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LINCOLN, Neb. -- A simple Google search of Michal Preclik's name turns up an Interpol wanted poster from his native Czech Republic. So where was he arrested? In Nebraska's maximum-security prison, where he was not an inmate, but a guard.

Film director Roman Polanski, now in Swiss detention, may decide to face justice in the United States, where he is wanted on a 1977 sex charge, to avoid lengthy extradition procedures....

Arrest of Director on Decades-Old Child Sex Case Set in Motion by Swiss Authorities

ZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss court rejected on Tuesday a bid by film director Roman Polanski for release on bail as the risk was too high he would flee pending extradition to the United States for having unlawful sex with a minor in 1977.

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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican announced Tuesday it was making it easier for Anglicans to convert to Roman Catholicism - a surprise move designed to entice traditionalists opposed to women priests, openly gay clergy and the blessing of same-sex unions....

Analysis finds surprise claims from US and Thai researchers last month were based on 'statistically insignificant' dataThe first Aids vaccine to show an encouraging result in clinical trials is only modestly effective and did not protect those at highest risk of HIV, it emerged today, as US and Thai researchers revealed their full results in Paris.The announcement last month that the controversial $105m (£64m) trial carried out in Thailand had unexpectedly been successful took experts by surprise and sparked excitement around the world amid speculation that the steady spread of HIV/Aids could before long be checked.However, it is now clear that this is a long way wide of the mark.The full results, presented at the Aids vaccine conference in Paris and published immediately online by the New England Journal of Medicine reveal that:. The vaccine did not protect those at high risk of HIV infection, such as sex workers and intravenous drug users.. The protective effect was greatest in the f

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OSLO (Reuters) - Space agencies and Google Inc are helping an international project to monitor forests by satellite to fight global warming, the head of an international earth observation group said on Tuesday.