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• Files show 'Iron Lady' was at odds with US on Iran (AP)
• Ex-Austrian BAE agent charged with bribery: investigators (AFP)
• NIreland parties struggling to save coalition pact (AP)
• Atmel to sell Smart Card units in France, UK (AP)
• Blair fights for his legacy as he defends Iraq war (AP)
• Blair says no regrets for removing Saddam (AFP)
• French PM asks government body to study burqa law (AP)
• Berlusconi asks Alcoa chief not to shut plants in Italy (AFP)
• Clinton: China risks isolation over Iran (AP)
• Stocks fall on euro-zone worry, tech slide (Reuters)
• UN nuclear chief hopes for Iran agreement (AP)
• Gates makes $10 billion vaccines pledge (AP)
• Blair quotes at Britain's Iraq Inquiry (AP)
• UNESCO calls for ban in trade in Haitian artifacts (AP)
• Interpol chief: Passport fraud major global threat (AP)
• Davos honors Brazil's president for his leadership (AP)
• Ukrainian rivals campaign in Davos (AP)
• Clinton says it is up to Russia to cooperate (AP)
• Russia's first stealth fighter makes maiden flight (AP)
• Russia offers to help NATO, but not for free (AP)

Files show 'Iron Lady' was at odds with US on Iran (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST AP - Margaret Thatcher, for all her reputation as a hard-liner, rebuffed appeals from U.S. President Jimmy Carter for a more demonstrative response to the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979, saying it would do more harm than good, according to papers in her personal files released Saturday.

Ex-Austrian BAE agent charged with bribery: investigators (AFP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 02:55 PM PST AFP - A former Austrian agent for British weapons maker BAE Systems was charged Friday with bribing officials in European countries to secure fighter jet contracts, investigators said.

NIreland parties struggling to save coalition pact (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 02:53 PM PST AP - Rival leaders of Northern Ireland's faltering Catholic-Protestant administration edged closer to a new power-sharing deal Friday following a marathon diplomatic effort, but negotiators on both sides said the final hurdles might be too high to clear.

Atmel to sell Smart Card units in France, UK (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 02:21 PM PST AP - Atmel Corp. said Friday it is seeking to sell its Smart Card integrated circuits business in Rousset, France, and East Kilbride in the United Kingdom.

Blair fights for his legacy as he defends Iraq war (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:54 PM PST AP - He was right and he'd do it again.

Blair says no regrets for removing Saddam (AFP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:47 PM PST AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair said Friday he had no regrets about removing Saddam Hussein after delivering a robust defence of the 2003 invasion of Iraq at a public inquiry into the war.

French PM asks government body to study burqa law (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:47 PM PST AP - France's prime minister asked a government body Friday to study the legal possibilities that would allow banning face-covering veils in France.

Berlusconi asks Alcoa chief not to shut plants in Italy (AFP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:28 PM PST AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday asked the head of US aluminium giant Alcoa not to close its factories in Italy.

Clinton: China risks isolation over Iran (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:23 PM PST AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned China on Friday it risks diplomatic isolation and disruption to its energy supplies unless it helps keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons.s

Stocks fall on euro-zone worry, tech slide (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:30 PM PST Reuters - Stocks dropped on Friday, as worries about fiscal turmoil in Europe and a drop in technology stocks pushed the S&P 500 to its worst monthly decline since February 2009.

UN nuclear chief hopes for Iran agreement (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 12:49 PM PST AP - The U.N. nuclear agency's new chief and Iran's foreign minister expressed hope Friday that an agreement will be reached on a swap of most of Tehran's stockpile of enriched uranium for research reactor fuel.

Gates makes $10 billion vaccines pledge (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:04 AM PST AP - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research new vaccines and bring them to the world's poorest countries, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said Friday.

Blair quotes at Britain's Iraq Inquiry (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 10:36 AM PST AP - Key quotes from testimony before Britain's Iraq Inquiry by former Prime Minister Tony Blair:

UNESCO calls for ban in trade in Haitian artifacts (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 10:14 AM PST AP - The United Nations' culture and education agency called Friday for a ban in the trade of Haitian artifacts to prevent the pillaging of cultural treasures in the aftermath of its devastating earthquake.

Interpol chief: Passport fraud major global threat (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 10:02 AM PST AP - The biggest travel threat facing the world now is passport fraud, according to the chief of Interpol — the millions of stolen documents that could be used by terrorists or criminals to travel worldwide.

Davos honors Brazil's president for his leadership (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 09:58 AM PST AP - The World Economic Forum has honored Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for his "global statesmanship" — a ceremony the leader couldn't attend for health reasons.

Ukrainian rivals campaign in Davos (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 09:55 AM PST AP - Ukraine's two rival presidential candidates made their cases Friday at Davos, but they were upstaged by the two candidates who finished behind them in the first-round vote and whose support may be key to victory in the upcoming runoff.

Clinton says it is up to Russia to cooperate (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 09:32 AM PST AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday challenged Russia to cooperate with the Obama administration and with NATO to ensure European security against new threats such as terrorism, cyber attacks or natural disasters.

Russia's first stealth fighter makes maiden flight (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 09:14 AM PST AP - Russia's first stealth fighter intended to match the latest U.S. design made its maiden flight Friday, boosting the country's efforts to modernize its rusting Soviet-built arsenals and retain its lucrative export market.

Russia offers to help NATO, but not for free (AP) Posted: 29 Jan 2010 09:00 AM PST AP - Russia is willing to help NATO in Afghanistan, but not for free, the Russian envoy to the alliance said Friday.

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