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• Lady Gaga in Brit awards hat-trick as women lead the way (AFP)
• EBay adds new Europe, Russia platform to spur buying (Reuters)
• Govt plays down Argentina's Falklands shipping move (AFP)
• Israelis listed as suspects in Hamas man's slaying (Reuters)
• Rooney double inspires United to first win in Milan (AFP)
• Barry sends City fourth after dramatic draw at Stoke (AFP)
• Jones to miss rest of Six Nations (AFP)
• Sarkozy dives as Strauss-Kahn soars (Reuters)
• Pope tells Irish bishops to show courage (AP)
• Hamas hit team passports fake, say Britain and Ireland (AFP)
• Spain to take 5 from Guantanamo (AP)
• 3 world powers criticize Iranian enrichment (AP)
• Report: France exposed soldiers to radiation (AP)
• Netanyahu: Israel not planning war with Iran (AP)
• Airliner plotter's wife denies withholding details (AP)
• UK police to probe reporter's mercy killing claim (AP)
• Iran mulling family visit for detained Americans (AP)
• 1959 conviction still haunts gay man seeking work (AP)
• Ukraine's outgoing president warns of turn East (AP)
• Police: Kiev mayor's daughter robbed in France (AP)

Lady Gaga in Brit awards hat-trick as women lead the way (AFP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST AFP - Flamboyant US superstar Lady Gaga scooped three awards Tuesday at the 30th anniversary edition of top music awards the Brits, in a night of triumph for female artists.

EBay adds new Europe, Russia platform to spur buying (Reuters) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 03:56 PM PST Reuters - EBay Inc will launch a new online retail platform in five European countries and Russia by the end of March, spurring cross-border transactions and allowing buyers to navigate purchases in their native languages.

Govt plays down Argentina's Falklands shipping move (AFP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 02:55 PM PST AFP - The government played down Tuesday Argentina's latest move in a row over oil drilling in the Falklands, after Buenos Aires ordered ships headed to the disputed islands through its waters to seek its permission.

Israelis listed as suspects in Hamas man's slaying (Reuters) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 02:54 PM PST Reuters - Foreign-born Israelis named as part of an Israeli hit squad denied Tuesday any involvement in the assassination of a top Hamas militant in Dubai and said their identities had been hijacked.

Rooney double inspires United to first win in Milan (AFP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 02:26 PM PST AFP - Wayne Rooney was the hero as Manchester United made AC Milan look old in a 3-2 win in the Champions League last 16 first leg clash here on Tuesday to record their first ever victory in the San Siro.

Barry sends City fourth after dramatic draw at Stoke (AFP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 02:23 PM PST AFP - Manchester City moved into fourth place in the Premier League after Gareth Barry's late equaliser rescued a controversial 1-1 draw at Stoke on Tuesday.

Jones to miss rest of Six Nations (AFP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 01:38 PM PST AFP - Wales second-row forward Alun Wyn Jones will miss the rest of the Six Nations Championship after being sent for surgery on an elbow injury.

Sarkozy dives as Strauss-Kahn soars (Reuters) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 01:27 PM PST Reuters - International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has emerged as the most popular figure on the French political stage, according to two polls published on Tuesday which are likely to fuel speculation about his future.

Pope tells Irish bishops to show courage (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 01:23 PM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI told Irish bishops at a special summit meeting Tuesday to be courageous in confronting the pedophile priest scandal that has rocked that Catholic nation's church, but took no action on victims' demands the Vatican take some responsibility.

Hamas hit team passports fake, say Britain and Ireland (AFP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 12:45 PM PST AFP - Britain and Ireland said Tuesday that passports used by nine members of a suspected hit squad accused of assassinating a top Hamas commander in Dubai are fake.

Spain to take 5 from Guantanamo (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 12:03 PM PST AP - Spain said Monday it is willing to take in five inmates from the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, not just the two it had announced last month.

3 world powers criticize Iranian enrichment (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 11:42 AM PST AP - Russia, the U.S. and France have urged Iran to stop enriching uranium to higher levels and suggested the project reinforces suspicions that Tehran is seeking to make nuclear weapons. The joint statement, made public Tuesday, reflects unified Russian and Western opposition to Iran's increased enrichment.

Report: France exposed soldiers to radiation (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 11:33 AM PST AP - France's military purposely exposed soldiers to a 1961 nuclear test in the Sahara Desert to study how the atomic bomb would affect their bodies and minds, a French news report said Tuesday, citing a classified defense document.

Netanyahu: Israel not planning war with Iran (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 11:27 AM PST AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday his country is not planning a war with Iran and that Tehran's concerns over such a conflict are the result of the threat of additional international sanctions.

Airliner plotter's wife denies withholding details (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 10:58 AM PST AP - The wife of a man convicted of plotting to bomb trans-Atlantic flights and kill thousands of people was aware of his murderous plans but failed to alert police, a British prosecutor said Tuesday.

UK police to probe reporter's mercy killing claim (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 10:40 AM PST AP - A veteran British TV reporter has claimed on the air that he used a pillow to smother a lover who was dying of AIDS, adding a startling contribution to the country's debate on mercy killing.

Iran mulling family visit for detained Americans (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 10:07 AM PST AP - Iranian authorities are considering a request by the families of three detained Americans to visit them in prison, Iran's top human rights official said Tuesday.

1959 conviction still haunts gay man seeking work (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 09:51 AM PST AP - He was convicted of a crime more than half a century ago, but what he did in 1959 — have consensual sex with another man — would be perfectly legal today.

Ukraine's outgoing president warns of turn East (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 08:41 AM PST AP - Outgoing President Viktor Yushchenko said Tuesday the policies of his newly elected successor risk turning Ukraine back into a Kremlin vassal state.

Police: Kiev mayor's daughter robbed in France (AP) Posted: 16 Feb 2010 08:14 AM PST AP - The daughter of Kiev's mayor told police she was robbed of euro4 million ($5.5 million) worth of jewelry as she traveled by car from Charles de Gaulle airport to the French capital, Paris police said Tuesday.

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