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LIVERPOOL, England (AFP) - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes the English Premier League title race is wide open again after seeing his side come from behind to beat Liverpool 2-1 here at Anfield. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - British chocolate maker Cadbury on Monday rejected a hostile takeover offer from US giant Kraft Foods, describing the formal bid as "inadequate" and ramping up its defences. Full Story »

SYDNEY (AFP) - An island-sized iceberg is breaking up as it drifts closer to Australia, producing hundreds of smaller slabs spread over a massive area of ocean, experts said Monday. Full Story »

DUBAI (AFP) - The Dubai government said Monday it will pay 4.1 billion dollars to cover maturing Islamic bonds issued by its Nakheel property developer after receiving a 10-billion-dollar handout from oil-rich Abu Dhabi. Full Story »

ASTANA (AFP) - A cargo plane seized in Thailand suspected of smuggling arms from North Korea was owned by a Kazakh airline before being sold to a Georgian firm two months ago, officials said Monday. Full Story »

KABUL (AFP) - Eight Afghan police were killed in a militant attack in southern Afghanistan on Monday, the same day eight policemen lost their lives in a similar attack in the country's north, the government said. Full Story »

SAMANDEPE, Turkmenistan (AFP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao is set on Monday to inaugurate a landmark pipeline to transport Turkmen gas across Central Asia into China's energy-hungry industrial centres. Full Story »

ATLANTA, Georgia (AFP) - The New Orleans Saints had to go the distance to match the Indianapolis Colts with a perfect record by beating the Atlanta Falcons 26-23 Sunday and run their win streak to 13 games. Full Story »

BANGKOK (AFP) - A Thai court Monday extended by 12 days the detention of four Kazakhs and a Belarussian who flew into Thailand on a cargo plane carrying 30 tonnes of sanctions-busting weapons from North Korea. Full Story »

WELLINGTON (AFP) - Tiger Woods said family always comes before golf in what is being touted as his last interview before the sex scandal broke over his infidelity to wife Elin. Full Story »