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Survey: UK house prices down 9 percent in 2008 (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2008 03:05 AM CST AP - House prices in Britain fell by nearly 9 percent in 2008, and are likely to fall further next year as buyers are deterred by the economic slowdown, a leading property researcher said Monday.

Russia's Central Bank lets ruble drops to new low (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:54 AM CST AP - Russia's weakening ruble dropped to a new low Monday as the Central Bank allowed a sharp drop in the currency that has been battered by the global meltdown.

Business chiefs urge minimum wage freeze (AFP) Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:54 AM CST AFP - The British Chambers of Commerce said on Monday it was calling for the national minimum wage to be frozen in 2009 due to the faltering state of the economy.

China, Russia top brass hold first hot line chat (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:45 AM CST AP - Top brass from the Chinese and Russian armies hailed closer ties in their first-ever conversation Monday over a newly installed military hot line, state media reported Monday.

UK's Brown defiant on economy, sees new U.S. alliance (Reuters) Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:43 AM CST Reuters - Britain's Gordon Brown will use his New Year address to call for a "coalition for change" with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama in a speech intended as a rallying call to Britons.

Stalin voted third most popular Russian (Reuters) Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:23 AM CST Reuters - Soviet dictator Josef Stalin was voted Russia's third most popular historical figure in a nationwide poll that ended on Sunday, despite the famine and purges that marked his rule.

Novartis acquires license to CMV vaccine candidate (AP) Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:02 AM CST AP - Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG said Monday it has licensed a potential vaccine for a type of herpes virus from U.S.-based company AlphaVax Inc.

Stamp of approval for British design classics (AFP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 10:52 PM CST AFP - Iconic British designs such as red telephone boxes and the London Underground map are to feature on stamps in the New Year, the Royal Mail said Monday.

MP3 player guides rescuers to lost tourists (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 10:48 PM CST Reuters - The light from an MP3 player saved two lost tourists from a chilly night stuck out in the snowy Swiss mountains, rescue authorities said Saturday.

Vietnam wakes to big hangover after football win (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 10:15 PM CST Reuters - Vietnam awoke to a collective hangover Monday after partying long and hard into the night following their national football team winning their first international title Sunday.

Belgian king designates new prime minister (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 07:29 PM CST AP - King Albert on Sunday asked Belgium's parliament president to take the reins of the government that quit last week after a scandal over the botched bailout of the Fortis bank.

Dictator Stalin voted third-greatest Russian (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 04:38 PM CST AP - Television viewers have voted Soviet dictator Josef Stalin — who sent millions to their deaths in the Great Purge of the 1930s — Russia's third-greatest historical figure.

Anti-Israeli protests across Europe (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 01:17 PM CST AP - Protesters turned out across Europe Sunday to demonstrate against Israel's air assault on the Gaza Strip, while European leaders called on Israel and Hamas to end the bloodshed.

Cold War humanitarian program had covert side (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 12:22 PM CST AP - In the locked attic of a German archive is a dusty file that harks back to a long forgotten chapter of the Cold War — a humanitarian endeavor that, it now emerges, also had a covert side.

Man arrested in case of woman kept in car trunk (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 11:40 AM CST AP - Scottish police said Sunday they arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with the abduction of a nurse who was found tied up in the trunk of her car — where she may have been held for as long as 10 days.

Sarajevans protest Santa Claus ban (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 10:36 AM CST AP - Hundreds of Bosnians have protested against a recent ban on Santa Claus in the city's kindergartens.

Spain: big pro-family rally in Madrid (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 08:26 AM CST AP - Hundreds of thousands of people attended a Mass in central Madrid on Sunday designed to promote traditional family values in a predominantly Roman Catholic country that has legalized gay marriage and made it easier for people to divorce.

Swiss nuclear smuggling suspect freed from prison (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 07:07 AM CST AP - A Swiss man suspected of involvement in the world's biggest nuclear smuggling ring has been released from prison after more than four years of investigative detention, his family said Sunday.

Pope calls for truce in Gaza Strip (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2008 06:01 AM CST AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday decried the "endless" bloodshed in the Holy Land and urged all sides to end violence as Israel continued its deadly assault on Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.

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