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UN: human traffickers make $3 bn a year in Europe
Leading figure in Swiss Jewish community dies
Impressionist, modern treasures auctioned in Paris
Petraeus gives evidence to UK's Iraq war inquiry
Le Monde board to choose bidderPARIS — The supervisory board for France's Le Monde is meeting Monday to choose new owners for the iconic but debt-saddled newspaper — owners who will take control out of the journalists' hands for the first time since 1951.
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- Britain’s Paul Smith shows looks for hung-over rock stars
- Table made of wood taken from supports of old London Bridge to be auctioned
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- Need the perfect wardrobe for that yacht getaway? Hermes delivers
- Croatia’s Damir Doma delivers earnest menswear fit for a wandering hermit
- World’s largest gold coin weighing 220 pounds sold for $4 million at Austrian auction
- Sequins need not apply: Dior Homme delivers minimalist menswear
- AP Interview: US diplomat warns Turkey of eroding support, urges show of commitment to West
- Mexican lucha libre masks and retro futuristic suits in spandex light up Paris menswear
- Working men take Belgian designer Kris Van Assche catwalk by storm
- Galliano resuscitates silent film stars, giving Chaplin’s little tramp an urban makeover
- German police say US Army employee threatened neighbors with ax over nonstop vuvuzela noise
- UK court says Taliban detainees at risk of torture, but rejects bid to stop prisoner transfers
- Court says developer whose project was opposed by Prince Charles is entitled to damages
- Dutch justice minister: use of “decoy Jews” to fight anti-Semitism an option
- 2 soldiers, 1 villager killed in Kurdish rebel ambush in southeast Turkey
- Paris menswear designers break out Jesus sandals, gender-bending garb for spring-summer 2011
- Greek police report explosion outside public order minister’s office
- AXA of France sells some UK units to Resolution for 2.75 bln pounds ($4.1 bln)
- Picasso ‘blue period’ painting sells for nearly 38 million pounds ($52 million) in London sale
- Israeli premier: Gaza flotillas aimed at breaking military embargo, bringing weapons
- UK: Brit general temporarily takes charge of NATO-led forces following McChrystal’s departure
- BP confirms that Bob Dudley will head new unit to clean up Gulf oil spill
- Manet self-portrait fetches $33 million at London sale; record price for the artist
- Palace: Prince Albert of Monaco is engaged to former South African swimmer Charlene Wittstock
- EU fines bathroom suppliers for fixing prices, Ideal Standard to pay $400 million
- Never-before-published Michael Jackson photos to be auctioned in Paris
- BP shares fall to lowest in 13 years as Hayward hands over spill control to managing director
- Restorers announce discovery of 4th-century icons of Apostles Peter and Paul in Rome
- Central America declared free of anti-person mines after Nicaragua claims its territory clear
- Report: Murder suspect Van der Sloot boasts of receiving marriage proposals in cell
- France’s ex-1st lady holds NY forum on women’s causes from sex slavery to prisoners’ babies
- Suspected German al-Qaida militant wearing burqa arrested in Pakistan’s restive northwest
- Spain returns 2 independence war flags to Mexico on 200th anniversary of rebellion’s start
- As Erdogan drifts away from West, Turkey opposition gains ground under popular new leader
- Lebanon grants permit for blockade-busting ship bound for Gaza to sail to Cyprus
- Chile, Switzerland 0-0 after 30 minutes; Chile has clearest chances
- Chile, Switzerland 0-0 after 15 minutes; Chile has bulk of the possession
- Police: German wearing burqa arrested leaving Pakistan’s tribal area
- Swiss president: officials considered using force to free citizens detained in Libya
- Report: Turkish military hunts down Kurdish rebels along Iraqi border in new offensive
- Lebanese authorities allow Gaza-bound ship to sail to Cyprus
- Akzo Nobel sells starches unit to Corn Products International for $1.3 billion
- Report: Murder suspect Van der Sloot has mental problems, his mother says
- Turkish jets raid Kurdish area in northern Iraq, killing teenage girl, official says
- Tens of thousands of revelers pack Berlin streets to mark Christopher Street Day
- Not your usual blue cheese: Italy confiscates 70,000 mozzarella balls after some turn blue
- Not your usual blue cheese: Italy confiscates mozzarella by the thousands after they turn blue
- Nobel-winning Portuguese novelist Jose Saramago’s body taken from Spain to Lisbon for funeral
- Military: 8 Turkish soldiers, 12 Kurdish rebels killed in clash near Iraqi border
- Report: Kurdish rebels kill 7 Turkish soldiers in attack near Iraqi border
- Gen. Bigeard, who led French forces in colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria, dies at 94
- UN refugee agency examining claims that British authorities mistreated Iraqi asylum seekers
- Denmark leaves suspected ill whale stranded in fjord to die naturally
- Banco Santander offers to buy 300 Royal Bank of Scotland branches across Britain
- Turkish military: More than 100 Kurdish rebels killed in northern Iraq air raid last month
- France’s Sarkozy visits London to mark de Gaulle’s famed wartime appeal, cement new UK ties
- British author, eccentric, and self-styled dandy Sebastian Horsley has died aged 47
- Experts say they’ve identified the bones of 10th-century English Princess Eadgyth
- Biologist fears stranded fin whale in Danish fjord will soon die
- Dutch court to decide if girl, 14, is free to try to be youngest to sail the world solo
- Designer-turned-painter Kenzo Takada shows self-portraits at Paris show
- Military: Turkish troops cross into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels
- Italian researchers think they have found Caravaggio’s remains, cause of death was sunstroke
- GM’s Opel withdrawing applications for European aid, will fund own restructuring
- Volkswagen raises 2010 outlook after sales, profit in 1st few months exceed expectations
- Adminstrators of Lehman Brothers Europe unveil plan to distribute assets to creditors
- Fin whale struggling for its life in Danish fjord
- International court says 2 men suspected of war crimes in Sudan have surrendered voluntarily
- Irish Prime Minister Cowen fends off opposition challenge, wins confidence vote 82-77
- Iranian president says nuclear fuel swap still a possibility
- Swiss adventurers to take solar-powered plane up for all-night test, plan to circle in 2012
- Court says foreign homosexual marriage is only ‘civil partnership’ in Germany
- British prime minister says he is ‘deeply sorry’ for Bloody Sunday massacre of 1972
- Hostages released uninjured from German store after being held for several hours
- Spanish government says it backs restricting use of burqas in government buildings
- Man holds several people hostage in clothing store in German city of Leipzig
- German man fighting to have his homosexual marriage legally recognized
- Interest rates turn higher as investors brush off Greece downgrade
- Palin says she’s been invited to London, ‘would love’ to meet with former PM Thatcher
- Auction of Modigliani sculpture sets records in Paris
- Moody’s cuts Greece’s government bonds to junk status, citing risks of Eurozone/IMF package
- Finns find mummified corpse in chimney, could be man who died nearly 20 years ago
- US warns nations of possible sanctions for failing to fight human trafficking
- US-Albanian archaeologists believe they have found WWII Italian ship sunk by British sub
- Israel approves inquiry into Gaza flotilla raid with observers from Canada, Ireland
- Pope Benedict XVI hails bishop slain in Turkey as pastor of dialogue and reconciliation
- Family of Swiss man speaks of joy at his release from Libya after deal ends 2-year dispute
- Swiss man held in Libya leaves for home after governments reach deal to end 2-year dispute
- Swiss man held in Libya to return home after governments reach deal to end 2-year dispute
- For second year running, organizers decide not to award $5 million African leadership prize
- Art lovers wait under sun and stars as Caravaggio show goes nonstop for last days in Rome
- Audi claims 9th win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans after all Peugeot cars retire
- Head of British military to leave job early as new government reassesses Afghan strategy
