AP - At the end of nearly every training session, Matt Whitmore downs a pint of milk straight from the bottle.

AP - A wooden pole used to suspend suspects by their arms. A baton used to beat prisoners on the soles of their feet. Cables used to give electric shocks.

AP - Germany's intelligence service has turned over thousands of files on top Nazi Adolf Eichmann's whereabouts after World War II to a journalist who sued for them. But with so many passages blacked out and pages missing, she's taking the matter back to court.

AFP - Police in 14 European countries on Tuesday launched a series of raids against an online film pirating network, Swedish authorities said.

Reuters - Millions of London commuters struggled to get to and from work on Tuesday as a 24-hour strike by workers on the capital's underground rail system disrupted much of the network, hurting the city's convalescent economy. Passengers took to bikes and buses, walked, or made use of extra boat services on the River Thames that snakes through the city in a bid to beat the stoppage, called in protest against 800 job cuts driven by austerity measures.

Reuters - French trade unions said 2.5 million people took to the streets Tuesday to protest over pension reforms that President Nicolas Sarkozy says he is determined to implement on the way to elections in 2012.

AFP - BP has announced it will publish an eagerly awaited report on the causes of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Wednesday.

AP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin disparaged Russian dissidents in crude street language in an interview Monday and said they would keep getting beaten if they continued to hold unauthorized rallies.

AFP - Swedish investment bank HQ Bank said Monday it was forced into involuntary liquidation after the financial supervisory authority revoked all its licences for breach of banking regulations.

AP - Solidarity founder Lech Walesa shunned several of the movement's 30th anniversary sessions Monday, saying he is tired and disillusioned with the Polish trade union's current state.

Reuters - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met Muammar Gaddafi Monday looking to reinforce business ties, after the Libyan leader aroused a media storm by suggesting to a group of young women they convert to Islam.

Reuters - France will not stop its policy of repatriating Roma after almost 1,000 people were sent back to Romania and Bulgaria since a government crackdown on crime and immigration at the end of July, ministers said on Monday.

Reuters - A toilet that belonged to late Beatle John Lennon fetched 9,500 pounds ($14,740) at auction on Saturday, around 10 times its estimate, the sale organizers said.

AP - France's crackdown on Gypsies, which has been criticized by the Vatican and the United Nations, is now exposing cracks in President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.