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Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland is prepared to grant citizenship to U.S. chess whiz Bobby Fischer who has been held in Japan since July 13, where he is fighting a deportation order to the United States. He is wanted there on charges of violating U.S. and United Nations sanctions forbidding doing business in the former Yugoslavia. In 1992, Fischer was paid $3.5 million US for defeating Russian Boris Spassky in a series of matches in the country. Athens - Greek police have arrested a Canadian teenager, accusing her of removing a piece of marble from the grounds of the 2,500-year-old Parthenon on the Acropolis Hill. The 17-year-old, whose name and hometown have not been released, was arrested Sunday after a security guard who allegedly saw her take the stone called police. London - Camilla Parker Bowles can become queen when Charles becomes king, a British government official said Monday. "This is absolutely unequivocal that she automatically becomes queen when he becomes king," said Constitutional Affairs Minister Christopher Leslie. Beijing - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday warned North Korea that Washington will consider "other options" unless the reclusive Communist regime returns to talks on ending its nuclear program. "Of course if we cannot find a way to resolve the North Korean issue [through six-party talks], then we will have to find other means to do it," said Rice.
