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• London says bomb tests on pigs saved lives in war (AFP)
• Stoke still unbeaten in 2010 after draw with Wigan (AFP)
• Toyota to begin repairs to cars recalled in Britain (AFP)
• How the major stock indexes fared on Tuesday (AP)
• Dindane gives Pompey fans something to cheer at last (AFP)
• Fabregas strikes verbal deal to join Barca: report (AFP)
• Italian Catholic scandal draws in Pope Benedict (AP)
• EU nations' reality: Greece's woes are theirs, too (AP)
• City bolster European credentials (AFP)
• NYSE Euronext returns to profit in 4th quarter (AP)
• Irish abuse victims ask pope to replace bishops (AP)
• Russian military calls US missile defense a threat (AP)
• It's a wrap! Hospitals test new, more modest gown (AP)
• Gates wants Iran sanctions in 'weeks, not months' (AP)
• A meal fit for a King? No, but the plate is! (AP)
• Witness: Demjanjuk's statements inconsistent (AP)
• Iranians protest at Rome's Tehran embassy (AP)
• Tymoshenko camp vows to challenge Ukraine vote (AP)
• Greece leads European stocks higher on rescue hope (AP)
• Scottish man's terror conviction overturned (AP)

London says bomb tests on pigs saved lives in war (AFP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 05:03 PM PST AFP - London has defended the use of more than 100 pigs in military explosives tests in the past five years, saying the experiments had saved lives in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Stoke still unbeaten in 2010 after draw with Wigan (AFP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 03:54 PM PST AFP - Stoke City held on to their unbeaten record this year away at relegation-threatened Wigan on Tuesday after the Latics blew the lead to draw 1-1.

Toyota to begin repairs to cars recalled in Britain (AFP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 03:53 PM PST AFP - Toyota said it will begin repairs to more than 180,000 cars in Britain on Wednesday as the Japanese automaker struggled to pull its reputation from the scrapheap amid a growing recall crisis.

How the major stock indexes fared on Tuesday (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 02:57 PM PST AP - The Dow Jones industrial average jumped back above 10,000 on hope that a resolution was near for Greece's debt crisis. The Dow jumped a day after closing below 10,000 for the first time in three months. The major indexes all gained more than 1 percent. Treasury prices slid as demand for safer investments fell. Global markets bounced back on reports that plans are being developed in the European Union to rescue Greece.

Dindane gives Pompey fans something to cheer at last (AFP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 02:57 PM PST AFP - Aruna Dindane's header in the sixth minute of stoppage time earned Portsmouth a 1-1 draw with Sunderland and finally gave the beleaguered club's long-suffering supporters something to cheer about.

Fabregas strikes verbal deal to join Barca: report (AFP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 02:32 PM PST AFP - Arsenal's star midfielder and captain, Cesc Fabregas, has struck a verbal agreement with Champions League holders Barcelona to return to the club next season, Cadena Ser radio reported on Tuesday.

Italian Catholic scandal draws in Pope Benedict (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 02:16 PM PST AP - A scandal in Italy's Catholic Church has morphed into a tale of Vatican intrigue complete with forged documents, reports of dueling cardinals and a papal admonishment Tuesday to put the matter to rest.

EU nations' reality: Greece's woes are theirs, too (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 02:15 PM PST AP - Wealthy European nations were moving closer toward swallowing a bitter pill Tuesday: rescuing Greece from its overspending before its debts drag down the euro and stock markets all the way to Wall Street.

City bolster European credentials (AFP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 02:15 PM PST AFP - Carlos Tevez and Emmanuel Adebayor ensured that Manchester City remain slight favourites to finish fourth in the Premier League with the goals in a 2-0 victory over Bolton on Tuesday.

NYSE Euronext returns to profit in 4th quarter (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 01:55 PM PST AP - Trans-Atlantic stock exchange operator NYSE Euronext said Tuesday that it returned to profit in the fourth quarter as cost-cutting efforts helped offset a drop in revenue amid falling global share trading volumes.

Irish abuse victims ask pope to replace bishops (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 12:31 PM PST AP - Prominent Irish victims of Catholic sexual abuse have written to Pope Benedict XVI asking him to take responsibility for the church's concealment of child molestation by forcing out bishops implicated in the decades of cover-up.

Russian military calls US missile defense a threat (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 11:29 AM PST AP - U.S. missile defense plans are a threat to Russian national security and have slowed down progress on a new arms control treaty with Washington, Russia's top military officer said Tuesday.

It's a wrap! Hospitals test new, more modest gown (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 10:59 AM PST AP - The British government is getting behind a plan to replace drafty open-backed hospital gowns with versions that preserve patients' modesty.

Gates wants Iran sanctions in 'weeks, not months' (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 10:04 AM PST AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to see the United Nations slap sanctions on Iran in "weeks, not months."

A meal fit for a King? No, but the plate is! (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 09:48 AM PST AP - A British woman says she's shocked that a dusty dish on her shelf has been identified as a very valuable 260-year-old antique made for the King of Prussia.

Witness: Demjanjuk's statements inconsistent (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 08:21 AM PST AP - A top German investigator testified Tuesday that John Demjanjuk has given conflicting stories about where he spent the rest of World War II after being captured by the Germans in 1942.

Iranians protest at Rome's Tehran embassy (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 08:19 AM PST AP - About 100 Iranians protested Tuesday in front of the Italian embassy in Tehran, shouting "Death to Italy, Death to Berlusconi, " Italy's foreign minister said. Protests were also held outside the French and Dutch embassies.

Tymoshenko camp vows to challenge Ukraine vote (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 07:13 AM PST AP - Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to have won, her campaign said Tuesday.

Greece leads European stocks higher on rescue hope (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 07:09 AM PST AP - Greek stocks led European and U.S. markets higher on Tuesday on hopes that EU officials will provide the region's most heavily indebted economies with some form of support to keep the market crisis at bay.

Scottish man's terror conviction overturned (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:37 AM PST AP - The conviction of a man accused of wanting to become a suicide bomber was overturned Tuesday after a court in Scotland ruled that the trial judge did not properly instruct the jury.

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