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• Leeds set up Manchester United FA Cup tie (AFP)
• Owen's hat-trick breaks Wolfsburg's hearts in Champions League (AFP)
• Sloppy Chelsea suffer more frustration in APOEL draw (AFP)
• Experts question use of Tamiflu: report (AFP)
• Hepburn's dress takes nearly $100,000 at auction (AP)
• France's Sarkozy takes on Google in books dispute (Reuters)
• EU antitrust chief slams senators on Oracle deal (AP)
• French police recover jewelry stolen from Cartier (AP)
• SecureWorks Moves Into Europe With DNS Buy (PC World)
• EU deplores Turkey's failure to treat Cyprus properly (AFP)
• UK believed Iraqi weapons had been dismantled (AP)
• Russian fire chief suspended in deadly blaze probe (AP)
• Belarusian opposition activists abducted (AP)
• Lawyers for Guantanamo prisoner to get documents (AP)
• Pope keeps Spanish Steps tradition in Rome (AP)
• Russian court rules against Jehovah's Witnesses (AP)
• US, Russia face off at World Court over Kosovo (AP)
• EU: Jerusalem should be joint capital (AP)
• Suspect in Nazi trial admits killings (AP)
• Russian official: arms deal with US this month (AP)

Leeds set up Manchester United FA Cup tie (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 03:53 PM PST AFP - One of the bitterest rivalries in English football will be revived after Leeds United booked themselves a third round FA Cup tie against Manchester United.

Owen's hat-trick breaks Wolfsburg's hearts in Champions League (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 02:31 PM PST AFP - England striker Michael Owen demonstrated his finishing class with a hat-trick on Tuesday to seal Manchester United's 3-1 victory at Wolfsburg to dump the Germans out of the Champions League.

Sloppy Chelsea suffer more frustration in APOEL draw (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 02:27 PM PST AFP - Chelsea were made to pay for more costly mistakes as APOEL Nicosia increased the gloom around Stamford Bridge with a 2-2 draw in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Experts question use of Tamiflu: report (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 02:11 PM PST AFP - Experts question the effectiveness of antiviral drug Tamiflu commonly used against the swine flu virus spreading across the globe, according to a study reported in Britain Tuesday.

Hepburn's dress takes nearly $100,000 at auction (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 02:09 PM PST AP - The black cocktail dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in "How to Steal a Million" has sold for nearly $100,000 at auction.

France's Sarkozy takes on Google in books dispute (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 02:00 PM PST Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday he would not let his country's literary heritage be taken away by a "friendly" large American company, in a thinly veiled challenge to Google

EU antitrust chief slams senators on Oracle deal (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 01:42 PM PST AP - The European Union's antitrust chief said Tuesday that U.S. senators who pressed her to approve Oracle Corp.'s takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. should stop interfering in Europe's affairs and prioritize U.S. health care reform.

French police recover jewelry stolen from Cartier (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 12:42 PM PST AP - Police say they have recovered nearly euro800,000 ($1,181,900) in jewels stolen last month in a holdup at a Cartier jewelry store in the southeastern French city of Lyon.

SecureWorks Moves Into Europe With DNS Buy (PC World) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 12:10 PM PST PC World - SecureWorks has acquired DNS Limited, a U.K.-based provider of security services.

EU deplores Turkey's failure to treat Cyprus properly (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 12:01 PM PST AFP - European foreign ministers criticised Turkey on Tuesday for failing to deal normally with Cyprus and opted to keep the brakes on Ankara's attempt to join the European Union.

UK believed Iraqi weapons had been dismantled (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 11:27 AM PST AP - Britain believed Iraq had dismantled its chemical and biological weapons in the run-up to the 2003 invasion but thought it was possible they could be reassembled, the former head of the country's Joint Intelligence Committee said Tuesday.

Russian fire chief suspended in deadly blaze probe (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 11:06 AM PST AP - The fire chief of a Russian city where a nightclub blaze killed 119 revelers was suspended along with five subordinates Tuesday and authorities said inspection records for the club appear to have been falsified.

Belarusian opposition activists abducted (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:29 AM PST AP - Men appearing to be law enforcement officers have abducted four Belarusian opposition activists in an attempt to scare them away from political activity in the repressive former Soviet republic, a human rights organization said Tuesday.

Lawyers for Guantanamo prisoner to get documents (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:05 AM PST AP - The last British resident imprisoned at Guantanamo won the right Tuesday to see documents his lawyers believe will show that he was tortured. The British government immediately announced an appeal.

Pope keeps Spanish Steps tradition in Rome (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 09:56 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday lamented what he described as a steady diet of news about evil in the world, saying it hardens hearts, as he prayed at the Spanish Steps in a Christmas season tradition.

Russian court rules against Jehovah's Witnesses (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 09:52 AM PST AP - Russia's highest court on Tuesday upheld a ruling halting the activities of a regional branch of Jehovah's Witnesses and banning dozens of its publications in what the group deplored as an unfair move.

US, Russia face off at World Court over Kosovo (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 08:44 AM PST AP - The United States and Russia faced off over Kosovo at the United Nation's highest court on Tuesday, with the U.S. arguing the world should honor Kosovo's declaration of independence while Russia insisted it was still part of Serbia.

EU: Jerusalem should be joint capital (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 08:12 AM PST AP - European Union foreign ministers urged Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday to make Jerusalem their shared capital, prompting a swift, angry reaction from Israel.

Suspect in Nazi trial admits killings (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 06:34 AM PST AP - A former member of the Nazi SS being tried for murder admitted in court Tuesday that he killed three Dutch civilians during World War II, but insisted he was following orders.

Russian official: arms deal with US this month (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 06:29 AM PST AP - Russia and the United States expect to strike a new nuclear arms treaty this month, a senior Kremlin aide told Russian news agencies Tuesday.

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