AFP - England manager Fabio Capello has ruled out the possibility that he will continue in the job after the Euro 2012 tournament, killing off speculation that recent good performances could prolong his stay.

AP - Goldman Sachs & Co. is expected to be fined around $30 million by British authorities following an investigation of the big Wall Street bank's activities in London, according to news reports Wednesday.

AP - BACK ON TRACK: The Dow Jones industrial average and other market indicators rose Wednesday as concerns about Europe's financial system eased thanks to a successful sale of debt by Portugal. The Dow rose five out of the last six days.

AFP - The country's financial watchdog has hit Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs with a 20-million-pound fine linked to US fraud charges, a report said Wednesday.

AP - Stocks resumed their rally Wednesday after a successful auction of Portuguese government debt eased worries about Europe's financial system.

AFP - BP sought to spread the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster Wednesday, setting off a battle of oil industry giants with tens of billions of dollars in potential fines and legal liabilities at stake.

AP - BP took a step Wednesday towards reassuring investors that it wasn't solely to blame for the Gulf oil spill — and that it won't have to foot the entire cost.

AFP - Former France coach Gerard Houllier was named the new manager of English Premier League side Aston Villa on Wednesday, the club announced.

AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised the bravery of a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad at an award ceremony honoring his achievements for freedom of speech.

AP - European Union nations and the continent's biggest human rights organization slammed Iran on Wednesday for its plan to stone a woman convicted of adultery, while Iran's ambassador to the Vatican said there is "hope" the punishment could be eased upon review by Iranian authorities.

AP - A Muslim stonemason who spent nearly four decades helping to restore a Roman Catholic cathedral in France has been immortalized as a winged gargoyle peering out from its facade — with the inscription "God is great" written in French and Arabic.

AP - Iran's envoy to the Vatican says mitigation could be "possible" in the stoning sentence of an Iranian woman convicted of adultery because Islamic law allows for clemency.

AP - Britain is likely to overhaul its extradition laws amid concerns the United States is able to fly suspects out of the U.K. with little proof they have committed a crime, a senior government minister said Wednesday.

AP - A Romanian Gypsy leader on Wednesday compared French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Romania's pro-Nazi wartime leader, following the expulsion of hundreds of Gypsies from France.

AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron's father died in France on Wednesday after suffering a stroke while on vacation, the leader's office said.

AP - A former Polish president who was in office when the CIA is suspected of running a secret prison in his country says he has no knowledge of the facility or of harsh interrogation techniques allegedly used against terror suspects there.

AP - The senior Sinn Fein politician in Northern Ireland's government acknowledged Wednesday that he did meet a Catholic priest responsible for a 1972 triple car bombing that killed nine civilians but insisted they never discussed the IRA attack.

AP - Two newborn pandas are the latest additions to the Madrid Zoo.

AP - The United States wants the United Nations to appoint an independent expert on freedom of assembly.

AP - One of Britain's top prosecutors said Wednesday he supports the idea of introducing U.S.-style homicide charges, backing legal reformers who claim that England's 17th century murder laws are long overdue for a change.