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Hundreds of dolphins stranded at Philippine bay (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2009 02:07 AM CST Reuters - Dozens of Philippine fishing boats tried to stop hundreds of disoriented dolphins from beaching themselves near the mouth of Manila Bay on Tuesday, officials said.

Unmanned Russian cargo ship heads to space station (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2009 02:03 AM CST AP - An unmanned Russian cargo ship is carrying supplies and a space suit to the international space station and its three-member crew.

UBS posts record Swiss loss, cuts 2,000 jobs (AFP) Posted: 10 Feb 2009 02:00 AM CST AFP - Switzerland's biggest bank UBS on Tuesday said it lost about 17 billion dollars (13 billion euros) in 2008, the largest full-year loss in Swiss corporate history, as it announced that it would cut another 2,000 jobs.

France's Sarkozy flies into Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2009 01:55 AM CST Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday on the first visit to Iraq by a French head of state since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, which Paris strongly opposed.

Airbus military transport facing delay: report (AFP) Posted: 10 Feb 2009 12:27 AM CST AFP - Airbus's flagship A400M military transport plane is facing a three-year delay, Le Figaro reported Tuesday, adding an estimated five billion euros to its price tag.

New Zealand lawmakers vote to freeze their pay (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2009 12:17 AM CST Reuters - New Zealand lawmakers voted on Tuesday to freeze their pay for a year as the country faces its worst recession on record.

Do it for Fido: smokers may quit to help a pet (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2009 12:03 AM CST Reuters - People unwilling to quit smoking to improve their own health may consider giving up cigarettes to spare their pets the harmful effects of second-hand smoke, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

Balls says crisis worst for 100 years (AFP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 11:41 PM CST AFP - Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Ed Balls has warned the current economic downturn will be worse than the Great Depression, reports said.

Paris airports shut as high winds lash France (AFP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 11:29 PM CST AFP - High winds lashed France on Tuesday, prompting authorities to shut Paris' two international airports for the first time in 34 years.

Italian woman in right-to-die debate dies (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 10:31 PM CST AP - A 38-year-old woman who ignited a fierce right-to-die debate that convulsed Italy and dragged in the Vatican died Monday just as lawmakers in Parliament rushed to pass a bill designed to keep her alive. Eluana Englaro had been in a vegetative state since she was in a car accident 17 years ago. She died Monday night at the Udine clinic where she had been for the past week, said family attorney Vittorio Angiolini.

UK to impose new visa requirements on South Africa (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 04:51 PM CST AP - Britain took new measures Monday to protect itself against the changing tactics of violent Islamic extremists by requiring visas for South Africans.

US general pushes France for help in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 02:38 PM CST AP - Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, met senior French officials Monday as Washington seeks more military might for Afghanistan but failed to come away with any offer from the French for more troops on the ground.

Poland puts beheading blame on Pakistani gov't (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 02:14 PM CST AP - Poland promised Monday to issue international arrest warrants for Taliban militants after the apparent beheading of a Polish engineer in Pakistan, and officials charged that elements within the Pakistani government shared blame for the killing.

Belfast environment chief bans climate change ads (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 01:23 PM CST AP - Northern Ireland's environment minister announced Monday he has banned British government TV ads on climate change and denounced their energy-saving message as "insidious propaganda."

Flights halt at 3 Paris airports due to windstorm (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 01:11 PM CST AP - The French civil aviation authority ordered flights at the three airports serving the French capital halted for 14 hours starting Monday evening because of a severe windstorm.

Dalai Lama becomes citizen of Rome (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 01:10 PM CST AP - The Dalai Lama is now an honorary citizen of Rome.

British ambassador to Kabul gets regional role (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 12:06 PM CST AP - Britain's ambassador to Afghanistan, Sherard Cowper-Coles, who was once quoted as saying the military effort there was doomed to failure, was given a new job Monday — tackling those problems that afflict both Afghanistan and its troubled neighbor, Pakistan.

Jewish group optimistic about Vatican-Jewish ties (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 11:01 AM CST AP - Representatives of the World Jewish Congress say they are optimistic about Vatican-Jewish ties after meeting with top Vatican officials following a dispute over a Holocaust-denying bishop.

China denies censorship, persecuting activists (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 10:18 AM CST AP - Chinese officials denied Monday that the country censors news, telling a U.N. review of China's human rights record that citizens are free to express their opinions in the press without fear of retribution.

Google chief to advise Britain's Conservatives (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 09:10 AM CST AP - Eric Schmidt, the chairman and chief executive officer of search engine Google Inc., has been recruited to help Britain's main opposition political party going into next year's expected general election, the Conservative Party said Monday.

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