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Liverpool return 'no-brainer' for Dalglish (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 05:11 PM PST

Liverpool's new manager Kenny Dalglish applauds the Liverpool fans after the 1-0 defeat to Manchester United in the FA Cup third round tie at Old Trafford on Sunday.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - New Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish said critics who questioned his sanity in returning to the Anfield hotseat had got it all wrong, insisting it was a "no-brainer" of a decision.

Portugal under pressure to seek EU/IMF aid: source (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 03:43 PM PST

Reuters - Pressure is growing on Portugal from Germany, France and other euro zone countries to seek financial help from the EU and IMF to stop the bloc's debt crisis from spreading, a senior euro zone source said on Sunday.

Masters champ Selby loses in first round (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 02:35 PM PST

Defending champion Mark Selby, pictured in 2010, lost in the first round of the Masters, snooker's leading invitational tournament, at Wembley on Sunday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Defending champion Mark Selby lost in the first round of the Masters, snooker's leading invitational tournament, at Wembley on Sunday.

Babel facing FA rap after Webb Twitter pic (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 12:23 PM PST

Liverpool's Dutch forward Ryan Babel (L) vies with Manchester United's English midfielder Michael Carrick during the FA Cup third round football match at Old Trafford in Manchester. Babel is set to face disciplinary action by the Football Association (FA) after posting a mocked-up photo of referee Howard Webb in a Manchester United shirt.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Liverpool forward Ryan Babel is set to face disciplinary action by the Football Association (FA) after posting a mocked-up photo of referee Howard Webb in a Manchester United shirt.

France: Sahel no longer safe after al Qaeda attack (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 12:08 PM PST

Reuters - France said on Sunday the African Sahel region was no longer safe for its citizens after suspected al Qaeda militants killed two Frenchmen in Niger.

Chinese vice premier starts Britain visit with energy deal (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 11:59 AM PST

China's Vice Premier Li Keqiang waves as he arrives at Edinburgh airport. Li kicked off a business-focused state visit to Britain with the sealing of a renewable energy deal between Scottish and Chinese companies.(AFP/POOL/David Moir)AFP - Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang kicked off a business-focused state visit to Britain on Sunday with the sealing of a renewable energy deal between Scottish and Chinese companies.

UK makes sure queen's head will grace its stamps (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 11:48 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 1998 file photo, a block of 48 mint condition 1840 Twopenny Blues stamps, which bear the image of Britain's Queen Victoria, are seen in London. Britain's business minister Ed Davey says Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, he will guarantee that the monarch's head will appear on British postage stamps even if Royal Mail is sold to a foreign buyer. (AP Photo/Steve Reigate, file)AP - Even if Britain's Royal Mail is sold to a foreign buyer, Her Royal Highness will still grace its stamp, the U.K. government said Sunday.

Bullets sent to Celtic manager Lennon (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 11:09 AM PST

Celtic manager Neil Lennon (R) during a game in 2010. Packages containing bullets addressed to Lennon and player Niall McGinn were intercepted by postal staff in Northern Ireland before they reached the Glasgow club it emerged Sunday.(AFP/File/Andy Buchanan)AFP - Packages containing bullets addressed to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and player Niall McGinn were intercepted by postal staff in Northern Ireland before they reached the Glasgow club it emerged Sunday.

Man City, Leicester in FA Cup draw (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 10:38 AM PST

Manchester City's Argentinian player Carlos Tevez (L) competes for the ball against Leicester City's Jack Hobbs (R) during the FA Cup third round football match at the Walkers Stadium in Leicester. The match ended in a 2-2 draw.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Manchester City keeper Joe Hart's dreadful mistake provided Leicester manager Sven-Goran Eriksson with another chance to teach old pupil Roberto Mancini in a 2-2 FA Cup draw here on Sunday.

FA Cup holders Chelsea thrash Ipswich 7-0 (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 09:45 AM PST

Chelsea's English midfielder Frank Lampard (L) celebrates scoring the sixth goal during their FA Cup third round football match against Ipswich at Stamford Bridge, London. Chelsea won 7-0.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Frank Lampard and Daniel Sturridge both scored twice as FA Cup holders Chelsea cruised to 7-0 rout of Championship outfit Ipswich Town on Sunday to set up a fourth round tie away to Everton.

Flooding in Germany inundates roads, villages (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 09:05 AM PST

AP - Rivers in western Germany are overflowing their banks due to pouring rain and melting snow, flooding many roads and parts of several villages.

Kate Middleton fetes last birthday as a commoner (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 08:57 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2010 file photo, Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton pose for the media at St. James's Palace in London, after they announced their engagement. Palace officials have announced Wednesday Jan. 5, 2011 will preside at the April 29 wedding of Prince Charles and Kate Middleton. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Prince William's fiancee was on Sunday celebrating her last birthday before she officially becomes British royalty.

Police: 4 dead in shooting spree in northern Italy (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 08:22 AM PST

AP - A 74-year-old Italian retiree shot dead two neighbors and then his wife Sunday before turning the gun on himself, police said. Jealousy appeared to be behind the rampage in the northern city of Genoa.

Pope baptizes newborns in Sistine Chapel (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 07:02 AM PST

In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI baptizes a baby in an intimate ceremony in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday that marked the end of the Christmas season, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. Standing under Michelangelo's magnificent 'Last Judgment'' fresco, the Pope poured water on the foreheads of 13 baby boys and eight baby girls. Some babies screamed, other squirmed, some slept through it. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, HO)AP - Pope Benedict XVI baptized 21 newborns in an intimate ceremony in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday that marked the end of the Christmas season.

UK's coalition govt faces first ballot test (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 06:53 AM PST

British Prime Minister David Cameron campaigns with local candidate Kashif Ali in Oldham, England, Thursday Jan. 6, 2011,ahead of the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election. It's the first ballot box test of Britain's unlikely coalition government - a special election which pits Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party against his newly embraced Liberal Democrat partners, and asks the public to deliver a snap verdict on their plan to slash public spending. The contest, follows a bitter battle during Britain's national election in May - which sparked the first legal challenge to a result on the grounds of dirty tricks since 1911, and led judges to order a rerun.(AP Photo/Charlie Bibby, pool)AP - It's the first ballot box test of Britain's unlikely coalition government — a special election that pits Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party against his Liberal Democrat partners and gives voters a chance to vent over plans to dramatically slash public spending.

Turkey's Kurds campaign for language (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 09:00 PM PST

FILE - In this March 17, 2007 file photo, pedestrians in the eastern Turkish city of Van walk past a billboard celebrating the spring festival of Nowruz, with writing in Turkish and Kurdish reading 'Real democracy or nothing!' Since the latter part of 2010, Kurdish politicians and activists have aggressively promoted Kurdish in public settings, challenging its status as a restricted, once shunned language, and alarming Turks who view the campaign as a threat to national unity and a harbinger of bolder demands for regional autonomy. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)AP - As a child, Emrah Kilic couldn't understand a word his grandmother was saying. That's because she was speaking Kurdish, the family's ancestral language, whose public use was harshly suppressed in the name of forging a unified Turkish nation.

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