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US man jailed for stealing pages from rare books
LONDON -- A wealthy U.S. businessman with a passion for books about the Middle East was sentenced to two years in jail Friday for stealing pages from rare texts at two of Britain's most venerable libraries. (Updated 1:47 p.m. PT)
British writer John Mortimer dead at 85
LONDON -- British lawyer and writer John Mortimer, creator of the curmudgeonly criminal lawyer Rumpole of the Bailey, died Friday. He was 85. (Updated 1:13 p.m. PT)
Turkish PM: Israel should be barred from UN
ANKARA, Turkey -- Israel should be barred from the United Nations while it ignores the organization's calls to stop fighting in Gaza, Turkey's prime minister said Friday, urging the world not to turn a blind eye to Israel's "savagery." (Updated 1:08 p.m. PT)
Vatican says Jewish prayer complaints excessive
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican says Jewish complaints about Pope Benedict XVI's commitment to dialogue with Jews are "excessive." (Updated 12:45 p.m. PT)
Researchers find Moors built with powdered bones
MADRID, Spain -- A chance discovery of a medieval clay oven has revealed that Moorish architects used powdered animal bones to protect the walls of fortresses close to the Alhambra Palace in southern Spain. (Updated 12:13 p.m. PT)
Hungary gorilla recovering after rare surgery
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- The Budapest Zoo says a 32-year-old female gorilla has undergone gynecological surgery, the first such operation in Hungary and rare even worldwide. (Updated 12:10 p.m. PT)
Turkish military criticizes coup plot probe
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's secular military, disturbed by the arrests of dozens of military officers in an alleged plot to topple the Islamic-rooted government, criticized the handling of the investigation as unfair and irresponsible Friday. (Updated 11:37 a.m. PT)
Protesters clash with police in Lithuania
VILNIUS, Lithuania -- Violent political protests sweeping parts of Eastern Europe spread Friday to Lithuania, where police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at a rock-throwing mob attacking Parliament. (Updated 11:30 a.m. PT)
Trial opens for US suspect in Italy slaying
PERUGIA, Italy -- A judge ruled Friday that the trial of an American student accused of killing her British roommate would remain open to the media despite concerns about the indignity of releasing sensitive details of an alleged sexual attack. (Updated 11:02 a.m. PT)
Putin: EU is supporting Ukraine in gas dispute
BERLIN -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the European Union on Friday of siding with Ukraine in the highly charged dispute that has kept Russian natural gas from reaching Europe for a full ten days. (Updated 10:19 a.m. PT)
Additional headlines:
- Latvia likely to see early elections
- HRW wants investigation of Chechen exile's killing
- Misery mounts in gas-deprived European nations
- Doctor cleared in British terror plot free on bail
- Chinese man convicted of killing English author
- HRW calls for probe of Chechen exile's killing
- Russian conductor Dudarova dies at 92
- Pope says Iran should work for peace
- Ex-chiefs: scrap UK nuclear missile program
- 3 US citizens questioned in Romania
- Russia hopes US will not seek NATO expansion
- Owner: Pirates free Danish ship held for 2 months
 | THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2009 |
- Economic crisis pressures Russia's ruling tandem
- EU not asked yet to take Guantanamo prisoners
- 20th anniversary year of Berlin Wall's fall begins
- Czech architect Jan Kaplicky dies
- Czech ex-President Havel still seriously ill
- Artist creates sensation by mocking EU nations
- 'Slumdog' leads field for British Academy awards
- US Africom begins 1st peacekeeper supply operation
- Wax Obama unveiled at Europe's Madame Tussauds
| WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2009 |
- Doctors call for halt to Gaza assault
- 6 acquitted in French trial over hormone deaths
- Greek terror group claims attacks on police
- Officials trade blame for Latvia's riot
- Police nab Mafia fugitive who fled through sewer
- Monaco's Prince Albert II visits South Pole
- Flying car leaves London for Timbuktu
- Putin's oil painting to be sold for charity
- UK National Theatre to simulcast plays in cinemas
- Ex-officer testifies about Kosovo war crimes
- Coffee chain cancels ad with slogan Nazis used
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