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Russia allows transit of US military supplies (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 12:58 AM CST AP - Russia granted transit rights Friday to non-lethal U.S. military supplies headed to Afghanistan but only after apparently pressuring a former Soviet state to close an air base leased to the Americans.

Details emerge on Thatcher 'froggy golliwog' slur (AFP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 09:16 PM CST AFP - Carol Thatcher, the daughter of former PM Margaret Thatcher, called a French tennis star a "froggy golliwog guy", a BBC presenter said Saturday, in the first full account of how a sensitive race row flared.

Prognosis not good for Taiwan nude photo clinic (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 09:12 PM CST Reuters - A Taiwan clinic is likely to be fined after allowing two of its nurses to pose nude in an advertising campaign.

Dung it! Who threw away my 7-year collection? (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 07:42 PM CST AP - A British university has apologized to a Ph.D. student for throwing away his treasured, seven-year collection of lizard dung. Daniel Bennett has told Times Higher Education magazine that he had collected the dung in the Philippines while studying the rare butaan lizard, a relative of the Komodo dragon. The material was to be studied as part of his doctoral research.

Italy government battles over right-to-die case (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 04:36 PM CST AP - Italy's government issued an emergency decree Friday to prevent a woman who has been in a vegetative state for 17 years from having her feeding tubes disconnected, but the president said he wouldn't sign it.

Italian defendant denies killing British student (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 04:08 PM CST AP - An Italian student accused of sexual violence and murdering a British student told a court Friday that he was innocent and the victim of a terrible judicial mistake.

Magic cheese scam stinks up rural Chilean town (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 04:02 PM CST Reuters - It was supposed to be a magic recipe for instant riches, but instead hundreds of residents in this sleepy town in central Chile are up in arms over a "magic cheese" scam that has left many deep in debt.

Italian PM, president locked in battle over euthanasia case (AFP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 03:53 PM CST AFP - Italy was locked in a constitutional battle on Friday as President Giorgio Napolitano refused to sign into law an emergency decree to stop the mercy killing of a woman who has been comatose for 17 years.

Big freeze puts Cipriani on ice (AFP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 03:01 PM CST AFP - Danny Cipriani's hopes of playing himself back into Six Nations contention suffered a setback on Friday when the England reserve team's match with Ireland A in Dublin was postponed.

England claim prize West Indies scalps (AFP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 02:49 PM CST AFP - England claimed the prized scalps of century-maker Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul to enhance their position in the opening Test against West Indies here on Friday.

Iran: US must rethink policies for reconciliation (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 01:56 PM CST AP - Iran sternly dismissed decades of U.S. policies targeting Tehran and declared Friday that the new American administration had to admit past wrongs before it could hope for reconciliation.

Georgia: 27 Russian jets sent to Abkhazia (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 01:08 PM CST AP - Georgia's foreign minister accused Russia on Friday of sending more than two dozen fighter jets to a base in the breakaway region of Abkhazia.

Russia, EU spar over human rights (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 01:05 PM CST AP - The EU's top executive angered Prime Minister Vladimir Putin while standing next to him at a news conference on Friday by raising concerns about the murders of Russian human rights activists and journalists in Moscow.

Video portrait of mankind on display in Paris (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 11:54 AM CST AP - What does Hollywood movie star Martin Sheen have in common with an Afghan farmer, a Brazilian fisherman, a Bolivian miner, a German artist, and a Rwandan refugee?

Saudi Arabia says only mosques allowed (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 11:54 AM CST AP - A Saudi Arabian official says mosques can be the only places of worship in his country, rejecting pressure to change heavy restrictions on religious besides Islam.

Iran-bound cargo seized in Greece, official says (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 11:43 AM CST AP - The cargo of a ship bound for Iran was seized near Athens because it violated an international embargo, a Greek government official said Friday, and a Greek newspaper reported that the vessel was carrying steel that can be used to make missile components.

key issues facing Security Conference (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 11:33 AM CST AP - Here are two of the key issues facing the 45th annual Munich Security Conference, and the varying positions.

Clarkson apologizes for insulting UK leader (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 11:22 AM CST AP - British TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson said Friday he was sorry for calling Prime Minister Gordon Brown a "one-eyed Scottish idiot."

Christians post faith messages on London buses (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 11:16 AM CST AP - Christians are soldiering on in the battle over God's existence by putting ads on London's famous red buses urging people to have faith.

ABBA tribute band says it played for Putin (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 10:45 AM CST AP - A British-based ABBA tribute band said Friday the Kremlin whisked it away to perform a private concert for Vladimir Putin — offering a rare glimpse into the private life of the secretive Russian prime minister.

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