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Third uninvited guest attended White House dinner (Reuters)
Manufacturing Data In U.S., Asia, Europe Show Faster Growth (Investor's Business Daily)
Bomb suspect intelligence was shared with US (AFP)
Britain says it passed airliner suspect data to US (AP)
Electioneering starts as Blair waits in wings (AFP)
Germany knows nothing of alleged CIA murder plot (Reuters)
Pfizer gets European OK for intravenous Revatio (AP)
Toibin favourite to win Britain's Costa book award (AFP)
French rocker Hallyday's daughter hospitalised (AFP)
Brown 'appalled' by planned Islamist march (AFP)
Spain miffed after politician denied entry to Cuba (AP)
Colm Toibin takes Costa Book Awards fiction prize (AP)
Serbia files genocide suit against Croatia (AP)
Swiss avalanches kill 5; 3 missing beneath snow (AP)
Danish cartoonist defends police who protect him (AP)
Norwegian teen tops chess world ranking (AP)
Train crashes into hotel in Helsinki (AP)
Britain in election mood, but no date set yet (AP)

Third uninvited guest attended White House dinner (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:19 PM PST

Reuters - A third uninvited guest made it into a White House state dinner in honour of the Indian prime minister, but there is no evidence the person had contact with the president or first lady, the Secret Service said on Monday.

Manufacturing Data In U.S., Asia, Europe Show Faster Growth (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST

Investor's Business Daily - Manufacturing expanded in December at the fastest pace in more than three years, according to an industry report on Monday, echoing strong reports in Asia and Europe that point 15 a global manufacturing rebound.

Bomb suspect intelligence was shared with US (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 02:51 PM PST

AFP - Intelligence that a Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a US plane tried to contact radicals while living in London was shared with Washington, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said Monday.

Britain says it passed airliner suspect data to US (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 02:50 PM PST

AP - British intelligence passed on to U.S. authorities information about a Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner but he was not singled out as a particular risk, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said Monday.

Electioneering starts as Blair waits in wings (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 02:41 PM PST

AFP - Britain's political parties started campaigning in earnest Monday for elections due by June, with its troubled economy the main battleground as the poll race revs up after the Christmas break.

Germany knows nothing of alleged CIA murder plot (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 01:50 PM PST

Reuters - The German government said on Monday it knew nothing about a magazine report that the CIA had planned a secret operation to kill a German-Syrian in Hamburg linked to the September 11 attacks on U.S. targets.

Pfizer gets European OK for intravenous Revatio (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 01:45 PM PST

AP - Drug developer Pfizer Inc. said Monday European regulators approved an intravenous version of its high blood pressure drug Revatio.

Toibin favourite to win Britain's Costa book award (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 01:32 PM PST

AFP - Irish author Colm Toibin is favourite to win the 30,000-pound Costa Book of the Year award after Monday clinching the best novel category for his work "Brooklyn," observers said.

French rocker Hallyday's daughter hospitalised (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 01:24 PM PST

AFP - French actress Laura Smet, daughter of rock legend Johnny Hallyday, was hospitalised in Paris Monday after consuming a mixture of medications and alcohol, an emergency services source said.

Brown 'appalled' by planned Islamist march (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 01:13 PM PST

AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday he was "appalled" at a planned march by Islamists through the town where Britain's Afghanistan war dead are repatriated, branding it "abhorrent and offensive".

Spain miffed after politician denied entry to Cuba (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 12:08 PM PST

AP - Spain's Foreign Ministry summoned the Cuban ambassador Monday to explain why a Spanish politician who has promoted ties with Cuban opposition figures was denied entry to the island and held for a couple of hours before being sent back home.

Colm Toibin takes Costa Book Awards fiction prize (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 11:30 AM PST

AP - Irish writer Colm Toibin was named novelist of the year Monday in Britain's lucrative Costa Book Awards for his emigrant saga "Brooklyn."

Serbia files genocide suit against Croatia (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 10:39 AM PST

AP - Serbia filed a lawsuit against Croatia at the International Court of Justice on Monday, accusing it of genocide during the 1991-1995 Balkan war, which killed or displaced thousands of people.

Swiss avalanches kill 5; 3 missing beneath snow (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 10:05 AM PST

AP - Avalanches killed five people in the Swiss Alps over the weekend, and bad weather prevented rescuers from reaching three skiers who apparently remained trapped under the snow on Monday, officials said.

Danish cartoonist defends police who protect him (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 09:20 AM PST

AP - The Danish artist whose controversial cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad enraged Muslims around the world said Monday that police cannot protect him from attackers who act spontaneously.

Norwegian teen tops chess world ranking (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 06:32 AM PST

AP - Norway's Magnus Carlsen has become the youngest person ever to top the world ranking in chess.

Train crashes into hotel in Helsinki (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:56 AM PST

AP - Finnish transport officials say a near-empty passenger train has crashed into a hotel by Helsinki's main railway station, causing damage but no injuries.