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By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The nation's main umbrella group for non-profit foundations has placed the J. Paul Getty Trust, one of the world's richest art institutions, on 60 days probation over allegations of financial misconduct levelled in recent news reports. The action taken by the Washington, D.C.-based Council on Foundations carries no finding of wrongdoing, but is tantamount  ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU fisheries ministers struck a compromise deal on Thursday over maximum 2006 catches, signing up to restrictions on days that trawlers spend at sea to prevent overfished species like cod from disappearing from EU waters. "There is an agreement," an EU official said. Despite advice from scientists for a blanket ban on cod fishing in areas like the North Sea and western Scott ...

By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - Arsenal scraped into the League Cup semi-finals on Wednesday but needed a penalty shootout to get past third division Doncaster Rovers after the teams had drawn 2-2 following extra time. Home side Doncaster seemed set to continue a giant-killing run that had already accounted for Premier League Manchester City and Aston Villa when they led 2-1 with 120 minutes on the clock. But Brazilian World Cup winner Gilberto Silva scored in extra-time injury time and  ...

By James Vicini WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a stinging rebuke to the Bush administration, a U.S. appeals court refused on Wednesday to transfer "enemy combatant" Jose Padilla from U.S. military custody to federal authorities in Florida until the Supreme Court considered his case. The court said bringing criminal charges against Padilla in Florida after he had been held by the U.S. military for mor ...

By Chris Reese and Claudia Parsons NEW YORK (Reuters) - The leaders of the union behind New York's crippling mass transit strike could face jail, a judge warned on Wednesday as commuters were forced to improvise for a second day to get to work. The day after a court slapped $1 million a day in fines on the striking union, a judge ordered TWU Local 100 leader Roger Toussaint and other top officials to appear in court on Thursday, warning that jail was a "distinct possibility." Toussaint apolog ...

By Mike Collett-White WINDSOR (Reuters) - Elton John tied the knot with long-term partner David Furnish on Wednesday, joining hundreds of gay couples across England taking advantage of a new law to formalise their relationships. After a short civil ceremony, the celebrity couple emerged into the sunlight and greeted hundreds of cheering well wishers and the world's press, who had brought the cobbled streets of the royal town of Windsor to a standstill. "Thank you," a beaming John mouthed to t ...

By Mussab al-Khairalla and Gideon Long BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein told his trial on Wednesday he was beaten in U.S. custody and, in an extraordinary outburst towards the end of the hearing, also said those who had tortured Iraqis should be punished for their crimes. The former Iraqi president spent most of the session sitting quietly in the defendants' dock as prosecution witnesses told the court of the beatings and abuse they and other former detainees say they suffered in Saddam's ja ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The government and its opponents both claimed victory on Wednesday after a court ruling on allegations of British soldiers mistreating Iraqi civilians. Lawyers for the family of an Iraqi hotel worker, alleged to have been beaten to death by British soldiers, said the judgement made clear European human rights legislation applied to the treatment of detainees in British military custody in Iraq. They said this meant a full and independent inquiry into the accusations of tortu ...

MONACO (Reuters) - The tiny state of Monaco has told Mark Thatcher, the son of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, that he is not welcome to stay, a royal spokesman said on Wednesday. Mark Thatcher, 52, is looking for a place to live after his conviction for helping finance a failed coup in Equatorial Guinea but appears to have fallen foul of efforts by Monaco's new ruler, Prince Albert, to clean up the country's image. Thatcher's temporary residence permit will not be renewed when its ex ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The trial of Saddam Hussein was adjourned after a sixth day of hearings on Wednesday and will hear two more witnesses on Thursday, the judge said. Court officials have previously indicated that hearings are likely to be adjourned for about a month once those witnesses have spoken. Three witnesses gave testimony on Wednesday.