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Top Stories: Manila, Dec 10 (DPA) A group of armed men Thursday seized at least 65 people, mostly school children, in the southern Philippines, the military and police said. IANS Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:00:02 -0500Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), Dec 10 (RIA Novosti) The toll in Saturday's nightclub fire in the Russian Urals city of Perm has reached 128, authorities said Thursday. IANS Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:40:02 -0500Moscow, Dec 10 (RIA Novosti) Ukraine will deliver a variety of military equipment to Iraq under a recent deal worth an estimated $2.4 billion, a Russian newspaper has reported. IANS Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:40:02 -0500Riga, Dec 10 (RIA Novosti) Latvia is concerned over Russia's plans to buy a French warship, the Baltic country's defence ministry said. IANS Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:30:01 -0500London, Dec 10 (IANS) Pop diva Madonna has revealed that her adopted son David Banda is fascinated by her outfits and loves wearing them. IANS Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:10:05 -0500Rome, Dec 10 (IANS/AKI) The devastating bomb attacks that struck Baghdad this week do not signal a return to the instability witnessed in the country after the fall of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003, an Italian terrorism expert said. IANS Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:10:03 -0500London, Dec 10 (IANS) Supermodel Gisele Bundchen has given birth to a baby boy. IANS Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:50:04 -0500Rome, Dec 10 (IANS/AKI) The conservative Italian government has brought the mafia 'to its knees', Italy's justice minister Angelino said while urging prosecutors to work even harder to defeat it. IANS Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:50:03 -0500London, Dec 10 (IANS) Hollywood star Nicolas Cage has been sued for $13 million by his ex-partner who has accused him of fraud and breach of contract. IANS Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:50:02 -0500London, Dec 10 (IANS) Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie enjoyed a romantic night out in Los Angeles to celebrate their five-year anniversary as a couple. IANS Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:10:03 -0500London, Dec 10 (IANS) Singer Hilary Duff has tattooed the word 'Shine' on her hand to remind her to always sparkle. IANS Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:08 -0500London, Dec.9 : Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has leapt to the defence of Andrey Arshavin after the playmaker was caught up in national scandal in Russia. ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:40:06 -0500London, Dec. 9 : Discarding claims made by American scientists, Russia has insisted that a skull fragment with a bullet hole at the national archive is that of Adolf Hitler, and it is the "only documentary evidence" of the Nazi leader's suicide. ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:20:12 -0500Washington, Dec 9 : Researchers from University Hospital Freiburg in Germany have developed a novel imaging technique that has shown fundamental differences in heart motion by age and gender. ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:20:11 -0500Stockholm/Brussels, Dec 10 (DPA) Sweden plans to contribute 765 million euros to a EU development fund to combat climate change, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt announced in Parliament in Stockholm. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:50:02 -0500Lausanne (Switzerland), Dec 10 (DPA) Olympic officials decided against giving the 100 metre gold stripped from Marion Jones to Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:00:02 -0500London, Dec 9 (IANS) Jessica Simpson has moved on from her ex-boyfriend, American football star Tony Romo and is dating Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:40:05 -0500London, Dec 9 (IANS) Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has been paying for education and food of seven children in Jordan and is now considering buying them a home. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:40:04 -0500London, Dec 9 (IANS) Miley Cyrus is planning to take a break from music, so she can drop her teen pop star image. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:40:03 -0500London, Dec 9 (IANS) Movie icon Audrey Hepburn's one of the signature cocktail dresses has gone under the hammer for $96,000 at a London auction. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:40:01 -0500Oslo, Dec 9 (DPA) Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was Wednesday selected as winner of 'dictator of the year prize', students at Oslo University said. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:20:03 -0500Brussels, Dec 9 (DPA) The European Union's executive Wednesday granted over 1.5 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in aid to 15 experimental clean energy projects. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:00:03 -0500Copenhagen, Dec 9 (DPA) Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen Wednesday rejected criticism of a Danish working paper at the UN climate change conference deemed by developing countries to go against previous agreements. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:40:01 -0500Moscow, Dec 9 (IANS) On a wintry day in Moscow, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had a reason to exchange warm smiles that signalled a new warmth in bilateral ties that went through a period of cold shouldering when both countries ended their Cold War alliance to diversify their strategic linkages. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:50:03 -0500Copenhagen, Dec 9 (IANS) Island nation Tuvalu led a group of developing countries in a walkout from the Dec 7-18 climate summit here Wednesday, forcing an unprecedented closure of the conference for a few hours. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:50:02 -0500Rome, Dec 9 (DPA) The insults that a group of Juventus fans late Tuesday levelled at their club's team and management topped a series of confrontations and tantrums that lately have busied the chroniclers of the Italian Serie A. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:10:05 -0500London, Dec 9 (IANS) Passenger car sales for November rose 61 percent in India and nearly doubled in China in a sign that Asia is increasingly driving the global car industry, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:10:03 -0500Hamburg, Dec 9 (DPA) Bayern Munich returned to Germany Wednesday in euphoric mood after saving their best performance of the season for when it mattered most. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:40:02 -0500London, Dec 9 (IANS) There will not be too many top England players in action for the third season of the Indian Premier League next year. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:10:01 -0500London, Dec 9 ( IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has assets of $1.5 billion spread around the world, according to the country's main anti-corruption body, a newspaper reported Wednesday. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:50:02 -0500London, Dec. 9 : Following their two players testing positive in drugs tests, CSKA Moscow may be thrown out of Europe. ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:40:17 -0500Copenhagen, Dec 9 (DPA) Climate change talks in Copenhagen entered their third day Wednesday amid concerns of a widening rift between developed and developing nations and looming protests by extremists. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:50:02 -0500London, Dec 9 (IANS) Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, borrowed nearly pound 3,000 from his protection officers as 'travel expenses', a newspaper reported Wednesday. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:50:03 -0500London, Dec 9 (IANS) Fifteen minutes of treatment with high flow oxygen significantly eased cluster headaches, according to a new study. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:10:02 -0500Despite being a staunch supporter of former boss Markus Babbel, VfB Stuttgart goalkeeper Jens Lehmann admitted newly appointed coach Christian Gross "managed to summon up something special" as the Ger... UEFA Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:30:41 -0500Despite feeling regret at missed opportunities during his side's 2-0 defeat to FC Internazionale Milano, midfielder Christian Noboa remained philosophical about FC Rubin Kazan's UEFA Champions League ... UEFA Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:30:39 -0500LAUSANNE, Switzerland, December 9. THE second round of the European groups of the 2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League took place on December 8, in Nancy (FRA), Stuttgart (GER), Makarska (CRO),... Swimming World Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:27:19 -0500The Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, travels to Brussels today for the final European Union summit of the year. EU leaders will discuss the current economic, financial and employment situation as well as taki... RTE Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:25:57 -0500Mobile services group Zamano says it is close to finalising the terms for a share placing aimed at raising around €2.5m. The funds will be raised through the placing of just under 14 million n... RTE Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:25:55 -0500HELSINKI, FINLAND--(Marketwire - December 10, 2009) - Metso Corporation's press release on December 10, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. local time Metso has concluded the employee negotiations regarding the ... Market Wire Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:21:55 -0500George Papaconstantinou , the new Greek Finance Minister, came as something of a surprise. More than half of doctors there had filed a return claiming to have earned something just above minimum wage.... Independent.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:18:47 -0500Essex .A zoo spokeswoman said the hippo has grown considerably and is now running around the pen with her mother, Venus.The eight-year-old became resident at the zoo in 2002. Since then she has lived ... Independent.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:18:46 -0500Hanoi - Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh left Vietnam Thursday on a visit to the United States and France, state media reported. The Vietnam News Agency said the trip would last until December 20, b... Earth Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:14:36 -0500A woman looks at an installation with pictures of 2009 Nobel Peace laureate Barack Obama, right, and 1964 peace laureate Martin Luther King in the Nobel Field at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:07:33 -0500LAHTI, FINLAND, December 10, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Today, Global Research & Data Services is going to publish a market analysis about the market for medical devices in Sweden. Medical Devices ... 24 / 7 Press Release Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:04:01 -0500Eyewide Hotel Web Marketing Services, a company providing web hosting, construction, development and Search Engine Optimization of web pages, launched the brand new internet site of London Hotel. 24 / 7 Press Release Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:03:57 -0500By Daily Mail Reporter Two quad bikers were killed by a train yesterday morning while allegedly using a main rail line as a getaway route from a €40 000 (about R445 917,22) superstore break-in... IOL Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:54:13 -0500This year’s European Book Prize, worth 10,000 euros to each winner, has recognised both humour and a genre known as ‘literary reportage’. The idea behind the award, set up in honour... Euro News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:52:28 -0500PARIS, Dec 10 (Reuters) - European stocks were seen mixed on Thursday, as investors take a breather after a sharp three-session retreat and brace for the Bank of England's interest rate decision. Fina... London South East Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:38:30 -0500Israeli authorities have prevented a European parliamentary delegation from visiting the Gaza Strip which has long been under a crippling siege. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to ba... Palestine Chronicle Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:30:57 -0500Climate envoy Yu Qingtai slammed the West over its emissions after reports another Chinese official was barred from entering talks at Copenhagen. (AP) China's envoy to international talks in Copenha... SBS Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:24:16 -0500China said Thursday investigations showed the United States and Russia had dumped oriented electrical steel on the Chinese market, and the United States had subsidized the exports. The dumping and sub... People's Daily Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:21:45 -0500Spain, where foam became a culinary art form, laid the foundation stone on Wednesday for its first scientific university for chefs, complete with a research lab to explore the mysterious chemistry of ... People's Daily Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:21:43 -0500President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Mehmet Ali Talat, received Wednesday three members of The Elders in Lefkosa. The meeting between President Talat, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, ... World Bulletin Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:05:36 -0500Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin is set depart for Sweden on Thursday for a formal visit. Sahin is set to meet with his Swedish counterpart Per Westerberg and come together with representat... World Bulletin Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:05:34 -0500WASHINGTON: The United States and Russia said they were closing in on a successor arms reduction treaty that would further slash their nuclear arsenals and put their relations on a more solid footing.... Channel News Asia Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:47:34 -0500Despite a recent uptick, the weaker greenback is forcing more European companies to move their manufacturing to the U.S. or Asia to remain competitive... Business Week Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:36:39 -0500A group of Europe's largest commpanies urged leaders not to agree to stiffer carbon emission targets unless the U.S. and other countries also raise their goals... Business Week Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:36:21 -0500LONDON (AP) ? A man was convicted Wednesday of conspiracy to commit murder for his role in a plan to blow up trans-Atlantic passenger jets using liquid explosives, a plot that prompted sweeping r... International Herald Tribune Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:33:16 -0500Mirax, a Moscow developer, has decided not to build the top 30 stories on a showcase skyscraper that was to have been the tallest tower in Europe but will now fall short. The company blamed the high c... International Herald Tribune Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:33:10 -0500Last week, the past caught up with the German state of Brandenburg. Several legislators belonging to the Left Party, the successor to the Communist Party, admitted to collaborating with the East Germa... International Herald Tribune Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:33:08 -0500The 23-strong syndicate were only alerted of the win when organiser Paul Cotter changed his status on the website to read: "We've won €2 625 215 on the Lotto. This is not a joke. Please call me, ... IOL Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:28:55 -0500Russia and Belarus will discuss on Thursday further cooperation in energy, trade and military spheres at a session of the ruling body of the union state the two ex-Soviet neighbors are trying to build... RIA Novosti Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:24:00 -0500Arsene Wenger's young Gunners put on a brave display but were defeated 1-0 by Olympiacos in their final Champions League Group H clash in Athens. With safe passage to the last 16 already secured, We... Ananova Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:22 -0500PARIS (AFP) – A French photographer defended himself Wednesday against accusations of being a gold digger after he received nearly one billion euros in gifts from France's richest woman,... Yahoo! News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:57:09 -0500They say when it broke off the south pole in 2000 it was three times its current size. The iceberg, known as B17B, is still almost 20 kilometres long and about eight kilometres wide and is now drifti... SBS Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:57:02 -0500A circus trainer was fighting for his life on Wednesday after being mauled by a trio of tigers during a performance in front of 170 horrified spectators, organisers and emergency services said. SBS Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:56:56 -0500China said Thursday investigations showed the United States and Russia had dumped oriented electrical steel on the Chinese market, and the United States had subsidized the exports. The dumping and sub... People's Daily Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:54:25 -0500World Cup betting . Spain have accounted for 52% of all bets placed since last Friday's draw, with England the next most popular team with 18% of bets. Following this, are Brazil with 14% of bets and ... Market Wire Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:25:58 -0500GALWAY, IRELAND--(Marketwire - December 9, 2009) - Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) -- Nine countries have signed an agreement to build a European ... Market Wire Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:25:57 -0500George Papaconstantinou , the new Greek Finance Minister, came as something of a surprise. More than half of doctors there had filed a return claiming to have earned something just above minimum wage.... Independent.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:22:28 -0500THREE friends of the leader of an airline bomb plot were convicted yesterday of terrorist offences connected to a plan to commit mass murder in the skies. Independent.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:22:27 -0500British Met Office has embarked on an urgent exercise to bolster the reputation of climate change science after the furore over stolen emails. More than 1,700 scientists have agreed to sign a statemen... Independent.ie Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:22:26 -0500M OSCOW — Russia and the United States will sign a new nuclear arms deal shortly, the Russian foreign ministry said Wednesday. Sergey Lavrov sounded upbeat Wednesday when asked about the prospe... Boston Herald Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:55:08 -0500World Cup betting . Spain have accounted for 52% of all bets placed since last Friday's draw, with England the next most popular team with 18% of bets. Following this, are Brazil with 14% of bets and ... Earth Times Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:54:52 -0500DALLAS — After fighting his way across Europe during World War II, John Pistone was among the U.S. soldiers who entered Adolf Hitler's home nestled in the Bavarian Alps as the war came to a clos... Deseret News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:51:59 -0500(See 10 things to do in Athens.) Two weeks after Dubai stunned investors by requesting a standstill on $60 billion in liabilities belonging to its main corporate arm, Greece's downgrade is yet more ev... Time Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:47:06 -0500Submit your comment The proposal drawing the most attention and criticism at the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen never got put on the table. The formula for slowing global warming, circulated... Business Report Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:32:08 -0500MOSCOW, Dec. 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)?The Russian Federal Fisheries Agency said Thursday it has cut its king crab catch quota for next year in the Far East by 69 percent from this year to 1,143 tons, on... Breitbart Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:31:33 -0500BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- China said Thursday investigations showed the United States and Russia had dumped oriented electrical steel on the Chinese market, and the United States had subsidized the... SINA Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:24:38 -0500Posted on: Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 19:15 CST “The EU cannot turn its back on CVD”, expressed Dirk Sterckx and Linda McAvan, both MEPs and co-chairs of the MEP Heart Group. There is overwhel... RedOrbit Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:53:39 -0500(BRUSSELS) - EU leaders hope to agree Thursday a multi-billion euro fund to help developing nations tackle global warming, and boost the faltering UN climate talks in Copenhagen.But with many nations ... EU Business Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:44:54 -0500STUTTGART -- German officials are planning to step up the fight against online viruses by phoning Internet users to warn them their computers are infected, an industry summit was told Tuesday. Germany... The China Post Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:43:40 -0500LONDON/TOKYO -- The euro recouped some of its recent losses against the dollar on Wednesday, but analysts warned that selling pressure may return on renewed debt worries surrounding Dubai and Greece. The China Post Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:43:28 -0500PARIS -- Fitch Ratings placed all rated structured finance transactions in Greece on negative watch on Wednesday, one day after downgrading the country's long-term debt in a major blow for the governm... The China Post Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:43:11 -0500Defendant Amanda Knox takes a seat next to her lawyers on the final day of the Meredith Kercher murder trial on Dec. 4, 2009, in Perugia, Italy. WBZ Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:38:49 -0500CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's military junta chief is in a "difficult" condition after an assassination attempt and a return to Guinea is not imminent, a junior French minister who works on relations w... The Star Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:38:42 -0500PERUGIA, Italy -- An Italian court convicted American student Amanda Knox, 22, early on Saturday of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in a drunken sex game two years ago. A court in the cent... National Post Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:33:06 -0500Defendant Amanda Knox takes a seat next to her lawyers on the final day of the Meredith Kercher murder trial on Dec. 4, 2009, in Perugia, Italy. CBS 5 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:17:07 -0500Defendant Amanda Knox takes a seat next to her lawyers on the final day of the Meredith Kercher murder trial on Dec. 4, 2009, in Perugia, Italy. CBS 4 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:17:05 -0500Published Date: December 10, 2009 ATHENS: Greece revealed yesterday that it is working on radical action to reverse a deepening financial crisis which is straining euro-zone cohesion and focusing mar... Kuwait Times Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:06:50 -0500The mini credit card swiper developed by Twitter will plug into the iPhone (Getty) Microblogging service Twitter has branched into the market for electronic payments, unveiling a mini credit card sw... SBS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:51:47 -0500British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have urged other leaders to impose a tax on bankers' bonuses, in a united front amid tensions between London and Paris. SBS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:51:39 -0500As the landmark UN conference enters its fourth day, countries are bickering over who should do what on climate change. (AP) Climate Change Minister Penny Wong has flown into Copenhagen as a major s... SBS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:51:34 -0500DUBLIN (AP) - Three women filed a lawsuit in a European court against Ireland's abortion ban Wednesday, claiming the government violates the human rights of pregnant women by forcing them to travel ab... Find Law Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:50:09 -0500Denmark highly appreciates China's efforts to push for an ambitious, comprehensive, detailed and fair agreement in Copenhagen, said Danish ambassador to China Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen on Wednesday. &q... People's Daily Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:48:13 -0500The United States on Wednesday voiced its limited optimism over a new arms control treaty with Russia to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which expired on Saturday. "Obviously... People's Daily Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:48:07 -0500Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said the United States is ready to work with the winner of Ukraine's presidential election next month and expressed hope that the polling will be free, ... VOA Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:57:36 -0500Former European champions Juventus, Liverpool FC and Olympique de Marseille are among the eight teams, all from different nations, entering the UEFA Europa League round of 32 after finishing third in ... UEFA Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:56:56 -0500 |
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