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EU presses China to step up fight against fakes
(AFP)
 AFP - The European Union said it would press China on Friday to back up its words with action and do more to stem the flow of Chinese-made counterfeit goods into Europe and around the world.
09/02/2010 - 11:19 PM
ICC charges Pakistan trio over betting scam
(AFP)
 AFP - Cricket's world governing body charged three Pakistan stars with anti-corruption offences and provisionally suspended them, as the trio protested their innocence in an alleged betting scam.
09/02/2010 - 10:16 PM
Sharapova storms through at US Open
(AFP)
 AFP - Maria Sharapova has kept alive her hopes of a second US Open crown, four years after her first, with an impressive 6-1, 6-2 win over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic.
09/02/2010 - 09:30 PM
Dirty jokes and papal rosaries mix in Chile mine saga
(Reuters)
Reuters - Contact between 33 Chilean miners trapped for weeks underground and the outside world took an irreverent twist on Thursday, as the men passed dirty jokes to the surface -- and the Pope sent down blessed rosaries.
09/02/2010 - 08:39 PM
Verdict due in high-profile Portuguese abuse case
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Portuguese court will render its verdict Friday in one of the country's highest profile legal cases, a shocking story of alleged child abuse at a state orphanage that has gripped the nation for over half a decade.
09/02/2010 - 07:00 PM
New Russia wildfires kill 2 and consume homes
(Reuters)
Reuters - A new wave of wildfires swept through villages in southern Russia on Thursday, killing at least two people and destroying hundreds of homes, officials and news reports said.
09/02/2010 - 05:13 PM
Ex-US air base in Iceland considered for war games
(AP)
AP - Iceland's government began considering on Thursday a bid by a private military training company to base a fleet of fighter jets at an ex-U.S. air base for hired war game exercises.
09/02/2010 - 05:11 PM
Butt, Asif, Aamer charged by ICC
(AFP)
 AFP - The International Cricket Council said Thursday it has charged Pakistan's Salman Butt, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif with various offences under its anti-corruption code.
09/02/2010 - 04:38 PM
Summary Box: ECB raises eurozone growth forecast
(AP)
AP - OUTLOOK IMPROVES: The European Central Bank raised its growth projections for the 16-nation eurozone after better-than-expected economic news.
09/02/2010 - 04:01 PM
Animal rights group claims mass Greek mink release
(AP)
AP - An international animal rights activist group has claimed responsibility for releasing more than 50,000 minks from two fur farms in northern Greece.
09/02/2010 - 03:24 PM
Iran stoning lawyer reunited with family
(AP)
 AP - The lawyer who defended a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran was reunited with his family in Norway Thursday.
09/02/2010 - 02:21 PM
UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October
(AP)
AP - A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version.
09/02/2010 - 01:02 PM
Recovering bubbly in Baltic Sea, divers find beer
(AP)
AP - Divers who found what's believed to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne say they have also discovered two-centuries-old bottles of beer at a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.
09/02/2010 - 12:08 PM
Paris mosque slams burger chain's Muslim outreach
(AP)
 AP - Note to big companies hoping to tap into France's lucrative but long-neglected Muslim consumer market: Pitfalls may await, and not only in the form of complaints from the far-right.
09/02/2010 - 12:00 PM
Slovaks observe day of mourning after mass killing
(AP)
 AP - Slovakia is observing a national day of mourning after a deadly shooting rampage left eight people dead and wounded 15 others.
09/02/2010 - 11:14 AM
US officers take up posts at Paris airport
(AP)
AP - American officers are taking up posts at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport to help identify potential terrorists or other high-risk passengers heading to the United States.
09/02/2010 - 09:49 AM
6 years on, Portugal child sex trial reaches end
(AP)
 AP - A child sex abuse trial that has lasted nearly six years is drawing to a close after producing chilling testimony from dozens of alleged victims and shaking public trust in Portugal's institutions.
09/02/2010 - 09:49 AM
Spanish traffic cops urged to halt ticket slowdown
(AP)
AP - Spanish highway patrol officers who are issuing fewer speeding fines to protest a pay cut have heard the magic word from their boss: Please, cut it out.
09/02/2010 - 08:27 AM
Serbia confiscates $256 million of crime property
(AP)
AP - Serbia's justice minister says authorities have confiscated euro200 million ($256 million) in property from organized crime bosses since gaining the authority last year.
09/02/2010 - 08:23 AM
Hawking says God not needed for creation
(AP)
 AP - Physicist Stephen Hawking says God wasn't necessary for the creation of the universe.
09/02/2010 - 07:32 AM
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