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Torres double inspires Liverpool to easy win
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:16:28 GMT
 AFP - Fernando Torres turned on the style to inspire Liverpool to a 4-1 victory over struggling Portsmouth at Anfield on Monday which keeps alive their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League.
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Berlusconi in probe over TV talk shows - source
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:36:20 GMT
Reuters - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is being investigated for allegedly trying to pressure Italy's communications watchdog to block state television talk shows critical of his government, a source close to the investigation said on Monday.
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Actress Winslet and director husband Mendes split
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:20:32 GMT
 AFP - Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet and her director husband Sam Mendes have separated after six years of marriage, the British couple's lawyer said Monday.
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Eurozone readies possible bailout for Greece
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:15:18 GMT
 AP - Eurozone finance ministers agreed Monday to offer financial help for Greece — likely in the form of bilateral loans — but refused to give details until European Union leaders make a final decision on the potential bailout.
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Algerian, Libyan charged in plot to kill artist
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:06:53 GMT
AP - Irish police have charged two men from Algeria and Libya with minor offenses following a weeklong investigation into Muslim extremists allegedly involved in efforts to kill a Swedish artist.
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West ignoring human rights abuses in Iran: Nobel laureate
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:05:41 GMT
 AFP - Western countries' fixation on Iran's disputed nuclear programme is blinding them to human rights abuses, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said on Monday.
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Miss your dog more than your mate? You're not alone...
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:00:49 GMT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) Have you ever had the feeling that your loved one misses the dog more than you when he or she is away on a business trip? You may be right.
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Deal-making precedes final-round French vote
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:54:41 GMT
AP - France's Socialists on Monday worked to secure alliances with rival leftists going into next weekend's final round of regional elections, an attempt to bolster their front against President Nicolas Sarkozy's struggling conservatives.
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Irish Catholic leader won't quit for abuse coverup
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:42:27 GMT
AP - Ireland's senior Roman Catholic, Cardinal Sean Brady, said Monday he would not resign despite admitting he helped the church collect evidence against a child-molesting priest — and never told police about the crimes.
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Europe police smash 'perfectly structured' Georgian crime ring
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:55:14 GMT
 AFP - Police from six European countries arrested at least 69 people on Monday in a swoop on a "perfectly structured" Georgian criminal gang which stole and trafficked goods around the continent.
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German diocese suspends convicted sex abuser
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:54:11 GMT
AP - A German archdiocese that Pope Benedict XVI oversaw from 1977 to 1982 said Monday that a priest convicted in 1986 of sexually abusing children has been suspended for violating a condition that he have no contact with minors.
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Russia criticized by UN over Olympics construction
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:12:25 GMT
AP - The top U.N. environmental watchdog has criticized Russia in a report to be released Tuesday for ignoring the effects that several construction projects for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi will have on the region's unique wildlife.
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Merkel: Iran sanctions needed
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:26:38 GMT
 AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says new sanctions are needed against Iran to pressure the country into settling the dispute over its nuclear program.
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UN agencies say open defecation on the decline
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:06:05 GMT
AP - Almost 170 million people have moved from the outdoors to at least the outhouse to defecate in what the United Nations is calling a major advance in global sanitation over the last two decades.
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Italian police nab Mafia suspects
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:54:57 GMT
AP - Italian police arrested the "postmen" of the Mafia's top boss on Monday, 19 close aides who delivered the notes he writes to impart orders from his hideout, officials said.
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UK government rebuked on climate change ads
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:41:22 GMT
AP - Britain's independent advertising watchdog agency has criticized a government ad campaign that highlights the dangers of climate change.
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Georgian opposition denounces phony TV war report
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:22:27 GMT
 AP - Georgia's opposition politicians on Monday denounced the government over a hoax television broadcast that said Russia had invaded and the president had been killed.
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Frenchwoman accused of killing 6 of her infants
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:44:21 GMT
AP - A 38-year-old woman acknowledged Monday killing six of her newborns, whose corpses were found in plastic bags in her basement, at the opening of a chilling trial in northwest France.
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Pope to be 'clear and decisive' in Irish letter
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:36:52 GMT
AP - A top Vatican official says Pope Benedict XVI will speak with a "clear and decisive voice" when he addresses clerical sex abuses in Ireland in a forthcoming letter.
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Dutch pedophile political party disbands
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:43:20 GMT
AP - A Dutch political party formed by self-described pedophiles has voted to disband itself after failing for the second time to participate in national elections in June.
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