Lady Gaga, Katy Perry lead MTV Europe nominations | Reuters

Lady Gaga, wearing an outfit made of meat, poses in the photo room after winning eight awards at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, California September 12, 2010.

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LONDON | Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:46am BST
LONDON (Reuters) - Lady Gaga and Katy Perry go head-to-head at the MTV Europe Music Awards in November, with five nominations apiece.
The U.S. pop princesses are both shortlisted in four categories -- best pop act, best song, best female act and best video. Completing the nominations for Lady Gaga is best live act and for Katy Perry "best world stage performance."

AP Interview: Ahmadinejad says future is Iran's - Yahoo! News

 

AP – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is interviewed by journalists from The Associated Press, Sunday, …
By JOHN DANISZEWSKI and EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writers John Daniszewski And Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Writers – 22 mins ago
NEW YORK – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said "the future belongs to Iran" and challenged the United States to accept that his country has a major role in the world.

Gross mortgage lending falls 6 percent year-on-year in August | Reuters

People are seen walking past estate agent signs outside a row of houses, in south London in this May 18, 2007 file photograph.
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LONDON | Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:15pm BST
LONDON (Reuters) - Gross mortgage lending fell 6 percent year-on-year in August to 13.3 billion pounds, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said on Monday.

Brandon Jacobs throws helmet into the stands in Indianapolis - Shutdown Corner - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs(notes) threw his helmet 10 rows deep into the stands at Lucas Oil Field on Sunday night during his team's blowout loss to the Indianapolis Colts. The errant helmet didn't injure any fans, but did cause a commotion in the stands when the fans who retrieved it refused to hand it back to Colts officials. According to NBC's Cris Collinsworth, someone associated with the Colts eventually got it back by ripping the piece of equipment out of their hands.

Centre-right wins Swedish vote but short of majority | Reuters

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's prime minister became the nation's first sitting centre-right leader to win re-election on Sunday, but he was deprived of a majority by the entry into parliament of an anti-immigrant party.

King's Speech wins top Toronto film fest prize | Reuters

(Reuters) - "The King's Speech" won the top award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, giving the Tom Hooper-directed film some early momentum heading into Oscar awards season.

Fraud and turnout weigh on miracle Afghan poll | Reuters

(Reuters) - The top United Nations diplomat in Afghanistan said on Sunday it was too early to describe a parliamentary election as a success, with an expected 4,000 complaints to be heard and turnout figures not yet established.

Pope, ending his trip, recalls Nazi terror in WW2 | Reuters

 (Reuters) - Pope Benedict told a Mass Sunday the world felt "shame and horror" at suffering inflicted by his German homeland in World War Two and recalled the epic air battle that helped save Britain from a Nazi invasion. 
On the last day of a four-day visit to Britain that drew the biggest protest march of any of his foreign trips, the pope also beatified Cardinal John Henry Newman, one of the most prominent English converts from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism.

Chelsea continue goalrush as Berbatov fires United

 

Chelsea's Didier Drogba (L) kicks a free kick during their English Premier League soccer match against Blackpool at Stamford Bridge in London September 19, 2010.

British terrorism suspect arrested at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport - Telegraph

The British citizen, who is of Somali decent, was en-route from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Entebbe International Airport in Uganda Photo: EPA
The man was from Liverpool, travellling via Schiphol, en route to Entebbe in Uganda. The Somali Briton was already on the plane when he was arrested by military police.