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Amsterdam to close many brothels, marijuana cafes (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 03:15 AM CST AP - Amsterdam has unveiled plans for a major cleanup of its ancient city center, including shuttering up to half of its famed brothels and marijuana cafes.

Intel, Google Asked to Help Revise EU Data Protection Laws (PC World) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 02:43 AM CST PC World - The European Commission has set up an advisory panel including executives from Google and Intel to help it revise European Union laws on data protection.

'Enough is enough', Brown tells Mugabe (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 12:45 AM CST AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday that world powers must join together to tell Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe that "enough is enough" amid a cholera epidemic which has killed nearly 600.

Vinnie Jones gets into bar fight over role in X-Men (AFP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 10:45 PM CST AFP - Football star turned tough-guy Hollywood actor Vinnie Jones was hospitalized and arrested after he got into a bar fight over his role in the film X-Men.

WHO sets limitations on use of melamine (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 10:35 PM CST AP - The World Health Organization said Friday that tiny traces of the chemical melamine are not harmful in most foods, but it joined the U.S. and EU in setting a strict limit that regulators should impose before pulling products off the shelf.

Panama: Canal open to Russian warships (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 09:24 PM CST AP - Panama said its canal is open to all, including a Russian warship sailing through the transoceanic waterway on Friday.

Scolari determined to stop the rot at Bolton (AFP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 08:18 PM CST AFP - The league table may suggest otherwise, but Luiz Felipe Scolari takes his side to Bolton this weekend facing a growing crisis at Stamford Bridge.

Gunners seek bully's instincts against EPL's little guys (AFP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 08:17 PM CST AFP - A home encounter with a mid-table minnow should be enough to have one of the English Premier League's giants smacking its lips in anticipation.

Liverpool's Agger ready to put Milan and Madrid on hold (AFP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 08:16 PM CST AFP - Danish defender Daniel Agger insists he has no plans to swap the pursuit of an English Premier League title with Liverpool for a tilt at a winner's medal in Italy's Serie A or Spain's La Liga.

New U.N. Congo troops may take half year to deploy: Ban (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 07:47 PM CST Reuters - It may take up to half a year for the United Nations to deploy 3,000 new peacekeepers in eastern Congo, which is why it would help to have a bridging force from the European Union, the U.N. chief said on Friday.

Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexy II dies (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 07:26 PM CST AP - In his nearly two decades at the head of the world's largest Orthodox church, Patriarch Alexy II oversaw a religious revival in Russia and healed a major church rift, but his death leaves a long-running dispute with the Vatican unresolved.

Gunmen in drag get millions in Paris diamond heist (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 04:43 PM CST AP - Armed robbers wearing women's wigs and clothing made off with diamond rings, gem-studded bracelets and other jewelry worth $108 million from a Harry Winston boutique in Paris, in one of the world's largest jewel heists.

Anti-apartheid campaigner Mike Terry dies (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 04:25 PM CST AP - Mike Terry, who led Britain's anti-apartheid movement for nearly two decades and played a pivotal role in turning British public opinion against South Africa's white minority rule, has died. He was 61.

A look at some major jewel heists (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 04:15 PM CST AP - Here are some of the major jewel heists in recent history:

Georgian defense, foreign ministers fired (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 03:06 PM CST AP - Georgia's leaders ousted the defense minister and foreign minister Friday in a shake-up some observers saw as reflecting dissatisfaction with the West as the country struggles to recover from its disastrous war with Russia.

Spain: Basque militant lawmakers must go (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 01:35 PM CST AP - Spain's government, outraged by the Basque separatist group ETA's latest killing, said Friday it wants to change a law that allows a pro-ETA party to govern in dozens of local legislatures, even though it has been outlawed.

Politkovskaya suspect accused of working for gov't (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 01:26 PM CST AP - A man accused in the slaying of investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya was working for Russia's Federal Security Service, one of her editors charged Friday at the trial of her suspected killers.

Big blue diamond on display in London (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 01:24 PM CST AP - An unusually cut blue diamond with a royal history could fetch as much as 9 million pounds ($13 million) when it goes under the hammer at Christie's on December 10.

Turkish planes bomb Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 01:21 PM CST AP - Turkey's military says its air force has attacked Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq.

UN treaty boosts protection for endangered species (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 12:57 PM CST AP - Cheetahs, dolphins, and other endangered species will receive extra protection from hunters, pollution and climate change under measures approved Friday at an international wildlife conference.

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