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• Diplomatic crisis over Frenchwoman jailed in Mexico (AFP)
• Son of Pink Floyd star charged over royal riot (AFP)
• Liu Xiang in third on European return (AFP)
• Mother of missing Swiss twins pleads for search to continue (AFP)
• Tweets, cheers, fireworks: The world praises Egypt (AP)
• Police: Father wrote he killed missing Swiss twins (AP)
• Tunisians fleeing unrest arrive in droves in Italy (AP)
• Turkish inquiry says Israel used excessive force (AP)
• 162 Turkish officers ordered jailed in coup trial (AP)
• Germany with ECB headache as Weber quits race (AFP)
• Russia's fish struggle as winter drags on (AP)
• Merkel: Egypt must keep peace with Israel (AP)
• US sailor saves Turkish man's life while in port (AP)
• Final UK court arguments for WikiLeaks founder (AP)
• US: Poland concerned about armed Kaliningrad (AP)
• Image of disfigured Afghan woman wins photo prize (AP)
• French foreign minister to snub Mexican festival (AP)
• Ex-Dutch cardinal denies cover-up for abuse priest (AP)
• WikiLeaks: US spied on NATO's top official (AP)
• Russian policeman convicted for killing reporter (AP)

Diplomatic crisis over Frenchwoman jailed in Mexico (AFP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 04:09 PM PST AFP - Diplomatic relations between France and Mexico deteriorated into a crisis Friday, after a Mexican court upheld a 60-year prison term for a French woman convicted of kidnapping.

Son of Pink Floyd star charged over royal riot (AFP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:56 PM PST AFP - The son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has been charged over the attack on Prince Charles' convoy during a student riot, a London court heard Friday.

Liu Xiang in third on European return (AFP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:01 PM PST AFP - China's former Olympic champion and world record holder Liu Xiang finished third in the 60m hurdles on Friday at the Dusseldorf indoor meet, his first European appearance in three years.

Mother of missing Swiss twins pleads for search to continue (AFP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 02:27 PM PST AFP - The mother of Swiss six-year-old twins missing for almost two weeks on Friday called for the international search to continue despite receiving a letter in which their father said that he had killed them.

Tweets, cheers, fireworks: The world praises Egypt (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 02:13 PM PST AP - Fireworks and celebratory gunfire rang out in Tunisia and Lebanon, South Africans recalled Nelson Mandela's euphoric release from prison, and two words — "Congrats Egypt" — dominated social media sites as the world cheered the ouster of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak.

Police: Father wrote he killed missing Swiss twins (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 01:32 PM PST AP - LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A letter sent to their mother brought out the worst fears in the search for the Swiss twins, who went missing almost two weeks ago.

Tunisians fleeing unrest arrive in droves in Italy (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:35 PM PST AP - Hundreds of Tunisians arrived by the boatload Friday on a tiny Sicilian island, fleeing chaos in their homeland and prompting Italy to demand that the EU take stronger action to prevent an uncontrolled wave of migrants from North Africa.

Turkish inquiry says Israel used excessive force (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:29 PM PST AP - A Turkish committee investigating Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla has refuted Israeli claims that its soldiers acted in self-defense, saying at least two activists were killed before commandos boarded the ship and another died "execution-style" as he lay injured.

162 Turkish officers ordered jailed in coup trial (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:22 PM PST AP - A Turkish court ruled Friday that 133 current and former military officers must be jailed pending the outcome of their trial on charges of plotting to overthrow the government and issued warrants for the arrests of 29 other officers, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.

Germany with ECB headache as Weber quits race (AFP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:08 PM PST AFP - Bundesbank boss Axel Weber pulled out of pole position in the race to become the next European Central Bank chief on Friday, dashing Berlin's hopes of having a German in the post for the first time.

Russia's fish struggle as winter drags on (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 11:41 AM PST AP - As the long Russian winter drags on, fish in the ponds of St. Petersburg become increasingly desperate for oxygen, clustering in vast, thrashing masses at shrinking holes in the ice.

Merkel: Egypt must keep peace with Israel (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 11:21 AM PST AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says it is crucial that Egypt's new leadership is committed to the Mideast peace process and lives up to its obligations toward Israel.

US sailor saves Turkish man's life while in port (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 10:41 AM PST AP - U.S. officials say a USS Enterprise serviceman has resuscitated a 26-year-old Turkish man with CPR during a port call in the Mediterranean resort of Marmaris.

Final UK court arguments for WikiLeaks founder (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 09:04 AM PST AP - Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange tried a new tactic Friday in their bid to prevent his extradition to Sweden, charging that remarks by the Swedish prime minister have poisoned Assange's chances of a fair hearing on sex crime allegations in Sweden.

US: Poland concerned about armed Kaliningrad (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 08:51 AM PST AP - Poland and other Eastern European countries are expressing concern to the United States about an arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons believed to be at their doorsteps in Russia's Kaliningrad exclave, a top U.S. diplomat for arms control said Friday.

Image of disfigured Afghan woman wins photo prize (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 08:03 AM PST AP - A South African photographer's portrait of an Afghan woman whose husband sliced off her nose and ears in a case of Taliban-administered justice won the World Press Photo award for 2010, one of the industry's most coveted prizes.

French foreign minister to snub Mexican festival (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 07:59 AM PST AP - The French foreign minister said Friday that she plans to snub France's year-long festival celebrating Mexican culture because of a court case that has strained the countries' ties.

Ex-Dutch cardinal denies cover-up for abuse priest (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 06:47 AM PST AP - A retired Dutch Roman Catholic cardinal denied allegations Friday that he protected a pedophile priest, saying he had sent the clergyman for therapy and was unaware that he committed further abuses.

WikiLeaks: US spied on NATO's top official (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 06:36 AM PST AP - Leaked U.S. diplomatic cables appear to show that the United States has been snooping on NATO's top official using secret sources on his own staff.

Russian policeman convicted for killing reporter (AP) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 06:15 AM PST AP - A Russian court has sentenced a police officer to 12 years in jail for killing a reporter.

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