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• Scottish nationalists mount BBC legal challenge (AFP)
• Murphy gets better of Ding as Rocket sinks Williams in snooker (AFP)
• Depressed? You must like chocolate (Reuters)
• King accepts resignation of Belgian government (AP)
• Muslim says mistresses are the French way of life (AP)
• Bereaved twin runs for Polish president (AFP)
• British envoy to Yemen escapes suicide bombing (AFP)
• Belgium's government falls, future unity on line (AFP)
• French Muslim says has mistresses, not a polygamist (Reuters)
• Pedophile priest was volunteer in Dutch church (AP)
• Rome priest on trial for abuse in Vatican backyard (AP)
• Britain's odd election: Where third equals first? (AP)
• Ukraine leader says Chernobyl reactor a threat (AP)
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• Austrian slaying probe sees link to Chechen leader (AP)
• Iranian foreign minister visits Bosnia (AP)
• Late Poland president's twin runs to replace him (AP)
• Gored Spanish bullfighter recovering in Mexico (AP)
• Early days: the schooling of a British politician (AP)
• EU to push for piracy prosecutions in Africa (AP)

Scottish nationalists mount BBC legal challenge (AFP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:45 PM PDT AFP - The Scottish National Party (SNP) is set to mount a legal challenge against the BBC over its exclusion from the final British election TV debate.

Murphy gets better of Ding as Rocket sinks Williams in snooker (AFP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 03:11 PM PDT AFP - China's number one Ding Junhui crashed out of the snooker World Championship on Monday as 2005 champion Shaun Murphy moved into the quarters with a 13-10 victory.

Depressed? You must like chocolate (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 01:53 PM PDT Reuters - People who are depressed eat more chocolate than people who are not, U.S. researchers said on Monday, in a study that puts numbers behind the link between mood and chocolate.

King accepts resignation of Belgian government (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 01:31 PM PDT AP - Belgium King Albert II accepted the government's resignation Monday after negotiations failed to resolve a long-simmering dispute between Dutch- and French-speaking politicians over a bilingual voting district in and around Brussels, the country's capital.

Muslim says mistresses are the French way of life (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 01:23 PM PDT AP - A Muslim Frenchman at the center of a firestorm over polygamy said Monday that keeping mistresses is the French way of life.

Bereaved twin runs for Polish president (AFP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:58 PM PDT AFP - Polish opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski announced Monday that he would run in June's snap election to become president in succession to his identical twin who was killed in an air crash in Russia.

British envoy to Yemen escapes suicide bombing (AFP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:53 PM PDT AFP - Britain's envoy to Yemen Timothy Torlot Monday narrowly escaped a bomb triggered by a suspected Al-Qaeda suicide attacker who hurled himself at the ambassador's convoy in a Sanaa street, officials said.

Belgium's government falls, future unity on line (AFP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:42 PM PDT AFP - Belgium's government collapsed on Monday amid a breakdown between Dutch and French-speaking parts, hurtling the country towards elections that cast a doubt over its future as a unified state.

French Muslim says has mistresses, not a polygamist (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:41 PM PDT Reuters - A French Muslim threatened with being stripped of his passport for practicing polygamy on Monday denied the accusation, saying he had only one wife and several mistresses.

Pedophile priest was volunteer in Dutch church (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:25 PM PDT AP - The Dutch Catholic Church rejected criticism Monday for failing to check the background of a volunteer who had served a seven-year prison sentence in the U.S. for child abuse.

Rome priest on trial for abuse in Vatican backyard (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:05 PM PDT AP - The bishop responsible for a politically connected priest accused of molesting seven boys has admitted in court papers obtained by The Associated Press that he knew of the allegations for two years but didn't remove the priest from working with children.

Britain's odd election: Where third equals first? (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 11:29 AM PDT AP - In Britain's wildly unpredictable election, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's faltering Labour Party could finish third — but still end up running the country. The surging Liberal Democrats could get a third of the vote and a small fraction of the seats.

Ukraine leader says Chernobyl reactor a threat (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 10:41 AM PDT AP - Ukraine's president warned Monday on the 24th anniversary of the world's worst atomic accident that the Chernobyl nuclear reactor remains a serious threat to Europe.

(AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 09:59 AM PDT AP - Belgian King Albert II has accepted the government's resignation.

Austrian slaying probe sees link to Chechen leader (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 09:57 AM PDT AP - An Austrian investigation into the street slaying of a former bodyguard for the Chechen president has revealed a connection between a man detained in the slaying and a close adviser to the Chechen leader, an official said Monday.

Iranian foreign minister visits Bosnia (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 09:49 AM PDT AP - Iran's foreign minister held talks with Bosnian leaders Monday as part of a campaign to avert another round of U.N. sanctions.

Late Poland president's twin runs to replace him (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 08:29 AM PDT AP - Polish opposition party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Monday he will run in summer elections to replace his twin brother, the incumbent president who was killed in a plane crash.

Gored Spanish bullfighter recovering in Mexico (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 07:58 AM PDT AP - A top Spanish matador who suffered a horrendous, near-fatal goring in Mexico is recovering, his manager said Monday.

Early days: the schooling of a British politician (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 06:51 AM PDT AP - In the early 1980s, Nick Clegg, a young challenger riding a surge of voter disgust with Britain's political heavyweights, was a boy at the elite Westminster School in London, a short walk from the Parliament that he seeks to transform in elections on May 6. His routines were hardly ordinary.

EU to push for piracy prosecutions in Africa (AP) Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:44 AM PDT AP - The European Union's foreign affairs and security chief will visit Africa next month to press for more help in prosecuting pirates arrested by European warships patrolling the Gulf of Aden, she told a meeting Monday.

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