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APTOPIX Indian Wells Tennis

2010-03-19T00:16:12Z

Rafael Nadal of Spain, serves to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, during their match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Indian Well...

Indian Wells Tennis

2010-03-18T22:30:28Z

Rafael Nadal of Spain, serves to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, during their match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Indian Well...

Venezuela asks for details of charges in ETA case

2010-03-18T21:00:41Z

<div id="subtitle">Venezuela asks authorities in Spain for specifics of accusations against ETA suspect</div><div><p>Venezuela has asked authorities in Spain to detail their accusations against an alleged ETA operative accused of helping the Basque separatist group arrange explosives training with Colombian reb...

Ljubicic books semi-final berth at Indian Wells

2010-03-18T18:15:52Z

<div><p>Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic rallied to beat Juan Monaco 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 to reach the semi-finals of the Indian Wells ATP Masters 1000.</p><p>A day after his victory over world number two Caracas, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Venezuelan authorities repatriated 18 Spanish inmates, serving time on drug-trafficking charges, to complete the remainder of their sentences in Spain, Venezuela's government said. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Pakistan returns to UK after 2-week ordeal</div><div><p>A 5-year-old British boy who was kidnapped and held in Pakistan for two weeks arrived safely back in Britain on Thursday.</p><p>Sahil Saeed, who is of Pakistani origin, was snatched March 4 from his grandparents' house in central Pakistan, where he was vac...

Winners in 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest

2010-03-18T12:15:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Winners in 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest</div><div><p>The 2010 World Cheese Championship Cheese Contest concluded Thursday with the crowning of the world champion in Madison, Wis. Here's a list of the top three finishers, along with the winning cheese producer in each of the 79 categories judged. The list includes the state or country of origin.</p><p>World Champi...

UK, Spain close to approving GW's cannabis drug

2010-03-18T03:15:18Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - A pioneering -- but much delayed -- cannabis-based medicine for multiple sclerosis is now on track to win regulatory approval in Britain and Spain in the second quarter of 2010, its maker said on Thursday.</p><p>Ivan Ljubicic ousted a weary world number two Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-3 as defending champion Rafael Nadal booked his quarter-final berth at the BNP Paribas Open.</p><p>While third-seeded Nadal advanced on Wednesday wit...

Djokovic out, Nadal advances in Indian Wells

2010-03-17T21:15:48Z

<div><p>Croatian veteran Ivan Ljubicic ousted a weary world number two Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells Masters 1000.</p><p>While third-seeded defending champion Rafael Nadal booked his quarter-final ber...

Ransom paid for British boy kidnapped in Pakistan: Spanish police

2010-03-17T15:16:19Z

<div><p>A ransom for a five-year-old British boy kidnapped during a family holiday in Pakistan and freed this week was paid in Paris, Spanish police said Wednesday, as five people were detained.</p><p>A Pakistani man and a Romanian woman who travelled to the French capital to collect a ransom of 110,000 pounds from the boy's uncle were arrested Tuesday in the town o...

Ransom paid in Paris for British boy taken in Pakistan: ministry

2010-03-17T12:18:19Z

<div><p>A ransom for a five-year-old British boy kidnapped in Pakistan and freed this week was paid in Paris, Spain's interior ministry said Wednesday, adding five people have been detained.</p><p>Authorities detained three people in Spain and two in France, the ministry said in a ...

'Cool Jupiter' widens search for exoplanets

2010-03-17T12:18:11Z

<div><p>Marking a further step in the hunt for worlds orbiting other stars, astronomers on Wednesday said they had found a cool planet the size of Jupiter that encircles a sun at searing proximity.</p><p>The work is a technical exploit in the field of exoplanets, as planets outside our Solar System are called, they said.</p><p>"This is the first (exoplanet) whose properties we can study in depth,"...

5 arrested in British boy's abduction in Pakistan

2010-03-17T12:17:11Z

<div id="subtitle">5 suspects arrested in Spain in kidnapping of British boy in Pakistan</div><div><p>Police have arrested five people in the kidnapping of a 5-year-old British boy in Pakistan and recovered more than 100,000 pounds ($150,000) in ransom money, authorities said Wednesday.</p><p>Three people were arrested in the town of Constanti, in Spain's separatist group ETA was blamed Wednesday for the shooting death of a French policeman outside Paris, as authorities interrogated one suspect and hunted for at least five other assailants who fled the scene.&...

Zara owner's profits rise on strong Asia sales

2010-03-17T10:16:29Z

<div><p>Spain's Inditex, Europe's biggest clothing retailer and the company behind Zara, posted Wednesday a rise in profit as strong sales abroad, especially in Asia, offset sluggish domestic demand.</p><p>Inditex, which also owns the Bershka and Spain's Inditex, Europe's biggest clothing retailer, on Wednesday posted a rise in fourth-quarter net profit as strong sales abroad, especially in Asia, offset sluggish domestic demand.</p><p>In the three months to December, the owner of the Zara, Bershka and

French police hunt ETA suspects after officer killed

2010-03-17T06:33:12Z

<div><p>PARIS/MADRID (Reuters) - French police were searching for at least six suspected members of the Basque separatist movement ETA Wednesday after a French policeman was shot and killed.</p><p>The unnamed 52-year-old officer was part of a patrol that was attacked after it halted a speeding car in Dammarie-les-Lys, a suburb east of

ETA blamed for French policeman's murder

2010-03-17T06:16:33Z

<div><p>The Basque separatist group ETA was accused Wednesday of killing a French policeman near Paris, the first deadly attack by the armed group on a French officer in its 40-year campaign.</p><p>French anti-terrorism police arrested a man who acknowledged being a member of ETA and they are hunting five others, including a woman, after a sh...

EU warns 5 major eurozone nations on budgets

2010-03-17T05:45:16Z

<div id="subtitle">EU warns Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Netherlands they could miss debt targets</div><div><p>The European Union on Wednesday warned Germany, France, Spain, Italy and...