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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

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...
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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Friday, November 20, 2009
Europe

Fingers, tooth said to be Galileo’s are found

In this image provided by Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze shows a finger attributed to Galileo Galilei.
By Associated Press
ROME — A Florence museum says two fingers and a tooth believed to belong to Galileo Galilei have been found and...
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

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...
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...
Asia Pacific

Gunman opens fire on Saipan; 5 dead

By Associated Press
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan on Friday, killing four people and wounding six...
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

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...
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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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

Top model found hanged in Paris apartment

In this photo taken on Feb. 2, 2009, South Korean model Daul Kim presents at Swarovski S/S Collection in Seoul, South Korea.
By Associated Press
PARIS — A 20-year-old top South Korean model who was a fashion week regular...
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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

Russia’s Gorbachev considers political comeback

By Associated Press
MOSCOW — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea...
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