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British PM reignites multiculturalism debate (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 06:09 PM PST

A dancer is pictured at an annual Notting Hill Carnival in London. The festival was launched in 1959 by post-World War II immigrants from what were then Britain's Caribbean colonies, as a community act of defiance following ugly race riots the year before.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - On June 22, 1948, the ship Empire Windrush docked just outside London loaded with hundreds of men from the West Indies, marking a sea change in British culture -- the start of mass immigration.

Protesters stage rally outside Berlusconi's villa (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 06:02 PM PST

A member of Italy's civic movement AFP - Clashes broke out between police and hundreds of demonstrators staging fresh protests against Italy's scandal-plagued prime minister Silvio Berlusconi outside his villa, local media reported.

Liverpool spoil Torres Chelsea debut with 1-0 win (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 05:32 PM PST

Chelsea's Fernando Torres shoots during their English Premier League match against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in London. Torres suffered a dismal debut as Chelsea's £50 million striker was substituted following a lacklustre display in his new side's 1-0 defeat against his former club on Sunday.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Kenny Dalglish refused to revel in revenge over Fernando Torres as Liverpool spoiled the Chelsea striker's debut with a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge.

No 'budget' wedding for Kate, William: British PM (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 05:04 PM PST

Britain's Prince William (R) and his fiancee Kate Middleton pose for photographers during a photocall to mark their engagement, in the State Rooms of St James's Palace in 2010. Britons may be feeling the pinch, but the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton will have all the pomp and pageantry befitting a royal wedding, Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britons may be feeling the pinch, but the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton will have all the pomp and pageantry befitting a royal wedding, Prime Minister David Cameron said.

Universal flu vaccine successfully tested: report (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 04:12 PM PST

A Sri Lankan nurse injects a vaccine against the H1N1 or swine flu influenza at a hospital in Colombo in 2010. Scientists in Britain have successfully tested a vaccine which could work against all known flu strains, the Guardian newspaper reported Monday.(AFP/File/Ishara S.Kodikara)AFP - Scientists in Britain have successfully tested a vaccine which could work against all known flu strains, the Guardian newspaper reported Monday.

Four Roma children die in Italy fire: officials (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 02:58 PM PST

A burnt shack at a Roma camp on the outskirts of Rome. Four children aged between three and 11 years old died Sunday in a fire at an illegal Roma camp on the outskirts of the Italian capital, officials said.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - Four children aged between three and 11 years old died Sunday in a fire at an illegal Roma camp on the outskirts of the Italian capital, officials said.

WikiLeaks' Assange faces extradition hearing in UK (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 01:58 PM PST

File - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, answers a reporter's question during a joint news conference with Rudolf Elmer, not seen, at the Frontline Club in London, in this Monday Jan. 17, 2011 file photo. Assange returns to a British court Monday Feb. 7 2011, to fight extradition to Sweden, where the WikiLeaks founder is wanted for questioning about alleged sex crimes. The 39-year-old Australian has denied the accusations, which his supporters claim are part of a CIA-led conspiracy against his secret-spilling organization. (AP Photo / Lefteris Pitarakis, file)AP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his entourage of lawyers, supporters, protesters and journalists are headed back to a London court for a showdown between the secret-spilling computer hacker and Swedish authorities who want him extradited to face sex crimes allegations.

Guitar icon Moore found dead in Spanish hotel (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 01:11 PM PST

Celebrated rock guitarist and former Thin Lizzy star Gary Moore, pictured here in 2010, was found dead in a Spanish hotel room Sunday, the band's manager confirmed.(AFP/ANP/File/Marten van Dijl)AFP - Celebrated rock guitarist and former Thin Lizzy star Gary Moore was found dead in a Spanish hotel room Sunday, the band's manager confirmed.

Britain still a world power despite cuts: Cameron (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 12:57 PM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron rejected on Sunday the notion that Britain would lost clout on the international stage as a result of severe defense cuts.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron rejected on Sunday the notion that Britain would lost clout on the international stage as a result of severe defense cuts.

Ten-men Old Firm duo share Cup spoils (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 12:40 PM PST

Rangers' Jamie Ness scores against Celtic during the Old Firm Scottish FA Cup clash at Ibrox. The Glasgow giants will have to replay after drawing 2-2 with both sides reduced to 10 men.(AFP/Graham Stuart)AFP - Glasgow giants Rangers and Celtic will have to replay their Scottish Cup fifth round clash after a 2-2 draw at Ibrox here on Sunday ended with both sides reduced to 10 men.

Protest held near Berlusconi's villa in Milan (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 11:07 AM PST

A demonstrator wears a mock mask of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, dressed as a pink rabbit with handcuffs during a protest outside Berlusconi's private residence, in Arcore, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, to demand Premier Silvio Berlusconi's resignation following allegations he paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl and used his office to cover it up. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)AP - Critics of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi staged a protest Sunday near his Milan villa, some wearing masks of the leader while others shouted slogans against him. A small group scuffled with police.

Hunt under way for missing Swiss twins (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 10:50 AM PST

A forestry police officer holds up a sheet showing the pictures of two missing 6-year old twin girls who disappeared after their father died in an apparent suicide, in Cerignola, near Bari, Italy, on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. Police in Italy, Switzerland and France were searching Sunday, Feb. 7, 1011 for two 6-year old twin girls who disappeared after their father, Matthias Kaspar Schepp, a Canadian-born resident of Switzerland, was found near a railway station in southern Italy on Thursday. Police believe he threw himself under a train. According to Italian news reports, the man picked up his daughters Alessia and Livia from their mother's home in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Jan. 28, but failed to take them to school on Monday morning as scheduled. The couple are reportedly separated. (AP Photo/Donato Fasano)AP - Police in Italy, Switzerland and France searched on Sunday for 6-year-old twin girls who disappeared after their father died in an apparent suicide.

US noncommittal on Muslim group joining talks (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 09:17 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, meets with Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Maharram Mammadyarov, right, for talks held on the sidelines of the Conference on Security Policy in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday the Obama administration supports the transition to a new government now moving forward in Egypt, but she says it must be up to the Egyptian people to decide if the reforms go far enough.

Chechen rebel leader threatens attacks on Russia (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 06:53 AM PST

AP - Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov claims to have sent a young man on a suicide mission to Moscow and has threatened more deadly attacks if Russia does not give up its Caucasus region.

Police evacuate Paris suburb to defuse WWII bomb (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 06:36 AM PST

AP - Some 6,000 residents of a Paris suburb have been evacuated from their homes while specialists defused a World War II bomb discovered on a building site.

Russia's parasailing donkey dies of heart trouble (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 05:12 AM PST

AP - The Russian donkey whose brays of terror while parasailing won her worldwide sympathy has died.

Neo-Nazis dominate tiny German village (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 04:49 AM PST

A picture of a soldier with holes of air gun bullets stands at a tree next to a children's playground in Jamel, 260 kilometer (165 Miles) north west of Berlin in the state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 More than the half of the residents of the tiny ten house town are connected to the far right NPD Party and the Neo-Nazi scene. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - This is a town taken over by neo-Nazis.

Karzai critical of aid bypassing Afghan gov't (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 04:10 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is seated at the podium during the International Conference on Security Policy in Munich, southern Germany, on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that channeling aid past his government undermines efforts to make it more effective, identifying NATO's provincial reconstruction teams as one of his concerns.

Echoes of Soviet collapse in Mideast revolt (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 03:07 AM PST

In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, former President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel answers questions about anti-government protests in Egypt, North Africa and the Middle East during an interview with The Associated Press in Prague, Czech Republic. Two figures who helped shape the Soviet collapse - former Czech president Vaclav Havel and former Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze - are watching the Middle East drama with excitement and nostalgia, but warn Cairo 2011 may not be Berlin 1989. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - Tunisia. Egypt. Yemen. The astounding pro-democracy domino effect in the Arab world evokes the shock waves of 1989 that toppled communism in Eastern Europe and eventually brought down the Soviet Union.

UN: Egyptian stability important for Mideast peace (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 02:35 AM PST

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sits in the auditorium prior delivering a speech on the 'United Nations in a modern world' at the Humboldt University in Berlin Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/dapd, Steffi Loos)AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday he was concerned that the unrest in Egypt could have "serious implications" for the Middle East peace process.

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