AP - Police detained a foreign man and sealed off central parts of the Danish capital Friday after a minor explosion in a downtown Copenhagen hotel, a police spokesman said.

AFP - The government said Friday it would try auctioning off old office furniture to save money as it implements the first of 100,000 suggestions from the public on how to slash the deficit.

Reuters - Six former Bosnian Serb military leaders convicted of crimes related to the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of thousands of Muslims could face more charges or longer sentences after the prosecution filed an appeal.

AFP - The German industrial gas giant Linde said Friday that it would soon halt business operations in Iran owing to economic sanctions against the country.

AFP - Troubled Irish bank AIB said Friday that it had agreed to sell its Polish banking assets to Spanish lender Santander for 3.1 billion euros (3.9 billion dollars) in cash.

AFP - Deutsche Bank shares plunged in morning trade Friday on press reports that it would raise up to nine billion euros to bolster its capital as banking regulators finalise tough new rules for the industry.

AFP - The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia on Friday named a new software-savvy chief executive from Microsoft to help it battle slumping profits and an eroding market share in the smartphone segment.

AFP - Shares in London ended in the black on Friday as confidence grew over the health of the global economy.

AP - Hundreds of sex abuse victims have come forward in Belgium with harrowing accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy that reportedly led to at least 13 suicides and affected children as young as two, a special commission said Friday.

Reuters - Child sexual abuse was widespread in the Belgian Catholic Church and drove at least 13 victims to suicide, according to a report published on Friday.