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Auschwitz survivors mark camp's liberation (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 02:40 AM CST AP - Auschwitz survivors and state officials were gathering Tuesday to mark the 64th anniversary of the Nazi death camp's liberation as part of worldwide Holocaust remembrance ceremonies.

Pawnbrokers cash in on credit crunch (AFP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 02:38 AM CST AFP - While high street shops wilt due to the credit crunch, pawnbrokers are prospering as cash-strapped business people hand over everything from Ferraris to Rolex watches in search of a quick buck.

Siemens keeps 'ambitious' profit target despite slowdown (AFP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 02:32 AM CST AFP - German industrial giant Siemens said Tuesday it will stick with its operating profit forecast of 8.0-8.5 billion euros (10.6-11.2 billion dollars) despite the global slowdown slashing earnings.

London shares open flat (AFP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 02:25 AM CST AFP - Shares in London were little changed early on Tuesday after the banking sector led strong gains on the market the day before.

Japan group launches "toilet poems" to save paper (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 02:00 AM CST Reuters - Poetry in the loo can cut down on paper use too, says a Japanese group campaigning to save toilet paper as part of the country's battle against global warming.

London squatters live like lords in abandoned mansions (AFP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 12:19 AM CST AFP - A stone's throw from the Dorchester Hotel and an Aston Martin car dealership, squatters have taken over two mansions on one of London's most prestigious streets.

65 hospitalised for toxic fumes at French church: officials (AFP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 09:41 PM CST AFP - Sixty-five people were hospitalised for carbon monoxide poisoning after breathing toxic fumes at a church concert near the northern French city of Lille, officials said.

Octuplets stun doctors at California hospital (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 09:14 PM CST Reuters - A California woman shocked doctors by giving birth on Monday to octuplets, believed to be only the second set of eight babies born in the United States.

Paris designers deliver world of beauty, fantasy (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 07:07 PM CST AP - Looking at the shows that kicked off Paris' haute couture week on Monday, you'd never know the world was the midst of the most serious financial turmoil since the Great Depression.

Australia backpacker killer cuts off finger (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 05:44 PM CST Reuters - One of Australia's worst serial killers, jailed for the murders of several foreign backpackers, cut off his little finger with a plastic knife and tried to post it to the country's top court, prison officials said on Tuesday.

Report: Italy judge gives Kercher ruling details (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 05:22 PM CST AP - An Italian judge wrote in a decision that a British student killed in Perugia was the victim of a plan by her assailants to "satisfy their sexual instincts" that then got out of control, a news agency reported Monday.

Iceland's government topples amid financial mess (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 04:49 PM CST AP - Iceland's coalition government collapsed on Monday after an unprecedented wave of public dissent, plunging the island nation into political turmoil as it seeks to rebuild an economy shattered by the global financial crisis.

Kremlin: Obama, Medvedev vow to seek better ties (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 04:37 PM CST AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and President Barack Obama spoke by phone Monday and vowed to try their best to improve the strained relationship between Moscow and Washington, the Kremlin said.

Giorgio Armani does China chic (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 04:32 PM CST AP - Italian couturier Giorgio Armani looked east with a rich, cinematographic display Monday inspired by China.

Sky News, BBC won't broadcast Gaza charity appeal (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 04:28 PM CST AP - The fighting in Gaza is quiet, at least for now, but it has sparked an uproar in Britain, where two major broadcasters are under fire for refusing to air an emotional charity appeal to help Palestinian victims there.

Vatican: Comments by Holocaust denier unacceptable (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 03:57 PM CST AP - The Vatican said Monday that comments by a recently rehabilitated bishop that no Jews were gassed during the Holocaust were unacceptable and violate Church teaching.

Flemish paintings inspire Dior couture (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 02:59 PM CST AP - Duchess lace, delicate blue-and-white porcelain and other Flemish fineries recovered their long-lost status as the ultimate luxury goods as Christian Dior sent out a majestic haute couture collection Monday inspired by Vermeer paintings.

Belgian day care suspect linked to 4th slaying (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 01:49 PM CST AP - The thin, young suspect with the enigmatic smile who is charged with three killings at a Belgian day center was linked Monday to a fourth death — the fatal slashing of a 73-year-old grandmother on a remote farm.

Spain's Prado names painter of Colossus (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 01:49 PM CST AP - Spain's Prado Museum on Monday named the workshop assistant believed mostly likely to have painted "Colossus," a work that was once attributed to Francisco de Goya y Lucientes.

News agency says Baroness Reuter has died aged 96 (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 01:20 PM CST AP - Marguerite, Baroness de Reuter, the last link to the 19th century founder of the Thomson Reuters news agency, has died. She was 96.

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