Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin
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ROME (AP) - 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.

Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found
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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 lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday.

Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland
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COCKERMOUTH, England (AP) - 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.

Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them
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LONDON (AP) - A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid.

6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue
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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 nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Tehran not to miss the opportunity to resolve the dispute.

WHO investigating Norway swine flu mutations
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GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization said Friday it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one severe case in Norway, but that so far the significance of the mutation is unclear.

Italian prosecutor: Knox hated murder victim
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PERUGIA, Italy (AP) - An American student accused of fatally stabbing her British roommate in Italy had a growing hatred for the victim and killed her in retaliation during a drug-fueled sex game, a prosecutor contended Friday in closing arguments at her murder trial.

The new EU chiefs: Rompuy-pumpy and Cathy Who?
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LONDON (AP) - Catherine Ashton: International woman of mystery.

Russia's Gorbachev considers political comeback
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MOSCOW (AP) - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting a political comeback.