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French row over burqa ban unveils contradictions (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 05:16 PM PDT

Reuters - Fashion week in Paris, and after a display of pink and purple mini-dresses in an elegant apartment near the presidential palace, an assistant wheels out a rack bearing two very different creations: black abayas.

Brown's climate change adviser has swine flu: reports (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 03:48 PM PDT

A lab technician prepares samples for a swine flu test. A key adviser to Prime Minister Gordon Brown has contracted swine flu and was banned from attending the G8 summit in Italy, reports said late Sunday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A key adviser to Prime Minister Gordon Brown has contracted swine flu and was banned from attending the G8 summit in Italy, reports said late Sunday.

Israel phone firm's West Bank wall gag fails to amuse (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 02:06 PM PDT

Reuters - A television advert for an Israeli cellphone firm showing soldiers playing football over the West Bank barrier has sparked cries of bad taste and prompted Arab lawmakers on Sunday to demand it be taken off air.

Relatives of plane crash victims to visit Comoros (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 01:13 PM PDT

Yemeni colleagues of the crew of the Yemenia Airways Flight 626 , which crashed off the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros last week, protest outside the French embassy in San'a, Yemen, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. Relatives of the crew and Yemenia airways staff protested against the French search and investigation operation which they say was slow. (AP Photo)AP - Yemenia Airways has organized a special flight to Comoros for relatives of victims who died when an Airbus 310 crashed in the Indian Ocean last month, officials said Sunday.

England salvage dramatic Ashes draw (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 12:47 PM PDT

England batsman James Anderson celebrates as England salvages a draw on the final day of the first Ashes Test match in Cardiff, Wales. Anderson and Monty Panesar staged one of cricket's great escapes as England clung on for a dramatic draw in the first Ashes Test at Sophia Gardens here on Sunday.(AFP/William West)AFP - James Anderson and Monty Panesar staged one of cricket's great escapes as England clung on for a dramatic draw in the first Ashes Test at Sophia Gardens here on Sunday.

Chambers pulls out of 200m at British trials (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 12:18 PM PDT

Controversial British sprinter Dwain Chambers, pictured in June 2009, withdrew from the 200m at Sunday's British trials for the World Athletics Championships.(AFP/File/Miguel Riopa)AFP - Controversial British sprinter Dwain Chambers withdrew from the 200m at Sunday's British trials for the World Athletics Championships.

Swiss say hostage held in Mali has been freed (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 11:42 AM PDT

AP - A Swiss tourist taken hostage in North Africa in January has been released to authorities in Mali, officials said Sunday.

Ahmadinejad blames Germany for courtroom killing (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 11:10 AM PDT

Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed Germany on Sunday for the murder of an Egyptian woman in a German courtroom and said it should face U.N. condemnation, state media reported.

England cling on for dramatic Ashes draw (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 11:04 AM PDT

England batsman James Anderson celebrates as England salvages a draw on the final day of the first Ashes Test match in Cardiff, Wales. Anderson and Monty Panesar staged one of cricket's great escapes as England clung on for a dramatic draw in the first Ashes Test at Sophia Gardens here on Sunday.(AFP/William West)AFP - England's last wicket-pair of James Anderson and Monty Panesar batted together for 40 minutes to salvage a dramatic draw in the first Ashes Test against Australia here on Sunday.

Reclusive Turkmenistan cracks open the door (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 09:49 AM PDT

In this photo taken on June 14, 2009, a view is seen of central Ashgabat, the Turkmenistan's capital. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Four white-marble hotels opened here in June on a spit of sand by a landlocked sea — the beginnings of what is billed as Central Asia's answer to Las Vegas, an opulent $5 billion oasis of seaside villas, casinos, an artificial island and a ski center.

Obama: British help in Afghan war effort vital (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 09:13 AM PDT

Soldiers from The Princess of Wales's Regiment march through Worthing, England, to mark their return from Afghanistan and Iraq, Saturday July 11, 2009. Foreign Secretary David Miliband defended Britain's role in Afghanistan on Saturday after fighting claimed eight soldiers' lives in 24 hours. (AP Photo/Steve Parsons, PA)AP - President Barack Obama waded into Britain's debate over the war in Afghanistan, calling Britain's contribution critically important in the struggle to prevent terrorists from establishing a stronghold in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Cruise ship spills oil in Norwegian fjord (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 08:39 AM PDT

AP - Norwegian police say a large amount of oil has leaked from a cruise ship in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Geiranger fjord.

Spain liberalizing, but teen abortion hits a nerve (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 08:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo from March 29, 2009, demonstrators protest during an anti-abortion rally in Madrid. Spain's Socialist prime minister has irked his natural enemies on the right and in the Catholic church by legalizing gay marriage and instituting fast-track divorce. Now he's hit a raw nerve even among his supporters with a proposal to let teenagers get abortions without parental consent. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)AP - Spain's Socialist prime minister has irked his natural enemies on the right and in the Catholic church by legalizing gay marriage and instituting fast-track divorce. Now he has hit a raw nerve even among his supporters with a proposal to let 16-year-olds get abortions without parental consent.

4 runners gored in Pamplona's bull-running (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 06:57 AM PDT

Hundred revelers stand on the street as they look at bull ''Ermitano'' that gored a reveler during the sixth running of the bulls of the Miura fighting bulls at San Fermin Fiestas in Pamplona, northern Spain, Sunday, July 12, 2009. The fiestas 'Los San Fermines' held since 1591, attract tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)AP - Bulls gored four runners, seriously injuring two of them, during a packed running of the bulls on the sixth day of the San Fermin festival on Sunday.

Report: LaToya Jackson says Michael was murdered (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 04:58 AM PDT

A mounted police officer sits near a monitor showing a picture of Michael Jackson outside the Staples Center following a memorial service for Jackson in Los Angeles July 7, 2009. Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder and Usher led an emotional public memorial for Michael Jackson on Tuesday as the music world, the Jackson family and thousands of fans bid farewell to the AP - Two British tabloids quote LaToya Jackson as saying she believes her brother Michael Jackson was murdered as part of a conspiracy to steal his fortune.

Ex-Liberian leader to begin his war crimes defense (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 04:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2008 file photo former Liberian President Charles Taylor is seen in court as his trial reopened at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, Netherlands. Prosecution witnesses accused former Liberian President Charles Taylor of atrocities ranging from cannibalism to commanding Sierra Leone rebels who hacked of villagers' limbs and selling weapons and ammunition in exchange for so-called blood diamonds. Now it's time for Taylor to give his version of events at his trial before the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone. (AP Photo/Michael Kooren, Pool, File)AP - For a year, prosecution witnesses accused former Liberian President Charles Taylor of atrocities ranging from cannibalism to commanding Sierra Leone rebels who hacked off villagers' limbs, and of selling weapons and ammunition in exchange for so-called blood diamonds.

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