Top Stories: Rome, Nov 25 (IANS/AKI) The economic crisis has hit Italians where it hurts the most -- their stomachs. New research shows that Italians are consuming more rice and pasta and less fish, meat, cheese and even wine. IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:10:01 -0500London, Nov 24 (IANS) Hollywood actress Kate Hudson has revealed that she is a huge karaoke fan. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:20:04 -0500London, Nov 24 (IANS) Singer John Mayer says he is tired of being labelled a womaniser. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:20:03 -0500London, Nov 24 (IANS) Hollywood star Hugh Jackman has signed up to fight robots in a new Steven Spielberg movie. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:20:02 -0500Bonn (Germany), Nov 24 (DPA) A 16-year-old girl who attempted to kill teachers and fellow pupils at her German co-ed high school was sent to youth prison Tuesday for five years. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:04 -0500London, Nov 24 (IANS) India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark knowles of the Bahamas overcame a tough challenge from the Polish pair of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski to win 3-6, 6-3, 10-7 in a Group A doubles match of ATP WOrld Tour Finals here Tuesday. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:00:02 -0500London, Nov 24 (IANS) The doctor who discovered a Belgian patient presumed to have been in a deep coma for 23 years while being conscious all along has said the breakthrough highlights a 'locked-in syndrome'. The condition is described as one where patients are unable to show that they are conscious. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:50:02 -0500London, Nov 24 (IANS) One of Britain's most senior former civil servants Tuesday opened an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Britain's 2003 invasion of Iraq, vowing to 'get to the heart of what happened' before and during the war. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:30:03 -0500Hamburg, Nov 24 (DPA) Bayern Munich's fate in the Champions League is out of their hands as they take on Maccabi Haifa Wednesday. The fate of coach Louis van Gaal meanwhile hangs in the balance. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:00:05 -0500Rome, Nov 24 (IANS/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is expected to come under renewed pressure when prostitute Patrizia D'Addario publishes a book about their alleged sexual encounter at his official residence in Rome. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:00:02 -0500Hamburg, Nov 24 (DPA) Andrei Arshavin, Zlatan Ibrahomovic and Andriy Shevchenko are just three of the world's most prominent footballers who will be missing the 2010 FIFA World Cup. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:40:03 -0500Rome, Nov 24 (DPA) His motto, quoted from his own website, states that he would play at AC Milan even as a goalkeeper. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:40:02 -0500Madrid, Nov 24 (DPA) Fernando Gago and Ruud Van Nistelrooy are both considering leaving Real Madrid in January, according to reports in the Spanish media Tuesday. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:40:01 -0500Sydney, Nov 24 (DPA) Paralympic champion Kurt Fearnley said Tuesday he was so angry at having to leave his wheelchair at the check-in counter he crawled through Brisbane airport to reach the departure gate for his flight. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:50:01 -0500London, Nov 24 (IANS) The doctor who discovered a Belgian patient presumed to have been in a deep coma for 23 years while being conscious all along has said the breakthrough highlights a 'locked-in syndrome'. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:30:02 -0500Santa Cruz (Spain), Nov 24 (EFE) Researchers have found in Cuba a unique sea slug that emits light when it is disturbed. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:10:03 -0500Madrid, Nov 24 (EFE) Spain's Acciona Energia said it has completed the assembly of the Eurus wind farm in Mexico, an energy facility with total potential generating capacity of 250.5 MW and costing $550 million. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:50:04 -0500London, Nov 24 : American actress Susan Sarandon was presented with a top award at the Stockholm International Film Festival in Sweden last weekend. ANI Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:00:06 -0500London, November 24 : The Los Angeles based attorneys of filmmaker Roman Polanski, who is imprisoned in Switzerland on an ongoing child sex case, have blasted his French lawyer for speaking to the media. ANI Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:00:02 -0500Sydney, Nov 24 (IANS) Australasian gannets are as fickle as humans when it comes to fidelity but risk breeding failure with a new partner, says a new study. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:30:02 -0500Sydney, Nov 24 (IANS) Looking through crab eyes helps scientists figure out how animals and humans react to threats. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:20:02 -0500Hamburg, Nov 24 (DPA) The Soccer City in Johannesburg will host the opening and the final match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in June. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:50:03 -0500London, Nov 24 (IANS) Singer-actress Mariah Carey will be honoured for her acting skills at the 21st Palm Springs International Film Festival in January next year. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:00:03 -0500London, Nov 24 (IANS) British singer Amy Winehouse splurged thousands of dollars on expensive lingerie and a diamond-encrusted whip. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:00:05 -0500London, Nov 24 (IANS) Hollywood star Brad Pitt and his partner Angelina Jolie donated over $6.8 million to various charities in 2008. IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:00:04 -0500Moscow, Nov 25 : A new test launch of Russia's troubled Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) will be carried out by the end of 2009, a defence source said. New Kerala Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:42:29 -0500Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday revised their natural gas deal to lower the amount Kiev must buy next year, according to state-controlled monopoly Gazprom.The amendments to the countries' January 2009 c... eTaiwan News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:39:26 -0500Spain's Parliament has started listing what jobs lawmakers have outside the legislature _ as teachers, lawyers or corporate board members _ in a country with 18 percent unemployment.The move comes aft... eTaiwan News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:35:49 -0500Nominees of the 27 EU nations for a job on the next European Commission. Their current jobs are in brackets. EU portfolios will be assigned in the weeks ahead._ Austria: Johannes Hahn (Austrian resear... eTaiwan News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:35:44 -0500The U.S. says President Barack Obama's top military adviser attended the latest talks with Russia to replace an expiring Cold War-era arms control agreement.U.S. spokesman in Geneva Michael Parmly say... eTaiwan News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:35:17 -0500LONDON/TOKYO -- The dollar firmed on Tuesday after recent sharp losses as investors largely stayed on the sidelines ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday later in the week, dealers said. The China Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:33:15 -0500A police investigator and a court bailiff were found beheaded in a car trunk in the Kabardino-Balkaria region, Interfax reported Tuesday. The bodies were discovered late Monday in Chegem, just north o... International Herald Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:18:27 -0500Poland ’s former president and leader of the Solidarity movement, took President Lech Kaczynski to court on Tuesday. Mr. Walesa is seeking about $36,000 in damages over Mr. Kaczynski’s cha... International Herald Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:18:24 -0500LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bruised, battered and fatigued after enjoying his most successful season with Los Angeles Galaxy, David Beckham turned his thoughts on Tuesday to his loan spell with AC Milan i... Reuters Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:16:58 -0500OXFORD, England and SAN DIEGO, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Enigma Diagnostics Limited, the decentralised and point-of-care molecular diagnostics company, announced today four senior appointments for its U... Earth Times Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:06 -0500(ROME) ? A convicted Mafia boss who got out of jail by faking paralysis and anorexia has been arrested at a restaurant after more than two months on the run, police in Sicily said Tuesday. Office... Time Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:04:29 -0500Liberal MPs have voted to support Malcolm Turnbull as leader of the party in a secret ballot, by 48 votes to 35, ruling out a potential challenge to his position. SBS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:45:28 -0500Russia launched a Proton-M carrier rocket carrying a European Eutelsat W-7 satellite from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan Tuesday, a Khrunichev Aerospace Center spokesman said. The carrier roc... People's Daily Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:43:08 -0500In a statement, the navy says 22 people were safely rescued from the cargo ship “Duden” after the fire broke out about 160 miles (260 kilometers) off the coast Sunday. The navy did not immediately... The China Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:03:40 -0500The UK government's claim that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) is to be probed later by the official inquiry into the war.On its second day of hearings in London, the Iraq inquiry wi... BBC Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:52:10 -0500Roger Federer ensured he will end the year as world number one after beating Andy Murray 3-6 6-3 6-1 in the ATP World Tour Finals in London.The Swiss was broken twice as the British number one, who al... BBC Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:52:09 -0500STOCKHOLM ? A Hindu spirit is stalking the streets of Stockholm, armed with this Nordic capital’s latest fad: the nail bed. It is not the wood and iron nail variety used by Hindu fakirs, bu... International Herald Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:49:38 -0500Belgian Prime Minsiter Herman Van Rompuy and E.U. Commissioner for Trade Catherine Ashton at an E.U. summit at the European Council headquarters on Nov. 19 in Brussels. (Photo: Georges Gobet/ AFP-Gett... World Press Review Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:37:21 -0500Italy's communications regulator would decide on capping prices for cellphone SMSes to meet EU rules either this week or next month, its chairman Corrado Calabro said yesterday. The issue "at this poi... Business Report Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:20:26 -050025 November 2009 A ban on the construction of minarets would breach Switzerland's obligations to uphold freedom of religion, Amnesty International said ahead of a referendum next Sunday on a constit... Amnesty International Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:18:21 -0500After 10-month chilly ties, Israel hopes its relationship with Turkey is finally getting back on track. Israel's Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer is in Ankara this week for high... People's Daily Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:12:25 -0500Group B Manchester United FC confirmed their place in the last 16 when they recovered to draw 3-3 with PFC CSKA Moskva on Matchday 4. Holding a three-point lead over second-placed VfL Wolfsburg, Unite... UEFA Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:48:09 -0500Internationally viewed, medical care in Germany for children with cancer is very good as far as survival is concerned. However, other aspects, such as quality of life, pain, and long-term consequences... RedOrbit Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:41:58 -0500After embarrassing breakdowns caused by bread-dropping birds and hugely expensive repairs, the world's biggest science experiment – the Large Hadron Collider – has suddenly burst into life... The Independent Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:34:46 -0500Just before the France-Ireland football match in Paris, I met my charming, gentle, retired, 60-something, French neighbour on the stairs of our Paris apartment building. "No," he said. "I'm not watchi... The Independent Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:34:40 -0500A Moscow hairdresser is suing bailiffs from the Russian region of Udmurtia after they found a picture of her on a social networking site and used it to lure unsuspecting debtors into meetings. In a t... The Independent Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:34:32 -0500This house has 720 square meters (7,750 square feet) and is split into four apartments. The current owners, a Frenchwoman and her husband, bought the property in the 1970s, when it was nearly in ruins... International Herald Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:13:13 -0500European Commission (EC) competition regulators have dropped a long running anti-trust investigation into Qualcomm.A number of companies complained in November 2007 that Qualcomm had broken previous... Infomatics Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:12:04 -0500WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fifty-nine U.S. senators, led by John Kerry and Orrin Hatch, have urged European antitrust regulators to conclude their investigation of the Oracle and Sun Microsystems merger a... Reuters Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:22 -0500London - The first full-scale inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war opened on Tuesday with testimony suggesting Washington was gearing up for possible conflict two years before Tony Blair led Lo... IOL Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:08:52 -0500By Raf Casert Brussels - With a caretaker holding his hand, a Belgian man who was misdiagnosed as comatose for 23 years typed out a message on Tuesday that he felt reborn after decades of lonelines... IOL Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:08:50 -0500ATHENS, November 24 (RIA Novosti) - Greece and Bulgaria will benefit from joint energy projects with Russia, Greek President Karolos Papoulias said during an official dinner to mark the visit of his B... RIA Novosti Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:02:35 -0500The IPCC said that in order to stabilise concentrations at 450 ppm CO2e, emissions would have to be reduced 25-40% from 1990 levels by 2020. (AAP) In December, officials from 192 countries will meet... SBS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:37:15 -0500ArticleData Array ( [Article] => Array ( [article_id] => 1139317 [headline] => Is Turnbull's time up? [abstract] => Malcolm Turnbull faces hefty opposition from within his own party, with unhapp... SBS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:37:10 -0500Police in Northern Ireland say they've charged a 26-year-old man with attempted murder in connection with an attack on a police patrol near the province's border with the Republic of Ireland last week... SBS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:37:05 -0500MOSCOW, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Russian prosecutors on Tuesday opened a criminal case over the recent prison death of a lawyer that was charged with conspiracy in a tax evasion investigation, the Russian ... SINA Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:35:07 -0500ATHENS, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov started an official three-day visit to Greece on Tuesday, mainly aimed at promoting economic cooperation between the two neighboring cou... SINA Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:35:06 -0500The 20th anniversary of the 1989 East European revolutions has re-opened contentious debate over who won the Cold War and what caused Soviet communism to disintegrate so rapidly in its final years. Th... VOA Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:56:14 -0500That FC Dynamo Kyiv remain in UEFA Champions League contention after a 0-0 draw at FC Rubin Kazan is more than a little to do with the heroics of goalkeeper Olexandr Shovkovskiy on his 100th European ... UEFA Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:55:03 -0500Arsenal FC defender Kieran Gibbs could be sidelined for three months after breaking a bone in his foot during Tuesday's 2-0 home victory against R. Standard de Liège in the UEFA Champions League. UEFA Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:55:03 -0500The Griffon Vulture has been a common site in Bulgaria's Rial and Pirin mountains, but disappeared in the 60s over the use of strychnine to exterminate wolfs and other predatory animals. Photo by Dari... Novinite Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:48:15 -0500Rangers' UEFA Champions League hopes were extinguished for another season on Tuesday as they slumped to a 2-0 defeat to Stuttgart at Ibrox. The loss combined also with Romanian side Unirea Urziceni's ... FIFA Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:41:23 -0500A 95-year-old former athlete banned by the Nazis from representing Germany in the 1936 Olympics because she was Jewish has had her high jump record recognised by the German athletics federation. "We ... ABC Australia Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:33:40 -0500Updated: November 25, 2009, 8:20 AM UK Rangers crashed out of Europe with a dispiriting home defeat to Stuttgart in their penultimate Champions League Group G match.•... Soccernet Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:32:03 -0500A new two-volume history of Russia’s turbulent 20th century is being hailed inside and outside the country as a landmark contribution to the swirling debate over Russia’s past and national... International Herald Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:22:53 -0500By Yann Le Guernigou Le Perreux-sur-Marne - French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a rare foray into the suburbs of Paris on Tuesday to promise that a surge in the number of security cameras would m... IOL Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:18:41 -0500Council for Promoting Civil and Human Rights [official website] on Monday called the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky a murder and a tragedy. Magnitsky, who was arrested on allegations of tax ... Jurist Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:17:28 -0500MOSCOW, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow fulfills its commitments concerning the launch of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant at the moment, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization has been qu... RIA Novosti Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:12:37 -0500BRUSSELS, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - A meeting of the Russia-NATO council at the level of ambassadors will be held on Wednesday at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Russia's mission to the alliance has ... RIA Novosti Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:12:36 -0500Stuttgart´s Sebastian Rudy (L) celebrates with teamates after scoring the opening goal against Rangers during the UEFA Champions League football match in Glasgow. Rangers´ Champions League hopes wer... soccerway Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:06:06 -0500Prepare to wake up to an all-pervasive French aroma as the Festival of France in India, Bonjour India, docks in Calcutta next week, bringing to town artists and architects, dancers and authors, films,... The Telegraph Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:06:05 -0500TOKYO — NEC Corp said Tuesday that it has withdrawn a complaint lodged with the European Commission in connection with alleged violations of the European Union’s antitrust law by Qualcomm... Japan Today Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:00:18 -0500LONDON (Reuters) - Wingers Yossi Benayoun and Albert Riera added to Liverpool's injury woes on Thursday when both were ruled out for up to a month due to muscle problems. SBS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:47:07 -0500LONDON (Reuters) - Portsmouth's England goalkeeper David James has played down the latest injury he suffered in the warm-up for Sunday's Premier League game at Stoke City. SBS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:46:57 -0500LONDON (Reuters) - Portsmouth have been banned from registering any new players until further notice, the Premier League said on Wednesday, as the financial turmoil surrounding the south-coast club co... SBS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:46:47 -0500The council's 15 members on Monday said civilians continued to suffer at the hands of government troopsThomas Mayr-Harting, who occupies the Council's rotating presidency for November, said the DRC Ar... SBS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:46:42 -0500Juan Martin Del Potro greets Fernando Verdasco at the ATP World Tour Finals. (Getty Images) LONDON (Reuters) - Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro put himself back in contention at the ATP World Tour ... SBS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:46:37 -0500LONDON (Reuters) - Sweden's Robin Soderling returned to haunt Rafael Nadal at the ATP World Tour Finals on Monday, beating him 6-4 6-4 in their opening Group B round-robin clash. SBS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:46:31 -0500LONDON (Reuters) - World number one tennis player Roger Federer believes his friend Thierry Henry should not be vilified for the handball which helped France edge past Ireland into the World Cup final... SBS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:46:26 -0500CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- NASCAR has asked a federal court to stop lawyers for suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield from collecting information from the ex-wife of chairman Brian France. Tampa Bay Online Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:44:46 -0500BERLIN, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Germany has decided to increase its development aid to Afghanistan by 52 million euros (around 78 million U.S. dollars), the German government announced here on Tuesday. A... SINA Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:44:23 -0500CHARLOTTE, N.C. ? NASCAR has asked a federal court to stop lawyers for suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield from collecting information from the ex-wife of chairman Brian France. Mayfield's att... Sign on San Diego Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:02:51 -0500ACF Fiorentina are through to the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in ten years after overcoming Olympique Lyonnais in Florence, a first-half penalty by Juan Vargas ensuring the... UEFA Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:01:31 -0500Liverpool FC supplied the win they needed as a minimum requirement in Budapest, but their evening ended in misery as victory for ACF Fiorentina against Olympique Lyonnais knocked the Merseyside club o... UEFA Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:01:30 -0500Late dismissal First-half goals from Samir Nasri and Denilson set Arsenal on their way to a convincing success which confirmed the north London side qualified for the last 16 as winners of the section... UEFA Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:01:29 -0500FC Unirea Urziceni's first home win in European competition could not have been better timed as Dan Petrescu's UEFA Champions League debutants closed in on a place in the knockout phase with a battlin... UEFA Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:01:29 -0500AZ Alkmaar were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League after drawing 0-0 at home against an Olympiacos FC side who look on course to qualify for the first knockout round from Group H. UEFA Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:01:27 -0500John Terry will captain Chelsea FC for the 300th time at the Estádio do Dragão and he knows how he wants to mark the occasion – with a victory over FC Porto that would guarantee first place in Gro... UEFA Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:01:26 -0500CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- NASCAR has asked a federal court to stop lawyers for suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield from collecting information from the ex-wife of chairman Brian France.Mayfield's attorneys sub... The Miami Herald Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:53:16 -0500If anyone is looking for a good bet to make on the All Black test this weekend, stick some money on one of the French players being sent off. It's been a while since a red card was shown in a maj... New Zealand Herald Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:38:53 -0500MARSEILLE - They don't breeze in until Friday, but France sounded an early warning by naming what All Blacks assistant coach Wayne Smith labelled their toughest rugby opponents of 2009. Coach Marc Li... New Zealand Herald Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:38:51 -0500Mayfield's attorneys subpoenaed Megan France last week requesting documents about a lawsuit filed against her by Brian France. The attorneys also asked for joint tax returns and mail addressed to Bria... USA Today Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:37:03 -0500ROME – Food-loving Italy responded with indignation on Tuesday to a minister's comments that lunchbreaks -- still a sit-down ritual for many Italian workers -- are bad for waistlines and the economy... Vancouver Sun Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:33:06 -0500A new two-volume history of Russia’s turbulent 20th century is being hailed inside and outside the country as a landmark contribution to the swirling debate over Russia’s past and national... International Herald Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:28:44 -0500Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sacked four top generals Tuesday after an explosion at a Navy arsenal killed at least eight bomb disposal experts a day earlier, he announced. 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