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• Toothless Liverpool held by Sparta (AFP)
• German defense minister accused of plagiarism (AFP)
• Saudi prince calls for reform amid regional unrest (AP)
• China says pressure will not affect yuan's rise (Reuters)
• How Europe Can Help the Revolutions in the Middle East Succeed (Time.com)
• Napoli and Liverpool held to scoreless draws in Europa League (AFP)
• Asian market boosts Pernod sales (AFP)
• US exchange BATS to buy Chi-X Europe: report (AFP)
• Citizens celebrate 'world record' Belgian waffling (AP)
• Obama to make state visit to Britain in May (AFP)
• UK reviews arms export decisions to Bahrain (AP)
• 4 years in jail for Belarusian opposition activist (AP)
• Obama in state visit to Britain in May (AP)
• UN rights chief notes Russia's setbacks on rights (AP)
• Swiss notified of assets linked to Mubarak regime (AP)
• London Fashion Week to have royal wedding flavor (AP)
• German minister given deadline in plagiarism flap (AP)
• Switzerland: 6 injured in heli ski tour crash (AP)

Toothless Liverpool held by Sparta (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 02:42 PM PST AFP - Kenny Dalglish extended his unbeaten streak as Liverpool manager as his first European match in the dugout saw them held to a goalless draw by Sparta Prague in their Europa League Last 32 first leg clash here on Thursday.

German defense minister accused of plagiarism (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 02:41 PM PST AFP - Germany's opposition and press had a field day Thursday after the suave and popular defence minister was accused of ripping off others' work, even from the US embassy website, for his doctoral thesis.

Saudi prince calls for reform amid regional unrest (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 02:38 PM PST AP - The protests and unrest in Arab countries may be dangerous for Saudi Arabia if King Abdullah does not step up the pace of reform, a Saudi prince said Thursday.

China says pressure will not affect yuan's rise (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 02:23 PM PST Reuters - China's central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said on Thursday that Beijing will decide the pace of the appreciation of the yuan on its own and would not take into account pressure from other countries.

How Europe Can Help the Revolutions in the Middle East Succeed (Time.com) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 02:20 PM PST Time.com - How Europe Can Help the Revolutions in the Middle East Succeed

Napoli and Liverpool held to scoreless draws in Europa League (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 02:13 PM PST AFP - Serie A title-chasers Napoli will travel to Spanish opponents Villarreal next week with their Europa League hopes in the balance after they were held 0-0 in their last 32 first-leg clash on Thursday.

Asian market boosts Pernod sales (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 01:30 PM PST AFP - French wine and spirits group Pernod Ricard, the maker of Absolut vodka and Martell, announced a 10 percent rise in net profits in half-year profits, boosted by its expanding markets in China.

US exchange BATS to buy Chi-X Europe: report (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 01:17 PM PST AFP - BATS Global Markets, a leading US stock exchange operator, has struck a deal to buy Chi-X Europe, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday amid rumors of a Nasdaq-ICE tie-up.

Citizens celebrate 'world record' Belgian waffling (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 01:02 PM PST AP - What would be a humiliation for many turned into a party for Belgium Thursday as the country's citizens marked 249 days without a government, a figure that they are treating as a world record in political waffling.

Obama to make state visit to Britain in May (AFP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 12:49 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama will make a state visit to Britain in May after accepting an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace said Thursday.

UK reviews arms export decisions to Bahrain (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 12:26 PM PST AP - Britain's government says it is urgently reviewing arms export licenses to Bahrain in light of violence in the Persian Gulf kingdom .

4 years in jail for Belarusian opposition activist (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 12:03 PM PST AP - An opposition activist in ex-Soviet Belarus was sentenced Thursday to four years in a maximum security jail amid a crackdown on opponents of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Obama in state visit to Britain in May (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:45 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama will make a state visit to Britain in May at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II, officials said Thursday.

UN rights chief notes Russia's setbacks on rights (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:35 AM PST AP - The U.N's top human rights official on Thursday decried violence in Russia against activists and journalists but said the country has made some incremental moves toward reform.

Swiss notified of assets linked to Mubarak regime (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:17 AM PST AP - The Swiss government says it has been notified that leading figures in Egypt's former regime have assets stashed in Switzerland.

London Fashion Week to have royal wedding flavor (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:07 AM PST AP - Celebrity chef Aldo Zilli isn't expecting many of his patrons to order fish and chips for the next five days, and he's anticipating a rush on his zucchini spaghetti, a special low-cal dish of pasta-shaped vegetables served over Thai salad.

German minister given deadline in plagiarism flap (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:07 AM PST AP - A German university on Thursday gave the country's defense minister two weeks to respond to allegations that he plagiarized part of his doctoral thesis.

Switzerland: 6 injured in heli ski tour crash (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:45 AM PST AP - A helicopter carrying tourists to a high-altitude ski run in western Switzerland crashed Thursday, injuring six, the company operating the flight said.

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