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• France joins race to digitize world's books (Reuters)
• Ten-goal thriller gets Villa to Wembley (AFP)
• Kuyt at double as Liverpool down Spurs (AFP)
• Arshavin sends Arsenal top of the table (AFP)
• Foreigners dead and missing after Haiti quake (AP)
• Zowie! Chili sauce lands German teens in hospital (AP)
• 150 flights canceled as Irish controllers protest (AP)
• Part of Munich airport closed after security alert (AP)
• Gaza flowers in Europe again as Israel eases closures (AFP)
• Russian journalist dies after police beating (Reuters)
• Russia wins court case and gets cathedral (AP)
• Britain suspends direct flights to Yemen (AP)
• Ukraine president backs neither candidate in vote (AP)
• Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker faces hate speech trial (AP)
• Mondale resigns as Norway consul in Minnesota (AP)
• Spain: EU Parliament to vote on EU-US bank data (AP)
• Security timetable tops Afghanistan conference (AP)
• Pope gunman's release jars Turkey (AP)
• Prostitutes in Greece demand brothel license (AP)
• Montenegro: Escaped hippo returns to its zoo (AP)

France joins race to digitize world's books (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST Reuters - Amid the flat, wide fields of central France, a team of re-trained secretaries and IT experts is packaging Europe's literary heritage for the digital era.

Ten-goal thriller gets Villa to Wembley (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:53 PM PST AFP - Aston Villa booked their first Wembley final appearance in a decade after a 6-4 victory over Blackburn Rovers in the second leg of their League Cup semi-final here on Wednesday.

Kuyt at double as Liverpool down Spurs (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 02:39 PM PST AFP - Dirk Kuyt scored twice as Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 at Anfield here on Wednesday to move within a point of fourth-placed Spurs in the English Premier League.

Arshavin sends Arsenal top of the table (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 02:12 PM PST AFP - Arsenal fought back from two goals down to go top of the Premier League with a controversial 4-2 win over Bolton at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday.

Foreigners dead and missing after Haiti quake (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 01:56 PM PST AP - A glance at countries reporting dead and missing in Haiti:

Zowie! Chili sauce lands German teens in hospital (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 01:56 PM PST AP - Officials in Germany say eight teenagers were hospitalized after a test of courage in which they drank chili sauce more than 200 times hotter than normal. The Red Cross in the southern city of Augsburg says that 10 boys, aged 13 and 14, year drank the sauce Wednesday morning, apparently in school.

150 flights canceled as Irish controllers protest (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 01:30 PM PST AP - More than 150 flights in and out of Ireland were canceled Wednesday as air traffic controllers staged a four-hour walkout in a bid for higher pay — and warned that more shutdowns of Ireland's runways were likely.

Part of Munich airport closed after security alert (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 01:14 PM PST AP - Part of Munich airport was closed Wednesday as officials searched in vain for a man who left a security checkpoint with a bag containing a laptop after it had triggered an alert for possible explosives.

Gaza flowers in Europe again as Israel eases closures (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 01:05 PM PST AFP - This time last year Adham Hijazi was feeding his world-class carnations to animals, but now he hopes they will reach European markets thanks to an easing of Israeli closures on the Gaza Strip.

Russian journalist dies after police beating (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:29 PM PST Reuters - A Russian journalist died on Wednesday after being beaten in police custody, authorities and colleagues said, deepening concern about police abuses after a string of scandals involving violence and corruption.

Russia wins court case and gets cathedral (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:16 PM PST AP - A French court ruled Wednesday that a Russian Orthodox cathedral built on the French Riviera nearly a century ago under Czar Nicholas II now belongs to Moscow.

Britain suspends direct flights to Yemen (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:27 AM PST AP - Britain's government said Wednesday it would create a new terrorist no-fly list, target specific airline passengers for tougher security checks and suspend some international flights in response to a growing terrorism threat posed by Yemen and Somalia.

Ukraine president backs neither candidate in vote (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:23 AM PST AP - Outgoing Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said Wednesday he will not support either candidate in the country's presidential runoff, saying they both are alienated from democratic principles.

Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker faces hate speech trial (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:02 AM PST AP - Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders sat in the defendant's dock Wednesday, nodding his head as prosecutors read aloud a hundred remarks he has made condemning Islam, Muslims and immigrants — notably one comparing the Quran to Hitler's "Mein Kampf."

Mondale resigns as Norway consul in Minnesota (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:46 AM PST AP - Norway says former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale has resigned as its honorary consul general in Minnesota.

Spain: EU Parliament to vote on EU-US bank data (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:39 AM PST AP - Spain's Europe minister says the European Parliament will get to vote on a controversial deal to transfer banking data to U.S. authorities to help them track down terrorist financing.

Security timetable tops Afghanistan conference (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:29 AM PST AP - An international conference on Afghanistan next week will aim to set a tentative timetable to switch security duties from foreign troops to local forces, and seek to spur efforts to reconcile Taliban fighters with the government, Britain's ambassador to Kabul said Wednesday.

Pope gunman's release jars Turkey (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:32 AM PST AP - The release of the Turkish man who shot the pope in 1981 has unsettled Turks who remember him for another crime — the killing of journalist Abdi Ipekci, whose calls for tolerance still resonate in a divided nation.

Prostitutes in Greece demand brothel license (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:12 AM PST AP - Dozens of prostitutes, most using headscarves or hoods to hide their faces, demonstrated in central Athens Wednesday, demanding working licenses for brothels across Greece.

Montenegro: Escaped hippo returns to its zoo (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:06 AM PST AP - In the end, the zoo keeper was right. The 2-ton hippo that escaped from a zoo in Montenegro has returned home, without hurting anyone.

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