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- Euro 2012: Italy victorious over Germany, now faces Spain in final
Euro 2012: Italy beat Germany, 2-1, in the semifinals of the Euro 2012 soccer tournament. Mario Balotelli scored twice. Italy will face Spain on Sunday the European Championship finals.
- Sharapova, Serena advance at Wimbledon
Both ladies top seed Maria Sharapova and former champion Serena Williams won 2nd round matches on Thursday to advance. On the men's side, American Andy Roddick also won.
- China starts 'combat ready' patrols in disputed South China Sea
The move comes amid rising tensions between China and its neighbors over disputed islands in the resource rich area.
- UN to hold emergency meeting on Syria as violence continues to rage
The United Nations will once again meet to try to broker a peace deal as the situation in Syria continues to deteriorate.
- 130 rescued from boat of asylum seekers headed to Australia
After a boat trying to reach Australia capsized, 130 survivors, most of them women and children, were rescued near Indonesia. It's the second boat of asylum seekers to capsize in a week.
- Taliban video shows grisly aftermath of attack on Pakistani soldiers
The bloody attack showed the threat still posed by the Pakistani Taliban, despite army offensives.
- Greece names new finance minister
Yannis Stournaras, a prominent economist who has been working on the country's efforts to join the euro, has been tabbed by the government to head up its finance ministry.
- Venus Williams suffers 1st round defeat at Wimbledon
For the first time in 15 years, former Wimbledon ladies' singles champion Venus Williams tasted defeat at the All England Lawn Tennis Club on the tournament's first day.
- Syria's downing of Turkish jet unlikely to pull NATO into Syrian conflict
Military action is unlikely to get the support of either the UN Security Council or the Arab League, and outside intervention without the blessing of both of those bodies is all but unthinkable. And there is little appetite among the 28 NATO countries for another war in the Middle East.
- Is Rafael Nadal ready for a third Wimbledon title?
After his seventh French Open win, can Rafael Nadal defeat Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer at Wimbledon? Nadal says such talk is "arrogant."
- Police arrest key Indian suspect in Mumbai attack
Authorities believe the man coached the militants involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks by phone from Pakistan.
- Egypt's Mohamed Morsi wants to renew ties with Iran
Egypt's president-elect Mohamed Morsi, a hard-line Islamist, says he wants tor restore ties to Iran. Iran hailed Mursi's victory as an "Islamic Awakening."
- Syria insists downed Turkish plane was 'not an attack'
This week NATO leaders will decide how to respond to Syria's downing of a Turkish jet, which Turkey argues was in international airspace.
- Syrian fighter pilot defects to Jordan with his MiG-21 warplane
The air force is considered fiercely loyal to Assad's regime, but the defection suggests some of Syria's most ironclad allegiances are fraying.
- Prosecution urges psychiatric care, insanity ruling, for Anders Breivik
The attacks at Norway's government headquarters and a youth summer camp would then not be considered acts of political terrorism, but the work of a blood-thirsty madman.
- Rescue operation under way for capsized boat of asylum seekers headed to Australia
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority reported that an Australian Navy ship and a cargo ship had rescued 73 survivors near Indonesia.
- Court issues arrest warrant for Pakistani prime minister nominee
Pakistan's ruling party chose its candidate to replace ousted Prime Minister Gilani, but the nominee was immediately hit with an arrest warrant linked to a drug importation scandal.
- Economy casts shadow on Rio+20 environmental summit
World leaders are gathering in Brazil for a three-day meeting on sustainable development, but the US election and Europe's economic woes are making the conference a subdued affair.
- New Greek prime minister after month of uncertainty
Antonis Samaras is the fourth prime minister in eight months; he faces the daunting task of resolving Greece's economic woes.
- With Mubarak's health in question, both candidates declare victory in Egypt elections
Political turmoil is rising in Egypt as a formal announcement of the winner of Egypt's presidential election may be delayed. Both candidates claim victory and allege election fraud.