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Wednesday, 30 December 2009

December 30, 2009 The Real Madrid fans do not support their team enough when they are playing badly and should try to be as initimidating to visiting teams as the Manchester United supporters, according to forward Cristiano...

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Englishman killed in Swiss alps was under influence of alcohol Yahoo Daily News

GENEVA (AFP) – The 23-year-old English tourist who fell to his death from a 100-metre high cliff, was under "strong influence of alcohol" at the time of the incident, Swiss local...

Belarus president hits out at EU 'cat and mouse game' Yahoo Daily News

MOSCOU (AFP) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko hit out at the European Union on Wednesday, attacking the bloc's criticism at the progress of the country's democratic reforms. The EU last month suspended sanction against Belarus on the condition it...

Swedish Kurds demand removal from Interpol list Yahoo Daily News

STOCKHOLM – A group of Swedish citizens accused by Iran of terrorism and other crimes demanded Wednesday that their names be removed from Interpol's wanted list, and slammed the international police agency for honoring politically motivated requests. The 10 men on the list are Kurds who were...

Picasso toy guitar found in Italy BBC News

Italian police have found a toy guitar sculpture created by Pablo Picasso for his daughter Paloma, which had been kept in a shoe box by a businessman. Rome police tracked the...

Spain to adopt 'very demanding' austerity plan: PM Yahoo Daily News

MADRID (AFP) – Spain will adopt a "very demanding" austerity plan aimed next month at reining in its spiralling public deficit, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Wednesday. "Public accounts have gone from a surplus to a very significant deficit and we are going to...

Iceland's parliament set to vote on Icesave deal Yahoo Daily News

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AFP) – Iceland's parliament on Wednesday was set to vote on a deal to pay back billions of euros (dollars) to the British and Dutch governments to cover compensation of former clients of the Icesave online bank. The bill calls for the payout of 3.8 billion euros (5.4...

Belarus to toughen control over Internet Yahoo Daily News

MINSK, Belarus – Belarus' authoritarian leader is promising to toughen control over the Internet and Web users. Alexander...

Reported delivery delays cap tough year for Airbus Yahoo Daily News

PARIS (AFP) – Plane maker Airbus will miss its delivery target for the new A380 superjumbo in 2009, sources said on Wednesday, capping a year of production setbacks and technical glitches for the company. A union source who asked not to be named...

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