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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

This image released by the US Marshals Service on December 28, 2009, shows the booking photo of would-be bomber suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. 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.(AFP/USMS/File)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

Undated photo of Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Washington is enforcing tough new security on passenger jets as the US and British embassies in Yemen remain closed because of fears of an Al-Qaeda attack.(AFP/File/Mike Rimmer)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

Conservative party leader David Cameron addresses the audience during a Conservative presentation at Lindley Hall in west London. The main political parties started campaigning in earnest for elections due by June, with its troubled economy the main battleground as the poll race revs up after the Christmas break.(AFP/Leon Neal)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

German-Syrian businessman Mamoun Darkazanli carries a box with his belongings as he leaves a prison after being released from custody in the northern German town of Hamburg, July 18, 2005. REUTERS/Christian CharisiusReuters - 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

Booker Prize 2004 shortlisted author of 'The Master' Colm Toibin seen here in October 2004 in London. 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 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

French actress Laura Smet, pictured in 2008, daughter of rock legend Johnny Hallyday, was hospitalised in Paris Monday after consuming a mixture of medications and alcohol, an emergency services source said.(AFP/File/Valery Hache)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

Mourners throw flowers onto a procession of hearses carrying the bodies of eight British soldiers killed in Afghanistan as it parades through the streets of Wootton Bassett, in Wiltshire in July 2009. Prime Minister Gordon Brown would regard a planned march by an Islamic group against the Afghanistan war as 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

Theo Maurer, chief instructor of Alpine Rescue Switzerland, left, talks on his mobile phone as a rescue helicopter of the Swiss emergency service Rega prepares for takeoff from the Diemtig Valley, in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. Snowfall and fog were hampering a search in the Swiss Alps on Monday for three people believed trapped after avalanches killed at least four skiers and a rescue doctor, officials said. (AP Photo/Keystone, Peter Klaunzer)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

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2008 file photo, Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard is seen in his office in Aarhus, Denmark. Westergaard, whose controversial cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad enraged Muslims, said Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, that police cannot protect him from attackers who act spontaneously. (AP Photo/Polfoto, Valdemar Joergensen, File)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

The scene after a train crashed into a hotel inside the main railway station in Helsinki, Finland, on early Monday Jan. 4, 2010. The train was being moved without passengers, when the brakes failed to work and it crashed into the hotel located in the railway station. No major casualties were reported. (AP Photo / LEHTIKUVA, Antti Aimo-Koivisto)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.

Britain in election mood, but no date set yet (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:14 AM PST

The leader of Britain's opposition Conservative party David Cameron is seen in front of an image of himself as he walks away after taking questions following a speech in London, Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. No date has been set, but campaigning has begun in Britain's 2010 national election. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and main opposition leader David Cameron were both making campaign-style announcements on education and health Monday, as they appeal to recession-weary voters to back them in an election that must be held by June. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - No date has been set, but campaigning has begun in Britain's 2010 national election.

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