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(CNN) -- English Premier League leaders Manchester United crashed to their second defeat in a week as Dirk Kuyt's first-ever Liverpool hat-trick earned them a comfortable 3-1 victory at Anfield.

United had lost just once this season prior to last Tuesday's visit to Chelsea, but a 2-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge followed by Sunday's reversal, means they now lead Arsenal by three points at the top -- although the Gunners have a vital game in hand.

United were missing their first choice central defensive pairing of Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand, and their absence showed as the home side deservedly took a two-goal half-time lead.

Dutchman Kuyt broke the deadlock in the 34th minute after some superb play from Luis Suarez. The Uruguayan striker twisted and turned in the area, skipping around three challenges before getting to the by-line and knocking the ball across the area for Kuyt to apply the simplist of finishes from in front of goal.

And, just five minutes later, Liverpool doubled their advantage when United winger Nani inexplicably headed Suarez's cross from the right back towards goal -- and an unmarked Kuyt was on hand to nod home his second from close range.

United went close to pulling a goal back in the second half when Dimitar Berbatov's close-range header hit the chest of Raul Meireles on the goal-line.

And they were made to pay for that miss when Kuyt completed his hat-trick, again from close range, converting a 65th-minute rebound after goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar had parried Suarez's free-kick into his path.

United pulled one back in the final minute when substitute Javier Hernandez nodded home Ryan Giggs' right-wing cross from close range, but the goal had no impact on the final outcome and Liverpool were able to give a second-half debut to record signing Andy Carroll -- the most expensive English player in history following his $55m deadline day transfer from Newcastle.

The result lifts Liverpool back up to sixth place in the table, six points behind fourth-placed Chelsea although they have played two matches more.

Meanwhile, United's poor away form, they have won just four matches on their travels, continues to hinder their title chances.

The late afternoon game saw struggling Wolverhampton draw 3-3 at home to Tottenham in a thrilling see-saw encounter.

The home side took the lead when Kevin Doyle flicked home a close-range header but England striker Jermain Defoe scored two superb goals from outside the area to give Tottenham the lead.

Remarkably they were Defoe's first Premier League goals of a season disrupted by injuries.

However, Wolves were level before half-time after Doyle added his second from the penalty spot after Alan Hutton had tugged back Nenad Milijas.

In an end-to-end match, another fine strike -- this time from Roman Pavlyuchenko -- looked to have given Spurs the three points that would have seen them move above Chelsea into fourth place.

But a superb back post header from substitute Steven Fletcher with just three minutes remaining ensured the honors finished even, although a draw helps neither side at opposite ends of the table.

Wolves remain second bottom of the table with 29 points, although only nine points separate ninth place Newcastle with bottom team Wigan Athletic.

Meanwhile, Tottenham remain fifth, level on points with Chelsea although they have played a game more than their London rivals.

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Paris (CNN) -- The Alexander McQueen fashion house denied Sunday that it is designing the wedding dress of Kate Middleton, who's marrying Britain's Prince William next month.

Two representatives of the high-profile design house flatly denied the story in the Sunday Times newspaper.

"This is not true," spokeswoman Myriam Coudoux said when CNN asked if McQueen creative director Sarah Burton was designing the dress.

Hongyi Huang, the head of press for McQ, the house's contemporary clothing line, also denied the report.

Prince William's office told CNN: "We're saying nothing."

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Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Protesters and Egyptian security and armed forces clashed Sunday outside the Interior Ministry headquarters as residents expressed anger at reports that documents relating to ousted strongman's Hosni Mubarak's rule were being destroyed.

Sunday's clashes capped a weekend of demonstrations outside the headquarters of Egyptian security organs over the reported incineration of documents relating to orders carried out under Mubarak. Protesters showed badly burned documents to reporters on Saturday, though the substance of the documents was impossible to determine.

Sunday, eyewitnesses told CNN that the armed forces responded by attacking the crowd outside the Interior Ministry. Gunshots could be heard, and protesters said they were struck by stun guns. Other protesters reported that pro-Mubarak gangs that operated in the waning days of Mubarak's rule made a comeback.

Protesters told CNN that these gang members threw Molotov cocktails at them and that some people were badly beaten.


"Do not share state security documents with any news media," the military statement declared. "It is your duty as a patriotic citizen to hand over these documents to the military. Some of the documents contain specific names, and their disclosure could evoke a national security issue." Anyone caught acquiring or sharing those documents faced interrogation, it warned.

Protests have persisted as Egyptians demand promised reforms from the military government






Djerba, Tunisia (CNN) -- Four more U.S. military flights were headed to Cairo from Tunisia on Sunday, evacuating Egyptians fleeing the Libyan conflict, a U.S. official said.

The first of the C-130 cargo planes landed in Cairo at about 3 p.m. Sunday, carrying 82 passengers, the U.S. embassy in Cairo reported. Two more planes were en route with 90 and 72 passengers, respectively. The fourth plane was yet to depart from Tunisia.

On Saturday, U.S. military planes carried out similar evacuations, returning passengers to Egypt.

There are a few thousand Egyptians left in Tunisia awaiting evacuation after more than 40,000 were taken home, said Firas Kayal, a spokesman for the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on Saturday.

Many countries, such as India, conducted well-organized evacuation operations for their citizens.

Nearly 36,000 Chinese nationals, for instance, have been evacuated from Libya since February 22 -- the largest such effort in the Communist state's 61-year history, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Sunday.

The last 149 of those evacuees touched down in Shanghai late Saturday, having arrived back in China after a stop in Malta, according a statement from China's foreign ministry.



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Libya resident describes fighting Beijing coordinated evacuations using 91 China-based charter flights, 35 rental charter flights from non-Chinese airlines, 12 flights on military airplanes, 11 non-Chinese passenger ships, five cargo ferries and one escort ship, in addition to 100 bus runs, Xinhua reports.

But people from other countries, including Egyptians and Bangladeshis, have been left to fend for themselves.

Kayal said Saturday more than 10,000 Bangladeshis are awaiting transport in Tunisia. Many of them have had to walk to the border because their money was stolen by soldiers and they could not pay for transportation costs. One man suffered a heart attack and died, aid officials confirmed.

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(CNN) -- A large number of people protested outside the palace where Bahrain's cabinet was meeting Sunday, the first time a protest had been allowed at the site.

Protesters chanted slogans calling for the downfall of Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, many waving one-dinar bills to criticize his purchase of the Bahrain Financial Harbour development for that amount in 2005.

The protest, which lasted about 2 1/2 hours, was peaceful and broke up before the cabinet meeting ended.

There was no immediate comment from the government or the Bahrain Economic Development agency.

Anti-government demonstrators continue to camp out in Bahrain's Pearl Roundabout, where seven people died when security tried to clear the area.

More than 500 people have been injured in Bahrain since the protest began in mid-February as part of a wave of popular unrest crashing through the Arab world, according to human rights activists.

A few dozen of those injured remain in the hospital. Four of them are in serious condition, said Nabeel Rajab, president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights.

Protesters initially took to the streets of Manama to demand reform and the introduction of a constitutional monarchy.

But some are now calling for the removal of the royal family, which has led the Persian Gulf state since the 18th century.

Sunday, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa addressed the nation on television, saying that a consensus has emerged around 70% to 80% of the people's demands, according to a release from the government.

"Everybody wants better services. Everybody wants dignity. Everybody wants to be heard," he said, the statement read. "Instead of having winners and losers, let's have victory for all, security and stability for all, and respect for all."

The anti-government rallies in Bahrain have occurred alongside similar protests in other regional states, but they have also unfolded amid major gestures by the kingdom.

Bahrain's king reshuffled his cabinet last month as protesters continued to call for reforms. He has also touted a "national dialogue" and urged Bahrainis "to engage in this new process" and "move away from polarization."

"Today we are drawing the future of a country," the crown prince said. "I can assure you that Bahrain will not go back to its former state because the one thing that is certain in life is change."

Young members of the country's Shiite Muslim majority have staged protests in recent years to complain about discrimination, unemployment and corruption, issues they say the country's Sunni rulers have done little to address.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights said authorities launched a clampdown on dissent in 2010. It accused the government of torturing some human rights activists.






Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- A group of British special forces who were briefly detained by the opposition in eastern Libya have left the country, along with a diplomat, sources told CNN Sunday.

In a statement, British Foreign Secretary William Hague described the group, and their release, in more vague terms.

"I can confirm that a small British diplomatic team has been in Benghazi. The team went to Libya to initiate contacts with the opposition. They experienced difficulties, which have now been satisfactorily resolved. They have now left Libya," Hague said in a statement.

"We intend, in consultation with the opposition, to send a further team to strengthen our dialogue in due course. This diplomatic effort is part of the UK's wider work on Libya, including our ongoing humanitarian support. We continue to press for Gadhafi to step down and we will work with the international community to support the legitimate ambitions of the Libyan people."

Earlier, two sources close to the Libyan opposition told CNN that negotiations between senior British officials and senior opposition leaders in Libya were under way to secure the release of the eight British special forces troops.

The Sunday Times of London reported that the unit of "up to eight men" was being held after "a secret mission to put British diplomats in touch with leading opponents of Moammar Gadhafi ended in humiliation."

British Prime Minister David Cameron said last week his government wanted to contact the opposition to find out who they were and what they wanted.

The newspaper said opposition figures were angry about the "intervention" of special forces troops and "ordered the soldiers to be locked up on a military base."

In an interview with the BBC, British Defense Secretary Liam Fox -- in response to a question -- said there was no plan to use British land forces on the ground in Libya.

Three Dutch Navy troops were held in Libya on February 27 during what the Dutch Ministry of Defense called an effort to evacuate a Dutch citizen from Libya.

Their helicopter was prevented from taking off by forces loyal to Gadfahi, the Netherlands said Thursday, four days after the event. It had kept the capture secret until then for security reasons, the ministry said.

"Intensive diplomatic talks" were underway as of Thursday, it said. There has been no further update since then.



(CNN) -- A U.S. Navy ship came to the rescue of an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean on Saturday after four suspected pirates climbed aboard.

The Japanese-owned MV Guanabara reported it was under attack Friday afternoon 328 nautical miles southeast of Oman, the Navy said. The Guanabara had 24 crew members aboard.

The warship USS Bulkeley, assigned to the Combined Maritime Forces' CTF-151 counter-piracy mission, was directed to intercept the Guanabara, supported by the Turkish warship TCG Giresun of NATO's counter-piracy task force.

After Guanabara's master confirmed to the Bulkeley that his crew had taken refuge in the ship's citadel room, or secure compartment, the Bulkeley's specialist boarding team climbed aboard Saturday, detained the four men and secured the vessel, the Navy said.

There was no exchange of fire at any time during the operation, and an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter supported the boarding team from the air, the Navy added.

Officials said they are still deciding what to do with the suspected pirates. The U.S. Navy did not disclose the nationalities of those detained or where they were being taken.

"Through our mutual cooperation and shared coordination, CTF-151 and our partner organizations has prevented the kidnapping of legitimate mariners who sought only to go peacefully about their business," said CMF's counter-piracy commander, Commodore Abdul Alheem. "Today, there will be a merchant ship sailing freely that would not be doing so were it not for the efforts of CTF-151."

The Combined Maritime Forces is a naval partnership of 25 member nations including the United States that works to disrupt piracy and armed robbery and improve security in international waters off the Middle East.




(CNN) -- Demonstrations have spread across parts of the Middle East and Africa. Here is the latest from each country and the roots of the unrest.

Sunday developments:

LIBYA

The nation appeared to slide deeper into civil war Sunday as anti-government forces and loyalist backers of President Moammar Gadhafi fought for control of various cities across the country.

Witnesses said opposition forces appeared to retain control of Misrata and Ras Lanuf despite claims by Gadhafi loyalists to the contrary. A Libyan government official proclaimed that Gadhafi forces has retaken Zawiya, though that claim could not be independently verified.

Medical sources said Sunday that five people were killed in Bin Jawad, and 42 in Misrata. A top United Nations official called on the Libyan government to grant humanitarian organizations immediate access to the city to care for the injured.

In Tripoli, Gadhafi supporters held another large demonstration. According to a witness, police were searching cars to try to prevent anti-Gadhafi protesters from coming out on the streets.

Downed jet in Libya Meanwhile, anti-government forces in Benghazi appeared to remain in control of the city. Opposition leaders in Benghazi, sources said, briefly detained eight British forces members. The arrival of the British team in Libya apparently angered opposition leaders, who viewed the team's presence in their country as unwanted intervention, according to sources. The eight detainees left the country after their release, sources said.

With no end to the fighting in sight, various governments continued Sunday to airlift foreign nationals who had fled Libya into Tunisia. Four U.S. military flights headed to Cairo from Tunisia evacuating Egyptians fleeing the Libyan conflict. Many countries, such as India and China, put in place well-organized evacuation operations for their citizens. But others, including Egyptians and Bangladeshis, have been left to fend for themselves. On Sunday, the British government said it will provide emergency evacuation flights to repatriate 500 stranded Bangladeshis.

Roughly 200,000 people, most of them foreign workers, have fled Libya since the start of the conflict, according to the U.N. Roughly half have fled to Tunisia, and the rest have escaped to Egypt.