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• 'Genocidaires' feel the heat from warmer France-Rwanda ties (AFP)
• Ancelotti expects title boost to aid Euro mission (AFP)
• Designer keeps it curvy on the London catwalk (AP)
• In London, PPQ proposes short shorts for winter (AP)
• 32 reported dead in storm on Portuguese island (AP)
• 32 dead as rainstorms hit Portuguese island (AFP)
• Argentina presses new diplomatic offensive on Falklands (AFP)
• EU considers 25 bln euros for debt-hit Greece: report (AFP)
• Plus-size models take to London catwalk (AFP)
• Floods kill at least 32 on Madeira (Reuters)
• Fall of Dutch government bodes ill for Afghanistan (AP)
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• UK human rights watchdog demands torture probe (AP)
• Ukraine's PM Tymoshenko withdraws vote challenge (AP)
• Vatican: Number of Catholics rising worldwide (AP)

'Genocidaires' feel the heat from warmer France-Rwanda ties (AFP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 05:59 PM PST AFP - One day before President Nicolas Sarkozy announced plans for a momentous visit to Rwanda, police turned up at a hospital in sleepy southwestern France and arrested a Rwandan doctor for genocide.

Ancelotti expects title boost to aid Euro mission (AFP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 05:35 PM PST AFP - Carlo Ancelotti believes Chelsea's vital Premier League win at Wolves was the perfect boost ahead of Wednesday's Champions League encounter with their former manager Jose Mourinho and his Inter Milan team.

Designer keeps it curvy on the London catwalk (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST AP - Usually the domain of the waifishly thin, London's catwalk got a dose of realism when knitwear designer Mark Fast deployed several plus-size models to fill his skintight creations Saturday.

In London, PPQ proposes short shorts for winter (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 03:10 PM PST AP - The design team PPQ has decided there are only two colors for next fall and winter — black and gold — and the shortest of short shorts is exactly what women need to fend off the winter chill.

32 reported dead in storm on Portuguese island (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 02:42 PM PST AP - Flooding and landslides swept away cars and knocked down houses as a violent storm killed at least 32 people Saturday on the Portuguese island of Madeira, a news agency reported.

32 dead as rainstorms hit Portuguese island (AFP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 02:38 PM PST AFP - Violent rainstorms killed at least 32 people on the Portuguese Atlantic island of Madeira on Saturday, a senior official said, as Lisbon mulled declaring an emergency and seeking European help.

Argentina presses new diplomatic offensive on Falklands (AFP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 02:26 PM PST AFP - Argentina pushed hard Saturday for a new diplomatic offensive aimed at pressing Britain to negotiate the status of the disputed and potentially oil-rich Falkland Islands.

EU considers 25 bln euros for debt-hit Greece: report (AFP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 02:17 PM PST AFP - The European Union could provide debt-ridden Greece with up to 25 billion euros (34 billion dollars) in aid, Monday's edition of the German magazine Der Spiegel says, citing suggestions from Germany's finance ministry.

Plus-size models take to London catwalk (AFP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 02:15 PM PST AFP - Plus-size models took to the London catwalk on Saturday in the latest collection by British knitwear designer Mark Fast, just days after a fresh row erupted in New York over the weight of fashion models.

Floods kill at least 32 on Madeira (Reuters) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 02:09 PM PST Reuters - At least 32 people have been killed by torrents of water and mud unleashed by a violent rainstorm on the Portuguese resort island of Madeira, officials said on Saturday.

Fall of Dutch government bodes ill for Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 11:03 AM PST AP - A furious dispute over the war in Afghanistan brought down the Dutch government Saturday, bitterly divided on whether its forces should stay or go as NATO deepens its engagement against the Taliban.

(AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 10:53 AM PST AP - Portuguese news agency: 32 dead in flooding, landslides on Madeira island in the Atlantic.

UK human rights watchdog demands torture probe (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 07:25 AM PST AP - Britain's justice secretary should conduct an urgent independent investigation into allegations that the country's secret service was complicit in the torture of Britons held abroad, the government's human rights watchdog said Saturday.

Ukraine's PM Tymoshenko withdraws vote challenge (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 07:18 AM PST AP - Embattled Ukrainian premier Yulia Tymoshenko on Saturday withdrew her legal challenge to the presidential runoff vote, claiming she could not win because the court refused to consider documents that she said showed election fraud.

Vatican: Number of Catholics rising worldwide (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 05:18 AM PST AP - The Vatican says the number of Catholics as a percentage of the worldwide faithful is growing slightly.

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