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Madoff's Mercedes station wagon up for auction (Reuters)
Fossils of tiny dinosaur on first public display (Reuters)
Austria rehabilitates Wehrmacht deserters (AP)
France declassifies Pakistan bombing documents (Reuters)
Iran envoy backs uranium deal, but will Tehran? (AP)
Kalou puts Chelsea within touching distance of last 16 (AFP)
US VP Biden woos Poland after missile program cut (AP)
Somali young pirate suspect to face trial after test (Reuters)
Man jailed for staging car crashes for money (AFP)
UN: Afghan drug flow wreaks global havoc (AP)
A kidnapping revives a French legal battle (AP)
Lithuanian lawmakers demand CIA prison probe (AP)
NATO to meet on Afghanistan, missile defense (AP)
UN: For 7th year, warming emissions grew again (AP)
UK lawyer says Lockerbie bomber still alive (AP)
Archaeologists unveil ancient auditorium in Rome (AP)
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Polar bear Flocke to move to France (AP)
German court rejects Demjanjuk's trial appeals (AP)

Madoff's Mercedes station wagon up for auction (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:53 PM PDT

Reuters - A Mercedes-Benz car once belonging to epic swindler Bernard Madoff will be sold at auction this week, U.S. authorities said on Wednesday.

Fossils of tiny dinosaur on first public display (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:26 PM PDT

Reuters - Fossils from the smallest dinosaur found in North America, a fleet-footed species only 28 inches long and weighing less than a rabbit, have gone on public display for the first time at a Los Angeles museum.

Austria rehabilitates Wehrmacht deserters (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:54 PM PDT

AP - Richard Wadani still remembers the sick feeling in his stomach the morning he left Hitler's Wehrmacht in October 1944, knowing as he crawled through a tangle of barbed wire as dawn broke that one wrong move would cost him his life.

France declassifies Pakistan bombing documents (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:37 PM PDT

Reuters - Documents sought by French judges investigating a bomb attack in Pakistan that killed 11 French nationals in 2002 have been declassified, Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie told parliament on Wednesday.

Iran envoy backs uranium deal, but will Tehran? (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:31 PM PDT

AP - A top Iranian negotiator praised a plan Wednesday that would ship most of his country's uranium abroad for enrichment and limit its ability to build a nuclear weapon. There was no guarantee, however, that Tehran's leaders would accept the idea.

Kalou puts Chelsea within touching distance of last 16 (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:18 PM PDT

AFP - Chelsea are on the verge of booking their place in the last 16 of the Champions League after Salomon Kalou's double inspired a 4-0 win over Atletico Madrid on Wednesday.

US VP Biden woos Poland after missile program cut (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:05 PM PDT

AP - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden sought reconciliation with America's staunch allies in eastern Europe Wednesday, starting with Poland, which eagerly signed on to a revamped U.S. missile shield.

Somali young pirate suspect to face trial after test (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 01:51 PM PDT

Reuters - A suspected Somali pirate captured after the hijacking of a Spanish fishing boat will face trial in the high court because a second medical test has confirmed he is older than 18, court sources said on Wednesday.

Man jailed for staging car crashes for money (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:58 PM PDT

AFP - A man who staged car crashes for money, helping fraudsters claim 1.6 million pounds from insurance firms, was jailed Wednesday for four and a half years.

UN: Afghan drug flow wreaks global havoc (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:55 PM PDT

AP - The smuggling of Afghan opiates is fueling addiction and drug use along trafficking routes from Iran to Central Asia as well as spreading diseases and funding insurgents, the U.N. warned Wednesday.

A kidnapping revives a French legal battle (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:43 PM PDT

AP - The 74-year-old German man was snatched, beaten, tied up, whisked across the border and left outside a French courthouse in the middle of the night.

Lithuanian lawmakers demand CIA prison probe (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:18 PM PDT

AP - Lithuanian lawmakers on Wednesday demanded an investigation into allegations that the CIA established a prison for al-Qaida suspects in the Baltic country.

NATO to meet on Afghanistan, missile defense (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:02 AM PDT

AP - NATO defense ministers will meet here Thursday to discuss the war in Afghanistan and the growing support for President Barack Obama's plans for a new missile defense system in Europe.

UN: For 7th year, warming emissions grew again (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:55 AM PDT

AP - The industrialized world again in 2007 boosted, rather than reduced, its emissions of global-warming gases, the U.N. reported Wednesday, as international negotiators looked ahead to crucial climate talks in December.

UK lawyer says Lockerbie bomber still alive (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:36 AM PDT

AP - The British lawyer for Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi said Wednesday that his client was alive, contradicting a Sky News report that said he was dead.

Archaeologists unveil ancient auditorium in Rome (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 08:33 AM PDT

AP - Archaeologists on Wednesday unveiled the remains of an ancient auditorium where scholars, politicians and poets held debates and lectures, a site discovered during excavations of a bustling downtown piazza in preparation for a new subway line.

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Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:44 AM PDT

AP - Polish PM: Poland is ready to participate in reconfigured U.S. missile defense system.

Polar bear Flocke to move to France (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:26 AM PDT

AP - Celebrity German polar bear Flocke and her Russian companion are moving to a new home in southern France.

German court rejects Demjanjuk's trial appeals (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:06 AM PDT

AP - Germany's highest court has thrown out appeals by John Demjanjuk's lawyer and cleared the way for his trial to begin next month in Munich.