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• Behind scenes, meticulous preparations under way (AP)
• Three BBC journalists 'detained and beaten' in Libya: BBC (AFP)
• BBC: Staff subjected to mock execution in Libya (AP)
• British tycoons held over Icelandic bank collapse (AFP/File)
• EU treads carefully on Libya no-fly zone (AP)
• Victorian smokers had rotten teeth to match lungs (Reuters)
• Libyan envoy due in Greece for talks Thursday (AP)
• Blues out of drop zone as Everton held (AFP)
• Spurs survive Milan to reach Champions League last eight (AFP)
• Hamilton pessimistic about title chances (AFP)
• Immigrants in Greece end hunger strike (AP)
• Fashion world eagerly bids adieu to Paris shows (AP)
• Activists occupy Gadhafi mansion in London (AP)
• US envoy backs UN view on Iran nuke arms program (AP)
• Libyan envoy holds talks in Portugal (AP)
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• Stone tool troves point to highland Neanderthals (AP)
• Pope receives ashes atop head in penitence rite (AP)
• Allies to discuss Libya but military move unlikely (AP)
• Hundreds of Anglicans moving to Catholic church (AP)

Behind scenes, meticulous preparations under way (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 05:37 PM PST AP - Fifty days and counting down. Behind the scenes hundreds are hard at work to make sure the April 29 royal wedding is a day to remember — not just for Prince William and Kate Middleton, but for the country.

Three BBC journalists 'detained and beaten' in Libya: BBC (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:37 PM PST AFP - Three BBC journalists were "detained and beaten" before being subjected to a mock execution while reporting in battle-torn Libya, the news organisation reported Wednesday.

BBC: Staff subjected to mock execution in Libya (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:23 PM PST AP - Three British Broadcasting Corp. staff were detained, beaten and subjected to mock executions by pro-regime soldiers in Libya while attempting to reach the western city of Zawiya, the broadcaster said Wednesday.

British tycoons held over Icelandic bank collapse (AFP/File) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:54 PM PST AFP/File - Property magnates Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz were briefly detained Wednesday in London as part of an international probe into the collapse of Icelandic bank Kaupthing.

EU treads carefully on Libya no-fly zone (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:53 PM PST AP - European governments are expected to adopt more sanctions against Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi in coming days but shy away from military measures like a no-fly zone without U.N. backing — as ongoing fighting, Arab public opinion, and a checkered history of intervention give them reason for caution.

Victorian smokers had rotten teeth to match lungs (Reuters) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:36 PM PST Reuters - Smoking was as bad for the Victorians as it is for anyone today, but back in those days it seems it did far more damage to their teeth. In the mid-19th century, prior to the invention of the cigarette, when tobacco was copiously consumed through clay pipes, smoking often resulted in nasty dental disfigurement.

Libyan envoy due in Greece for talks Thursday (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:36 PM PST AP - Greece's foreign ministry said a Libyan envoy will hold talks in Athens Thursday with Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Dollis.

Blues out of drop zone as Everton held (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:19 PM PST AFP - Birmingham edged out of the relegation zone Wednesday after securing a vital point in a 1-1 draw with mid-table Everton at Goodison Park.

Spurs survive Milan to reach Champions League last eight (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:08 PM PST AFP - Tottenham survived a barrage of pressure from AC Milan to reach the Champions League quarter-finals as Wednesday's 0-0 draw in the last 16 second leg at White Hart Lane secured a 1-0 aggregate victory.

Hamilton pessimistic about title chances (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 01:59 PM PST AFP - Lewis Hamilton said on Wedneday that neither he nor Jenson Button have a chance of repeating their previous world title successes unless McLaren make vast improvements to their car.

Immigrants in Greece end hunger strike (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 12:04 PM PST AP - Nearly 300 immigrants in Greece ended their six-week hunger strike Wednesday after reaching a compromise with the government to delay deportation proceedings against them, supporters of the protest said.

Fashion world eagerly bids adieu to Paris shows (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:53 AM PST AP - Nine days after Dior dismissed its flamboyant star designer John Galliano in a shock announcement that coincided with the start of Paris's ready-to-wear displays, the City of Light's marathon collections wrapped up Wednesday with a kinky fetishist collection from another fashion luminary, Marc Jacobs, that set tongues wagging that he could be the one to replace Galliano.

Activists occupy Gadhafi mansion in London (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:43 AM PST AP - Activists on Wednesday occupied a London mansion owned by a son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, and said they hoped Libyan refugees would join them.

US envoy backs UN view on Iran nuke arms program (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:40 AM PST AP - A senior U.S. envoy on Wednesday backed U.N. assessments that Iran may be continuing secret work on developing nuclear weapons, indirectly contradicting American intelligence estimates in the public domain that such activities stopped eight years ago.

Libyan envoy holds talks in Portugal (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:13 AM PST AP - Portugal's Foreign Minister Luis Amado met Wednesday in Lisbon with an envoy from Tripoli to discuss the upheaval in Libya, a statement said.

(AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 10:48 AM PST AP - Report: Portuguese foreign minister to meet Libyan envoy to discuss situation in Libya.

Stone tool troves point to highland Neanderthals (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 10:20 AM PST AP - High in the wind-swept mountain ridges of northern Greece, archaeologists have made a surprising discovery: hundreds of prehistoric stone tools that may have been used by some of the last Neanderthals in Europe, at a time when hunter-gatherers were thought to have kept to much lower altitudes.

Pope receives ashes atop head in penitence rite (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 09:41 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI is marking the solemn opening of the Catholic church's Lenten period with an Ash Wednesday service in an ancient Roman basilica.

Allies to discuss Libya but military move unlikely (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 09:41 AM PST AP - The NATO alliance says it is planning for "all eventualities" in the Libyan crisis, but with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates preparing to join a meeting of alliance defense chiefs to discuss military options, there was little sign they would agree to set up a no-fly zone over the North African country.

Hundreds of Anglicans moving to Catholic church (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:51 AM PST AP - Hundreds of disaffected Anglicans left the Church of England to become Roman Catholics on Ash Wednesday, the Christian day of penance.

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