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French construction group to raise new capital, cut jobs (AFP) Posted: 20 Feb 2009 12:47 AM CST AFP - French construction group Saint Gobain announced Friday it would raise 1.5 billion euros (1.9 billion dollars) in new capital and cut more jobs due to the global financial crisis.

Obama declares his love for Canada (Reuters) Posted: 20 Feb 2009 12:39 AM CST Reuters - Declaring "I love this country" and waving to ecstatic Canadian crowds, U.S. President Barack Obama helped reignite on Thursday a close binational friendship that had waned during the administration of his predecessor George W. Bush.

Clinical trial yields success with nut allergies (AFP) Posted: 20 Feb 2009 12:00 AM CST AFP - A team of scientists have come one step closer to curing nut allergies after a small-scale clinical trial in which they successfully built up children's tolerance to peanuts, they said Friday.

Economic gloom clouds London Fashion Week (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 11:57 PM CST AFP - Designers at London Fashion Week, which starts Friday, have reacted to the credit crunch by toning down extravagant collections and opting for intimate showings rather than catwalk spectaculars.

Guadeloupe talks on as Sarkozy aims to quell unrest (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 11:49 PM CST AFP - Strike leaders in Guadeloupe agreed to resume negotiations after an offer from the French president aimed at ending weeks of protests on the Caribbean island.

UK withdraws controversial terrorism lesson plan (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 09:45 PM CST AP - Britain's government apologized Thursday for endorsing a lesson plan which asked students to think like suicide bombers.

US, UBS in high stakes battle over banking secrecy (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 08:28 PM CST AFP - Swiss bank UBS and US authorities were locked in a high-stakes legal tussle over banking secrecy despite a pact meant to settle a gigantic tax fraud case shaking the Swiss banking industry.

Fu sees off O'Sullivan as Ding departs (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 05:32 PM CST AFP - Hong Kong's Marco Fu came from 3-1 down to beat world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-3 in the last 16 of the Welsh Open here Thursday.

West Indies battle for draw in third Test gloom (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 04:52 PM CST AFP - England and the West Indies drew the third Test on Thursday in dramatic circumstances when play was called off due to bad light with the home side on 370-9 and with four overs still to bowl.

Russia court acquits 3 over Politkovskaya murder (Reuters) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 04:51 PM CST Reuters - A Moscow court acquitted three men of involvement in the murder of Kremlin critic and journalist Anna Politkovskaya on Thursday, leaving Russia's most politically charged killing in years still unsolved.

New atlas shows dying languages around the world (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 04:45 PM CST AP - Only one native speaker of Livonian remains on Earth, in Latvia. The Alaskan language Eyak went extinct last year when its last surviving speaker passed away.

Cocaine smuggling soars through West Africa (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 04:40 PM CST AP - Cocaine smuggling to Europe is dramatically increasing through West Africa, posing a substantial threat to the stability of a region already troubled by war and poverty, an international watchdog warned Thursday.

British reality TV star battles cancer on camera (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 04:32 PM CST AP - A brash British reality show star whose ups and downs captivated the nation is approaching her death the same way she has lived — on television.

Chopper rescue helped by training, equipment (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 03:15 PM CST AP - Tough training and an airbag-like flotation system helped save the 18 people caught aboard the Super Puma helicopter that crashed into the North Sea, a union official and safety experts said Thursday.

Royal christening for UK's newest steam engine (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 03:07 PM CST AP - The first new mainline steam locomotive to be built in Britain for nearly 50 years was christened Thursday by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla.

Official: Serbia wants to try US beating fugitive (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 02:54 PM CST AP - The justice minister said Thursday that Serbia "will do everything" in its power to put on trial a Serb student wanted in the United States on charges that he nearly beat his American classmate to death.

Russia sets tough tone for arms talks with US (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 02:51 PM CST AP - Russia's foreign minister set a tough tone Thursday for nuclear arms control talks with the new U.S. administration, raising demands that long have been a stumbling block for Russian and U.S. negotiators.

UN agency finds new uranium traces at Syria site (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 02:26 PM CST AP - U.N. nuclear agency samples taken from a Syrian site suspected of being a secretly built reactor have revealed new traces of processed uranium, the agency reported Thursday.

British train travel among Europe's most expensive (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 02:17 PM CST AP - Board a train in London, and in 2 1/2 hours you can be in Paris, City of Light — or in Manchester, city of gray skies and grit.

3 acquitted in brazen slaying of Russian reporter (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 01:58 PM CST AP - A jury in Moscow voted unanimously Thursday to acquit three men in the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, dimming hopes for justice in a case that has mocked Russia's claims to be a modern democratic nation.

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