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Iran test-fires its most advanced missile, capable of striking Israel, SE Europe
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Wednesday test-fired an upgraded version of its most advanced missile, which is capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe, in a new show of strength aimed at preventing any military strike against it amid the nuclear
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Court Orders End to British Airways Strike
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British Airways has won an emergency court injunction to stop a 12-day strike by its cabin crew, bringing relief to around one million travelers whose Christmas holiday plans were threatened by the planned
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GM to discontinue Saab after deal talks collapse
NEW YORK — General Motors Co. said Friday it will wind down Saab after talks to sell the brand to Dutch carmaker Spyker Cars collapsed.
GM said in a news release that issues arose during the sale talks that could not be resolved.
“Despite the best
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Martinez plans to keep Figueroa
If speculation is to be believed, Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is ready to raid Wigan for the second successive January transfer window after splashing out Ł12million on Wilson Palacios at the start of the year.
This time his Honduras team-mate
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Crusaders sign Youngquest, Winterstein
Full-back Youngquest has played for Cronulla, St George Illawarra, Penrith and Canterbury in the NRL, but has spent the last two years in Europe, initially with French side Pia and from last May with Gateshead.
Winterstein, a former Bulldogs forward,
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Outrage Over UK-Europe Rail Link Shutdown
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President Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered the head of the French train authority to get Eurostar traffic moving again by Tuesday.
Eurostar has suspended traffic pending tests aimed at determining what caused five trains
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O'Neill calls for Villa calm
The Villans are currently in fourth spot in the Premier League and are level
on points with third-place Arsenal.
But O'Neill is keen to remind his team of last season's slip to sixth after
leading the Gunners by five points at one stage.
The Villa
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Novartis buys Corthera to get relaxin rights
23 December 2009
Novartis is acquiring Corthera in a deal worth up to $620 million, which will give it access to the privately-held firm’s heart failure treatment relaxin.
Under the terms of the deal, the Swiss major will buy
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Follow Santa Claus, via Google and NORAD
Washington -- Santa Claus is coming to your town -- and NORAD is tracking him as he drops off presents around the world.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which monitors the North American airspace, on Thursday set up an official "Santa
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Chimbonda: Latics booing 'not normal'
Blackburn defender Pascal Chimbonda has defended his decision to quit Wigan in 2006, insisting he "couldn't refuse" a move to Tottenham.
The French full-back spent a year at Wigan before joining Tottenham but has defended his desire to play for a
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Passengers Helped Foil Attack on Plane
ROMULUS, Mich. (Dec. 26) - An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke - sending passengers scrambling to subdue a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on orders from al-Qaida to blow up the airliner,
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Somali pirates say $4 million ransom paid
MOGADISHU - A helicopter dropped a $4 million ransom payment on Sunday on to the deck of a Chinese coal ship hijacked by Somali pirates in mid-October, a pirate source on board the vessel said.
The De Xin Hai and its 25 crew were carrying about 76,000
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Asian markets rise after holiday break amid jump in Japan factory production; Europe gains
BANGKOK, Thailand - Asian stock markets mostly rose Monday as a jump in Japan's factory production suggested the region's economic recovery is gathering pace and China affirmed its easy credit policies will continue. European shares were
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Rare New Year's Eve 'blue moon' to ring in 2010
Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve.
Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't expect it to be blue the name has nothing
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DRUG SERIES PART 4: South African doctor desperate to find new treatments for HIV
EDITOR’S NOTE – Once-curable diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria are coming back, as germs rapidly mutate to form aggressive strains that resist drugs. The reason: The misuse of the very drugs that were supposed to save us has built up drug
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Australian revelers gather to be among the first to celebrate New Year's Eve
SYDNEY
- The first of an expected 1.5 million New Year's revelers pitched tents and opened picnic baskets in Sydney on Thursday to get one of the world's biggest parties started — bidding farewell to a tough year and welcoming a new decade.
The
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Pirate Cash Suspected Cause Of Kenya Property Boom
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ―
Property prices in Nairobi are soaring, and Somali pirates are getting the blame.
The hike in real estate prices in the Kenyan capital has prompted a public outcry and a government investigation this month into property
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Megson satisfied with job
Former Bolton boss Gary Megson claims the club was 'in a huge mess' when he took over in 2007 but believes he is leaving it in a far healthier position.
Megson was sacked with the club third from bottom of the Premier League on goal difference and with
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Woods's game will take hit: Montgomerie
World No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods, left, seen in happier times with Colin Montgomerie in 2004. (Morry Gash/Associated Press)
Colin Montgomerie believes Tiger Woods will return from his marital problems to win more majors but says he won't be the
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Rail ticket staff in 24-hour walkout
Thousands of passengers face ticket disruption on one of the country's busiest
rail lines today as 200 Virgin booking-office staff stage a 24-hour strike.
Some 204 Virgin booking office staff will take part in the 24-hour strike
affecting a number of
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Renault appoint Eric Boullier
Renault have appointed Eric Boullier as their new team principal.
Boullier has spent the last two years as boss of Team France in A1GP, steering them to championship victory in 2008.
The 36-year-old has also worked as managing and technical director of
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Snow brings mayhem to Britain as Europe shivers
Soldiers helped rescue stranded drivers Wednesday as Britain's most brutal winter in decades caused chaos for travellers, and bitterly cold temperatures cloaked much of Europe.
Millions of people in London and the southeast of England woke up to heavy
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Train breaks down in Chunnel
London - Eurostar says a train travelling from Brussels to London broke down in the Channel Tunnel because of a technical fault.
A company spokesperson says the train is being towed to a station in Britain. She says it is not immediately clear what
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Brrr: Parents fight for sleds as Europe shivers
Brrr: Parents fight for sleds as Europe shivers By ANGELA CHARLTON and JUERGEN BAETZ Associated Press Writers Dominic Lipinski A man walks down a snow covered road in Benson, southern England, Thursday Jan. 7, 2010. The temperature fell to minus 17.7
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Icy blasts whip through snowbound Britain
The big freeze felt even colder today after bitter winds from northern Europe
sent temperatures plummeting even further and heralded more big snowfalls.
Conditions are expected to be freezing virtually everywhere during the day,
but forecasters said
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Montgomerie's Europe win Royal Trophy
Colin Montgomerie highlighted the importance of Europe making a winning start to a Ryder Cup year as he led his continent to victory over Asia to reclaim the Royal Trophy.
The Scot, standing in for Seve Ballesteros as the Spaniard continues his
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Vieira impressed by City's firepower
Vieira is hoping to shake off a calf injury in time to make his debut against Blackburn tonight. Although there is plenty of competition for those central midfield berths, it is up front where City are at their most formidable. Even with Emmanuel
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Another chain pulls cadmium-tainted kids' jewelry
The top U.S. consumer product regulator is warning Asian manufacturers not to substitute other toxic substances for lead in children's items, a message that follows the launch of a government investigation into Chinese-made jewelry that lab tests
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Google to end censorship in China, may leave over compromise of dissidents’ e-mail accounts
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. will stop censoring its search results in China and may pull out of the country completely after discovering that computer hackers had tricked human-rights activists into exposing their e-mail accounts to outsiders.
The
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Pulis keen to bring in James
Pulis is also known to be eager to strengthen up front, which is why he has been linked to the likes of Sunderland's Kenwyne Jones, Ruud van Nisteolrooy at Real Madrid and Amr Zaki with Egyptian side Zamalek.
Stoke manager Tony Pulis
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'You literally have bodies all over the place'
Devastation and poor infrastructure hamper the delivery of aid to Haiti's needy
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti » Doctors and search dogs, troops and rescue teams flew to this devastated land of dazed, dead and dying people yesterday, finding bottlenecks
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Sale hopes hang by thread
A 12-5 interval deficit proved too much to overcome amid the heavy downpours, and Cardiff put Sale out of their misery through second-half touchdowns from scrum-half Richie Rees, lock Bradley Davies and number eight Xavier Rush.
Bath were dumped out of
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Met Opera's 'Carmen' HD telecast sets record
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Metropolitan Opera's live high definition telecast of Bizet's "Carmen" to movie theaters has set a record with 240,000 viewers.
Saturday's performance starring Elina Garanca and Roberto Alagna sold an estimated 140,000 tickets for
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Netanyahu in Berlin for joint session with Merkel
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BERLIN — Israel's government convened for the first time in Berlin, the former heart of the Nazi regime, for a special joint session with the German government highlighting the nations' bond six decades after the Holocaust.
Israeli
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Spaniard Rejects U.S. Apology Over Bin Laden Photo
Associated Press MADRID — A Spanish lawmaker on Tuesday rejected the U.S. apology for the FBI's using a photo of him to create a poster showing what Osama bin Laden might look like today, and demanded the U.S. investigate. Gaspar Llamazares, of the
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Tributes to newly-married teacher drowned in Egypt
Luke Day, 31, died after his sailing boat capsized on the Nile in a violent storm on Monday.
His wife Sophie survived the incident at Aswan in southern Egypt and is due to fly back to the UK on Wednesday.
Mr Day had taken six months off from
his job
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West Ham court Van Nistelrooy with £100,000 a week
West Ham United have made an audacious move to sign Ruud van Nistelrooy, offering to meet the forward’s £100,000-a-week wages at Real Madrid.
The size of the offer comes as a surprise after David Sullivan, the club’s new joint-chairman, made great play
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World stocks tumble as Obama targets banks
LONDON - World markets fell Friday, led by bank stocks after President Barack Obama proposed a sweeping overhaul of Wall Street to avert future financial crises.
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UK Raises Its Terror Threat Level to `Severe'
Britain raised its terror threat alert to the second-highest level Friday, one of several recent moves the country has made to increase vigilance against international terrorists after a Christmas Day bombing attempt on a Europe-U.S. flight. The threat
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'I'm a battler not a bottler', declares David Miliband, as he insists he's 110% behind Gordon Brown
Miliband: Cameron's is wrong on 'broken Britain' Foreign Secretary insists he backs Brown '110%'Ainsworth lets slip date of election IS May 6
David Miliband today dismissed Tory claims of 'broken Britain' as he insisted life on sink estates is getting
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Torn Picasso to be repaired, shown in Met exhibit
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NEW YORK — A Picasso painting damaged when a woman lost her balance and fell on the canvas last week will be repaired in time for an exhibition of the artist's works in April, the Metropolitan Museum of Art said Monday.
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Auschwitz survivor teams up with rap band
The daughter of a Jewish cantor from Saarbruecken in western Germany, Bejarano grew up in a musical home studying piano until the Nazis came to power and tore her family apart. Bejarano was deported to Auschwitz, where she became a member of the girls'
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Toyota Sales Halt May Hit Europe
NEW YORK --
Toyota's suspension of U.S. sales on an unprecedented scale to fix faulty gas pedals deals a blow to the automaker's reputation for quality and endangers its fledgling earnings recovery.
The suspect parts are made by a U.S. supplier, but
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Toyota extending recall to Europe amid US problems
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota’s massive recalls over problem gas pedals in the U.S. are being extended to Europe, the latest blow to the world’s top automaker as it struggles to salvage its safety reputation.
The announcement Thursday in Europe comes after the
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Toyota to announce fix for gas pedals next week
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2010 file photo,Toyota models that have been withdrawn for sale, identified by stickers on the windshield or by a single windshield wiper pointing skyward, or both, are seen at a storage lot for Keyes Toyota in the Van Nuys area
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Sources say government clears Toyota gas pedal fix
DETROIT -- Federal regulators have cleared Toyota's plan to fix millions of sticky gas pedals, and dealers could get parts to make the repairs as early as Thursday or Friday, people briefed on the matter said Saturday.
Two dealers said they were told
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Plan for Toyota fix approved
Recall: Government reportedly has given the nod to automaker’s proposal to repair ‘sticky’ gas pedal
Toyota Motor Corp. plans to start sending parts to dealers in the coming days to fix a sticky gas pedal problem that has tarnished its image and led
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Toyota recall: Parts on way to fix pedals
WASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Corp. said today its dealers should get parts to fix a sticky gas pedal problem by the end of this week as the automaker apologized to customers and tried to bring an end to a recall that has affected 4.2 million vehicles
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Toyota tells dealers parts on way
WASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday that its dealers should get parts to fix a sticky gas pedal problem by the end of this week as the automaker apologized to customers and tried to bring an end to a recall that has affected 4.2 million
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Toyota hit by over 100 complaints in US, Japan about Prius brake problems
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. has been hit by over 100 complaints in the U.S. and Japan about brake problems with the popular Prius hybrid, the latest in a spate of quality troubles for the automaker as it grapples with massive global recalls.
The
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Toyota Admits Prius Had Brake Design Problems
TOKYO (AP/1010 WINS) -- Toyota acknowledged design problems with the brakes in its prized Prius, adding to the catalog of woes for the Japanese automaker as it reels from massive gas-pedal recalls in the U.S.
Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it found
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Stocks tumble on worries about jobs, Europe debt
NEW YORK — Stocks buckled Thursday under the growing belief that the global economy is weaker than many investors expected, and likely to stop companies from hiring. The Dow Jones industrials briefly traded below 10,000 for the first time in three
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World financial leaders focusing on budget crises
IQALUIT, Nunavut (AP) — A crisis in Europe over budget belt-tightening has upended global markets and seized the attention of financial leaders meeting in the Canadian Arctic.
Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven major
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Toyota to announce action soon for Prius hybrids
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TOKYO — Toyota said Sunday that it will soon announce plans to deal with braking problems in its prized Prius hybrid amid reports it has decided to issue a recall for the latest model in
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Toyota's once-golden resale value gets dented
The decline will likely continue as long as uncertainty and defects continue to shadow the world's No. 1 carmaker.
Toyota Motor Corp. has so far recalled more than 7 million cars in the U.S., Europe and China over a sticky accelerator and floor mats
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Toyota to recall over 50,000 Prius in Europe
BRUSSELS —
Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it is recalling some 50,000 Prius cars in Europe to modify the software for the anti-lock brake system, part of a wider global recall and the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's
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Planning permission granted for pensioners' playground
Playground for pensioners gets planning permission
The first "pensioners' playground" in London will be built after
planning permission was granted for an outdoor gym for the
over-60s, it emerged.
The £40,000 facility in Hyde Park will feature
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Bernanke sees less stimulus, higher rates ahead
WASHINGTON – Prepare for the end of record-low interest rates, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says. Just not yet.
Higher rates on credit cards, home equity loans and some mortgages will follow the Fed's eventual pullback of the trillions it
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World markets post modest gains after Europe's pledge to help debt-laden Greece
MUMBAI, India - World markets were mostly higher Friday on optimism Europe's pledge to help debt-laden Greece would stave off a broader crisis among the 16 countries that use the euro.
Adding to positive sentiment were better-than-expected economic
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Bankers a turn off for women - poll
In the wake of the credit crunch and fat cat bonuses, men working in finance became the biggest turn-off for women, a survey suggested today.
A Europe-wide poll conducted by internet dating agency parship.com found men working in finance are the
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Branson slams airlines link plan
« Previous « Previous Next » Next » View Gallery ADVERTISEMENT Published Date: 14 February 2010 The US government's decision to support a plan allowing American Airlines (AA) and British Airways (BA) to join forces is "a kick in the teeth" for consumers,
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Why Premier League play-offs would be a good way into Europe
"The play-offs would mean extra matches, which would be sold to pay-television and so generate more money for all clubs."
Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United are understood to be one of the clubs against the play-off proposal. Photograph: Mike
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Dubai seeks global dragnet for Hamas slaying
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai police appealed for an international manhunt Tuesday after releasing names and photos of an alleged 11-member European hit squad accused of stalking and killing a Hamas commander last month in a plot that mixed cold
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Rafa ridicules CL play-off proposal
Reports this week claimed the Premier League were looking into the prospect of having the sides from fourth to seventh face each other post-season to decide the remaining spot for Europe's elite club competition.
It is a scenario which could work both
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In Dubai attack, signs of Mossad shadow war
The Mossad is suspected of several violent incidents in the Mideast in recent years, such as the killing of a top Hezbollah officer in the heart of Damascus in 2008. But its reputation - particularly in the Arab world where it is often seen as an
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Brown hits out at right-wing 'hate'
In a speech to the Progressive Governance Conference of international centre-left politicians in London, the Prime Minister will accuse the right of trying falsely to present itself as "mainstream and moderate".
He will also attack the "narrow
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Conan weighing live tour; next stop, Europe?
Conan weighing live tour; next stop, Europe? Conan O'Brien More News Conan O'Brien may be taking his act on the road and even overseas. O'Brien's exit deal with NBC barred the former "Tonight" host from TV appearances for several months. He is weighing
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Moyes expects to keep young duo
The Toffees manager insists his club are in a much stronger position than when they sold Wayne Rooney to Manchester United back in 2004.
Moyes was brought down to earth on Sunday morning after his side's high-flying 3-1 win against United at Goodison
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Lufthansa pilots strike, travel chaos grips Europe
FRANKFURT - Thousands of travelers scrambled to find flights, trains, hotel rooms or rental cars on Monday after Lufthansa pilots began a four-day walkout over job security that grounded at least 800 flights.
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UK movie chain boycotts 'Alice' in DVD dispute
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Walt Disney Pictures' decision to accelerate the release of its upcoming 3-D film "Alice in Wonderland" on DVD has sparked a revolt among movie theater owners in Europe.
Major chains in Great Britain and the Netherlands have
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Torres on the bench in Bucharest
Fernando Torres is likely to be on the bench again for the Europa League last 32 second-leg tie against Unirea Urziceni on Thursday (6pm).
Torres: Set to be held in reserve by Benitez
The Spain international made his comeback against Manchester City on
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Road congestion 'could rise by 37%'
By 2025, drivers could be wasting 656 million hours a year - the equivalent of 75,000 years - sitting in traffic jams, the Road Users' Alliance (RUA) added.
"Under-investment in the strategic road network has left the UK with a transport system which
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Gerrard wins Benitez praise
The England midfielder scored the third goal - his 33rd in Europe to overtake Alan Shearer, who scored 30 for Newcastle and two for Blackburn.
"It is really positive for him and the club - it also means we are playing a lot of games in Europe so
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Phil Neville fires Europe warning at Everton
SKIPPER Phil Neville admits that time is running out for Everton in their bid to secure European football next season.
Neville leads Everton out at Spurs tomorrow in the wake of their 4-2 aggregate exit from the Europa League at the hands of Sporting
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How diplomat's paperwork saved lives in Holocaust
NEW YORK (AP) -- It took Ina Polak 35 years to discover the dusty piece of paper that probably saved her and her family in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
It wasn't until she was cleaning her mother's New York City apartment following her death in 19
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Karadzic: Bosnian War Was 'Just And Holy'
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, charged with the worst genocide in Europe since the Holocaust, testified Monday that his people were simply defending themselves against Islamic fundamentalists who he claimed were seeking to take over Bosnia.
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Coldest winter since '79 confirmed
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Netherlands beats US 2-1 in World Cup warmup
AMSTERDAM —
The United States fell flat in Europe once again, losing to the Netherlands 2-1 Wednesday night in the Americans' last match before coach Bob Bradley picks his World Cup roster.
Dirk Kuyt converted a penalty kick in the 40th minute after
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Liverpool fan Arda Turan eyes dream move from Galatasaray to Anfield
Turkey international Arda Turan would be interested in a move to Liverpool.
The Galatasaray midfielder has spoken of his desire to experience football overseas and Anfield would be one of his preferred destinations.
'Of course I want to play
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Terry Wogan urges listeners to give Chris Evans a chance
Sir Terry Wogan sprang to the defence of his breakfast show successor Chris
Evans today, urging people to give him a chance to settle in.
Evans has faced a backlash from some listeners since taking over from
breakfast king Sir Terry's BBC Radio 2 show,
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Glover: Help Ohio plant, shun Hugo Boss at Oscars
CLEVELAND Actor and activist Danny Glover is calling on Academy Awards nominees and others in the film industry to not wear Hugo Boss suits at Sunday's awards ceremony.
The "Lethal Weapon" star makes the request in a letter on behalf of 375
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Suicide suspected as three killed by fall from Glasgow tower block
Glasgow's Red Road flats complex was designed to house 4,700 people but is now earmarked for demolition. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod
Police were today investigating a suspected suicide pact after three people apparently threw themselves from a high-rise
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Call for inquiry into Red Road tower block deaths
It is believed the victims fell from the 15th floor of Block 63 at the Red Road flat complex, which were at one time the highest flats in Europe.
Many of the flats – which are earmarked for demolition – are occupied by asylum seekers and refugees.
In
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Free fizz on London Eye anniversary
The London Eye is celebrating its 10th anniversary
The London Eye is marking its 10th birthday, and evening visitors to the giant Thames-side wheel will get a free glass of champagne to mark the milestone.
Opened in March 2000, the Eye has welcomed
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Boyfriend: 'Jihad Jane' suspect wasn't religious
Associated Press writers Devlin Barrett in Washington, Louise Nordstrom and Karl Ritter in Stockholm and JoAnn Loviglio in Quakertown, Pa., contributed to this report.
PHILADELPHIA: The self-dubbed ''Jihad Jane'' who thought her blond,
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Mexico's Slim becomes 'world's richest' person
The naming of Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim as the world's richest person — the first from a developing nation — underlines the loosening of America and Europe's stranglehold on the top spots in the billionaires' club.
Slim's arrival at the top
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Motorbike rider dies on fundraising trip
A MELBOURNE man has been killed in a road accident in Argentina while raising money for prostate cancer on a motorcycle trip around the world.
Simon Buckley, a 32-year-old tour guide, is believed to have died when a back tyre blow-out caused him to be
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Burglars raid home of war heroine
Andree Peel survived a Nazi firing squad and helped a string of British and American pilots flee occupied Europe.
Friends of French Resistance heroine Andree Peel slammed "despicable" burglars who raided her home days after her death
Known as
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Sarkozy's party trails to left in French vote
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PARIS — France's Socialist-led left defeated Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives in the first round of regional elections Sunday, according to partial official results, in a new blow to the increasingly unpopular president.
Supporters of
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Beckham move to Milan turned out in vain
LONDON —
David Beckham's loan moves from the Los Angeles Galaxy to AC Milan were solely to ensure he played for England at his fourth World Cup.
An Achilles' tendon injury Sunday while playing for the Italian club means it is almost certain his
