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Chelsea stars in line for pre-Barca breather (AFP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 05:37 PM PDT AFP - Amid the disappointment at failing to return the English Premier League title to Stamford Bridge for the third consecutive year, Chelsea might also feel a twinge of relief as they limber up for the season's final weeks.

British police paying informants within green groups (AFP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 04:45 PM PDT AFP - Police claim to be paying hundreds of informants within environmental groups in a bid to get better intelligence about their activities and protests, The Guardian reported Saturday.

Hendry ends Ding's hopes (AFP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 03:51 PM PDT AFP - Seven-time winner Stephen Hendry ended China's Ding Junhui's world championship hopes on Friday with a 13-10 win to book a quarter-final place.

Berlusconi gambles on moving G8 talks to quake zone (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - Genius or folly? By suddenly moving the annual G8 summit from an idyllic Mediterranean island to a landscape blighted by an earthquake, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is hoping to reap huge political gains.

Unexploded WWII bomb found at German museum site (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 03:02 PM PDT AP - German police say a World War II bomb uncovered during construction at the Neues Museum in central Berlin has caused evacuations and traffic jams.

UN torture envoy: US must prosecute Bush lawyers (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 02:38 PM PDT AP - The U.S. is obligated by a United Nations convention to prosecute Bush administration lawyers who allegedly drafted policies that approved the use of harsh interrogation tactics against terrorism suspects, the U.N.'s top anti-torture envoy said Friday.

Brown congratulates Zuma on election victory (AFP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 01:35 PM PDT AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown called Jacob Zuma, the leader of the ruling ANC in South Africa, to congratulate him on his party's success in the country's general polls, a spokesman said Friday.

Belarus destroys synagogue of renowned rabbi (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 01:27 PM PDT AP - The roof has been removed and the windows stripped of their frames and glass. Piece by piece, workers are tearing down the former synagogue where a renowned rabbi served before fleeing the Soviet Union for New York in 1936.

Former KKK leader detained in Prague (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 12:57 PM PDT AP - Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke was detained by police in the Czech Republic on Friday on suspicion of denying the Holocaust.

Ferguson insists Tevez will stay at United (AFP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 12:39 PM PDT AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson has shrugged off Carlos Tevez?s complaints about limited first team opportunities with Manchester United and insists he is optimistic that he will hold on to the Argentinian striker this summer.

EU parliament urges Iraq not to expel group (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 12:15 PM PDT AP - The European Parliament urged Iraq on Friday not to deport members of an Iranian opposition group to Iran.

Scottish singing sensation gets dye job, makeover (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 11:56 AM PDT AP - The economy is scary, jobs are disappearing and taxes are going up. But Britain is buzzing over something else — Susan Boyle's new hairdo.

Pithy peace treaties? Diplomats turn to Twitter (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 11:53 AM PDT AP - Enough reading between the lines. European diplomats are saying it all in 140 characters.

Thousands of Armenians mourn WWI mass killings (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 11:47 AM PDT AP - Tens of thousands of Armenians marched through the capital on Friday to commemorate the 94th anniversary of the start of mass killings by Ottoman Turks, many calling on Turkey to recognize the slayings as genocide.

Film clips of WWI Battle of Gallipoli released (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 11:30 AM PDT AP - Turkey's military has released previously unseen film clips and photographs of the World War I Battle of Gallipoli to coincide with the 94th anniversary of the devastating campaign.

Facts and Figures on Iceland's Elections (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 11:18 AM PDT AP - Facts and figures on Saturday's Icelandic parliamentary elections, called after the former government collapsed in January.

Protests in Georgia's capital go into 3rd week (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 11:16 AM PDT AP - A few thousand Georgians rallied outside the public television station and parliament building in the capital city Friday as daily protests against President Mikhail Saakashvili entered their third week.

UN rights chief slams critics of racism meeting (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 10:52 AM PDT AP - The U.N.'s top human rights official hailed the global body's second racism conference as a success Friday, despite what she called a disinformation campaign that almost derailed the meeting.

Russia's president fires military spy chief (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 09:54 AM PDT AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday dismissed the country's military intelligence chief, a veteran who was reportedly opposed to Kremlin plans for sweeping military reform.

German doctors: 40-pound tumor removed from woman (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 09:52 AM PDT AP - A German doctor said Friday that surgeons have successfully removed a 40-pound (18 kilogram) malignant bone tumor from a Saudi Arabian woman.

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