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• Swiss designer creates dinosaur dung watch (AP)
• Chavez defends ETA suspects wanted in Spain (AP)
• Torres double inspires Liverpool to easy win (AFP)
• Berlusconi in probe over TV talk shows - source (Reuters)
• Actress Winslet and director husband Mendes split (AFP)
• Eurozone readies possible bailout for Greece (AP)
• Algerian, Libyan charged in plot to kill artist (AP)
• West ignoring human rights abuses in Iran: Nobel laureate (AFP)
• Miss your dog more than your mate? You're not alone... (Reuters)
• Deal-making precedes final-round French vote (AP)
• Irish Catholic leader won't quit for abuse coverup (AP)
• German diocese suspends convicted sex abuser (AP)
• Russia criticized by UN over Olympics construction (AP)
• Merkel: Iran sanctions needed (AP)
• UN agencies say open defecation on the decline (AP)
• Italian police nab Mafia suspects (AP)
• UK government rebuked on climate change ads (AP)
• Georgian opposition denounces phony TV war report (AP)
• Frenchwoman accused of killing 6 of her infants (AP)
• Pope to be 'clear and decisive' in Irish letter (AP)

Swiss designer creates dinosaur dung watch (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:09 PM PDT AP - A Swiss watchmaker is hoping to raise a stink with an expensive timepiece that eschews the trade's standard gold, diamond or titanium fittings for a more earthy substance — dinosaur dung. Vesenaz, Switzerland-based company Artya says the watch set in fossilized feces will sell for 12,000 ($11,290) and comes with a strap made with skin from an American cane toad.

Chavez defends ETA suspects wanted in Spain (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:05 PM PDT AP - President Hugo Chavez on Monday defended a group of Basque separatists who arrived in Venezuela years ago, saying he is certain they aren't involved in terrorism.

Torres double inspires Liverpool to easy win (AFP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 04:16 PM PDT AFP - Fernando Torres turned on the style to inspire Liverpool to a 4-1 victory over struggling Portsmouth at Anfield on Monday which keeps alive their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League.

Berlusconi in probe over TV talk shows - source (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 03:36 PM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is being investigated for allegedly trying to pressure Italy's communications watchdog to block state television talk shows critical of his government, a source close to the investigation said on Monday.

Actress Winslet and director husband Mendes split (AFP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 03:20 PM PDT AFP - Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet and her director husband Sam Mendes have separated after six years of marriage, the British couple's lawyer said Monday.

Eurozone readies possible bailout for Greece (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 03:15 PM PDT AP - Eurozone finance ministers agreed Monday to offer financial help for Greece — likely in the form of bilateral loans — but refused to give details until European Union leaders make a final decision on the potential bailout.

Algerian, Libyan charged in plot to kill artist (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 03:06 PM PDT AP - Irish police have charged two men from Algeria and Libya with minor offenses following a weeklong investigation into Muslim extremists allegedly involved in efforts to kill a Swedish artist.

West ignoring human rights abuses in Iran: Nobel laureate (AFP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 03:05 PM PDT AFP - Western countries' fixation on Iran's disputed nuclear programme is blinding them to human rights abuses, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said on Monday.

Miss your dog more than your mate? You're not alone... (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 03:00 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) Have you ever had the feeling that your loved one misses the dog more than you when he or she is away on a business trip? You may be right.

Deal-making precedes final-round French vote (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 02:54 PM PDT AP - France's Socialists on Monday worked to secure alliances with rival leftists going into next weekend's final round of regional elections, an attempt to bolster their front against President Nicolas Sarkozy's struggling conservatives.

Irish Catholic leader won't quit for abuse coverup (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 02:42 PM PDT AP - Ireland's senior Roman Catholic, Cardinal Sean Brady, said Monday he would not resign despite admitting he helped the church collect evidence against a child-molesting priest — and never told police about the crimes.

German diocese suspends convicted sex abuser (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 01:54 PM PDT AP - A German archdiocese that Pope Benedict XVI oversaw from 1977 to 1982 said Monday that a priest convicted in 1986 of sexually abusing children has been suspended for violating a condition that he have no contact with minors.

Russia criticized by UN over Olympics construction (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 12:12 PM PDT AP - The top U.N. environmental watchdog has criticized Russia in a report to be released Tuesday for ignoring the effects that several construction projects for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi will have on the region's unique wildlife.

Merkel: Iran sanctions needed (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 07:26 AM PDT AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says new sanctions are needed against Iran to pressure the country into settling the dispute over its nuclear program.

UN agencies say open defecation on the decline (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 07:06 AM PDT AP - Almost 170 million people have moved from the outdoors to at least the outhouse to defecate in what the United Nations is calling a major advance in global sanitation over the last two decades.

Italian police nab Mafia suspects (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:54 AM PDT AP - Italian police arrested the "postmen" of the Mafia's top boss on Monday, 19 close aides who delivered the notes he writes to impart orders from his hideout, officials said.

UK government rebuked on climate change ads (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:41 AM PDT AP - Britain's independent advertising watchdog agency has criticized a government ad campaign that highlights the dangers of climate change.

Georgian opposition denounces phony TV war report (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:22 AM PDT AP - Georgia's opposition politicians on Monday denounced the government over a hoax television broadcast that said Russia had invaded and the president had been killed.

Frenchwoman accused of killing 6 of her infants (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 05:44 AM PDT AP - A 38-year-old woman acknowledged Monday killing six of her newborns, whose corpses were found in plastic bags in her basement, at the opening of a chilling trial in northwest France.

Pope to be 'clear and decisive' in Irish letter (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 04:36 AM PDT AP - A top Vatican official says Pope Benedict XVI will speak with a "clear and decisive voice" when he addresses clerical sex abuses in Ireland in a forthcoming letter.

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