| Lockerbie investigators may travel to Britain: US Senator
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 AFP - A US senator said investigators could be sent to Britain to quiz witnesses who refused to travel to Washington to testify at a Senate probe into the release of the Lockerbie bomber.
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| Pregnant Radcliffe targets 2012 Marathon glory
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 AFP - Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe has warned her rivals she will be back to reclaim the limelight once her second baby is born with an elusive Olympic gold medal high on her wish list.
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| Liverpool, Juve make winning Europa League starts
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 AFP - European giants Liverpool and Juventus began life under new coaches with victories in the first legs of their Europa League third qualifying round ties on Thursday.
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| Google cleared in Britain over collection of private data
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 AFP - Britain's data protection watchdog said Thursday Google had probably not captured "significant" private details in the country when its Street View cars grabbed data sent over wireless networks.
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| Hughes confirmed as new Fulham boss
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 AFP - English Premier League side Fulham on Thursday named former Wales and Manchester City boss Mark Hughes as their new manager to succeed Roy Hodgson.
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| French mother confesses to eight infant murders
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 AFP - A French nursing assistant Thursday admitted suffocating eight newborn babies because she did not want more children and wished to avoid seeing a doctor for contraception, a prosecutor said.
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| French mother confesses to killing eight babies
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 Reuters - A 47-year-old French woman confessed to suffocating eight new-born children and hiding her babies' bodies, a prosecutor said on Thursday, in what experts declared as the country's worst recorded case of infanticide.
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| Raging Russian fires destroy homes, people flee
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 AP - Raging forest fires encircled a southern Russian city and tore through provincial villages Thursday, forcing mass evacuations as Moscow suffered through a record, weeks-long heat wave and smog cloud caused by peat-bog fires.
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| Metro Bank arrives on British high street
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 AFP - Metro Bank, Britain's first new high street lender for over 100 years, opened its first branch on Thursday in a move aimed at shaking up the sector but ran into immediate criticism over its products.
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| Morgan elated after debut Test century
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 AFP - Eoin Morgan insisted he'd never had any doubts about his ability to succeed at the highest level after a debut Test century left England well-placed in their series opener with Pakistan.
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| Outspoken British PM embroiled in diplomatic rows
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 AP - In just a few days, new Prime Minister David Cameron has openly declared Britain is no more than the "junior partner" of the U.S., irritated Israelis by calling Gaza a prison camp and enraged Pakistanis by suggesting their country exports terrorism.
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| Russia foils passenger plane hijacking
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AP - Russian special forces quickly overpowered a man after he briefly seized a plane with 105 passengers and crew at a Moscow airport on Thursday, officials said. |
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