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• World's new tallest man has giant longing for love (AFP)
• Top law officer sacks 'illegal' housekeeper (AFP)
• Karzai leading Afghan vote with 54 percent (AP)
• 8'1" Turk takes title of world's tallest man (AP)
• Tally shows Karzai in lead; EU casts doubt on votes (Reuters)
• Liverpool struggle to victory over Hungarian rookies (AFP)
• Teens cleared of plotting "UK Columbine" massacre (Reuters)
• Karzai 'wins' 2-1, but fraud charges block victory claim (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Bougherra strike gives Rangers point in Stuttgart (AFP)
• Eduardo celebrates Euro reprieve by sealing Arsenal comeback (AFP)
• Ivory Coast toxic waste case nears settlement (AP)
• New language law in Slovakia is source of tensions (AP)
• UK teens cleared of Columbine-inspired murder plot (AP)
• Pilots question airspeed sensors' troubled history (AP)
• Lawyers: alleged Arctic Sea pirates needed help (AP)
• Paris catacombs closed after human bones scattered (AP)
• EU to call for sanctions on excessive bank pay (AP)
• EU farmers in white heat over milk prices (AP)
• Female suicide bomber injures 6 in Chechnya (AP)
• Foul-mouthing boss not grounds for firing in Spain (AP)

World's new tallest man has giant longing for love (AFP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:52 PM PDT AFP - The world's new tallest man, measuring two metres 46.5 centimetres, said he was looking for love as he was presented by Guinness World Records in London on Wednesday.

Top law officer sacks 'illegal' housekeeper (AFP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:39 PM PDT AFP - The government's chief legal official said late Wednesday she has sacked her housekeeper after a newspaper reported that she was an illegal immigrant.

Karzai leading Afghan vote with 54 percent (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:37 PM PDT AP - Afghan officials issued full preliminary results Wednesday showing President Hamid Karzai got 54.6 percent of the vote in last month's election, a result that could be annulled by mounting fraud allegations. European Union election monitors say fraud is indicated in more than a quarter of the 5.6 million votes counted.

8'1" Turk takes title of world's tallest man (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:07 PM PDT AP - A towering Turk was officially crowned the world's tallest man Thursday after his Ukrainian rival dropped out of the running by refusing to be measured.

Tally shows Karzai in lead; EU casts doubt on votes (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:40 PM PDT Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai won the presidential vote outright in the first round, election officials said on Wednesday, but the European Union said more than a third of his votes might be suspect because of fraud.

Liverpool struggle to victory over Hungarian rookies (AFP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:37 PM PDT AFP - Dirk Kuyt fired Liverpool to an unconvincing 1-0 win over Hungarian side Debrecen in their opening Champions League Group E tie at Anfield on Wednesday.

Teens cleared of plotting "UK Columbine" massacre (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 02:59 PM PDT Reuters - Two teenagers were cleared on Wednesday of plotting a killing spree at their school in Manchester in a chilling imitation of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in the United States.

Karzai 'wins' 2-1, but fraud charges block victory claim (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 02:32 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission announced Wednesday that President Hamid Karzai won 54.6 percent of the vote in the national elections Aug. 20, but European Union election observers said that 1.5 million votes should be investigated under fraud standards the commission approved this summer.

Bougherra strike gives Rangers point in Stuttgart (AFP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 02:25 PM PDT AFP - Algeria defender Madjid Bougherra hit a superb second-half equaliser to give Rangers a point and seal a 1-1 draw against Stuttgart in the Champions League Group G match on Wednesday.

Eduardo celebrates Euro reprieve by sealing Arsenal comeback (AFP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 02:20 PM PDT AFP - Arsenal striker Eduardo celebrated his Champions League reprieve with the late goal that gave the Gunners a dramatic 3-2 victory over Standard Liege on Wednesday.

Ivory Coast toxic waste case nears settlement (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 02:12 PM PDT AP - Commodities trading company Trafigura said Wednesday it is close to reaching a settlement with people who claim they fell ill after a tanker dumped hundreds of tons of waste around the Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan.

New language law in Slovakia is source of tensions (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 02:03 PM PDT AP - In a borderless European Union that boasts 23 official languages, one member, Slovakia, has enacted a law that limits the use of the languages of some fellow EU members.

UK teens cleared of Columbine-inspired murder plot (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 11:01 AM PDT AP - Two British teens obsessed with the Columbine shootings were acquitted Wednesday of charges they plotted a copycat massacre, after a jury rejected the notion that diary entries outlining a similar attack were anything more than a fantasy.

Pilots question airspeed sensors' troubled history (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 09:59 AM PDT AP - Airbus knew since at least 2002 about problems with the type of speed sensor that malfunctioned on an Air France passenger plane that went down in June, The Associated Press has learned. But air safety authorities did not order their replacement until after the crash, which killed all 228 people aboard.

Lawyers: alleged Arctic Sea pirates needed help (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 09:55 AM PDT AP - Lawyers for eight men accused of hijacking the Arctic Sea freighter as it passed through the Baltic Sea said Wednesday their clients are peaceful seamen who were merely practicing maritime skills when their boat ran into trouble.

Paris catacombs closed after human bones scattered (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 09:49 AM PDT AP - Paris' underground bone collection, the catacombs, has been closed to the public indefinitely after being vandalized.

EU to call for sanctions on excessive bank pay (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 09:04 AM PDT AP - European Union leaders plan to urge the world's largest economies on Thursday to threaten sanctions on banks that pay excessive bonuses to executives and traders as part of a promised overhaul of the global financial system.

EU farmers in white heat over milk prices (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 08:46 AM PDT AP - Belgian farmers sprayed 3 million liters (790,000 gallons) of fresh milk onto their fields Wednesday, furious over the low milk prices they say are bankrupting farmers.

Female suicide bomber injures 6 in Chechnya (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 08:37 AM PDT AP - A suicide bomber wounded six people in the capital of Chechnya on Wednesday, officials said — the latest in a series of attacks undermining Kremlin claims that stability is returning to the southern Russian region.

Foul-mouthing boss not grounds for firing in Spain (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 07:07 AM PDT AP - A court in Barcelona says insulting your boss with one particularly foul obscenity is not grounds for dismissal, insisting the slight is common in arguments in Spain and not that big a deal.

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