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Wedding gift for royal couple from old university (Reuters)
University creates William and Kate scholarship (AP)
High winds, rough seas hamper Libyan evacuations (AP)
UK urges pressure on Gaddafi, EU weighs intervention (Reuters)
Liverpool, Rangers edge their way into Europa last 16 (AFP)
Prada seeks innocence in her aviator school girl (AP)
Khodorkovsky's judge says sentence not harsh (AP)
WikiLeaks' Assange appeals against extradition (AFP)
Ireland transfers 12 bn euros from crisis-hit banks (AFP)
Envoys seek UN rights probe into violence in Libya (AP)
New UK website cracks down on PR-driven journalism (AP)
AP Exclusive: Iran hunts for uranium (AP)
Neighbors bid to save 'Oliver Twist' workhouse (AP)
Prince William, Kate dedicate lifeboat in Wales (AP)
Spain: 5 dead, 3 injured in military academy blast (AP)
In gloomy times, Irish voters ripe for change (AP)
Report: Chechnya's leader looking for 2nd wife (AP)
NATO vows to stay out of Libyan conflict (AP)
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Wedding gift for royal couple from old university (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:49 PM PST

Reuters - Prince William and Kate Middleton will receive an early wedding gift on Friday when the Scottish university where their student romance first blossomed presents them with a scholarship created in their honor.

University creates William and Kate scholarship (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST

AP - The Scottish university where Prince William and Kate Middleton met and studied is giving the royal couple an early wedding gift — a scholarship in their honor.

High winds, rough seas hamper Libyan evacuations (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:53 PM PST

AP - Two ships braved churning seas Thursday to whisk some 4,500 Chinese workers away from strife-torn Libya to the island of Crete, while rough weather further west in the Mediterranean left hundreds of Americans stranded on a ferry in Tripoli.

UK urges pressure on Gaddafi, EU weighs intervention (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:36 PM PST

Reuters - Britain urged the world to exert greater pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday and the European Union said it was considering sending a humanitarian intervention force to the country.

Liverpool, Rangers edge their way into Europa last 16 (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:21 PM PST

AFP - An 86th-minute header from Dirk Kuyt earned Liverpool a narrow 1-0 win over Sparta Prague on Thursday, on a night when all three British clubs in action reached the last 16.

Prada seeks innocence in her aviator school girl (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 01:56 PM PST

AP - Don't expect to be swathed in silk next fall and winter. Designers are reaching for fabrics of a sturdier nature.

Khodorkovsky's judge says sentence not harsh (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 01:20 PM PST

AP - A Russian judge who sentenced Mikhail Khodorkovsky to 14 years in jail said Thursday that the tycoon's punishment could have been worse.

WikiLeaks' Assange appeals against extradition (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:49 PM PST

AFP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange vowed Thursday he was ready to to fight a lengthy legal battle after a British judge ruled he should be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of rape.

Ireland transfers 12 bn euros from crisis-hit banks (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:48 PM PST

AFP - Ireland on Thursday transferred more than 12 billion euros ($16.5 billion) of deposits from two of its crisis-hit banks to rival institutions, part of efforts to secure an international bailout.

Envoys seek UN rights probe into violence in Libya (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:25 PM PST

AP - Diplomats will be pressing Friday for a human rights investigation into Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's violent crackdown on protesters and for the suspension of Libya from the U.N.'s top human rights body.

New UK website cracks down on PR-driven journalism (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 11:11 AM PST

AP - Hoax articles and lazy journalists are being pushed into the spotlight by a new website that aims to expose news outslets that regurgitate press releases — a practice known as "churnalism."

AP Exclusive: Iran hunts for uranium (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 10:03 AM PST

AP - Iran is expanding its covert global search for the uranium it needs for its nuclear activities and a key focus is Zimbabwe, says a new intelligence report acquired by The Associated Press.

Neighbors bid to save 'Oliver Twist' workhouse (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 09:55 AM PST

AP - It's a battered brick building behind a high wall in London — austere, overlooked and slated for demolition.

Prince William, Kate dedicate lifeboat in Wales (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 08:56 AM PST

AP - It was only a lifeboat. But it gave hundreds of people a chance to cheer Thursday as Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton made a rare public appearance to dedicate the new vessel.

Spain: 5 dead, 3 injured in military academy blast (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 08:29 AM PST

AP - A powerful explosion at a Spanish military academy killed five soldiers and wounded three others on Thursday when a bomb disposal drill went awry, the Defense Ministry said.

In gloomy times, Irish voters ripe for change (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 08:08 AM PST

AP - Unemployment is above 13 percent, Irish taxpayers have reluctantly become bank owners, the value of the family home has plummeted and the nation is in hock to the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.

Report: Chechnya's leader looking for 2nd wife (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 07:09 AM PST

AP - The bullnecked and bearded leader of Russia's predominantly Muslim republic of Chechnya revealed on Thursday that he is on the hunt for a second wife.

NATO vows to stay out of Libyan conflict (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 05:06 AM PST

AP - NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the Western military alliance will not intervene in the Libyan conflict.