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• Veteran BBC anchorman in email rant (AFP)
• Mona Lisa model was a male say Italian researchers (AFP)
• UK foreign aid money helped fund pope's visit (AP)
• Govt used foreign aid money for pope's visit (AFP)
• Camilla to appear on The Archers (AFP)
• Suarez scores on winning Liverpool debut (AFP)
• French minister says won't quit over Tunisian trip (Reuters)
• City rocked by spot-on Gardner (AFP)
• WikiLeaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize (AP)
• Squatters evicted from long-occupied Berlin house (AP)
• Europe: Egyptian democratic reforms must begin now (AP)
• French minister denies links to Tunisia ex-regime (AP)
• UN says Iran has executed at least 66 this year (AP)
• Expert can't confirm Demjanjuk's signature (AP)
• Straw: UK ministers had `great anxiety' over Iraq (AP)
• Russia to raise military wages, have more officers (AP)
• Poland warns Belarus leader: Change or risk coup (AP)
• Dutch Jews want fast punishment for anti-Semitism (AP)
• Greek police destroy letter bomb in Athens (AP)
• Singer PJ Proby in court on benefit cheat charges (AP)

Veteran BBC anchorman in email rant (AFP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:41 PM PST AFP - A veteran BBC journalist launched a sarcastic broadside against new media and senior management Wednesday, dismissing his flagship news show's daily email bulletin as an "exercise in fatuousness".

Mona Lisa model was a male say Italian researchers (AFP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:24 PM PST AFP - Italian researchers who specialise in resolving art mysteries said they have discovered the disputed identity of the model for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa -- and claimed he was a man.

UK foreign aid money helped fund pope's visit (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST AP - British lawmakers have demanded an explanation Wednesday into why 1.85 million pounds ($2.99 million) of foreign aid money helped pay for the pope's recent visit to the U.K.

Govt used foreign aid money for pope's visit (AFP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST AFP - Britain used £1.85 million from its foreign aid budget to help pay for the pope's state visit last year, lawmakers revealed Thursday.

Camilla to appear on The Archers (AFP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:56 PM PST AFP - Prince Charles's wife Camilla will appear on iconic radio soap opera The Archers, following in the footsteps of Princess Margaret, an actress on the programme said Wednesday.

Suarez scores on winning Liverpool debut (AFP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:26 PM PST AFP - Luis Suarez came off the substitutes bench to score on his Liverpool debut as Kenny Dalglish's side overcame Stoke 2-0 at Anfield here on Wednesday.

French minister says won't quit over Tunisian trip (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:26 PM PST Reuters - France's foreign minister rejected calls to quit on Wednesday over a holiday she took in Tunisia in the early days of an uprising against President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and a ride she took on a Tunisian businessman's jet.

City rocked by spot-on Gardner (AFP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:22 PM PST AFP - Manchester City's title challenge was left hanging by a thread after Craig Gardner struck late on to earn Birmingham a 2-2 draw at St Andrew?s which boosted their survival hopes on Wednesday.

WikiLeaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:14 PM PST AP - A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated WikiLeaks for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, saying Wednesday that its disclosures of classified documents promote world peace by holding governments accountable for their actions.

Squatters evicted from long-occupied Berlin house (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:11 PM PST AP - Police arrested more than two dozen people as they cleared squatters on Wednesday from a Berlin building that was occupied for two decades, authorities said.

Europe: Egyptian democratic reforms must begin now (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:33 PM PST AP - Egypt's government must begin political reforms immediately and end attacks on protesters, European leaders demanded Wednesday, hardening their position on President Hosni Mubarak's future amid chaotic violence in Cairo.

French minister denies links to Tunisia ex-regime (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 11:50 AM PST AP - France's foreign minister on Wednesday denied a news report that she flew on a private jet belonging to a family member of Tunisia's deposed president, and she ruled out resigning over the allegation.

UN says Iran has executed at least 66 this year (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 10:24 AM PST AP - Iran has executed at least 66 people this year, an alarming surge that has defied outside pressure, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Wednesday.

Expert can't confirm Demjanjuk's signature (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 10:14 AM PST AP - A court-appointed expert said Wednesday that she can't confirm or reject the authenticity of John Demjanjuk's signature on a key piece of evidence at his trial on charges that he was a Nazi death camp guard.

Straw: UK ministers had `great anxiety' over Iraq (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 09:57 AM PST AP - Britain's former foreign secretary said Wednesday he advised then-Prime Minister Tony Blair that the U.K. could play a much smaller role in the invasion of Iraq, days before the conflict began in 2003.

Russia to raise military wages, have more officers (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 07:52 AM PST AP - The Kremlin says it will nearly double the military wages and increase the number of military officers.

Poland warns Belarus leader: Change or risk coup (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 07:47 AM PST AP - Poland's foreign minister warned Belarus' autocratic president on Wednesday that he risks being overthrown by his own people if they decide to follow the example of protesters in Tunisia and Egypt.

Dutch Jews want fast punishment for anti-Semitism (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:52 AM PST AP - Jewish groups in the Netherlands called Wednesday for swifter punishment for Holocaust deniers as parliament debated how to combat rising anti-Semitism.

Greek police destroy letter bomb in Athens (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:46 AM PST AP - Greek police destroyed a letter bomb sent to the Justice Ministry on Wednesday and warned other government offices to watch out for more potentially booby-trapped packages, fearing a repetition of a spate of such bombings in November.

Singer PJ Proby in court on benefit cheat charges (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:27 AM PST AP - Sixties pop singer P.J. Proby has appeared in a British court on charges of fraudulently claiming benefits.

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