says - Brussels - The total safety net spread by European Union finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to save eurozone members from future default stands at 750 billion euros (956 billion dollars), EU officials said Monday....

EXTRA:Minister:EU launches 'wolf pact' to tackle 'wolf pack' - Brussels - European Union finance ministers have agreed upon a wolf pact of eurozone bail-outs to tackle the wolf pack speculation of currency traders, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg said Monday....

Merkel's coalition given thumbs down in state poll - Summary - 00000402150292 availableDusseldorf/Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel was facing the loss of her majority in the upper house of parliament Sunday, following the poor showing by her Christian Democrat (CDU) allies in a key state election....

Tokyo's market gains on euro deal - Update - Tokyo - A deal reached by EU finance ministers to help financially struggling eurozone members pushed up markets in Tokyo as trading began Monday....

Tokyo's market opens up as EU finance ministers meet - Tokyo - Expectations that EU finance ministers would reach a deal to help financially struggling eurozone members pushed up markets in Tokyo as trading began Monday....

4THLEAD:EU clinches deal on euro rescue package - Brussels - European Union finance ministers early Monday agreed to set up a permanent system to rescue eurozone states which run into financial trouble of the kind that has brought Greece to its knees, diplomats said....

Diplomats:EU clinches deal on euro rescue package - Brussels - European Union finance ministers on Monday agreed to set up a permanent system to rescue eurozone states which run into financial trouble of the kind that has brought Greece to its knees, diplomats said....

EXTRA:EU divided over loans or guarantees, diplomats say - Brussels - European Union finance ministers were divided over whether to base a planned massive eurozone rescue system on bilateral loans or loan guarantees as financial markets opened in Asia on Monday morning, diplomats said....

Filipinos head to polling precincts to vote for new president - Manila - Polling precincts opened Monday in the Philippines for elections to pick a new president and nearly 18,000 other officials, with the son of democracy icon Corazon Aquino expected to win the presidential race by a big margin....

Officials extend fishing ban due as oil spill spreads - Washington - Officials in Louisiana extended a fishing ban Sunday as oil leaking from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico continued to spread....

Israeli jets strike Gaza smuggling tunnels - Gaza - Israeli military jets fired missiles along the border area between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, where hundreds of smuggling tunnels have been dug by Palestinians under the border, Islamic Hamas movement security sources said early Monday...

Portugal closes Porto airport due to ash - Lisbon - Ash from a volcano in Iceland for the first time led to the closure of parts of Portugese airspace Sunday....

German cabinet in late-night session over euro deal - Summary - Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel held an emergency cabinet meeting in Berlin late Sunday, to deal with the government's position on a prospective EU rescue system being negotiated in Brussels, officials said....

EXTRA:Euro crisis deal 'likely', diplomats say - Brussels - European Union finance ministers were closing in on a deal setting up a permanent system to bail out eurozone states which run into financial trouble, diplomats said at talks in Brussels late on Sunday....

Four injured as two blasts hit southern Yemeni city - Sana'a, Yemen - Two policemen and two passers-by were injured after two bombs exploded in Yemen's southern port city of Aden late Sunday, police officials said....