Top Stories: London, Dec 26 (DPA) British police said Saturday they were helping their US colleagues in the investigations into the would-be airline bomber who tried to explode a device on a Northwest Airlines plane to Detroit the day before. IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:20:01 -0500London, Dec 26 (IANS) Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen was released from jail after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife Brooke Mueller. IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:10:03 -0500London, Dec 26 (IANS) US pop star Justin Timberlake's album 'Futuresex/Lovesounds' has been named the album of the decade by a leading music website. IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:10:05 -0500London, Dec 26 (IANS) Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, currently on a lecture tour of Europe, has said he will return home when the time is right. IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:20:02 -0500Melbourne, Dec 26 : Aussie rockers AC/DC may have to cancel a sold out concert in Austria over fears that their high-voltage rock and roll may have a dramatic impact on a colony of rare birds. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:40:12 -0500London, Dec 26 (IANS) Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson has topped the list of celebrities most women would like to kiss under a mistletoe during the Christmas holidays. IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:00:02 -0500Brussels (Belgium), Dec. 26 : A fight is on to save the historic Bastogne military barracks in the Belgian Ardennes from closure. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:50:04 -0500London, Dec 26 : Ace Manchester United forward Michael Owen's recent Euro hat-trick has failed to boost his World Cup hopes, as England manager Fabio Capello shrugged off the striker's superb treble against Wolfsburg, raising serious concerns over Owen's fitness. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:22 -0500London, Dec 26 : Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has dismissed reports that Spain is putting pressure on the club into sending their star striker Fernando Torres for surgery to ensure that he is 100 per cent fit for the 2010 World Cup. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:17 -0500Copenhagen, Dec 25 (DPA) The European Union (EU) Friday said it was 'deeply concerned' at the 11-year prison sentence imposed on Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo for seeking greater democracy. IANS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:00:01 -0500European airports tightened security checks on U.S.-bound flights after a man tried to set off an explosive device on a flight between Amsterdam and Detroit. World Bulletin Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:19:52 -0500U.S.-bound flights on Saturday after a man tried to set off explosives on a plane flying from Amsterdam to Detroit.Authorities in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands either incr... West Australian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:18:11 -0500PARIS (Reuters) - France chastised China on Saturday for jailing dissident Liu Xiaobo and reminded Beijing of its commitments to dialogue on human rights with the European Union.Liu, China's most ... West Australian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:17:54 -0500Sizing Europe maintained his unbeaten record over fences in the Bord Na Mona Novice Chase - but benefited from the last-fence fall of Captain Cee Bee at Leopardstown on Saturday. Mark Walsh had been ... RTE Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:12:21 -0500Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called European politicians "one more stupid than the other.""These [European] politicians neither know anything about politics nor about history," Fa... Haaretz Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:05:49 -0500Hamburg - The prestigious Four Hills Tour ski-jumping competition has been held 57 times, but never in its long history has a Swiss jumper managed to take the overall victory. Olympic and world champi... Earth Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:03:26 -0500Azerbaijan will double natural gas supplies to Russia to 1 billion cubic meters per year from 2010, the president of the State Oil and Gas Company said on Saturday. "We have held negotiations. Azerba... RIA Novosti Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:40:53 -0500December 22, 2009 BEIJING - France and China on Monday hailed their reinvigorated ties, putting a spat over Tibet behind them and sealing a series of economic deals during a visit by French Prime Mini... Business Report Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:23:36 -0500Brussels - European Union officials said Saturday they would review whether any safety rule had been breached after a would-be airline bomber tried to explode a device after boarding a Detroit-bound N... Earth Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:37:27 -0500Abuja - Nigeria on Saturday ordered a top-level probe after a botched attempt by a young Nigerian to blow up a US plane as it was preparing to land in Detroit, a government statement said. "The Vic... IOL Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:18:58 -0500, today announced that it has received European CE mark approval for the EndoBarrier™, a non-surgical therapy to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity. The CE marking (an acronym for the French "Con... Medical News Today Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:23:21 -0500Brussels - Four Belgians living in Israel have filed a lawsuit in Belgium against representatives of the Palestinian Islamist party Hamas for war crimes, the Brussels daily Le Soir reported Saturday. ... Earth Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:18:14 -0500The Hague - The United States has asked airlines worldwide to tighten security after a Nigerian tried to blow up a US airliner he boarded in Amsterdam, Dutch authorities said Saturday. Officials sa... IOL Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:59:29 -0500Police are conducting searches in London as part of the investigation into a Nigerian man who attempted to blow up a US airliner flying from Amsterdam to Detroit, a police spokeswoman said on Saturday... SBS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:34:34 -0500THE Pope delivered his traditional Christmas Day blessing yesterday looking tired and unsteady but otherwise fine, hours after being knocked down by a woman who jumped over a barrier in... Independent.ie Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:01:52 -0500Dec. 26 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks rose for a second week, with the benchmark Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index heading for its largest annual increase in a decade, on mounting evidence that the global ec... Business Week Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:47:00 -0500Thousands of Australia Post workers stopped work on Tuesday for their second strike in a week, after 20,000 workers walked off the job on December 16, disrupting mail services nationwide. Workers are... SBS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:14:41 -0500The Turkish General Staff said that eight military personnel were detained in an ongoing investigation into allegations to assassinate Deputy PM Arinc. World Bulletin Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:58:40 -0500Reporting from New York - In what was described as an act of terrorism, a Nigerian passenger attempted to ignite an incendiary device aboard a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on F... Los Angeles Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:24:58 -0500Officials confirm that the woman who pulled Pope Benedict XVI to the floor at the start of Christmas Eve Mass also tried to attack him last year. She was taken to a clinic for psychiatric treatment. Los Angeles Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:24:56 -0500Scientists find that reproduction fails when they interfere with the enzyme that causes the plug to form. The team hopes the finding can be developed for use in the field. Los Angeles Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:24:54 -0500The annual Seville Tapas Fair could give visitors to Spain the opportunity to try new foods and sample local cuisine.MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, December 26, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- A whole host of delici... Earth Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:22:47 -0500The Turkish Parliament approved the governmental budget for the year 2010 in a session heldcon Friday. Out of 437 deputies present at the General Assembly, 335 voted in favor of the budget while 102 v... World Bulletin Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:42:41 -0500PowerSafe Technology Corporation (PSFT) subsidiary Amplification Technologies Inc. (www.ampti.net) (ATI), and BFi OPTiLAS (www.bfioptilas.com) today announced a mutually exclusive distribution agreeme... 24 / 7 Press Release Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:11:31 -0500FROM a practical point of view, “The Charterhouse of Parma” makes a lousy guidebook. An ardent fan of all things Italian, and a brilliant, impressionistic travel writer, Stendhal could hav... International Herald Tribune Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:09:13 -0500.brabys a { font-size: 8pt; } /* sport newsletter box */ #sports_nl { background: url(/images/sports_nl_bg.png) no-repeat; height: 82px; margin: 10px 0 10px 5px; overflow: hidden; width: 250p... IOL Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:05:10 -050027 Turkish doctors, all members of the Anatolia Medical Doctors Association (ANATIPDER) headquartered in central Anatolian province of Corum, are on their way to the west African country of Mali to pr... World Bulletin Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:24:13 -0500Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin received Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov of Azerbaijan and an accompanying delegation. Sahin said at the meeting that there had been rooted ties between ... World Bulletin Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:24:12 -0500TAIPEI, Taiwan -- France has notified the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) that it will start a mutual fishing vessel inspection agreement with Taiwan, the Fisheries Administra... The China Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:07:42 -0500Ireland have resigned in the wake of a damning investigation into decades of church cover-up of child abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese. The bishops, Eamonn Walsh and Ray Field, offered an apology to ch... International Herald Tribune Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:34:58 -0500Russian officials say the death toll from a nightclub fire in the Urals city of Perm almost three weeks ago has risen to 152. The regional branch of the Emergency Situations Ministry said Friday that ... International Herald Tribune Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:34:52 -0500The billionaires were registered 'Golden Bachelors' (AP) One of the most expensive parties to be held in Beijing was a matchmaking ball aimed to help 21 'Golden' billionaire bachelors find love. SBS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:04:16 -0500BRUSSELS, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Taking strength from their political and economic ties, cultural exchanges between China and Europe were greatly enhanced in 2009, which analysts said should promote unde... SINA Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:02:27 -0500Spain will seek a string of agreements between the European Union (EU) and Latin America during Madrid's rotating EU presidency in the first half of 2010, it is reported Friday. Spain will seek close ... People's Daily Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:02:16 -0500ANKARA: A Turkish military court yesterday ordered jail terms of up to 30 months for eight defendants who were captured by Kurdish rebels in 2007 while serving in the army, judicial sources said. The Peninsula Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:03:20 -0500Eurostar services have been cancelled following heavy snow in Europe's west (AAP). Eurotunnel on Friday accused Eurostar staff of not following safety rules when evacuating passengers from high spee... SBS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:23:34 -0500Tanzania has received over three billion Tanzanian shillings (about 2.2 million U.S. dollars)from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency to implement rural solar power project in the... People's Daily Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:22:04 -0500Eastern and Central Europe, the high-speed economic locomotive in Europe and in emerging markets, was forced to take a brake in the past year due to the global economic downturn. Most of the countries... People's Daily Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:21:23 -0500Former conjoined twin Krishna with guardian Moira Kelly watching TV at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. (AAP) Formerly conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna have been released from hospital... SBS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:39 -0500The economic downturn also increased demand on charities (AAP) It’s been a tough year for charities with financial reports revealing the sector has been affected by stock market losses. SBS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:33 -0500Producers of the British edition of Big Brother were targeting wounded soldiers to be contestants in the show, sparking outrage from military charity groups, a report said on Saturday. SBS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:28 -0500MOSCOW, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Russia named 23-man hockey squad for the Vancouver Olympics on Friday with 14 NHL players being called up. Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeny Malkin and Ilya Kovalchuk were among ... SINA Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:03:45 -0500Amateur video footage shows a figure identified as Susanna Maiolo vaulting over a security barrier at St Peter's Basilica, where crowds had gathered to hear the Pope celebrate midnight Mass... The Independent Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:26:49 -0500The Vatican has said it is impossible to protect the Pope from incidents like that on Thursday night, when a woman grabbed him at Christmas Eve Mass.Spokesman Frederico Lombardi said the Pope was regu... BBC Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:11:26 -0500TO THE European Union, the Soviet-built Ignalina nuclear plant set amid Lithuania's lakes and oak forests remains a gigantic hazard – too similar to the reactor that exploded at Chernobyl in 1986. The Scotsman Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:10:10 -0500A passenger aboard an Airbus 330, similar to the one pictured here, has been detained after trying to ignite what appeared to be fireworks. A passenger aboard a jet airliner on its way from Amsterda... SBS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:39:33 -0500All 154 passengers and crew survived with mainly minor injuries after one of the jet's engines broke off at Kingston Airport. Part of the landing gear also smashed and the body of the Boeing 737 crac... SBS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:39:27 -0500None of the injuries were deemed critical and Vaz said most had been released from hospital."The majority of injuries are broken bones and of course cuts and bruises and badly shaken up," Vaz said in ... SBS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:39:20 -0500DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish airline Ryanair said it had pulled out of talks to buy 200 aircraft from Boeing and would now trim investment from 2011 to cut costs and free up cash to pay to investors, lift... SBS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:39:15 -0500MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia, buoyed by back-to-back world titles, on Friday named a 23-man squad for the 2010 Winter Olympics where they are tipped to be the greatest threat to defending champions Canada.Th... West Australian Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:16:59 -0500Russia's state uranium trader Techsnabexport (Tenex) will sign next year at least three deals worth around $1 billion to supply uranium directly to US utilities, Russia's state nuclear firm Rosatom sa... SABC Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:13:05 -0500MOSCOW — Rapid changes in the global economy and international politics are raising, once more, an eternal issue in Russia: the country's relations with Europe, and with the Euro-Atlantic region... Japan Times Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:46:18 -0500WWII memorial demolished in Kutaisi, Georgia Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has slammed ex-Georgian premier and now opposition politician Zurab Nogaideli for his ties with Russia. "As regards... RIA Novosti Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:42:42 -0500Canada's team at the Spengler Cup has been together for two days of practice plus one big Christmas party for players, coaches, staff and their families. Next on the to-do list? Go win gold at the wo... TSN Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:38:31 -0500Economists forecast the RBA to lift interest rates at least once by March. (AAP) Home buyers and small business should prepare for lending rates to be at least one percentage point higher by the end... SBS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:20:09 -0500Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov on Friday highly assessed agreements reached during his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev's visit, Turkmen TV said. "The agreements reached during the R... RIA Novosti Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:23:31 -0500The woman who who rushed at Pope Benedict XVI, yanking him to the ground at Christmas Eve mass, tried to do the same last year but failed to get past security, according to the Vatican. SBS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:01:30 -0500Queen Elizabeth, the symbolic head of the British military, speaks of the loss felt by many, in this, the deadliest year to date for British forces in Afghanistan. VOA Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:41:06 -0500Russia as an important player in the Middle East: It would sponsor a peace conference in Moscow, invite all the major parties in the conflict and chaperone them toward a settlement. Yet despite regula... International Herald Tribune Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:11:42 -0500Russia as an important player in the Middle East: It would sponsor a peace conference in Moscow, invite all the major parties in the conflict and chaperone them toward a settlement. Yet despite regula... International Herald Tribune Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:11:33 -0500The woman who who rushed at Pope Benedict XVI, yanking him to the ground at Christmas Eve mass, tried to do the same last year but failed to get past security, according to the Vatican. SBS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:41:56 -0500A former world champion in Thai boxing has been shot dead in Moscow in an apparent contract killing, the latest high-profile murder to hit the Russian capital. SBS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:41:45 -0500NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , MOSCOW Saturday, Dec 26, 2009, Page 6 Russia and Georgia have agreed to reopen their major border crossing, officials said on Thursday, signaling the first thawing of ties ... Taipei Times Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:38:46 -0500BERLIN (AFP) - At least five people were killed when a fire engulfed their home before dawn on Christmas Day in the Duesseldorf region of western Germany, police said on Friday.Two others -- a man and... West Australian Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:50:56 -0500While the chaos and intrigue engulfing Liverpool and Manchester City in recent weeks has inevitably hogged the sporting headlines in England, an equally intriguing story is quietly gathering pace at f... eTaiwan News Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:39:48 -0500ROME — Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he wanted to defeat the mafia once and for all by 2013, in an interview Thursday on national radio."The mafia is a pathological phenomenon t... Vancouver Sun Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:27:20 -0500FROM a practical point of view, “The Charterhouse of Parma” makes a lousy guidebook. An ardent fan of all things Italian, and a brilliant, impressionistic travel writer, Stendhal could hav... International Herald Tribune Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:22:32 -0500 | 
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