Media groups win battle against British govt in case of former Guantanamo detainee

LONDON — Media groups won a legal battle against the British government on Wednesday when judges agreed to reconsider their previous ruling to keep information about a former Guantanamo detainee’s alleged torture secret.

London’s Camden Canal Market to reopen 15 months after fire

LONDON — A major part of London’s Camden Market has reopened, more than a year after it was burned in a fire.

Czech artist to take controversial but crowd-pleasing art work down at EU HQ in protest

BRUSSELS — An art work that created controversy by making fun of nations across Europe will be removed from EU headquarters by the Czech artist to protest the political upheaval in his own country.

Racehorse owned by Queen Elizabeth II fails doping test after debut

LONDON — One of Queen Elizabeth II’s racehorses has failed a doping test.

Vatican paper: ‘Angels & Demons’ inaccurate but ‘harmless’ entertainment

VATICAN CITY — Reviewers at the Vatican’s newspaper have passed judgment on “Angels & Demons,” finding the religious thriller commercial and inaccurate, but concluding it is “harmless” entertainment and not a danger to the church.

Honor the King: BBC to broadcast Bono’s unusual tribute poem to Elvis Presley

LONDON — The poetry doesn’t rise to a Shakespearean level, but the sentiments in Bono’s tribute to Elvis Presley seem heartfelt.

New exhibition shows the Louvre Museum during WWII, its paintings boxed up, galleries empty

PARIS — On the eve of World War II, curators at the Louvre swathed the museum’s most priceless painting — the “Mona Lisa” — in layers of waterproof paper, boxed it up and spirited it to the French countryside for safekeeping. Leonardo da Vinci’s smiling maiden moved another five times during the war before she was brought, safe and sound, back to the Louvre.

The prince and the frog: Prince Charles’ deforestation video features animated amphibian

LONDON — Britain’s Prince Charles has enlisted an animated amphibian in his campaign to protect the world’s rainforests.

Queen Elizabeth II marks 250th anniversary of Kew botanical garden by planting a tree

LONDON — Britain’s royal couple celebrated the 250th anniversary of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew on Tuesday, planting trees much as they did a half-century ago.

China’s Ai Weiwei wins competition to design substitute for Shanghai-bound Mermaid statue

COPENHAGEN — A video installation by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will replace Copenhagen’s famed Little Mermaid statue when it goes on display at the World Expo in Shanghai next year, officials said Tuesday.

Fake Swiss Guards stand at attention as ‘Angels & Demons’ premieres in Rome

ROME — Fake Swiss Guards stood at attention on the red carpet as “Angels & Demons,” the thriller based on the Dan Brown best-selling novel of the same name, had its world premiere.

Italian premier Berlusconi goes on counterattack, insists wife must apologize to him

ROME — A peeved Premier Silvio Berlusconi has demanded a public apology from his wife, who announced she was seeking a divorce from the billionaire media magnate because she was fed up with his roving eye for younger women.

Denmark’s French-born princess Marie gives birth to her first child, a son

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark’s Princess Marie gave birth to a son on Monday, a year after she gave up her French citizenship to marry the Scandinavian country’s Prince Joachim.

Director Ron Howard claims Vatican obstructed “Angels & Demons” Rome film permits

ROME — Director Ron Howard claimed Sunday that the Vatican interfered with efforts to get permits to shoot certain scenes of his “Angels & Demons” religious thriller in Rome — a charge the Vatican said was purely a publicity stunt.

Director Ron Howard claims Vatican obstructed “Angels & Demons” Rome film permits

ROME — Director Ron Howard claimed Sunday that the Vatican interfered with efforts to get permits to shoot certain scenes of his “Angels & Demons” religious thriller in Rome — a charge the Vatican said was purely a publicity stunt.

Singer Amy Winehouse wins injunction blocking paparazzi from her London home

LONDON — Amy Winehouse has won a court order banning the paparazzi from pursuing her outside her London home, a source close to the singer’s management team said Saturday.