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Irish student's Wikipedia hoax dupes newspapers (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 08:01 PM PDT AFP - An Irish student's fake quote on the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia has been used in newspaper obituaries around the world, the Irish Times reported.

Rules changed on storing innocents' DNA (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 07:29 PM PDT AFP - The government said it would end the policy of indefinitely storing the DNA of people arrested and then cleared of crimes, after it was condemned by the European human rights court.

Mexico gets back to normal, flu advances in Europe (Reuters) Posted: 06 May 2009 07:15 PM PDT Reuters - Mexicans got back into the swing of normal life on Wednesday after a five-day business shutdown due to the H1N1 flu virus, which spread in Europe with new infections in Poland and Sweden.

Hiddink slams ref as Chelsea players cry conspiracy (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 06:47 PM PDT AFP - Guus Hiddink admitted he could understand why his players had cried 'conspiracy' after a string of controversial refereeing decisions denied Chelsea a place in the Champions League final.

Britain to probe trafficking of Chinese children (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 06:26 PM PDT AFP - Britain has vowed to investigate a report that traffickers used a children's home near London's Heathrow airport as a "clearing house" for Chinese minors smuggled in to become prostitutes.

Talks on loan for Jaguar Land Rover falter (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 04:57 PM PDT AFP - Talks between Jaguar Land Rover and the government over a possible state loan to help the struggling carmarker are close to collapse, media reports said here Thursday.

Police and protesters clash in Georgia's capital (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 03:32 PM PDT AP - Police armed with truncheons clashed with opposition leaders and stick-wielding protesters Wednesday in the first major outbreak of violence in a month of demonstrations against President Mikhail Saakashvili, police and government opponents said.

Anti-Gorbachev plotter, Soviet Gen. Varennikov dies (Reuters) Posted: 06 May 2009 03:13 PM PDT Reuters - General Valentin Varennikov, one of the leaders of a failed coup against president Mikhail Gorbachev that precipitated the collapse of the Soviet Union, died in Moscow on Wednesday.

Briton wins "best job in the world" (Reuters) Posted: 06 May 2009 03:03 PM PDT Reuters - Charity fundraiser won the "best job in the world" on Wednesday -- caretaker of an Australian tropical island -- after an innovative marketing campaign that highlighted the power of social media.

Drogba faces rap over ref confrontation (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 02:43 PM PDT AFP - Didier Drogba could be facing a lengthy ban from European football after angrily confronting Norwegian referee Tom Henning Ovrebo at the end of Chelsea's controversial Champions League semi-final second leg match with Barcelona here on Wednesday.

Media groups win battle against UK govt (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 01:17 PM PDT AP - Media groups won a legal battle against the British government on Wednesday when judges agreed to reconsider their previous ruling to keep information about a former Guantanamo detainee's alleged torture secret.

Russian Gen. Valentin Varennikov dies at 85 (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 12:37 PM PDT AP - Retired Gen. Valentin Varennikov, a hawkish World War II veteran who directed the Soviet war in Afghanistan and joined the rebellion against Mikhail Gorbachev that sped the collapse of the Soviet Union, died in Moscow on Wednesday, colleagues said. He was 85.

Notorious UK Crime Museum's items may be displayed (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 12:19 PM PDT AP - Death masks, murder weapons and other macabre crime scene artifacts could be put on public display under a plan backed by the mayor of London.

Experts: nearly 1 billion hungry people in world (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 12:02 PM PDT AP - The number of hungry people in the world could soon hit a record 1 billion, despite a recent drop in food prices, the U.N. food aid organization said Wednesday.

Moscow says NATO ties OK, despite expulsions (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 10:54 AM PDT AP - Russia and NATO sought to limit damage to their relationship Wednesday, after expelling each other's envoys and despite Moscow's criticism of military exercises in former Soviet Georgia.

Village guards among suspects in Turkish attack (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 10:27 AM PDT AP - A Turkish court charged at least eight people including government-linked village guards in the killing of 44 people at an engagement ceremony in the Kurdish-dominated southeast, the interior minister said Wednesday.

IAEA: weapons grade uranium traces found in Egypt (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 10:27 AM PDT AP - U.N. nuclear inspectors have found traces of highly enriched uranium in Egypt, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.

Libya: Lockerbie bomber prepared to drop appeal (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 09:38 AM PDT AP - The only person jailed over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing said he would drop his appeal against conviction — provided Britain allows him to serve the rest of sentence in Libya, a visiting Libyan official said Wednesday.

Vatican Swiss Guards consider opening to women (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 09:23 AM PDT AP - The Vatican's Swiss Guards swore in 32 new recruits Wednesday amid suggestions from their new commander that women might one day join their ranks.

Hidden Auschwitz message hailed as rare find (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 08:56 AM PDT AP - A note hidden in a bottle by Auschwitz prisoners 65 years ago in a desperate attempt to preserve a small piece of themselves was added Wednesday to the archives of the Polish state-run museum dedicated to the memory of the former Nazi death camp's victims.

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