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• Italian protester breaks Berlusconi's nose (Reuters)
• Ding Junhui wins UK Championship (AFP)
• Catalans back independence in partial and symbolic vote (AFP)
• Spain: Catalan villages vote for independence (AP)
• Italy's Berlusconi in hospital after attack (AFP)
• Low turnout in Catalan independence "referendum" (Reuters)
• MySQL founder in Web campaign against Oracle-Sun (Reuters)
• McElderry wins X Factor crown (AFP)
• Attacker hurls statuette, bloodies Berlusconi face (AP)
• Giggs wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award (AFP)
• Jailed Amanda Knox tells AP that she's scared (AP)
• Italy politics: Sex, thighs and 'Videocracy' (AP)
• Explaining basics of the Copenhagen climate summit (AP)
• Anti-Muslim graffiti found on French mosque (AP)
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• President re-elected in separatist area of Georgia (AP)
• Kurds protest party closure in Istanbul (AP)
• Palace: William not groomed to be 'shadow king' (AP)
• Belgrade-Sarajevo train resumes after 18 years (AP)

Italian protester breaks Berlusconi's nose (Reuters) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 04:27 PM PST Reuters - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was rushed to hospital covered in blood with a broken nose and teeth after a man with mental problems hurled a statuette at him at a rally, officials said on Sunday.

Ding Junhui wins UK Championship (AFP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 04:24 PM PST AFP - China's Ding Junhui won the UK Championship here on Monday by beating world champion John Higgins 10-8 in the best of 19 frame final.

Catalans back independence in partial and symbolic vote (AFP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 04:12 PM PST AFP - Parts of Catalonia backed independence for the wealthy Spanish region in a referendum held Sunday, but the vote was only symbolic and attracted a turnout of just 30 percent.

Spain: Catalan villages vote for independence (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 03:44 PM PST AP - A smattering of villages and towns in rich, independence-minded Catalonia gave a lukewarm embrace to the idea of breaking away from Spain in a rare vote Sunday at the grassroots level.

Italy's Berlusconi in hospital after attack (AFP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 03:39 PM PST AFP - A man with a history of mental health problems attacked Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Sunday, knocking out two of his teeth and forcing him to be rushed to hospital.

Low turnout in Catalan independence "referendum" (Reuters) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 03:03 PM PST Reuters - Turnout in an "informal" referendum on Sunday on whether wealthy Catalonia should secede from Spain fell short of Organizers' hopes, but they said enough voters showed up to energize their separatist campaign.

MySQL founder in Web campaign against Oracle-Sun (Reuters) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 02:48 PM PST Reuters - Michael Widenius, creator of MySQL database, which could become the stumbling block for Oracle in its Sun takeover, has launched an Internet campaign trying to line up MySQL users to stop the deal.

McElderry wins X Factor crown (AFP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 02:46 PM PST AFP - Cherubic teenager Joe McElderry was crowned the X Factor winner late Sunday and handed a one-million-pound recording deal.

Attacker hurls statuette, bloodies Berlusconi face (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 01:53 PM PST AP - An attacker hurled a statuette at Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, striking the leader in the face at the end of a rally Sunday and leaving the stunned 73-year-old media mogul with a broken nose and bloodied mouth.

Giggs wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award (AFP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 01:39 PM PST AFP - Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs crowned a memorable 2009 by being named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday after topping a public vote.

Jailed Amanda Knox tells AP that she's scared (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 12:24 PM PST AP - Amanda Knox sounded casual, surprised even, by the simple question as it came through the door of her prison cell in English on Sunday: "How are you?"

Italy politics: Sex, thighs and 'Videocracy' (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 11:59 AM PST AP - Take a sex scandal dogging Silvio Berlusconi, add plenty of scantily clad young women on Italian TV and throw in some of the first serious scrutiny of a national culture where television lies at the nexus of power and politics.

Explaining basics of the Copenhagen climate summit (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 11:45 AM PST AP - World leaders are arriving in Copenhagen this week to forge the framework of a plan to limit the causes of global warming, seeking to prevent catastrophic changes to the climate.

Anti-Muslim graffiti found on French mosque (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 11:01 AM PST AP - Police say assailants have scrawled a Nazi slogan and hung pig feet on a mosque in southern France.

(AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 09:59 AM PST AP - Italian news reports say Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been punched in the face at a rally

President re-elected in separatist area of Georgia (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 07:47 AM PST AP - The president of a separatist region of Georgia vowed on Sunday to maintain close ties with Russia after officials announced he has won a second term in office.

Kurds protest party closure in Istanbul (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 07:26 AM PST AP - Some 200 Kurdish protesters hurled stones and firebombs at shops, homes and cars in one of Istanbul's busiest districts on Sunday, denouncing a court decision to close down a pro-Kurdish party on charges of ties to rebels.

Palace: William not groomed to be 'shadow king' (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 06:54 AM PST AP - Buckingham Palace has denied a newspaper report that the queen is passing more of her duties to her grandson, Prince William.

Belgrade-Sarajevo train resumes after 18 years (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 06:09 AM PST AP - A grimy three-car train pulled out of Belgrade's railway station Sunday on the first direct trip to Sarajevo in nearly 18 years, restoring a link broken at the start of ethnic warfare in the former Yugoslavia

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