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  • British patients click online to see doctor

    The doctor will see you now: Just click here.


  • Adnan Shukrijumah, 35, is shown in these undated images provided by the FBI. The suspected al Qaeda operative who lived for more than 15 years in the U.S. has become chief of the terror network's global operations, the FBI says, marking the first time a leader so intimately familiar with American society has been placed in charge of planning attacks. (AP Photo/FBI)

    New al Qaeda leader lived 15 years in U.S.

    A suspected al Qaeda operative who lived for more than 15 years in the U.S. has become chief of the terror network's global operations, the FBI says, marking the first time a leader so intimately familiar with American society has been placed in charge of planning attacks.


  • `Bookseller of Kabul' writer to pay subject

    A lawyer says the author and publisher of the best-selling "The Bookseller of Kabul" have been sentenced to pay 250,000 kroner ($40,200) in damages to a woman portrayed in the book.


  • Deschamps wants to help Blanc rebuild France team

    Marseille coach Didier Deschamps has pledged to give his full cooperation to France coach Laurent Blanc's efforts to rebuild the national team following its poor World Cup.


  • France coach Blanc drops all 23 World Cup players

    France coach Laurent Blanc will drop all 23 World Cup players for his first match next month as collective punishment for the team's embarrassing fiasco in South Africa.


  • Briefly

    Dozens of blogs by some of China's most outspoken users have been shut down abruptly, while popular Twitter-like services appear to be the newest target in government efforts to control social networking.


  • EU clears BA-Iberia merger, alliance with American

    British Airways and Iberia on Wednesday won the European Union's regulatory approval to merge and to team up with American Airlines to share more of their lucrative trans-Atlantic routes.


  • Janne Kristiansen, director of the Norwegian Police Security Service, speaks at press conference in Oslo, Thursday, July 8, 2010, after three suspected al Qaeda members were arrested in what Norwegian and U.S. officials said was a terrorist plot linked to similar plans in New York and England. (AP Photo/Morten Holm, Scanpix)

    Officials: 3 arrested in Norway al Qaeda bomb plot

    Three suspected al Qaeda members were arrested Thursday morning in what Norwegian and U.S. officials said was a terrorist plot linked to similar plans in New York and England.


  • World Briefs

    The Afghan government's failure to tackle rampant corruption is widely seen as providing impetus to the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, according to a new report.


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