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England's cricketers Flintoff, Pietersen join IPL at record prices (AFP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 12:30 AM CST AFP - England's Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff have joined the Indian Premier League as its most expensive players after being sold for 1.55 million dollars each at an auction in Goa.

NEC to withdraw from PC business in Europe: Nikkei (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 10:41 PM CST Reuters - Japan's NEC Corp plans to withdraw from its loss-making personal computer business in Europe to focus its resources on the Japanese market, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday.

Press hail 'greatest' boxer Calzaghe (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 08:04 PM CST AFP - The press hailed the country's only unbeaten world champion, Joe Calzaghe, as "the greatest" after he announced he was retiring from a glittering boxing career.

Govt considers car trade scheme as sales slump (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 06:32 PM CST AFP - The government said Thursday it was considering an incentive for drivers to replace old polluting cars with new ones to help the beleaguered auto industry, as figures showed plunging sales of new cars.

Spain issues Cuba's first "grandchildren" passport (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 06:10 PM CST Reuters - Spain issued on Thursday the first of a projected 200,000 passports for Cubans who qualify for Spanish citizenship under the country's "historical memory" law.

Gayle and Sarwan star in England video horror (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 05:32 PM CST AFP - West Indies' second wicket pair of Chris Gayle and his former deputy Ramnaresh Sarwan batted England into the ground with a hundred-run partnership in the opening Test at Sabina Park on Thursday.

Refinery workers end foreign labour strike (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 05:27 PM CST AFP - Workers at an oil refinery voted Thursday to end their walkout over foreign labour, a dispute which sparked wildcat strikes across the country.

Britain accuses Iran of intimidating council staff (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 05:22 PM CST AFP - Britain accused Iran on Thursday of intimidating staff at its main cultural centre in Tehran, which suspended operations this week in the latest flare-up of tension between the two countries.

Merkel praises Vatican's Holocaust stance (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 05:11 PM CST AP - Germany's leader praised the Vatican on Thursday for its "unequivocal" demand that a British bishop recant his denial of the Holocaust before he can be rehabilitated. She said the move was "important and good."

Sarkozy condemns British Holocaust denier (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 04:50 PM CST AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy says British Bishop Richard Williamson's views that the Holocaust did not take place are "shocking."

Sarkozy blisters traders, vows to cut bank bonuses (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 04:33 PM CST AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy blistered financial traders and ruled out bonuses for managers of banks bailed out by state funds as he sought Thursday to reassure a nation still jittery following nationwide strikes sparked by the global economic crisis.

German, Tunisian sentenced in synagogue attack (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 04:27 PM CST AP - A French court sentenced a German convert to Islam to 18 years in prison Thursday for his role in the bombing of a synagogue in Tunisia that killed 21 people nearly eight years ago.

UK ruling sparks debate on Guantanamo detainee (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 03:29 PM CST AP - A British court ruling to keep U.S. intelligence documents out of the public domain sparked debate Thursday over whether London had a responsibility in exposing the torture allegations of a U.K. resident held in Guantanamo Bay since 2004.

Group: Most countries obstruct UN rights review (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 03:16 PM CST AP - Most countries use the U.N.'s human rights meetings to praise their allies and criticize their enemies instead of highlighting genuine cases of abuse, a lobbying group said Thursday.

German investigators to look for Nazi's body (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 03:03 PM CST AP - German investigators said Thursday they want to search in Egypt for definitive proof that top Nazi war crimes fugitive Aribert Heim died there years ago after eluding capture for decades.

British Council suspends work in Iran (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 02:05 PM CST AP - The cultural arm of the British government said Thursday that it has suspended work in Iran because of what it calls intimidation by the authorities there.

More snow snarls travel across Britain, Ireland (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 01:45 PM CST AP - The second heavy snowfall to hit Britain this week caused major travel delays Thursday, and roads and airports in neighboring Ireland also suffered snow-related shutdowns.

Officials: France eyeing NATO post in US (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 01:36 PM CST AP - France is in talks to take control of two NATO command posts, including a prestigious one in the U.S. that has never been led by a foreign commander, defense officials in Europe said Thursday.

Bankers under fire in countries besides US (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 01:35 PM CST AP - The days of wine and roses — and company-paid country club memberships — are fading fast for international bankers.

Doctors separate conjoined infants from Madagascar (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2009 12:56 PM CST AP - An operation to separate conjoined twin boys from Madagascar was successful and the babies are "doing well," doctors at a Paris hospital said Thursday.

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