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Deforestation conference to turn plans to action
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:05:44 GMT
AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world's forests and help rein in the noxious gases blamed for climate change.
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"JihadJane" accused of terror plot in Sweden
(Reuters)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:28:48 GMT
Reuters - A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with plotting to kill a Swedish man and trying to recruit fighters via the Internet to commit violent attacks overseas, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
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'Britain's Fritzl' raped daughters for over 25yrs
(AFP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:38:37 GMT
 AFP - Two British women who were raped and abused by their father for over 25 years, becoming pregnant 18 times, have won an apology from local authorities for failing to prevent the serial incest.
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Police investigate MP over expenses: reports
(AFP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:36:34 GMT
 AFP - Police are investigating expenses claimed by a Labour MP, reports said Thursday, as four other parliamentarians face court appearances over a scandal that has rocked the political system.
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Government locked in row over child killer rights
(AFP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:57:42 GMT
 AFP - The government is locked in a battle with the media for refusing to say why a notorious child killer has been sent back to jail, amid warnings he faces a "lynch mob" if his identity is revealed.
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Ferguson savours sweetest night made by Rooney
(AFP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:09:17 GMT
 AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson believes Wayne Rooney could match the 42 goals that Cristiano Ronaldo provided for Manchester United in 2008 after the England striker reached the 30 mark with a double in the Champions League humbling of AC Milan.
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Scotland captain has no need of England incentive
(AFP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:41:53 GMT
 AFP - Scotland captain Chris Cusiter insists the fact his side are searching for their first Six Nations win this season rather than playing old rivals England that will be their key motivation this weekend.
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Church abuse scandal reaches pope's brother
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:10:10 GMT
 AP - Church abuse scandals in Germany have reached the older brother of Pope Benedict XVI and are creeping ever closer to the pontiff himself.
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Govt seeks Afghan push to find political solution to war
(AFP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:11:04 GMT
 AFP - The government on Wednesday called on the Afghan government to intensify efforts and find a political solution with the Taliban to bring the conflict there to an end.
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Norway doomsday seed vault hits 1/2 million mark
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:01:58 GMT
AP - Two years after receiving its first deposits, a "doomsday" seed vault on an Arctic island has amassed half a million seed samples, making it the world's most diverse repository of crop seeds, the vault's operators announced Thursday.
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Italy, FBI raids crack down on Mafia in US, Sicily
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:30:57 GMT
 AP - The FBI arrested a reputed U.S. mobster Wednesday on charges he provided protection for a Sicilian counterpart mapping out criminal turf in Florida — part of an international sweep aimed at further crippling the storied Gambino organized crime family and disrupting its ties to the Italian mob.
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Swedish artist has no regrets over prophet drawing
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:26:39 GMT
 AP - The point of a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was to show that artistic freedom allows mockery of all religions, including the most sacred symbols of Islam, the Swedish artist who created it said Wednesday.
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Italy parliament passes justice measure
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:42:30 GMT
 AP - Silvio Berlusconi's allies pushed a controversial measure through parliament on Wednesday that shields the Italian premier from prosecution in two ongoing trials.
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Russian drivers forced to act as shield
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:27:49 GMT
AP - Russian traffic police are under investigation for ordering civilian motorists to park their cars across a highway — and remain inside — to block a fleeing criminal suspect, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Turkish officials lower quake death toll to 41
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:26:59 GMT
 AP - Turkish officials on Wednesday lowered the death toll in this week's magnitude 6 earthquake from 51 to 41.
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Spain: Aid worker in Africa released by militants
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:17:27 GMT
AP - A Spanish aid worker who spent 100 days as a hostage of al-Qaida's North African offshoot arrived home tired and grateful after being released Wednesday, and said she hopes two colleagues abducted with her in Mauritania will follow her soon.
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2 men held for theft of Cyprus ex-leader's corpse
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:43:32 GMT
 AP - A suspect's remorse over his alleged role in the theft of the body of Cyprus' former president led to the corpse's discovery and three arrests, a police official testified Wednesday.
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European Parliament backs UN report on Gaza war
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:21:24 GMT
AP - In a move likely to worsen EU ties with Israel, the European Parliament urged its 27-member states Wednesday to monitor the Israeli and Palestinian probes into alleged war crimes in Gaza.
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Fake fruit conceals cocaine cargo in Netherlands
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:57:31 GMT
AP - First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands, authorities said Wednesday.
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UN expert concerned about missing Chinese lawyer
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:51:15 GMT
AP - A U.N. torture investigator said Wednesday he is very concerned about the fate of missing Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng and believes he has been severely tortured.
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