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• Eyepopping prints and sexy sailor looks in Paris (AP)
• Sparks fly at Dries Van Noten's menswear show (AP)
• Ungaro does rock-'n'-roll flamenco (AP)
• Murray shines as Hewitt, Roddick loom at Wimbledon (AFP)
• Iran expected to dominate G8 meeting in Italy (AP)
• Iranian says militiaman killed protester in Tehran (AP)
• ADVISORY: Russia Alcohol Deaths story (AP)
• Football body asks Iran if players were punished (AP)
• Court approves Algerian banker's extradition (AFP)
• Wimbledon church graveyard becomes car park (AFP)
• Kosovo ex-prime minister released from detention (AP)
• Recession, expensive oil slow CO2 growth in 2008 (AP)
• Swiss aerial tram company touts naked attractions (AP)
• Escort denies being paid to scandalize Berlusconi (AP)
• Putin criticizes prices at Moscow supermarket (AP)
• BBC publishes top executives' expense claims (AP)
• Zimbabwe's premier calls foreign tour 'successful' (AP)
• Next London subway stop: spiritual enlightenment (AP)
• Spanish lawmakers vote to clip judges' wings (AP)
• Deadlock on whaling hurting oversight body (AP)

Eyepopping prints and sexy sailor looks in Paris (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 04:43 PM PDT AP - Bold prints, harem pants and beefy sailor looks ruled the catwalks Thursday on day one of Paris' menswear displays, with strong spring-summer 2010 collections by Belgium's critical darling Dries Van Noten, French luxury label Louis Vuitton and the country's one-time enfant terrible, Jean Paul Gaultier.

Sparks fly at Dries Van Noten's menswear show (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 03:51 PM PDT AP - Electricity was in the air — literally — at Dries Van Noten, as a summer thunderstorm and a truck fitted with thumping speakers amped up the voltage at the Belgian designer's already-charged menswear display Thursday.

Ungaro does rock-'n'-roll flamenco (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 03:34 PM PDT AP - The Spanish flamenco dancer got a rock-'n'-roll makeover Thursday at Emanuel Ungaro, in a menswear collection that popped with pink polka dots and fluttered with fuchsia scarves.

Murray shines as Hewitt, Roddick loom at Wimbledon (AFP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 02:34 PM PDT AFP - Andy Murray moved closer to ending Britain's 73-year wait for a Wimbledon men's champion on Thursday, but Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick took aim at derailing the flying Scotsman.

Iran expected to dominate G8 meeting in Italy (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 02:11 PM PDT AP - Foreign ministers of Group of Eight countries sought to find a common position on Iran's violent crackdown on protesters as they opened a meeting in this northeastern Italian city Thursday.

Iranian says militiaman killed protester in Tehran (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 12:58 PM PDT AP - An Iranian doctor who claims he tried to save Neda Agha Soltan as the young Iranian protester bled to death on the streets of Tehran said Thursday that she apparently was shot by a member of Iran's pro-government Basij militia.

ADVISORY: Russia Alcohol Deaths story (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 12:54 PM PDT AP - EDITORS: The Russia alcohol deaths story will be retransmitted at a later time.

Football body asks Iran if players were punished (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 12:23 PM PDT AP - FIFA, the international governing body for football, has asked Iran's soccer federation to respond to media reports that players who wore green wrist bands in solidarity with the political opposition have been punished.

Court approves Algerian banker's extradition (AFP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 12:01 PM PDT AFP - A court on Thursday approved the extradition of former bank chief Rafik Khalifa to Algeria, where he has been sentenced to life in prison over a massive embezzlement scandal.

Wimbledon church graveyard becomes car park (AFP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 11:51 AM PDT AFP - A church by the Wimbledon championships is letting tennis fans park above the bodies in the graveyard, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Kosovo ex-prime minister released from detention (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 11:36 AM PDT AP - A Bulgarian court released Kosovo's former prime minister Thursday, two days after he was detained on an international arrest warrant issued by Serbia for alleged war crimes.

Recession, expensive oil slow CO2 growth in 2008 (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 11:03 AM PDT AP - The global recession has an up side, at least for people worried about climate change: carbon emissions are growing more slowly than in recent years, Dutch researchers said Thursday.

Swiss aerial tram company touts naked attractions (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 10:05 AM PDT AP - An aerial tramway company in eastern Switzerland is advertising its Alpine rides with a new scenic attraction: there's a chance you might see a naked hiker.

Escort denies being paid to scandalize Berlusconi (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 09:51 AM PDT AP - The high-end prostitute at the center of Premier Silvio Berlusconi's starlet scandal has dismissed the premier's claims that he doesn't know her, saying they spent the night together and shared an "intimate" breakfast the next morning.

Putin criticizes prices at Moscow supermarket (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 09:34 AM PDT AP - For the second time this month, Vladimir Putin has stood up for the common man, at a carefully staged media event.

BBC publishes top executives' expense claims (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 08:56 AM PDT AP - Britain's state broadcaster, the BBC, published details of expenses claims made by top executives Thursday, amid an increasing public clamor to scrutinize the use of public money.

Zimbabwe's premier calls foreign tour 'successful' (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 08:43 AM PDT AP - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai called his tour of Europe and the United States a success Thursday, though he won few commitments of aid amid new U.N. warnings of food shortages in his country.

Next London subway stop: spiritual enlightenment (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 08:34 AM PDT AP - The next train is for Heathrow Airport, via Covent Garden, Piccadilly Circus — and spiritual enlightenment.

Spanish lawmakers vote to clip judges' wings (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 08:30 AM PDT AP - Spanish legislators voted Thursday to change a law that let judges indict Osama bin Laden and Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, narrowing its scope to cases with a clear link to this country and yielding to criticism that Spain should not act like a global cop.

Deadlock on whaling hurting oversight body (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:31 AM PDT AP - A long-standing stalemate between pro- and anti-whaling nations is threatening the credibility of the International Whaling Commission, the oversight body's president said Thursday.

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