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  • US consumers retreat as income jumpsUS consumers retreat as income jumps
    Agence France-Presse - 1/30/2012 1:49 PM

    US consumers guarded their wallets cautiously in December's holiday shopping season, despite a rise in incomes, government data showed Monday.

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  • Norway jails two over Prophet cartoon terror plotNorway jails two over Prophet cartoon terror plot

    An Oslo court on Monday sentenced two men to prison for planning to bomb the Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, in Norway's first-ever guilty verdict for "plotting to commit a terrorist act."

  • De Bruyne set to sign for Chelsea: reportsDe Bruyne set to sign for Chelsea: reports

    Belgian international attacking midfielder Kevin De Bruyne is poised to quit RC Genk to sign a five-year deal with Premier league side Chelsea, according to reports here on Monday.

  • Spanish economy shrinks 0.3%Spanish economy shrinks 0.3%

    Spain's battered economy shrank by 0.3 percent in the final quarter of 2011, official data showed Monday, as it slid towards recession with a 23-percent jobless rate.

  • Spanish economy shrinks by 0.3% in fourth quarterSpanish economy shrinks by 0.3% in fourth quarter

    The Spanish economy shrank by 0.3 percent in the final quarter of 2011 from the previous three-month period, leaving it on the brink of recession, provisional data showed Monday.

  • Search goes on for thousands of Japan's tsunami missingSearch goes on for thousands of Japan's tsunami missing

    Leaden winter skies lour on a coastguard boat as it cuts its way through the seas off Japan's tsunami-wrecked shores.

  • Strikes cause chaos in Belgium ahead of EU summitStrikes cause chaos in Belgium ahead of EU summit

     Belgium was in chaos Monday, just hours before an EU summit, with transport and other public services halted by a national strike called by unions in protest at EU-ordered austerity measures.

  • EU split deepens over GreeceEU split deepens over Greece

    European leaders faced a damaging split Monday as a German plan to strip Greece of budget sovereignty overshadowed EU plans to focus on a deal on deficits and talk about jobs.

  • Europe bids to turn from crisis to growthEurope bids to turn from crisis to growth

    European leaders trumpet a pact to banish deficits and kick-start job creation at a summit Monday overshadowed by tensions over a German drive to strip Greece of budget sovereignty.

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  • Women are better at parking: studyWomen are better at parking: study
    Agence France-Presse - 1/30/2012 11:35 AM

    After decades of male taunts over their driving skills, women can take heart from a new study Monday revealing that they are actually the better sex when it comes to parking.

  • Pope's peace doves slow to taste freedomPope's peace doves slow to taste freedom
    Agence France-Presse - 1/29/2012 4:12 PM

    A pair of doves seemed to prefer the company of Pope Benedict XVI to the great outdoors on Sunday when he had trouble convincing them to take flight in a traditional peace gesture.

  • Bare-breasted protesters brave Davos chillBare-breasted protesters brave Davos chill
    Agence France-Presse - 1/28/2012 3:56 PM

    Three radical Ukrainian feminists braved the subzero chill at the Swiss ski resort of Davos on Saturday, going topless to protest against the World Economic Forum "gangsters".

  • Bank error in his favour but court says pay it backBank error in his favour but court says pay it back
    Agence France-Presse - 1/28/2012 1:08 PM

    An unemployed Greenlander who suddenly found himself a krone millionaire thanks to a bank error and began giving away the cash was ordered to pay it back by the Danish supreme court.

  • Phone fumbles for victorious AzarenkaPhone fumbles for victorious Azarenka
    Agence France-Presse - 1/28/2012 12:53 PM

    Victoria Azarenka's first reaction on winning the Australian Open was to reach for her phone, but she had a few problems getting through to her family in Belarus on Saturday.

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