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British protests against foreign energy workers spread (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 11:56 PM CST

Protesters demonstrate outside the Total Lindsey oil refinery in Immingham, near Grimsby, north-east England on January 30. Hundreds of workers at oil refineries across Britain went on strike in protest at the use of foreign labour in engineering and construction projects.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Wildcat strikes against foreign workers spread through oil refineries and other energy facilities in Britain, fuelled by fears of rising job cuts.

Steelers in Super Bowl may bring luck to investors (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 10:34 PM CST

Reuters - Win or lose on Sunday, having Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl could be a good luck charm for the U.S. stock market, according to a light-hearted analysis done to coincide with the biggest NFL game of the year.

Brown's 'utter confidence' Britain can fix global downturn (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 10:01 PM CST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown talks during the session AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he had "utter confidence" that Britain could solve the worldwide economic crisis, in an interview published Saturday.

Chelsea manager slams unfair referees (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 09:24 PM CST

Chelsea's English defender Ashley Cole (L) appeals to referee Howard Webb against Manchester United during their English Premier League football match on January 11 at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England. Luiz Felipe Scolari fears Chelsea's Premier League challenge could be wrecked by referees who punish his team more than their title rivals.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Luiz Felipe Scolari fears Chelsea's Premier League challenge could be wrecked by referees who punish his team more than their title rivals.

Ferguson backs Ronaldo to break 20-goal barrier (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 09:09 PM CST

Manchester United's Christiano Ronaldo, seen here on December 8, 2007, celebrates after scoring to make it 4-1 against Derby during their Premiership clash at Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom. Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has backed Cristiano Ronaldo to break the 20-goal barrier for a third successive season.(AFP/File/Paul Barker)AFP - Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has backed Cristiano Ronaldo to break the 20-goal barrier for a third successive season.

Roche makes lowered, hostile bid for Genentech (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 05:53 PM CST

In this Dec. 5, 2007 file photo, the company logo is seen at Genentech Inc. headquarters in South San Francisco, Calif. Swiss pharmaceuticals company Roche Holding AG made a fresh bid to buy U.S.-based Genentech Inc. Friday, Jan. 30, 2009 by offering US$86.50 per share, US$2.50 less than its previous offer, directly to shareholders. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG surprised Wall Street with plans for a lower-than-expected and hostile $42.1 billion buyout offer for Genentech Inc. Friday, a move some consider a tactic to force negotiations with the biotechnology behemoth.

Hamas needs to be part of peace process: Blair (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 05:49 PM CST

Reuters - Hamas should be part of the Middle East peace process, Tony Blair, envoy to the region of the international "quartet" of powers, said in comments published on Friday.

Russian soldier says he fled to Georgia on his own (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 05:27 PM CST

Russian soldier Alexander Glukhov poses for a photograph in Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. Sgt. Alexander Glukhov who turned up in Georgia after leaving his post in separatist South Ossetia denied Russian claims he was abducted. Glukhov told The Associated Press on Friday that he fled of his own free will to escape what he called 'horrible' conditions at his post and verbal abuse from his commanding officer. He said he wants political asylum in Georgia. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)AP - A Russian soldier now in Georgia said Friday he was not seized against his will but deserted because he could not stand his commanding officer's verbal abuse.

Yushchenko: Ukraine will honor gas contract (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 05:20 PM CST

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, seen here on January 28, 2009, called for the speedy completion of two new gas pipelines that bypass Ukraine in an interview with Bulgarian national television Friday.(AFP/POOL/File/Dmitry Astakhov)AP - Ukraine's president said Friday that his country must honor the contracts that ended a nearly two-week halt in Russian natural gas shipments to Europe earlier this month.

Missile shield could boost U.S.-Russia ties: senator (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 05:11 PM CST

Handout photo from the Indian Defence Ministry shows an Agni III missile being launched in the south Asian country. The Pentagon has had longstanding contacts with India on missile defense issues but is not in talks to sell it missile defense systems, a defense spokesman said.(AFP/DPR/HO/File)Reuters - The United States and Russia have a chance to achieve a "real breakthrough" in their relationship by cooperating on missile defense, an influential U.S. senator said on Friday.

Bishop who denied Holocaust apologizes to pope (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 04:07 PM CST

Israel's Ambassador to the Holy See Mordechay Lewy, left, shares a word with Cardinal Raffaele Farina, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives, on the occasion of an exhibition of ancient Hebrew manuscripts at the Vatican library, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. Lewy said relations with the Vatican remain good, despite a controversy on Pope Benedict XVI's decision to rehabilitate an ultraconservative society which includes a Holocaust denier. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - A bishop recently rehabilitated by Pope Benedict XVI expressed regret Friday to the pontiff for the "distress and problems" he caused by denying the Holocaust.

Ex-IRA figure faces US counterfeiting charge (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 03:15 PM CST

AP - An Irish Republican Army veteran and Marxist politician was arrested Friday to face a new U.S. extradition warrant claiming he helped launder millions in North Korean-produced counterfeit dollars.

Its a catastrophe for the apostrophe in Britain (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 03:08 PM CST

A street sign naming St. Paul's Square without an apostrophe is seen in Birmingham, England, Thursday Jan. 29, 2009. An English local government has decided to stop using apostrophes in its street signs, saying they are confusing, old fashioned and interfere with modern GPS systems. Britain's self appointed guardians of the English language are outraged. (AP Photo/David Jones, PA)AP - On the streets of Birmingham, the queen's English is now the queens English.

Protests against foreign workers spread in UK (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 03:02 PM CST

Demonstrators gather at dawn at Total's Lindsey oil refinery near Immingham, north east England Friday Jan. 30, 2009. Seven hundred employees at a Scottish refinery walked out Friday, joining a growing campaign of protests against foreign citizens being hired for an oil industry construction project in England. The protests were provoked by an Italian company's decision to use Italian and Portuguese workers for a 200 million-pound ($280 million) project at the Total's Lindsey refinery. (AP Photo/Jon Super).AP - Thousands of energy workers across Britain walked off the job Friday, joining a growing campaign of protests against foreign citizens being hired for an oil industry construction project in England.

Obama urged not to backburner climate change (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 03:01 PM CST

Former Vice-President of the United States Al Gore gestures while speaking during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Friday Jan 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - Don't put off action on global warming just because times are lean — that's the message Al Gore, world environmental leaders and U.S. executives sent Friday to President Barack Obama.

Russia: Missile threat stands, only as response (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 02:16 PM CST

AP - Russia says its threat to deploy missiles near Poland still stands, but stresses it will do so only if the Unites States pushes ahead with a European missile shield.

Spain's probe of Israelis presents legal quandary (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 02:09 PM CST

AP - A Spanish judge's decision to investigate seven Israeli officials over a deadly 2002 attack against Hamas that had nothing to do with Spain has renewed a debate about the long arm of European justice.

Cyprus searches suspected Hamas-arms ship (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 01:19 PM CST

A man walks as a Cypriot-flagged container ship Monchgorsk believed to be the vessel that U.S. authorities suspect is carrying an Iranian arms shipment bound for Hamas militants in Gaza rests anchored off the Cypriot port of Limassol on Friday Jan. 30, 2008. Cyprus authorities were searching the ship to determine its exact cargo. The ship arrived to the island on Thursday. The U.S. military stopped the vessel in the Red Sea last week, but allowed it to continue its voyage because they could not legally stop it or seize its cargo. (AP Photo/Andreas Lazarou)AP - Cypriot authorities on Friday searched a cargo ship suspected by the United States of carrying Iranian arms to Hamas militants in Gaza.

British man fined for riding horse while drunk (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 12:29 PM CST

AP - Using a 19th-century law, a British court has fined a man 150 pounds ($215) after be admitted riding a horse while drunk.

Iraq encouraged by US reassurances, minister says (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 12:13 PM CST

AP - Iraq's foreign minister said Friday his government is very encouraged by reassurances from the new U.S. administration that there will be no quick withdrawal of American forces or irresponsible decisions regarding his country.

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