| Mobile phone industry gears up for Barca gathering (AFP) Posted: 14 Feb 2009 09:58 PM CST  AFP - The mobile phone industry recently reached the milestone of its four billionth connection worldwide, but the cold winds of economic crisis will chill celebrations at the sector's biggest annual gathering this week.
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| Goody vows to end life in media glare (AFP) Posted: 14 Feb 2009 09:56 PM CST  AFP - Reality TV star Jade Goody has vowed to end her life in the glare of the media after being told that her cervical cancer is terminal and she has just months to live.
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| Swiss banks go back to basics (AFP) Posted: 14 Feb 2009 09:24 PM CST  AFP - Swiss bankers are going back to the basics of cosy and discreet relationships with their clients after disastrous forays into the brash and boastful world of American investment banking, analysts say.
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| Misfiring Robinho puts Man City on defensive (AFP) Posted: 14 Feb 2009 07:33 PM CST  AFP - Mark Hughes has admitted that Manchester City are not getting their money's worth from misfiring Brazilian Robinho.
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| Halfpenny full value for Wales rugby boss Gatland (AFP) Posted: 14 Feb 2009 07:14 PM CST  AFP - Wales may have been without Shane Williams but the performance of fellow wing Leigh Halfpenny in the Six Nations champions' 23-15 victory over England demonstrated their growing strength in depth.
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| Darling downplays rumours of Lloyds bank nationalisation (AFP) Posted: 14 Feb 2009 06:30 PM CST  AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has sought to dampen speculation that beleaguered bank Lloyds TSB could be entirely nationalised after its share price plunged.
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| Nadal sets up dream Rotterdam final with Murray (AFP) Posted: 14 Feb 2009 04:12 PM CST  AFP - Rafael Nadal took a breather here Saturday with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Gael Monfils after a week of marathon matches to reach a Sunday final with Andy Murray at the Rotterdam Open.
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| Basque radicals clash with police at banned demo (AFP) Posted: 14 Feb 2009 04:09 PM CST  AFP - Police in Spain's Basque Country clashed with demonstrators and arrested five people Saturday at an illegal protest over the banning of pro-independence parties from regional elections next month.
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| US supplies via Russia to start soon (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2009 04:07 PM CST AP - The shipment of U.S. military supplies for Afghanistan through Russia will begin soon, news agencies quoted Russia's foreign minister as saying Saturday. |
| Chambers streaks ahead of British field (AFP) Posted: 14 Feb 2009 03:40 PM CST  AFP - Disgraced sprinter Dwain Chambers outpaced all his domestic rivals on Saturday by winning the 60 metres at the European Indoor Championships trials in a personal best 6.51sec.
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| Murder trial in Italy: US student had a scratch (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2009 02:25 PM CST  AP - An American student accused in the stabbing death of her British roommate had a scratch on her neck hours after the killing, a witness testified Saturday at the murder trial in Italy.
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| G7 finance ministers reject protectionist measures (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2009 12:10 PM CST  AP - The Group of Seven finance ministers pledged Saturday to avoid resorting to protectionism as they try to stimulate their own economies in the face of the world's worst economic crisis since the 1930s.
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| Russia criticizes call for Bout extradition (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2009 10:18 AM CST  AP - Russia's foreign ministry on Saturday criticized a push by American congressmen for the extradition to the United States of Viktor Bout, a Russian wanted for allegedly trying to smuggle missiles and rocket launchers to Colombian rebels.
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| UK envoys to visit ailing Guantanamo detainee (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2009 08:03 AM CST  AP - British officials headed to the U.S. military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay on Saturday to visit a hunger-striking detainee at the center of overseas torture claims and prepare him for his possible release.
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