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Former All Black helps wife deliver baby girl (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:35 AM CDT Reuters - Former All Black and Samoan rugby international Ofisa Tonu'u made the most important interception of his life on Tuesday when his wife went into labour.

Four weddings in China, no funeral reported (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:31 AM CDT Reuters - Two Chinese wedding banquets held on successive nights at the same restaurant put at least 60 guests into hospital with food poisoning, the latest in a series of village dinner upsets.

Major Garcia Marquez biography goes on sale (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:28 AM CDT AFP - The first "comprehensive" biography of Nobel prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude," has gone on sale in London, publishers Bloomsbury have said.

Van Persie trusts Arsenal's mental strength (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:27 AM CDT AFP - Robin van Persie believes Arsenal can use Tuesday's testing Champions League trip to Fenerbahce to prove they have the mental strength needed to end their trophy drought.

Russian ship passes Suez on anti-piracy mission (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:23 AM CDT AP - A navy official says a Russian warship is passing through the Suez Canal to join military vessels from other nations protecting shipping in pirate-infested waters off Somalia.

Sarkozy: Europe should consider sovereign funds (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:22 AM CDT AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has suggested that European nations should set up sovereign wealth funds to prevent companies falling into foreign hands during the economic crisis.

Leading British literary agent Pat Kavanagh dies (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:22 AM CDT AP - Pat Kavanagh, one of Britain's most respected literary agents, has died at age 68.

FTSE rises 1.33% in opening trade (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:17 AM CDT AFP - London shares opened with a gain of 1.33 percent on Tuesday when the FTSE 100 index gained 57.17 points to 4,339.84 points.

Gervais moots 'Extras' one-off for Hollywood (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:16 AM CDT AFP - British actor and screenwriter Ricky Gervais said in an interview Tuesday he wanted to make one more episode of hit comedy "Extras" with struggling actor Andy Millman trying to make it big in Hollywood.

Gervais moots 'Extras' one-off about Hollywood (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:14 AM CDT AFP - Actor and screenwriter Ricky Gervais said in an interview on Tuesday he wanted to make one more episode of hit comedy "Extras" featuring struggling actor Andy Millman trying to make it big in Hollywood.

Lawyer: Convicted Lockerbie bomber has cancer (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 03:54 AM CDT AP - A lawyer for the man convicted of the Lockerbie airline bombing says his client has advanced cancer.

2 men found guilty in Denmark terror case (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 03:54 AM CDT AP - Two men have been found guilty in Denmark of preparing a terrorist attack.

Arson attack on Turkish Embassy in Finland (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 12:56 AM CDT AP - Finnish police say there was an arson attack on the Turkish Embassy in Helsinki.

Baroque or simply broke? Money woes hit art market (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2008 05:16 PM CDT AP - The mood was frosty at London's Frieze Art Fair. Bidders were sparse at Christie's and Sotheby's. Even Andy Warhol's multicolored skulls failed to lift the art world's gloom.

Russians say 'nyet' to McCain fundraising appeal (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2008 04:48 PM CDT AP - The Russians have turned down John McCain's request for campaign money — and had a bit of a laugh at his expense.

Chaos mars trial of 86 accused in Turkey coup plot (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2008 04:05 PM CDT AP - Chaos erupted Monday as a group of 86 people, including former army officers, a best-selling author and an ultra-nationalist lawyer, crowded into a prison courtroom for trial on charges of conspiring to overthrow Turkey's Islamic-oriented government.

Ukraine financial crisis delays vote (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:41 PM CDT AP - Ukraine's president on Monday called back the parliament he dissolved earlier this month to push through emergency legislation aimed at softening the impact of the country's financial crisis.

Russian ruble crisis costs the Kremlin billions (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2008 02:15 PM CDT AP - Only a few months ago, the Kremlin was talking about pricing its oil in rubles and making the ruble a regional reserve currency, giving it a status closer to that of the euro and the dollar.

UK UFO files reveal alleged attempt to shoot UFO (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2008 01:44 PM CDT AP - An American fighter pilot flying from an English air base at the height of the Cold War was ordered to open fire on a massive UFO that lit up his radar, according to an account published by Britain's National Archives on Monday.

Dutch: Russian cluster bomb killed journalist (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2008 01:43 PM CDT AP - A Dutch government investigation has found that a Russian cluster bomb killed a television cameraman in Georgia in August, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.

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