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US encyclopedia sorry for old Irish Civil War goof (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 04:21 PM PST

AP - Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. apologized Wednesday for mangling the history of the Irish Civil War in past editions, but stressed that Ireland's 4,000 schools have access to the corrected version.

N.Ireland leader says cleared after wife's affair (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:23 PM PST

Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson, seen here in January 2010, has been cleared over claims of financial impropriety related to his wife's affair with a teenager, his office said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - Northern Ireland leader Peter Robinson stepped back into his role Wednesday after being cleared of allegations linked to his wife's affair, raising hopes of breaking the province's political deadlock.

Greening piles pressure on Pompey (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:20 PM PST

Fulham's Johnathan Greening celebrates after scoring the first goal of their Premiership match against Portsmouth at home to Fulham at Craven Cottage football stadium. Fulham won 1-0.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Cash-strapped Portsmouth remained rooted to the bottom of the English Premier League after Jonathan Greening scored the winner for Fulham in a 1-0 victory at Craven Cottage here on Wednesday to end the hosts run of five successive league defeats.

China is victim of Internet pirates, minister says (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:02 PM PST

AP - China's foreign minister, whose country is accused of being a source of hackers, says the Chinese Internet is itself the victim of pirate attacks.

Defoe treble ends Leeds' FA Cup run (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 02:39 PM PST

Tottenham Hotspur's English forward Jermain Defoe celebrates after scoring his third goal during the FA Cup Fourth round replay football match against Leeds at Elland Road in Leeds. Defoe spared his own blushes and those of Tottenham Hotspur with a hat-trick to help Harry Redknapp's side overcome brave Leeds and book a place in the FA Cup fifth round with a 3-1 win.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Jermain Defoe spared his own blushes and those of Tottenham Hotspur with a hat-trick at Elland Road to overcome brave Leeds and book a place in the FA Cup fifth round at the second time of asking with a 3-1 win here on Wednesday.

US military: 3 die in helicopter crash in Germany (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 02:28 PM PST

AP - A U.S. military helicopter crashed in western Germany on Wednesday, killing all three people aboard, according to a spokesman for U.S. Army Europe.

Cup runneth over as Rangers make it five in a row (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 02:26 PM PST

Rangers' Irish midfielder Steven Davis, seen here in 2009. Rangers strolled into the League Cup final with a comprehensive 2-0 semi-final win over St Johnstone at Hampden here on Wednesday to reach their fifth successive final since Walter Smith returned as manager in 2007.(AFP/DDP/File/Oliver Lang)AFP - Rangers strolled into the League Cup final with a comprehensive 2-0 semi-final win over St Johnstone at Hampden here on Wednesday to reach their fifth successive final since Walter Smith returned as manager in 2007.

Dollar edges higher on European debt concerns (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 01:56 PM PST

AP - Investors dumped riskier trades for the relative safety of the dollar Wednesday after a report showed little growth in U.S. service businesses. Meanwhile markets remained skeptical about the European Union's plans to help Greece cut its debt.

Swiss gov't approves asylum for 2 Gitmo inmates (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 01:46 PM PST

AP - The Swiss government on Wednesday approved the resettlement of two Chinese inmates at Guantanamo as part of its commitment to help President Barack Obama's administration close the detention center.

Ukraine candidate accuses rival of 'swimming in mud' (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 01:29 PM PST

Ukraine's Regions Party and the Presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovich greets his supporters during campaigning visit to the eastern industrial city of Lugansk. Yanukovich accused Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko of mudslinging as he appealed for support in the coal-rich, overwhelmingly Russian-speaking Lugansk region ahead of Sunday's run-off election.(AFP/POOL/Andrey Mosienko)AFP - The frontrunner in Ukraine's hard-fought presidential race, Viktor Yanukovich, launched a furious counterattack against his rival Wednesday as he campaigned in the country's gritty industrial east.

Genocide charge now possible for Sudan's al-Bashir (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:44 PM PST

FILE - This Sept. 14, 2007 file photo shows Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir at a joint press conference with Italian Premier Romano Prodi, unseen, after their meeting at Chigi Palace, in Rome. Appeals judges ordered the International Criminal Court on Wednesday Feb. 3, 2010 to reconsider its decision not to indict Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of genocide in Darfur. The ruling could pave the way for al-Bashir to be indicted with humanity's worst crime — attempting to wipe out entire ethnic groups in the war-ravaged province. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)AP - The International Criminal Court will again consider charging Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with genocide in Darfur, after an appeals panel ruled that judges made an "error in law" when they refused to indict him on that charge last year.

Group says anti-Semitic acts soar in France in '09 (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:35 PM PST

AP - A group founded to protect France's Jewish community says anti-Semitic acts in France soared 75 percent last year — many coming as Israel pressed an offensive against Hamas in the Middle East in January.

German man saved on frozen sea by webcam spotter (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 11:18 AM PST

The sun shines onto the ice-covered beach of St. Peter Ording, at the north sea coast, Germany, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/dapd/Axel Heimken)AP - Watch the sunset, save a life.

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Posted: 03 Feb 2010 11:09 AM PST

AP - Police say a US military helicopter has crashed in western Germany.

Cheese's twilight rattles France's sense of self (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 10:23 AM PST

This Nov. 13, 2009 photo shows a piece of Persille de Tignes cheese in La Savinaz, near Tignes, in the French Alps. Legend has it that Persille de Tignes was among Charlemagne's favorite cheeses: The story goes that after tasting it during an Alpine expedition, the 9th century king had a selection of the ripest wheels shipped back to his court in Aix-en-Provence. Now, the storied cheese is teetering on the brink of extinction. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)AP - The milk that Paulette Marmottan uses in her cheese comes fresh from her cows and goats, so warm that on cold mornings, a cloud of steam goes up as she pours it into a cauldron.

Fiat faces papal censure for plant closure (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 10:17 AM PST

Demonstrators shout slogans during a labour strike at the Fiat Mirafiori assembly plant in Turin, northern Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 3,2010. Fiat workers across Italy are going on strike to protest plans to end auto production at a Sicilian plant next year. Wednesday's four-hour strike, marked the first nationwide work stoppage since CEO Sergio Marchionne took over the company in 2004 and mounted its turnaround. (AP Photo/Massimo Pinca)AP - These days, it seems beleaguered Italian automaking could use a little divine intervention. After car giant Fiat announced plans to shut auto production at its Sicilian plant, Pope Benedict XVI waded into worldly matters to urge the company to keep the jobs in Italy.

UK man's castle won't be his home, court says (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 09:04 AM PST

The home of Robert Fidler at Salfords, England, Wednesday Feb. 3, 2010, which may have to be demolished after a High Court ruling. Fidler, a farmer, who secretly built the home and lived in it for four years while it was concealed behind bales of straw, lost a High Court bid to save it from being demolished. A judge ruled that Fidler, 60, who took two years to covertly built his dream home with ramparts and cannon, was not entitled to benefit from his deception of the local planning authority.(AP Photo/Gareth Fuller-pa)AP - A man's home is his castle — but not if British authorities say it has to be destroyed.

Demjanjuk is ill, his trial in Germany postponed (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 09:03 AM PST

Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk sits in a wheelchair while arriving in a courtroom in Munich southern Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Demjanjuk, an 89-year-old former U.S. auto worker, is on trial in Germany facing charges he helped force 27,900 Jews into gas chambers in the Sobibor extermination camp in 1943. (AP Photo/Michaela Rehle, pool)AP - John Demjanjuk's trial in Germany was postponed Wednesday after doctors reported that the 89-year-old defendant was experiencing medical problems.

SA flag from Mandela's inauguration up for auction (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 08:34 AM PST

AP - A London auction house is selling a South African flag that flew during Nelson Mandela's inauguration as the country's first black president.

West offers skeptical reaction to Iran nuke plan (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 08:22 AM PST

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, right, and his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki pose for cameras before their talks in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Mottaki is in Turkey for a two-day visit.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilicil)AP - Iran on Wednesday described its latest offer to send uranium abroad for enrichment as a way to ease suspicions about his country's nuclear ambitions, but skeptical Western officials demanded concrete actions from Tehran instead of just words.

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