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Thai court jails Briton after child-sex verdict (AFP) Posted: 28 Jan 2009 02:36 AM CST AFP - Thailand's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered an elderly British man convicted eight years ago of abusing underage girls to start serving his 14-year prison sentence, a court official said.

Robinho arrested in sex assault probe (AFP) Posted: 28 Jan 2009 02:29 AM CST AFP - Manchester City striker Robinho has been arrested over allegations of a serious sexual assault in a nightclub, the Sun newspaper reported Wednesday.

Sebastian Barry wins Costa book award (AFP) Posted: 28 Jan 2009 02:25 AM CST AFP - Irish author and playwright Sebastian Barry won the 25,000-pound Costa Book of the Year award for his novel "The Secret Scripture", the judges said -- even though they disliked the ending.

Gaza has 'set back' Britain's anti-terror fight: minister (AFP) Posted: 28 Jan 2009 02:23 AM CST AFP - Security and counter-terrorism minister, Alan West, has warned that the conflict in Gaza has set back the government's attempts to tackle radicalism in Muslim communities in Britain.

Spain's BBVA bank profits slump (AFP) Posted: 28 Jan 2009 02:22 AM CST AFP - Spain's second largest bank BBVA said Wednesday its 2008 net profit fell 18.1 percent to 5.02 billion euros (6.5 billion dollars) after a deep slump in the fourth quarter as the global financial crisis hit.

TV group BSkyB returns to profit (AFP) Posted: 28 Jan 2009 02:19 AM CST AFP - Pay-TV giant BSkyB on Wednesday said it returned to profit during the first half of its financial year as it attracted new customers to its Internet and telephone services.

Russia halts Kaliningrad missile deployment :report (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jan 2009 02:19 AM CST Reuters - Russia has suspended the deployment of its Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad due to a change in U.S. missile defense policy in Europe, Interfax news agency quoted a military official as saying on Wednesday.

Supermarket Asda to create 7,000 jobs (AFP) Posted: 28 Jan 2009 02:17 AM CST AFP - Asda, the supermarket chain owned by the world's biggest retailer Wal-Mart Stores, said on Wednesday it planned to create 7,000 jobs during 2009.

Queen escaped Australian train assassination plot (AFP) Posted: 28 Jan 2009 02:14 AM CST AFP - Queen Elizabeth II escaped possible assassination in Australia nearly 40 years ago when plotters tried to derail her train in mountains near Sydney, a retired detective has claimed.

New Met boss to take charge (AFP) Posted: 28 Jan 2009 02:07 AM CST AFP - Paul Stephenson, currently acting commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police, will be appointed on Wednesday to head the force which has responsibility for fighting terrorism and securing the 2012 Olympic Games.

Iceland raises quota for whale hunts (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 10:25 PM CST AP - Iceland raised it quota on whale hunting Tuesday to 250 a year, a dramatic increase over past levels.

Sun and ice meet at Paris haute couture shows (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 06:06 PM CST AP - Paris blew hot and cold on Tuesday with haute couture shows that evoked a frosty ice queen and the summer sun of southwestern France.

Medvedev orders precise Soviet WWII death toll (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 04:36 PM CST AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday ordered officials to determine the precise Soviet death toll in World War II as the nation marked the 65th anniversary of the battle that broke the Nazi siege of Leningrad.

Russian Orthodox Church elects leader (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 04:25 PM CST AP - The interim leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, seen as a modernizer who could seek a historic reconciliation with the Vatican and more autonomy from the state, was overwhelmingly elected patriarch Tuesday.

Austria: Man gets 20 years for quadruple homicide (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 03:08 PM CST AP - An Austrian court sentenced a man to 20 years in prison Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to murdering his sister, brother and their spouses in a long-running family feud over rent.

UK lawmakers pressure BBC over Gaza appeal (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 02:20 PM CST AP - Emotional criticism of the British Broadcasting Corp. over its refusal to air a charity appeal for the people of Gaza intensified Tuesday as more legislators demanded the BBC change course.

Sarkozy gives father of captured soldier hope (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 02:00 PM CST AP - The father of an Israeli soldier kidnapped by Hamas-allied militants more than two years ago said he received assurances in a meeting Tuesday with President Nicolas Sarkozy that his son is alive.

Forgiveness sought for Holocaust-denying bishop (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 01:44 PM CST AP - An ultraconservative society recently rehabilitated by Pope Benedict XVI silenced one of its bishops on Tuesday and distanced itself from his claim that no Jews were gassed during World War II.

Russian Orthodox interim leader elected patriarch (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 01:13 PM CST AP - The interim leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has been elected as the new patriarch of the world's largest Orthodox Christian church.

Iceland's center-left party to lead new government (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 01:00 PM CST AP - Iceland's center-left Social Democratic Alliance Party was chosen Tuesday to form a new government with the Left-Green movement following the collapse of the conservative government amid deep economic troubles.

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