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    • UK needs more ambitious electric car grant scheme - MPs Nina Chestney - Reuters - 28 mins ago

      LONDON (Reuters) - Britain needs a more ambitious programme to encourage the uptake of low-carbon vehicles, as sales of the cars have disappointed, a committee made up … More »UK needs more ambitious electric car grant scheme - MPs

      LONDON (Reuters) - Britain needs a more ambitious programme to encourage the uptake of low-carbon vehicles, as sales of the cars have disappointed, a committee made up of MPs said on Thursday. As part of its aim to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, the government has offered 25 percent …

    • Russia accuses USAID of trying to sway elections LYNN BERRY - AP - 4 hrs ago

      Russia explained its decision to end the U.S. Agency for International Development's two decades of work in Russia by saying Wednesday that the agency was using its … More »Russia accuses USAID of trying to sway elections

      Russia explained its decision to end the U.S. Agency for International Development's two decades of work in Russia by saying Wednesday that the agency was using its money to influence elections — a claim the U.S. denied.

    • Publishing director of the satyric weekly Charlie Hebdo, Charb, displays the front page of the newspaper as he poses for photographers in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Police took up positions outside the Paris offices of the satirical French weekly that published crude caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday that ridicule the film and the furor surrounding it. The provocative weekly, Charlie Hebdo, was firebombed last year after it released a special edition that portrayed the Prophet Muhammad as a "guest editor" and took aim at radical Islam. (AP Photo/MIchel Euler)
      New French cartoons inflame prophet film tensions JAMEY KEATEN and LORI HINNANT - AP - 4 hrs ago

      France stepped up security Wednesday at its embassies across the Muslim world after a French satirical weekly revived a formula that it has already used to capture attention: … More »New French cartoons inflame prophet film tensions

      Publishing director of the satyric weekly Charlie Hebdo, Charb, displays the front page of the newspaper as he poses for photographers in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Police took up positions outside the Paris offices of the satirical French weekly that published crude caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday that ridicule the film and the furor surrounding it. The provocative weekly, Charlie Hebdo, was firebombed last year after it released a special edition that portrayed the Prophet Muhammad as a "guest editor" and took aim at radical Islam. (AP Photo/MIchel Euler)

      France stepped up security Wednesday at its embassies across the Muslim world after a French satirical weekly revived a formula that it has already used to capture attention: Publishing crude, lewd caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

    • The Times said the Americans were CIA employees sent to Mexico as part of an interagency US task force
      Italy court upholds American convictions COLLEEN BARRY and FRANCES D'EMILIO - AP - 3 hrs ago

      Italy's highest criminal court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 Americans in the abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street as part of the CIA's … More »Italy court upholds American convictions

      The Times said the Americans were CIA employees sent to Mexico as part of an interagency US task force

      Italy's highest criminal court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 Americans in the abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street as part of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program, paving the way to possible extradition requests by Italian authorities.

    • Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, cross a bridge at the Borneo Rainforest Research Center in Danum Valley
      Swedish, Danish magazines publish Kate topless photos Reuters - 6 hrs ago

      STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish celebrity gossip magazine published topless photographs of the wife of Prince William, the former Kate Middleton, on Wednesday and a Danish … More »Swedish, Danish magazines publish Kate topless photos

      Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, cross a bridge at the Borneo Rainforest Research Center in Danum Valley

      STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish celebrity gossip magazine published topless photographs of the wife of Prince William, the former Kate Middleton, on Wednesday and a Danish sister journal is to follow suit on Thursday. The pictures were published despite a decision by a French court on Tuesday to ban gossip magazine Closer …

    • Deputy PM Clegg talks with journalists during a visit at the Maracana Stadium Complex in Rio de Janeiro
      Lib Dems say sorry for dropping key 2010 manifesto pledge Matt Falloon - Reuters - 6 hrs ago

      LONDON (Reuters) - The Lib Dems apologised on Wednesday for promising to scrap university fees before the 2010 election - a pledge they broke once in power by agreeing … More »Lib Dems say sorry for dropping key 2010 manifesto pledge

      Deputy PM Clegg talks with journalists during a visit at the Maracana Stadium Complex in Rio de Janeiro

      LONDON (Reuters) - The Lib Dems apologised on Wednesday for promising to scrap university fees before the 2010 election - a pledge they broke once in power by agreeing to a hike in tuition costs. The centre-left Lib Dems' popularity plummeted after the 2010 election and a series of reversals on key areas of party policy …

    • Italy high court upholds American convictions COLLEEN BARRY and FRANCES D'EMILIO - AP - 7 hrs ago

      Italy's highest criminal court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 Americans in the abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street as part of the … More »Italy high court upholds American convictions

      Italy's highest criminal court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 Americans in the abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street as part of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program, paving the way to possible extradition requests by Italian authorities.

    • Bob Diamond, Chief Executive of Barclays PLC, stands next to the eighteenth green during the final round of the Scottish Open golf tournament at Castle Stuart golf course near Inverness, Scotland
      FSA warned Barclays on Diamond approval Reuters - 9 hrs ago

      LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial regulator warned Barclays Plc two years ago that its approval of Bob Diamond as chief executive could change if there was an adverse … More »FSA warned Barclays on Diamond approval

      Bob Diamond, Chief Executive of Barclays PLC, stands next to the eighteenth green during the final round of the Scottish Open golf tournament at Castle Stuart golf course near Inverness, Scotland

      LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial regulator warned Barclays Plc two years ago that its approval of Bob Diamond as chief executive could change if there was an adverse outcome from the Libor interest rate rigging investigation, documents showed. Andrew Tyrie, the chairman heading a parliamentary inquiry into the Libor …

    • Guests stay around a plaque in honor of U.S. President Ronald Reagan right after it had been unveiled nearby the Brandenburg Gate during a remembrance ceremony in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
      Berlin unveils plaque to Reagan's 'Wall' speech AP - 9 hrs ago

      Berlin's mayor has unveiled a plaque commemorating the 25th anniversary of U.S. President Ronald Reagan's call to the Soviets to "tear down" the wall that then divided … More »Berlin unveils plaque to Reagan's 'Wall' speech

      Guests stay around a plaque in honor of U.S. President Ronald Reagan right after it had been unveiled nearby the Brandenburg Gate during a remembrance ceremony in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

      Berlin's mayor has unveiled a plaque commemorating the 25th anniversary of U.S. President Ronald Reagan's call to the Soviets to "tear down" the wall that then divided the German city.

    • Karen King, a professor at Harvard Divinity School, is interviewed outside the Augustinianum institute where an international congress on Coptic studies is held in Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Scholars are questioning the authenticity and significance of a much-publicized discovery by a Harvard scholar who reported that a 4th Century fragment of papyrus has provided the first evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus was married. Karen King announced the finding Tuesday at an international congress on Coptic studies in Rome. Her paper, and the front-page attention it received in some U.S. newspapers, was very much a topic of conversation during the coffee breaks at the conference Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
      Doubts over Harvard claim of 'Jesus' Wife' papyrus NICOLE WINFIELD - AP - 9 hrs ago

      Is a scrap of papyrus suggesting that Jesus had a wife authentic? More »Doubts over Harvard claim of 'Jesus' Wife' papyrus

      Karen King, a professor at Harvard Divinity School, is interviewed outside the Augustinianum institute where an international congress on Coptic studies is held in Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Scholars are questioning the authenticity and significance of a much-publicized discovery by a Harvard scholar who reported that a 4th Century fragment of papyrus has provided the first evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus was married. Karen King announced the finding Tuesday at an international congress on Coptic studies in Rome. Her paper, and the front-page attention it received in some U.S. newspapers, was very much a topic of conversation during the coffee breaks at the conference Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

      Is a scrap of papyrus suggesting that Jesus had a wife authentic?

    • Tributes are seen on the gates at Anfield stadium in Liverpool
      Hillsborough disaster policeman referred to watchdog Reuters - 9 hrs ago

      LONDON (Reuters) - A senior police officer accused of helping orchestrate a cover-up to place blame for Britain's worst football stadium disaster on drunken, rowdy fans … More »Hillsborough disaster policeman referred to watchdog

      Tributes are seen on the gates at Anfield stadium in Liverpool

      LONDON (Reuters) - A senior police officer accused of helping orchestrate a cover-up to place blame for Britain's worst football stadium disaster on drunken, rowdy fans could face an investigation leading to possible prosecution, officials said on Wednesday. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), which investigates …

    • A member of the Jewish community who did not give his name, walks near the kosher grocery store where a bomb exploded in Sarcelles, north of Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Four people where injured when a small package bomb exploded inside a kosher grocery store in Sarcelles a Paris suburb. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
      Report: 4 injured after explosion at kosher store GREG KELLER - AP - 9 hrs ago

      A small package bomb exploded inside a kosher grocery store in a Paris suburb Wednesday, wounding at least one person, according to an agency that tracks anti-Semitic … More »Report: 4 injured after explosion at kosher store

      A member of the Jewish community who did not give his name, walks near the kosher grocery store where a bomb exploded in Sarcelles, north of Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Four people where injured when a small package bomb exploded inside a kosher grocery store in Sarcelles a Paris suburb. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

      A small package bomb exploded inside a kosher grocery store in a Paris suburb Wednesday, wounding at least one person, according to an agency that tracks anti-Semitic attacks in France.

    • Ukraine warned against passing defamation bill MARIA DANILOVA - AP - 10 hrs ago

      An international media watchdog urged Ukrainian lawmakers on Wednesday to reject a bill that would make defamation a crime, saying it could "threaten the very existence … More »Ukraine warned against passing defamation bill

      An international media watchdog urged Ukrainian lawmakers on Wednesday to reject a bill that would make defamation a crime, saying it could "threaten the very existence of independent journalism."

    • CORRECTS SPELLING OF GESTURES British musician Brian May gestures as he stands on a cherry picker to launch the national Team Badger campaign, in front of a giant billboard, on Cromwell road, west London, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. A rock star is facing off against British farmers, over badgers. The government has issued licenses for the country's first badger cull, and soon snipers will be roaming in search of the animals. But Queen guitarist Brian May is leading a band of badger defenders vowing to stop them. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
      Queen's Brian May battles for threatened badgers JILL LAWLESS - AP - 10 hrs ago

      A battle over badgers is brewing in Britain — and rock star Brian May is leading the fight. More »Queen's Brian May battles for threatened badgers

      CORRECTS SPELLING OF GESTURES British musician Brian May gestures as he stands on a cherry picker to launch the national Team Badger campaign, in front of a giant billboard, on Cromwell road, west London, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. A rock star is facing off against British farmers, over badgers. The government has issued licenses for the country's first badger cull, and soon snipers will be roaming in search of the animals. But Queen guitarist Brian May is leading a band of badger defenders vowing to stop them. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

      A battle over badgers is brewing in Britain — and rock star Brian May is leading the fight.

    • People walk through the the Canary Wharf business district in London
      British bankers see average bonus shrink to 12,000 pounds Reuters - 11 hrs ago

      LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial workers watched their bonuses fall to 12,000 pounds on average last year, down about 11 percent from a year earlier, as regulation … More »British bankers see average bonus shrink to 12,000 pounds

      People walk through the the Canary Wharf business district in London

      LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial workers watched their bonuses fall to 12,000 pounds on average last year, down about 11 percent from a year earlier, as regulation and tough economic conditions squeezed the sector, official data showed. The handouts were still more than eight times the national average, according …

    • Pro-democracy protesters listen to speakers at a rally organized by opposition groups while seated around a stage shaped like the boundaries of Bahrain and containing a mock casket with the word "democracy" in English and Arabic. Bahrain says it has charged seven police lieutenants with alleged abuses against suspected anti-government protesters, including using torture to obtain confessions that were later thrown out in court. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
      Bahrain agrees to most UN rights recommendations JOHN HEILPRIN - AP - 11 hrs ago

      The tiny oil-rich kingdom of Bahrain pledged Wednesday to improve its treatment of political activists, crack down on torture and prevent violence against ethnic and … More »Bahrain agrees to most UN rights recommendations

      Pro-democracy protesters listen to speakers at a rally organized by opposition groups while seated around a stage shaped like the boundaries of Bahrain and containing a mock casket with the word "democracy" in English and Arabic. Bahrain says it has charged seven police lieutenants with alleged abuses against suspected anti-government protesters, including using torture to obtain confessions that were later thrown out in court. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

      The tiny oil-rich kingdom of Bahrain pledged Wednesday to improve its treatment of political activists, crack down on torture and prevent violence against ethnic and religious communities while accepting the vast majority of the U.N.'s recommendations regarding human rights.

    • 2 Poles arrested after death of 2 foster children AP - 11 hrs ago

      An official says a Polish couple accused of killing two children in their foster home have been arrested. More »2 Poles arrested after death of 2 foster children

      An official says a Polish couple accused of killing two children in their foster home have been arrested.

    • Karen King, a professor at Harvard Divinity School, is interviewed outside the Augustinianum institute where an international congress on Coptic studies is held in Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Scholars are questioning the authenticity and significance of a much-publicized discovery by a Harvard scholar who reported that a 4th Century fragment of papyrus has provided the first evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus was married. Karen King announced the finding Tuesday at an international congress on Coptic studies in Rome. Her paper, and the front-page attention it received in some U.S. newspapers, was very much a topic of conversation during the coffee breaks at the conference Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
      Harvard claim of Jesus' Wife papyrus scrutinized NICOLE WINFIELD - AP - 11 hrs ago

      Is a scrap of papyrus suggesting that Jesus had a wife authentic? More »Harvard claim of Jesus' Wife papyrus scrutinized

      Karen King, a professor at Harvard Divinity School, is interviewed outside the Augustinianum institute where an international congress on Coptic studies is held in Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Scholars are questioning the authenticity and significance of a much-publicized discovery by a Harvard scholar who reported that a 4th Century fragment of papyrus has provided the first evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus was married. Karen King announced the finding Tuesday at an international congress on Coptic studies in Rome. Her paper, and the front-page attention it received in some U.S. newspapers, was very much a topic of conversation during the coffee breaks at the conference Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

      Is a scrap of papyrus suggesting that Jesus had a wife authentic?

    • Prison abuse videos rock Georgia ahead of vote MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI - AP - 11 hrs ago

      Videos showing the abuse of prisoners in Georgia have sparked street protests and an exchange of harsh accusations between the government and the opposition ahead of … More »Prison abuse videos rock Georgia ahead of vote

      Videos showing the abuse of prisoners in Georgia have sparked street protests and an exchange of harsh accusations between the government and the opposition ahead of parliamentary elections.

    • Turbine makers shun UK until reforms clear - Vattenfall Reuters - 12 hrs ago

      LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will fail to tempt a wind turbine manufacturer to open a factory in the country until its policy on rewarding future wind farms is clear, said … More »Turbine makers shun UK until reforms clear - Vattenfall

      LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will fail to tempt a wind turbine manufacturer to open a factory in the country until its policy on rewarding future wind farms is clear, said the head of Sweden's Vattenfall, which opened its third British offshore wind farm on Wednesday. Britain has one of Europe's most ambitious wind power …

    • FILE - A July 4, 1999 file photo of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's family, wife Mirjana Markovic, right, son Marko Milosevic, left, and Milica Gajic, Marko's common law wife, center, at the opening of Bambi amusement park in Pozarevac, Serbia. A senior Serbian official says Slobodan Milosevic’s widow and son should return from their exile in Russia now that the former autocrat’s allies have returned to power in the Balkan country. Milosevic's widow, Mirjana Markovic, and son Marko Milosevic fled to Russia after the wartime leader was ousted in 2000. They have been granted refugee status there, despite warrants for their arrest issued by the former pro-Western Serbian government which was defeated by nationalists in elections in May. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
      Official: Milosevic family welcome back in Serbia AP - 12 hrs ago

      Slobodan Milosevic's widow and son should return from their exile in Russia now that the late autocrat's allies have returned to power in the Balkan country, a senior … More »Official: Milosevic family welcome back in Serbia

      FILE - A July 4, 1999 file photo of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's family, wife Mirjana Markovic, right, son Marko Milosevic, left, and Milica Gajic, Marko's common law wife, center, at the opening of Bambi amusement park in Pozarevac, Serbia. A senior Serbian official says Slobodan Milosevic’s widow and son should return from their exile in Russia now that the former autocrat’s allies have returned to power in the Balkan country. Milosevic's widow, Mirjana Markovic, and son Marko Milosevic fled to Russia after the wartime leader was ousted in 2000. They have been granted refugee status there, despite warrants for their arrest issued by the former pro-Western Serbian government which was defeated by nationalists in elections in May. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

      Slobodan Milosevic's widow and son should return from their exile in Russia now that the late autocrat's allies have returned to power in the Balkan country, a senior Serbian official said Wednesday.

    • Report: Syria aimed at Turkish jet with missile AP - 12 hrs ago

      Military prosecutors investigating the downing of a Turkish plane by Syria say initial findings show Syria targeted the plane with a long-range missile while it was … More »Report: Syria aimed at Turkish jet with missile

      Military prosecutors investigating the downing of a Turkish plane by Syria say initial findings show Syria targeted the plane with a long-range missile while it was in international air space.

    • 'Good Food Marchers' stage a protest in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Farmers and activists from all over the continent are converging on European Union headquarters to push for a food policy which is kinder to the environment and developing nations. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
      Protesters call for greener, fairer EU farm policy RAF CASERT - AP - 12 hrs ago

      Farmers and activists from all over the continent converged on European Union headquarters Wednesday to push for a food policy that is fairer to family farmers and kinder … More »Protesters call for greener, fairer EU farm policy

      'Good Food Marchers' stage a protest in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Farmers and activists from all over the continent are converging on European Union headquarters to push for a food policy which is kinder to the environment and developing nations. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

      Farmers and activists from all over the continent converged on European Union headquarters Wednesday to push for a food policy that is fairer to family farmers and kinder to the environment and developing nations.

    • Czech PM wants sales of spirits resumed AP - 13 hrs ago

      The Czech prime minister says that any new hard liquor produced in the country would need to have a certificate showing its detailed origin, after at least 23 people … More »Czech PM wants sales of spirits resumed

      The Czech prime minister says that any new hard liquor produced in the country would need to have a certificate showing its detailed origin, after at least 23 people who drank bootleg booze tainted with methanol died.

    • Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall sit on Centre Court at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London
      Prince Charles and Camilla to visit Australia Reuters - 13 hrs ago

      LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will visit Australia and New Zealand in November as part of the celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth's 60 years … More »Prince Charles and Camilla to visit Australia

      Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall sit on Centre Court at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London

      LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will visit Australia and New Zealand in November as part of the celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth's 60 years on the throne, a royal spokesman said on Wednesday. As well as the usual round of political, military and religious engagements, the royal couple will watch …

     

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