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• Hershey OKs bid preparation for Cadbury: report (AFP)
• Defiant Benitez vows to continue despite Cup shock (AFP)
• Britain lures talent: sci-tech entrepreneurs move in (Reuters)
• Dutch PM backs away from criticizing Iraq report (AP)
• Amsterdam-Aruba flight diverted after bomb hoax (Reuters)
• World champion Higgins crashes out of Masters (AFP)
• Lovenkrands hat-trick gives Magpies FA Cup joy (AFP)
• Fresh snowfalls heap more woe on shivering Europe (AFP)
• International aid pledges for Haiti quake relief (AP)
• U.S. says Russia arms deal close, talks resuming (Reuters)
• Massive aid effort begun for Haiti quake victims (AP)
• Princess Caroline: husband's slaps 'symbolic' (AP)
• Dutch lawmaker fails to avoid hate speech charges (AP)
• French President Sarkozy becomes a grandfather (AP)
• Report: Czechs still segregating Gypsy kids (AP)
• Orange leaders face shutout in Ukraine election (AP)
• UN: Haitian capital's main jail collapsed in quake (AP)
• A look at Ukraine's top presidential contenders (AP)
• Poland seeks to arrest Swede in Auschwitz theft (AP)
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Hershey OKs bid preparation for Cadbury: report (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:46 PM PST AFP - US chocolate maker Hershey has authorised a bid to be prepared for British confectioner Cadbury to counter American giant Kraft's 10.5-billion-pound hostile offer, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Defiant Benitez vows to continue despite Cup shock (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:38 PM PST AFP - Rafael Benitez on Thursday shrugged off the increasing pressure surrounding his position as Liverpool manager in the wake of the club's embarrassing exit from the FA Cup.

Britain lures talent: sci-tech entrepreneurs move in (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 04:11 PM PST Reuters - It took only a few weeks of research for Romanian entrepreneur Emi Gal to decide where to base his digital media firm, and his choice confounds a fairly enduring set of stereotypes about Britain's global appeal.

Dutch PM backs away from criticizing Iraq report (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 03:37 PM PST AP - Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende conceded Wednesday, "with the knowledge of now," that a stronger legal mandate was needed for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 — and his decision to support it.

Amsterdam-Aruba flight diverted after bomb hoax (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 03:30 PM PST Reuters - An ArkeFly flight carrying 235 people from Amsterdam to Aruba in the Caribbean was forced to divert to Ireland on Wednesday after an unruly Dutch passenger made false bomb threats during the flight.

World champion Higgins crashes out of Masters (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 03:24 PM PST AFP - World champion John Higgins crashed out of the Masters here on Wednesday after one of the most error-strewn performances in the Scot's career.

Lovenkrands hat-trick gives Magpies FA Cup joy (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 03:15 PM PST AFP - Danish international striker Peter Lovenkrands scored a hat-trick on Wednesday to ease Newcastle United to a 3-0 victory over fellow Championship side Plymouth Argyle in their FA Cup third round replay.

Fresh snowfalls heap more woe on shivering Europe (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 02:47 PM PST AFP - Fresh heavy snowfalls brought new winter woe to parts of Europe on Wednesday, disrupting transport links and delaying a humanitarian flight to earthquake-stricken Haiti.

International aid pledges for Haiti quake relief (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 02:44 PM PST AP - A glance at some of the international aid pledges for victims of the earthquake in Haiti:

U.S. says Russia arms deal close, talks resuming (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 02:25 PM PST Reuters - Russia and the United States are "really close" to agreement on a landmark treaty to cut their nuclear arsenals, a senior U.S. arms control official said on Wednesday.

Massive aid effort begun for Haiti quake victims (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 02:24 PM PST AP - Sniffer dogs, high-energy biscuits and tons of emergency medical aid were heading to Haiti on Wednesday as governments and aid groups launched a massive relief effort for the estimated 3 million people reeling from a devastating earthquake.

Princess Caroline: husband's slaps 'symbolic' (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 12:03 PM PST AP - Princess Caroline of Monaco told a court Wednesday that her husband slapped a hotel owner in Kenya as a symbolic reproach over noise from a disco but did not beat the man.

Dutch lawmaker fails to avoid hate speech charges (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST AP - Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders failed Wednesday in his bid to have judges drop or reduce charges of criminal incitement against him, despite arguing that his anti-Islam message falls within the boundaries of freedom of speech.

French President Sarkozy becomes a grandfather (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:20 AM PST AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has become a grandfather.

Report: Czechs still segregating Gypsy kids (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:35 AM PST AP - The Czech Republic is defying a European court ruling by continuing to place thousands of healthy Gypsy children in schools for the mentally disabled, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

Orange leaders face shutout in Ukraine election (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:53 AM PST AP - A wealthy businessman has made surprising gains against the two front-runners in Ukraine's presidential race, suggesting a possible shutout for both pro-Western leaders of the 2004 Orange Revolution.

UN: Haitian capital's main jail collapsed in quake (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:02 AM PST AP - The United Nations says the main prison in Haiti's battered capital of Port-au-Prince collapsed in the massive earthquake.

A look at Ukraine's top presidential contenders (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:01 AM PST AP - VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH: The leader of the Party of the Regions, chief nemesis of the Orange Revolution, ran for president in 2004 with Russia's backing and was declared winner.

Poland seeks to arrest Swede in Auschwitz theft (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:01 AM PST AP - Polish prosecutors say they have identified the Swedish mastermind of the theft from Auschwitz of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign and will seek his arrest and extradition to Poland.

(AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:50 AM PST AP - UN says the main prison in Haiti's capital has collapsed, with reports of escaped inmates.

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