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Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin

ROME (AP) — A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen…

Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found

ROME (AP) — Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for…

Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland

COCKERMOUTH, England (AP) — Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest…

Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them

LONDON (AP) — A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they…

6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue

BRUSSELS (AP) — Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a…

WHO investigating Norway swine flu mutations

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one…

Italian prosecutor: Knox hated murder victim

PERUGIA, Italy (AP) — An American student accused of fatally stabbing her British roommate in Italy had a growing hatred for the victim…

The new EU chiefs: Rompuy-pumpy and Cathy Who?

LONDON (AP) — Catherine Ashton: International woman of mystery.

Fingers, tooth said to be Galileo's are found

ROME (AP) — A Florence museum says two fingers and a tooth believed to belong to Galileo Galilei have been found and will go on display…

Russia's Gorbachev considers political comeback

MOSCOW (AP) — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting…

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