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Mirco Bergamasco kicked a penalty five minutes from time and then Italy held firm to stun France in a historic 22-21 victory at the Stadio Flaminio here on Saturday.

International search and rescue teams rushed to Japan on Saturday in the wake of a huge 8.9-magnitude earthquake and devastating tsunami.

Italy beat France 22-21 in their Six Nations match on Saturday for the first time in the tournament's history.

A tour bus flipped over on a highway in New York city early Saturday, killing 14 people and leaving a least six others in critical conditions, authorities said.

A US nuclear expert says the accident at a Japanese nuclear reactor is one of the three worst in history, and could become a "complete disaster" if it goes to a full meltdown.

1600 GMT: International search and rescue teams rushed to Japan Saturday in the wake of Friday's huge 8.9-magnitude earthquake and devastating tsunami, while one of Afghanistan's most violence-wracked provinces offered $50,000 in aid.

Andrew Hilditch faces a tough first day on the job after arriving in Bangalore for Australia's World Cup match against Kenya.

A US expert says the accident at a Japanese nuclear reactor is one of the three worst in history, and could become a "complete disaster".

Lee Chung-Yong fired Bolton into the FA Cup last four as the South Korean's late goal clinched a 3-2 win over Birmingham in the quarter-finals at St Andrew's on Saturday.

Greece will save more than six billion euros ($8.3 billion) from an accord reached by European leaders on the terms and repayment period of its debt rescue, the Greek prime minister said on Saturday.

theweatherelectric writes "Mozilla's Robert O'Callahan has investigated the performance differences between Firefox 4 and IE9. He writes, 'As I explained in my last post, Microsoft's PR about "full hardware acceleration" is a myth. But it's true that some graphics benchmarks consistently report better scores for IE9 than for Firefox, so over the last few days I've been looking into that. Below I'll explain the details [of] what I've found about various commonly-cited benchmarks, but the summary is that the performance differences are explained by relatively small bugs in Firefox, bugs in IE9, and bugs in the benchmarks, not due to any major architectural issues in Firefox (as Microsoft would have you believe).'"

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Muammar Gaddafi's air force struck at Libyan rebels on Saturday as their leaders called for help from the Arab League.

Moamer Kadhafi's air force struck at Libyan rebels Saturday as their leaders cried for help from the Arab League meeting in key talks on the conflict, including a no-fly zone to help their battered fighters.

About 10-thousand people are reportedly unaccounted for in the Japanese port town of Minamisanriku in quake-hit Miyagi prefecture.

About ten thousand people are reportedly unaccounted for in a Japanese port town.

Lee Chung-Yong fired Bolton into the FA Cup semi-finals as the South Korean's late goal clinched a 3-2 win over Birmingham in the quarter-finals at St Andrew's on Saturday.

The federal government says it has no reports of Australian casualties or injuries at this stage in Japan's earthquake and tsunami emergency.

At least three residents evacuated from a Japanese town near a quake-hit nuclear plant have been exposed to radiation, media reports say.

Titans fans were incensed after referee Phil Haines found himself in the path of Gold Coast fullback Will Zillman who was zeroing in on a Jamie Soward chip on his own line.

An explosion at a Japanese nuclear plant triggered fears of a meltdown Saturday, after a massive earthquake and tsunami left more than 1,000 dead and at least 10,000 unaccounted for.