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Danish police officers stand guard as one of four suspect arrested on suspicion of planning a shooting attack on the office of a newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad arrives at a court in Glostup, south of Copenhagen, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. The Wednesday arrests rattled Danes and brought renewed attention to simmering anger at the Jyllands-Posten newspaper, which has been the target of several attacks and threats since publishing cartoons of Muhammad in 2005, in what it called a challenge to perceived self-censorship.
Denmark   Islam   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy		  Al Jazeera 
Three charged over Denmark 'plot'
Fri 31 Dec 2010
Three men suspected of preparing a deadly attack on a newspaper in Copenhagen have been charged by a Danish court with plotting an act of terrorism. Police detained four men in Denmark and one in... (photo: AP / Polfoto, Peter Hove Olesen)
Bobby Farrell, Boney M.
Celebrity   Music   Photos   Society   Wikipedia: Bobby Farrell		  The Hindu 
Boney M's Bobby Farrell dead
Fri 31 Dec 2010
Bobby Farrell in this 2005 file photo.... (photo: Creative Commons / Erwin Winkelman)
Chief Logistics Specialist Tam Colbert, assigned to the supply department of the amphibious assault ship USS Bon Homme Richard, reacts to a flu shot administered by Chief Hospital Corpsman Yahahn Thompson.  BBC News  Thu 30 Dec 2010
NI swine flu cases have 'more than doubled'
The number of swine flu cases in Northern Ireland has more than doubled in the past week. The Public Health Agency said those eligible for the H1N1 vaccine should see their doctor as soon as possible.... (photo: USNavy / Chief Mass Communication Specialist Joe Kane)
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Water Faucet  NZ Herald  Thu 30 Dec 2010
36,000 left without water for days
BELFAST - Frustration and fears of disease mounted in Northern Ireland as 36,000 people were left without water, some for more than a week, after a deep freeze and a sudden thaw caused ageing pipes to... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Contamination   Disease   Photos   Water   Wikipedia: Water pollution
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England's Kevin Pietersen plays a shot off the bowling of Australia's Ben Hilfenhaus on the first day of the second cricket test match between England and Australia at Lord's cricket ground in London, Thursday, July 16, 2009. BBC News Fri 31 Dec 2010
Kevin Pietersen takes credit for Ashes triumph
Kevin Pietersen believes the actions that saw him lose the captaincy were key to England retaining the Ashes. Pietersen resigned as skipper in January 2009, after his... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Australia   Cricket   England   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010–11 Ashes series
Tourists walk under a copy of the inscription "Arbeit Macht Frei" at the main entrance to the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz Birkenau, in Oswiecim, southern Poland, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Ha'aretz Fri 31 Dec 2010
Swede jailed for Auschwitz sign theft
WARSAW - A Swedish man was sentenced yesterday to two years and eight months in prison for instigating the theft of the notorious Arbeit Macht Frei (Work Sets You Free )... (photo: AP)
Holocaust   Law   Photos   Poland   Wikipedia: Auschwitz concentration camp
In this file photo of Wednesday April 22, 1998, young Israelis walk under the sign at Auschwitz concentration camp reading "Arbeit Macht Frei," (Work makes you Free) during a tour of the site. A Polish court says Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010 it has issued a European Union arrest warrant for a Swedish citizen suspected of involvement in the theft of the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign at Auschwitz. Rafal Lisak, spokesman for Krakow's district court, says the warrant was issued Tuesday for Anders Hogstrom, a Swede suspected of incitement to commit theft of a cultural treasure. The Independent Fri 31 Dec 2010
Former neo-Nazi jailed for Auschwitz sign theft
A former Swedish neo-Nazi was yesterday jailed for more than two years for masterminding the theft of the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the entrance of memorial... (photo: AP / Jockel Finck, File)
Crime   Holocaust   Photos   Poland   Wikipedia: Auschwitz concentration camp
A series of 42 Captain's gig boats row up the Thames river past Tower Bridge as they re-enact the funeral of Britain's greatest naval hero, Admiral Horatio Nelson, during a ceremony in London, Friday, Sept. 16, 2005. The ceremony is part of a series of celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. The Independent Fri 31 Dec 2010
Britain's rivers come back to life
Britain's rivers, some of which were little better than sewers a generation ago, are now at their cleanest for more than a century. In the past decade, our waterways have... (photo: AP / Sergio Dionisio)
Britain   Environment   Photos   Wikipedia: River Thames   Wildlife
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, center left, and his co-defendant Platon Lebedev, center right, smile from behind a glass enclosure at a court room in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Khodorkovsky, 47, is in the final year of an eight-year sentence after being convicted of tax evasion, and the new conviction on charges of embezzlement and money laundering could keep him behind bars for several more years. The Australian Thu 30 Dec 2010
Europe, US slam extended jail sentence for Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky
EUROPEAN and US leaders have blasted the extended jail sentence for Russian former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky in a second fraud trial as politically... (photo: AP / Ivan Sekretarev)
Justice   Photos   Politics   Russia   Wikipedia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky
A police officer walks at the scene of a motorcycle bomb that damaged two court administration buildings in Athens, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. The attack, which caused extensive damage but no injuries, follows a spate or parcel bombings by Greek militants last month and related attacks in Italy. Indian Express Thu 30 Dec 2010
Another Greek tragedy: Blast damages Athens court building
A powerful bomb detonated outside a court building in central Athens Thursday morning, causing much damage but no injuries, police said. The authorities found the device... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris)
Greece   Photos   Police   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
Florent Malouda Mumbai Mirror Thu 30 Dec 2010
Chelsea finally break the deadlock
Agencies Posted On Friday, December 31, 2010 at 02:57:48 AM... (photo: Creative Commons / Mattythewhite)
Malouda   Photos   Soccer   Sport   wikipedia:Florent Malouda


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The Stormont Parliament Building, where the incoming leaders of Northern Ireland´s Protestant-Catholic government, Protestant political leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein deputy leader Martin McGuinness, are committed to forming a coalition on May 8, Ministers to meet over Northern Ireland water crisis BBC News
file picture shows the euro sign in front of the European Central Bank, ECB, in Frankfurt, central Germany. Thursday March 5 2009 Europe's Economic Pain Awakens Old Arguments The New York Times
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy listen during the Conference on Security Policy, Sicherheitskonferenz, at the hotel "Bayerischer Hof" in Munich, southern Germany, on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. Many notable leaders participate in the 45th annual Munich Security Conference until Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. As Ireland Flails, Europe Lurches Across the Rubicon Wall Street Journal
This Nov. 25, 2010 file photo shows people withdrawing money from a branch of Allied Irish Bank in Central Dublin, Ireland. The Irish government is preparing to take majority control of a fourth bank, Allied Irish Banks, as it struggles to fix the nation's ravaged banking sector, according to news reports Thursday Dec. 23, 2010. The Irish Times and broadcaster RTE said Finance Minister Brian Lenihan will go to court to seek permission to pump another euro3.7 billion ($4.85 billion) from the National Pension Reserve Fund into Allied Irish Banks. Government moves to take control of Allied Irish The Independent
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Manchester City's Stephen Ireland holds the Joan Gamper Trophy after defeating FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 Celtic Ready To Bid For Aston Villa Duo Richard Dunne And Stephen Ireland - Report Goal
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Manchester United's Ryan Giggs, left, and Major League Soccer All-Stars' Guillermo Barros Schellotto (7), of the Coiumbus Crew, vie for the ball in the first half of a soccer game Speed hopes for Giggs Wales role The Independent
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Potatoes - Vegetable - Organic Rising costs in 2011 an issue for farmers despite positive prices Irish Times
Allied Irish Bank Allied Irish Bank nationalised through billion-euro state bailout m&c;
Allied Irish Bank Chief Executive Michael Buckley, left, AIB Group Chairman Lochlann Quinn, center, and Eugene A. Ludwig, head of the AIB-commissioned probe, during a press confrence in Dublin Thursday, March 14, 2002, to announce the findings from the fraudulent trading activities by Allfirst Bank trader John Rusnak. A half dozen managers at Allfirst bank of Maryland have been fired as a result of the US $691.2 million fraud committed by a foreign-exchange trader, the parent company AIB annouced Thursday. Irish government nationalises Allied Irish Banks Breitbart
In this file photo dated Nov. 18, 2010. Ajai Chopra, right, Deputy Director of the European Department of the IMF and unidentified colleague pass a branch of the Allied Irish Bank in Grafton Street, Dublin, Ireland. Ireland's banks will be pruned down, merged or sold as part of a massive EU-IMF bailout, the government says as a shocked nation comes to grips with its failure to protect its financial institutions Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Ireland Puts Another $4.8 Billion Into Allied Irish Banks The New York Times
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu speaks at a press briefing in Beijing Thursday, July 6, 2006. Jiang said China and North Korea still maintain friendly relations, a day after Pyongyang provocatively test-fired a series of missiles. Jiang's comments that North Korean-Chinese relations are intact follows Pyongyang's defiance of Beijing's urgings in the past week that North Korea should refrain from launching missiles. China Says Willing to Help Euro Zone Return to Economic Health ABC News
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