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• England rugby manager dismisses Grand Slam talk (AFP)
• India bid to put England in a spin at World Cup (AFP)
• Donald reaches Match Play final (AFP)
• Irish opposition claims historic poll victory (Reuters)
• Military planes in daring Libya desert rescue (AFP)
• Irish opposition on the brink of election win (AP)
• Ireland's PM-elect sees compromise on bailout rate (Reuters)
• Boy stuck 2 years in Ukraine arrives in Belgium (AP)
• Irish PM concedes election wipeout (AFP)
• Bold shapes and bold color at Jil Sander (AP)
• UK military planes rescue 150 from Libyan desert (AP)
• Witness: Galliano made racist remarks in Paris bar (AP)
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• Pope urges doctors to protect women from abortion (AP)
• Man blows himself up near Moscow supermarket (AP)
• Thousands of war vets rally in Croatian capital (AP)
• Pope accepts resignation of Maronite church head (AP)

England rugby manager dismisses Grand Slam talk (AFP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 05:41 PM PST AFP - England manager Martin Johnson dismissed talk of a possible Grand Slam as "ridiculous" after watching his side maintain their unbeaten start to the Six Nations with a hard-fought win over France.

India bid to put England in a spin at World Cup (AFP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 05:27 PM PST AFP - India look set to beef up their spin options for their blockbuster clash against England on Sunday as both sides face the first major Test of their World Cup credentials.

Donald reaches Match Play final (AFP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 04:23 PM PST AFP - A brilliant Luke Donald has made short work of his opponents en route to the final at the World Golf Championships Accenture Match Play Championship.

Irish opposition claims historic poll victory (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 04:16 PM PST Reuters - Ireland's main opposition party claimed a historic election victory on Saturday and looked set to form a coalition government after voters, incensed at a financial collapse and bailout, routed the government.

Military planes in daring Libya desert rescue (AFP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 04:08 PM PST AFP - Two British military aircraft swooped into strife-torn Libya on Saturday and evacuated more than 150 foreign nationals from remote camps in the desert, the defence minister said.

Irish opposition on the brink of election win (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 03:14 PM PST AP - Ireland's ruling Fianna Fail party faced its worst defeat in nearly 80 years as a tidal wave of voter anger about the country being nearly pushed to bankruptcy swept an opposition party to the brink of power Saturday.

Ireland's PM-elect sees compromise on bailout rate (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 03:09 PM PST Reuters - Ireland's prime minister in waiting Enda Kenny on Saturday said he believed the European Union and International Monetary Fund might compromise on the interest rate charged on an 85 billion euro bailout.

Boy stuck 2 years in Ukraine arrives in Belgium (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 02:56 PM PST AP - A baby trapped more than two years in Ukraine by bureaucratic hurdles has arrived in Brussels with his parents, a pair of legally married Belgian men, ending the couple's long legal battle to bring their son home.

Irish PM concedes election wipeout (AFP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 02:51 PM PST AFP - Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen conceded Saturday his ruling Fianna Fail party faced its worst ever election defeat as voters vented their anger over the country's international financial bailout.

Bold shapes and bold color at Jil Sander (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 12:50 PM PST AP - Cavalli strayed from the top drawer coutour on many Milan runways, evoking a high-end hippie rocker.

UK military planes rescue 150 from Libyan desert (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 12:19 PM PST AP - British military planes entered Libyan air space in a daring rescue of more than 150 people, many of them oil workers, from desert locations, officials said Saturday.

Witness: Galliano made racist remarks in Paris bar (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 12:05 PM PST AP - Famed fashion designer John Galliano raged against a couple at a Paris cafe with threats, expletives and a remark referring to the man's alleged Asian background, a witness said Saturday.

(AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 11:13 AM PST AP - Britain says 2 UK military planes rescue more than 150 civilians from Libya desert

Pope urges doctors to protect women from abortion (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 10:16 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI has urged doctors to protect women from the deceptive thought that an abortion might be a solution to social or economic difficulties or health problems.

Man blows himself up near Moscow supermarket (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 10:12 AM PST AP - A man who apparently was distraught after an argument with his wife blew himself up near a Moscow supermarket, killing himself, ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

Thousands of war vets rally in Croatian capital (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 09:38 AM PST AP - Croatian police clashed with some of the 15,000 anti-government protesters who rallied in the capital Saturday, and state television reported that officers used tear gas to disperse the group. At least 25 people were injured.

Pope accepts resignation of Maronite church head (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2011 08:12 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of the spiritual head of Lebanon's Maronites, the largest Catholic church in the Middle East.

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