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WikiLeaks highlights diplomatic writing tradition
ISTANBUL -- The diplomatic dispatch got straight to the point. "Emperor Dead," cabled John Foster from Russia to the U.S. State Department on the 1881 assassination of the Czar, Alexander II. (Updated 9:05 p.m. PT)
Germany's angst about Islamists goes mainstream
MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany -- The 200 robed and bearded men gathered at dusk on the market square, rolled out their prayer rugs and intoned Allah's praises as dismayed townspeople looked on. (Updated 9:05 p.m. PT)
'Ordinary' Kate Middleton reflects class divide
MARLBOROUGH, England -- A middle-class girl studied hard, got good grades, went to university, fell in love, became a princess. (Updated 9:03 p.m. PT)
Bailed ex-tycoon Asil Nadir arrested, released
LONDON -- A former tycoon who faces trial next year for allegedly stealing millions from his collapsed company, was arrested Saturday for allegedly breaching his bail conditions but was released hours later. (Updated 4:17 p.m. PT)
2 dead, 83 hurt in Russian jet emergency landing
MOSCOW -- A passenger jet carrying at least 155 people made an emergency landing at a snowy Moscow airport on Saturday after its engines failed, Russian officials said. It skidded off the runway and slammed into buildings, killing two people and injuring 83. (Updated 8:40 a.m. PT)
Legal process keeps Assange free for now
LONDON -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains free while his website spews daily embarrassment and potential diplomatic damage to the United States, his liberty protected for now by the slowly grinding wheels of the law. (Updated 8:01 a.m. PT)
PayPal cuts WikiLeaks from money flow
BERLIN -- Online payment service provider PayPal says in a company blog it has cut off the account used by WikiLeaks to collect donations. (Updated 4:57 a.m. PT)
Spain's cabinet to meet over air traffic control
MADRID -- Spain's deputy prime minister says the Cabinet is to meet to seek resolve the crisis in the nation's airports after air traffic controllers staged a massive sickout that stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers on the eve of a long holiday weekend. (Updated 1:41 a.m. PT)
 | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2010 |
- IAEA board approves nuclear fuel bank
- Jewish conductor wants Wagner free of Nazi link
- Teenage Dutch sailor sets off to cross Atlantic
- Serb court postpones guns case against Mladic wife
- EU: No breakthrough expected in Iran nuclear talks
- European TV group condemns China Nobel boycott
- Retired Naples cardinal Giordano dies at 80
- Berlusconi in Moscow; cable says he's Putin's man
- Poland deaths from deep freeze reach 30
- Scavengers leave dumps to speak out on UN stage
- Dutch cities to start crackdown on marijuana cafes
| THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2010 |
- Pope in 1988 sought to remove abusers faster
- Putin's spokesman rejects leaked cables on Russia
- Russia's World Cup coup shows Putin's power
- 12 dead as heavy snow, flooding slams Europe
- UN nuke chief attacks Iran's lack of cooperation
- US special forces disciplined in aid worker death
- Britain's Conservatives flashed most election cash
- Red Cross: Afghanistan unlikely to improve in 2011
- Greece: Clashes at student rally
- France: Le Pen acquitted of racism charges
- Thieves in Spain rob art van, including Picasso
- World stocks, euro up on hopes of ECB action
- Swedish court upholds Assange detention order
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