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  1. In this Aug. 12, 2000 file photo, The Holy Shroud, a 14 foot-long linen revered by some as the burial cloth of Jesus, is shown at the Cathedral of Turin, Italy. A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus’ burial cloth. The claim made in a new book by historian Barbara Frale drew immediate skepticism from some scientists, who maintain the shroud is a medieval forgery. Frale, a researcher at the Vatican archives, said Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, that she used computers to enhance images of faintly written words in Greek, Latin and Aramaic scattered across the shroud. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, file)
    Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin AP - Sat Nov 21, 1:24 AM ETSent 2,888 times

    ROME - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.

  2. Resisdents of the village of Cockermouth, England, are seen being rescued from their homes by members of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), who were mobilized to help the residents after heavy rain caused local flooding in the picturesque village, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. The Royal Air Force and RLNI rescue services have joined efforts to rescue around 200 people who are stranded by rising floodwater in the northern England tourist town.(AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
    Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland AP - Fri Nov 20, 6:22 PM ETSent 1,520 times

    COCKERMOUTH, England - Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes.

  3. In this image provided by Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze shows a finger attributed to Galileo Galilei. A Florence museum says, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, two fingers and a tooth believed to belong to Galileo Galilei have been found and will go on display next spring. Three fingers and a tooth were taken from the astronomer's body in 1737 and placed in a container. Paolo Galluzzi, director of the Museum of the History of Science, said a private collector had bought a container at auction containing two fingers and a tooth. The collector contacted Florence cultural officials and the parts and the container were found to match descriptions of the Galileo relics in historical documents. Galileo, who died in 1642, was branded a heretic by the Vatican for saying the Earth revolved around the Sun. In the early 1990s, Pope John Paul II rehabilitated him. (AP Photo/Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze/ho)
    Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found AP - Fri Nov 20, 10:53 PM ETSent 364 times

    ROME - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday.

  4. A police officer displays two bottles containing human fat while another sets seized sticks of dynamite during a press conference in Lima, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Peruvian police said they have broken up a band of assassins who killed people in order to extract and sell their body fat, which was sold to intermediaries, who police suspect sold it to cosmetic and pharmaceutical companies in Europe.(AP Photo/Karel Navarro)
    Peruvian police: Gang killed people for their fat AP - Fri Nov 20, 3:10 AM ETSent 321 times

    LIMA, Peru - Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists.

  5. In this photo released by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, scientists react in the CERN Control Center after successfully restarting the Large Hadron Collider, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world's largest atom smasher for exploring the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs. (AP Photo/Keystone, Brice, CERN)
    Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang AP - 2 hours, 35 minutes agoSent 300 times

    GENEVA - Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.

  6. In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, left, meets with the archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. The archbishop of Canterbury held his first talks Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI since the Roman Catholic church's unprecedented invitation to disaffected Anglicans with the Vatican saying the two sides still want to press ahead for closer relations. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, HO)
    Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations AP - 2 hours, 12 minutes agoSent 202 times

    VATICAN CITY - After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans.

  7. This Nov. 17, 2009 photo shows Arun Kumar, 13, returning from school to Apna Ghar, the children's shelter where he lives in New Delhi, India. Kumar, ran away from his abusive grandparents and worked in a textile factory before coming to the shelter. Two decades after the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child, hundreds of millions more are still suffering from poverty, abuse and disease. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
    Indian boy mirrors plight of millions of kids AP - Fri Nov 20, 6:11 PM ETSent 107 times

    NEW DELHI - Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory and had all his savings stolen by the police.

  8. FILE - In this Thursday, March 20, 2008 file photo, Pakistani protesters rally against the republishing of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in Danish newspapers in Quetta, Pakistan. Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially, a ban on blasphemy. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt, File)
    AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban AP - Thu Nov 19, 5:56 PM ETSent 85 times

    GENEVA - Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a collision course with free speech laws in the West.

  9. In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, smoke rises from the entrance of the exploded coal mine in Hegang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Saturday evening, Nov. 21, 2009. A gas explosion tore through the state-run mine early Saturday, killing tens of people and leaving dozens of others trapped underground. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Song)
    Coal mine blast kills 42 in China, 66 trapped AP - Sat Nov 21, 11:38 AM ETSent 84 times

    HARBIN, China - Rescuers working in frigid cold and darkness tried to reach 66 people believed trapped a third of a mile (half a kilometer) underground after a huge gas explosion Saturday ripped through a coal mine in northern China, killing at least 42 people.

  10. U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox reacts prior to the start of a hearing at Perugia's court, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Prosecutors are set to make their sentencing requests for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a British woman in Italy. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
    Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case AP - Sat Nov 21, 11:46 AM ETSent 73 times

    PERUGIA, Italy - Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game — charges the U.S. woman dismissed as "pure fantasy."

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  1. Italian prosecutors have demanded life imprisonment for American student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007 murder of Briton Meredith Kercher (pictured).(AFP/HO/File)
    Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case AP - Sat Nov 21, 11:46 AM ET

    PERUGIA, Italy - Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game — charges the U.S. woman dismissed as "pure fantasy."

  2. FILE - In this May 31, 2007 file photo, part of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) is seen in its tunnel at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world's largest atom smasher for exploring the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini, File)
    Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang AP - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago

    GENEVA - Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.

  3. In this Aug. 12, 2000 file photo, The Holy Shroud, a 14 foot-long linen revered by some as the burial cloth of Jesus, is shown at the Cathedral of Turin, Italy. A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus’ burial cloth. The claim made in a new book by historian Barbara Frale drew immediate skepticism from some scientists, who maintain the shroud is a medieval forgery. Frale, a researcher at the Vatican archives, said Friday that she used computers to enhance images of faintly written words in Greek, Latin and Aramaic scattered across the shroud. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, file)
    Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin AP - Sat Nov 21, 1:24 AM ET

    ROME - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.

  4. Coal mine blast kills 42 in China, 66 trapped AP - Sat Nov 21, 11:38 AM ET

    HARBIN, China - Rescuers working in frigid cold and darkness tried to reach 66 people believed trapped a third of a mile (half a kilometer) underground after a huge gas explosion Saturday ripped through a coal mine in northern China, killing at least 42 people.

  5. This handout picture released by The Vatican Press office shows Pope Benedict XVI (L) and Church of England leader Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, at the Vatican. The pontiff and his Anglican counterpart had "cordial discussions", the Vatican said amid tensions between the two churches.(AFP/OSSERVATORE ROMANO)
    Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations AP - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago

    VATICAN CITY - After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans.

  6. Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found AP - Fri Nov 20, 10:53 PM ET

    ROME - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday.

  7. An Iranian technician works inside the Bushehr nuclear power plant in February 2009. Major world powers have expressed disappointment that Iran has "not responded positively" to a plan for resolving the standoff over its nuclear programme or agreed to new talks.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)
    Dangerous Game: The Next Round of the U.S.-Iran Nuclear Face-Off Time.com - Sat Nov 21, 1:05 PM ET

    While Tehran pushes to renegotiate a deal on nuclear fuel, the U.S. is pushing for more sanctions. Iran seems to be betting that it can withstand whatever Washington can muster

  8. This photo taken on November 27, 2008, shows flames and smoke gushing from The Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, one of the sites of attacks by alleged militant gunmen. The first anniversary of the attacks will be difficult for many of the hotel staff, who have been offered counselling and post-trauma therapy for the last 12 months.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)
    Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks AP - Sat Nov 21, 12:46 PM ET

    ROME - Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son who allegedly spent just over $200 to set up a reliable and untraceable phone network that was used by the militants who carried out last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, India.

  9. A New Indian Travel Fad: "Divorce Tourism" Time.com - Fri Nov 20, 5:30 PM ET

    A few Indian tour operators are cashing in on Indian's rising divorce rate with a new offer: The perfect holiday -- just you, your spouse, and a relationship counselor

  10. Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear sites AP - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, a senior military commander said Saturday, reflecting the country's concern that Israel could make good on threats to strike militarily.

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  1. Coal mine blast kills 42 in China, 66 trapped AP - Sat Nov 21, 11:38 AM ET

    HARBIN, China - Rescuers working in frigid cold and darkness tried to reach 66 people believed trapped a third of a mile (half a kilometer) underground after a huge gas explosion Saturday ripped through a coal mine in northern China, killing at least 42 people.

  2. The Holy Shroud, the 14 foot-long linen revered by some as the burial cloth of Jesus, is shown at the Cathedral of Turin, Italy in this Saturday, Aug.12, 2000 photo. Experts performed a top-secret restoration of the Shroud of Turin, removing centuries' old patches and replacing a backing sewn centuries ago, Church officials announced Saturday, Sept. 21, 2002. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)
    Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin AP - Sat Nov 21, 1:24 AM ET

    ROME - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.

  3. Italian student Raffaele Sollecito is seen at his trial in Perugia. Italian prosecutors have demanded life imprisonment for American student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Sollecito for the 2007 murder of Briton Meredith Kercher.(AFP/File/Vincenzo Pinto)
    Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case AP - Sat Nov 21, 11:46 AM ET

    PERUGIA, Italy - Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game — charges the U.S. woman dismissed as "pure fantasy."

  4. Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear sites AP - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, a senior military commander said Saturday, reflecting the country's concern that Israel could make good on threats to strike militarily.

  5. Dangerous Game: The Next Round of the U.S.-Iran Nuclear Face-Off Time.com - Sat Nov 21, 1:05 PM ET

    While Tehran pushes to renegotiate a deal on nuclear fuel, the U.S. is pushing for more sanctions. Iran seems to be betting that it can withstand whatever Washington can muster

  6. Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found AP - Fri Nov 20, 10:53 PM ET

    ROME - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday.

  7. Chavez praises alleged terrorist Carlos the Jackal AP - Sat Nov 21, 11:43 AM ET

    CARACAS, Venezuela - Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was an important "revolutionary fighter" who supported the cause of the Palestinians.

  8. Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid walks out of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican after Pope Benedict XVI met with some 260 artists.(AFP/Filippo Monteforte)
    Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations AP - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago

    VATICAN CITY - After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans.

  9. Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks AP - Sat Nov 21, 12:46 PM ET

    ROME - Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son who allegedly spent just over $200 to set up a reliable and untraceable phone network that was used by the militants who carried out last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, India.

  10. File picture shows miners in a small mining town in China's Shanxi province. An explosion at a coal mine in northeast China has killed at least 42 workers, state news agency Xinhua said, citing emergency services.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)
    Death toll 'rises to 42' in China mining accident AFP - Sat Nov 21, 7:58 AM ET

    BEIJING (AFP) - An explosion at a coal mine in northeast China early Saturday killed at least 42 workers, state news agency Xinhua said, citing emergency services.

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