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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Europe

E-mail leak turns up heat on global warming advocates

By Herald Staff
In an embarrassing blow to the movement to combat global warming, hackers have posted hundreds of e-mails from a world-renowned...
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Europe

Nightmare is over for British man

By Associated Press
LONDON - A British man who said he was having a nightmare about fighting off an intruder when he strangled his wife to death...
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Europe

Galileo’s lost fingers, tooth found at auction

A finger attributed to Galileo Galilei.
By Associated Press
ROME - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei’s corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century...
Friday, November 20, 2009
Europe

Lions and tiger - Oh my!

By Associated Press
PRAGUE - A rare white tiger was attacked and killed by two lions that got into its enclosure in a Czech zoo. The lions,...
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Europe

Disease spreading despite quarantines

By Associated Press
LONDON - Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu - most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire...
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Around the World

6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue

In this Nov. 17, 2009 file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki addresses the media in Tehran, Iran.
By Associated Press
BRUSSELS — Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept...
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Around the World

WHO investigating Norway swine flu mutations

By Associated Press
GENEVA — The World Health Organization says it is investigating samples of mutated swine flu found in two Norwegians who died of the virus and one person...
Europe

UK man cleared of wife’s death during nightmare

By Associated Press
LONDON - A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found innocent in her death. Prosecutors...
Asia Pacific

Afghan police are weak link in security force

An Afghan police officer stands guard as bicyclists ride past a roadside checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.
By Associated Press
KABUL — Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan’s 93,000-member...
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Europe

Researcher says text proves Shroud of Turin real

By Associated Press
ROME — A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact...
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Europe

Cosmonaut says Russia falls behind in space race

By Associated Press
MOSCOW — A veteran Russian cosmonaut says his nation lacks a viable program for developing a new spaceship and will likely fall behind in a space race. Mikhail...
Europe

Floods devastate UK Lake District; much of Ireland

Resisdents of the village of Cockermouth, England, are seen being rescued from their homes by members of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.
By Associated Press
COCKERMOUTH, England — Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety...
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Europe

Midday shooting in central Paris kills 1, wounds 2

By Associated Press
PARIS — Police say a man with an automatic rifle opened fire on a car near a Paris train station, killing one man and wounding two others. Friday’s...
Europe

Russian ship frees itself from ice in Antarctic

In this photo taken in March 2006 the Captain Khlebnikov icebreaker seen in the Russia’s Pacific port of Vladivostok, about 6,400 km (4,000 miles) east of Moscow.
By Associated Press
MOSCOW — A Russian cruise ship that has been struggling through a huge mass of sea ice for days has finally reached...
Middle East

Palestinian president agrees to delay elections

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a visit to a religious museum in Salvador, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.
By Associated Press
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone parliamentary and presidential...

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