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• Nobel laureate Ebadi says Iran opposition strong (AP)
• First phase of Afghan offensive went 'to plan' (AFP)
• Yanukovich wins Ukraine presidency: election body (Reuters)
• Far-right party votes to drop whites-only rule (AFP)
• Icesave talks to resume on Monday: Iceland minister (Reuters)
• Irish bishop: no resignations on agenda with pope (AP)
• Britain's far-right party to ditch whites-only membership rule (Reuters)
• Stabbing sparks fresh anti-immigration calls in Italy (AFP)
• Elusive artist plays hide-and-seek at film fest (AFP)
• Netanyahu to lobby in Russia for Iran sanctions (Reuters)
• Pro-Russia Yanukovych named winner of Ukraine vote (AP)
• UK lawmaker fired for anti-Israel comments (AP)
• Renowned Spanish chef says elBulli struggling (AP)
• Austria: Skier trapped in chair lift for 6 hours (AP)

Nobel laureate Ebadi says Iran opposition strong (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 02:40 PM PST AP - Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi dismissed concerns Sunday that Iran's opposition movement is faltering after a government clampdown foiled plans to hold mass demonstrations last week on the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.

First phase of Afghan offensive went 'to plan' (AFP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 01:29 PM PST AFP - The first stage of the onslaught against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan has "gone according to plan", the Ministry of Defence said Sunday.

Yanukovich wins Ukraine presidency: election body (Reuters) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 01:08 PM PST Reuters - Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovich was declared president-elect by the main election body on Sunday, leaving rival Yulia Tymoshenko with only a slender chance to take power through a legal challenge.

Far-right party votes to drop whites-only rule (AFP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 01:07 PM PST AFP - The far-right British National Party voted on Sunday to drop its whites-only membership policy, following a threat of legal action.

Icesave talks to resume on Monday: Iceland minister (Reuters) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 12:57 PM PST Reuters - Iceland is set to resume talks Monday with Britain and the Netherlands on repaying more than $5 billion lost when Icelandic banks collapsed in 2008, Finance Minister Steingrimur Sigfusson said Sunday.

Irish bishop: no resignations on agenda with pope (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:59 AM PST AP - Irish bishops one-by-one will give an accounting to Pope Benedict XVI of their views, actions or knowledge about decades of sexual abuse by clergy, a participant said Sunday, but resignations were not on the agenda for the Vatican's extraordinary summit over the scandal.

Britain's far-right party to ditch whites-only membership rule (Reuters) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:46 AM PST Reuters - The far-right British National Party voted Sunday to open membership to non-whites following the threat of a court injunction and said it expected a "trickle" of black and Asian people to join its ranks.

Stabbing sparks fresh anti-immigration calls in Italy (AFP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:46 AM PST AFP - The stabbing death of an Egyptian youth in Milan sparked fresh anti-immigration calls Sunday that were immediately slammed by the left-wing opposition ahead of regional elections in Italy.

Elusive artist plays hide-and-seek at film fest (AFP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:43 AM PST AFP - Elusive graffiti artist Banksy was due to walk the red carpet Sunday to present his directorial debut in Berlin but organisers said he would stay incognito throughout the high-profile event.

Netanyahu to lobby in Russia for Iran sanctions (Reuters) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:44 AM PST Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will push for "crippling sanctions" against Iran over its nuclear program in Moscow on Monday with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Pro-Russia Yanukovych named winner of Ukraine vote (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:16 AM PST AP - Election officials named Russia-friendly Viktor Yanukovych as the official winner of Ukraine's presidential election Sunday, thwarting Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's hopes of overturning the vote.

UK lawmaker fired for anti-Israel comments (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 08:23 AM PST AP - A British lawmaker was fired from her job as her party's health spokeswoman after she said that there should be a probe into claims that Israeli relief workers were harvesting organs in Haiti.

Renowned Spanish chef says elBulli struggling (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 05:59 AM PST AP - Acclaimed Spanish chef Ferran Adria says his world-famous restaurant elBulli is struggling financially and he's looking for ways to keep it afloat when it reopens after a hiatus.

Austria: Skier trapped in chair lift for 6 hours (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 03:09 AM PST AP - A 22-year-old German skier was hospitalized with hypothermia after being trapped for six hours in a chair lift that had been closed down for the night, police said Sunday.

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