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Sweet sexinesss at Elie Saab (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 04:43 PM PST

A model wears a creation designed by Lebanese fashion designer Elie Saab for his spring-summer 2010 Haute Couture fashion collection, Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010 in Paris. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - Hollywood's favorite Lebanese designer, Elie Saab, on Wednesday delivered a sexy and sweet spring-summer 2010 haute couture collection of heavily beaded slip gowns in muted pastel tones.

7 dead after Belgium apartment building collapses (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 04:27 PM PST

Firefighters work at the site where a house collapsed in Liege January 27, 2010. An apartment block in the Belgian city of Liege collapsed on Wednesday, trapping two people under the rubble, emergency services said. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM - Tags: DISASTER)AP - Rescue workers recovered seven bodies from the rubble of a crowded apartment building that collapsed Wednesday after an apparent gas explosion.

Israel slams Iran as world recalls Holocaust (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 03:19 PM PST

Survivors of the concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau attend a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz camp by Soviet troops and to remember the victims of the Holocaust, in Auschwitz Birkenau, January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Peter AndrewsReuters - Israel's leaders, with Iran on their minds, vowed never again to allow the "hand of evil" to kill Jews as the world marked International Holocaust Memorial Day on Wednesday.

Chelsea charge back to top as Gunners fire blanks (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 03:08 PM PST

Chelsea's English midfielder Frank Lampard controls the ball during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Birmingham City at Stamford Bridge in London. Chelsea won 3-0.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Chelsea marched back to the top of the Premier League table with an emphatic 3-0 defeat of on-form Birmingham at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.

Rangers open 10-point gap, Celtic slump (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 03:04 PM PST

Ranger's midfielder Steven Davis looks on during a press conference in 2009. Rangers increased their lead at the top of the Scottish Premier League to 10 points with a 2-0 win at St Mirren on Wednesday as Celtic slumped to a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Hibernian.(AFP/File/Cristina Quicler)AFP - Rangers increased their lead at the top of the Scottish Premier League to 10 points with a 2-0 win at St Mirren on Wednesday as Celtic slumped to a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Hibernian.

Officials: US readies new Iran sanctions at UN (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:26 PM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, right, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, poses for the media prior to their meeting in central London, Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, Pool)AP - The Obama administration is preparing to circulate proposed tough new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program as early as this week at the United Nations, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Manchester United beat City to reach League Cup final (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:19 PM PST

Manchester City's English defender Micah Richards (R) vies with Manchester United's English forward Wayne Rooney during the English Carling Cup semi-final second leg football match at Old Trafford between Manchester United and Manchester City in Manchester. Manchester won 3-1.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Wayne Rooney's 91st-minute header secured a 3-1 victory for Manchester United over rivals City at Old Trafford and carried the holders through to a League Cup final meeting with Aston Villa.

Downing's horror miss lets Arsenal off hook (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:13 PM PST

Aston Villa's English player Ashley Young (R) vies with Arsenal's French defender Bacary Sagna during the English Premier League football match between Aston Villa and Arsenal at Villa Park in Birmingham, West Midlands. The match ended in a 0-0 draw.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Arsenal survived a shocking miss by Aston Villa's Stewart Downing to earn a 0-0 draw at Villa Park on Wednesday.

Top court overturns suspected terrorist asset freeze (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:08 PM PST

A general view of Court one at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in 2009. The Supreme Court Wednesday overturned an assets freeze on suspected terrorists, which was introduced in line with UN Security Council resolutions.(AFP/File/Gareth Fuller)AFP - The Supreme Court Wednesday overturned an assets freeze on suspected terrorists, which was introduced in line with UN Security Council resolutions.

Chelsea halt Birmingham run to return to top (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:05 PM PST

Chelsea's English midfielder Frank Lampard controls the ball during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Birmingham City at Stamford Bridge in London. Chelsea won 3-0.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Chelsea eased their way back to the top of the Premier League after two goals from Frank Lampard and a first half strike from Florent Malouda sealed a comfortable 3-0 victory over Birmingham City.

Karzai says Afghans will take on defense burden (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 01:23 PM PST

US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke seen here in Washington, DC in January. Holbrooke said Monday that world powers meeting in London this week will back plans for a truce with local Taliban commanders in Afghanistan, provided the fighters renounce Al-Qaeda.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AP - Afghanistan's president promised Wednesday to lift the defense burden from the U.S. and its allies, as senior officials gathered in London for a conference to bolster flagging support for the international mission there.

Jewish cemetery desecrated in eastern France (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:41 PM PST

AP - A Jewish cemetery in eastern France was desecrated Wednesday, with at least 18 gravestones marked with swastikas and overturned, police and Jewish officials said.

In Poland, survivors mark Auschwitz anniversary (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:21 AM PST

The sun sets over the the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 during solemn ceremonies marking 65 years since the camp was liberated by the Red Army, in Oswiecim, southern Poland. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)AP - Bundled tightly against the cold and snow, elderly Auschwitz survivors walked among the barracks and watchtowers of Auschwitz and Birkenau on Wednesday, many clad in scarves bearing the gray and blue stripes of their Nazi prison garments decades ago.

Former attorney general testifies in Iraq inquiry (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:00 AM PST

AP - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair's top legal adviser believed at first that it would be illegal for Britain to join the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq but ultimately changed his mind, he told the inquiry probing the conflict Wednesday.

UK Supreme Court strikes down govt terror measure (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 09:40 AM PST

AP - Britain's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the government overstepped its power when it froze the bank accounts of five terrorist suspects without a vote in Parliament. It said the special Treasury orders were unlawful.

UK, Dublin offer compromise plan for NIreland (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 08:37 AM PST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, speaks to the media at a press conference at Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. Brown and Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen had presented rival Catholic and Protestant leaders with last-ditch proposals designed to keep their power-sharing government from unraveling. The two-and-a-half year-old coalition at the heart of Northern Ireland peacemaking was on the brink of collapse following a long-running dispute over when it will take responsibility from Britain for the province's police and justice system.(AP Photo/Peter Morrison, pool)AP - The prime ministers of Britain and Ireland presented a compromise plan Wednesday to keep Northern Ireland's fractious politicians from breaking up their Catholic-Protestant government, but neither side accepted the deal.

A free man: what is pope gunman's next move? (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 07:31 AM PST

Lawyers for Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot the Pope, from left, Gokay Gultekin, Melahat Uzunoglu and Yilmaz Abosoglu, show a letter written in Turkish Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, in Istanbul, Turkey. Agca killed Abdi Ipekci, Chief editor of the newspaper Milliyet, on Feb. 1, 1979, in Istanbul. The release from prison of the Turkish man who shot the pope in 1981, has unsettled Turks who remember the gunman for killing the journalist Abdi Ipekci. The world knows Mehmet Ali Agca who was released Monday Jan.18, 2010, for his attempt on the life of Pope John Paul II nearly 29-years ago, but his 1979 killing of journalist Abdi Ipekci still resonates in Turkey where fears of high level conspiracy are still voiced about Mehmet Ali Agca who now enjoys his freedom. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)AP - This week, the Turkish man who shot the pope in 1981 and just got out of jail drove to a police station. He wore sunglasses and was escorted by several heavyset men in suits. Inside, officers took his fingerprints with a scanner, and he applied for a passport.

NATO, Russia boost military ties in Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 07:18 AM PST

Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rasoul, talks to the Associated Press in London, late Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010. Senior international officials have gathered in London ahead of a wide ranging conference to discuss matters relating to the military mission in Afghanistan, the resurgent Taliban and shifting the burden of security to Afghan forces. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - NATO's top officer said Wednesday that Russia had agreed to boost cooperation with the alliance in Afghanistan, including opening more transit routes for supplies to international troops and helping service Soviet-built helicopters used by the security forces.

Rights group: Racist violence drops in Russia (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 07:04 AM PST

AP - Racially motivated violence in Russia dropped sharply in 2009 due to a more vigorous effort by police and a shift in tactics by extremist groups, a human rights group said Wednesday.

Custody extended for suspect in cartoonist attack (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 06:13 AM PST

AP - Prosecutors say a Somali man accused of trying to kill a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad has had his custody extended by four weeks.

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