Pakistan to Reinstate Justice in Attempt to Defuse Crisis

Pakistan agreed Monday to reinstate a fired Supreme Court chief justice, a move that will help defuse a political crisis that has sparked street battles and raised fears of instability in the U.S.-allied country at a time of surging Islamist violence.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 2:37 pm

Netanyahu in Deal With Right-Wing Israeli Party

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party has initialed a coalition agreement with an ultranationalist faction that brings its leader significantly closer to becoming foreign minister, a Likud party spokeswoman said Monday.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 2:31 pm

All Foreign Aid Groups Must Leave Sudan Within a Year

Sudan's president said he wants all international aid groups to leave the country within a year, leaving humanitarian relief efforts to Sudanese organizations.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 2:19 pm

Leftist Ex-CNN Reporter Wins El Salvador Presidency

A leftist television journalist won El Salvador's presidential elections Sunday, bringing a party of former guerrillas to power for the first time since a bloody civil war and ending two decades of conservative rule.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 2:08 pm

Wall Street opens higher, building on 4-day rally (AP)

AP - Investors buoyed by comments on the economy from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sent stocks mostly higher Monday. The Dow Jones industrials and Standard & Poor's index rose for a fifth straight day.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 2:07 pm

Wall Street rally continues

Sentiment lifted by Bernanke's forecast that recession may end this year

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 16 Mar 2009 | 2:05 pm

Khatami to pull out of Iran presidential race+

(Kyodo) _ Iran's former President Mohammad Khatami has informed his inner circle that he will not to run in country's June presidential election, a source close to him told Kyodo News.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 2:04 pm

Feds to go after Bernard and Ruth Madoff assets (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. prosecutors want swindler Bernard Madoff and his wife Ruth to forfeit homes, cars, boats, securities, silverware and a piano following his March 12 guilty plea, according to a court document.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 2:03 pm

Obama plans small-business lending boost (AP)

AP - Seeking to counter a chorus of unhappy Republicans and nervous Wall Street investors, President Barack Obama and his economic team are taking a cheerier tone while making billions in federal loans available to the nation's struggling small businesses.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 2:01 pm

Khatami May Drop Out Of Iran's Presidential Race

Former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami said he may withdraw from June's presidential race but only if another reformist candidate is able to pose a strong challenge to country's hard-line establishment.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:59 pm

Don Imus says he has prostate cancer (AP)

AP - Don Imus says he's battling stage two prostate cancer.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:59 pm

Sudan wants foreign groups to stop distributing aid

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's president said on Monday he wanted foreign aid groups to stop distributing aid in Sudan within a year, stepping up his defiance of an international war crimes...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:56 pm

NH's corpse flower about to bloom again

LACONIA, N.H. - The first "corpse flower" to bloom in cultivation in New Hampshire is about to unleash its horrible odor for a second time. "Tilly the Titan,"...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:54 pm

Canada expects better border relations

Public Safety Minister optimistic at start of three-day visit to Washington where a host of bilateral issues to be raised

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:54 pm

Wall Street opens higher, building on 4-day rally

NEW YORK - Investors reassured by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments on the recession are extending Wall Street's gains into a fifth straight day. Bernanke...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:53 pm

CORRECTED: New York race a chance for Republican redemption

(Clarifies eighth paragraph to include New York and New England)
Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:53 pm

Fed seen underscoring support for economy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve this week is likely to restate a vow to do whatever is needed to battle the nation's severe recession but no new steps are expected as it keeps its focus on plans already in the works.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:53 pm

Discovery nears space station as debris nears, too (AP)

AP - Seven astronauts raced to the international space station aboard space shuttle Discovery on Monday, while NASA debated whether the orbiting outpost will need to move aside to dodge a piece of space junk.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:52 pm

Huskies beat Minutemen in OT

Northeastern freshman left winger Alex Tuckerman closed out the Hockey East regular season struggling to regain his form for the playoffs. Tuckerman found both his form...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:50 pm

Alaska's Mount Redoubt rumbles once again

The official alert level has been raised as Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano rumbles again.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:50 pm

Fritzl admits rape, denies murder

Austrian Josef Fritzl, accused of imprisoning his daughter and fathering her children, admits rape but not murder.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:49 pm

Gunmen Seize 4 United Nation Workers in Somalia

Gunmen seized four U.N. workers in southern Somalia, the latest in a series of attacks on aid workers in the war-ravaged Horn of Africa nation.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:48 pm

Sudan wants foreign aid groups out within a year

KHARTOUM, Sudan - Sudan's president said Monday he wants all international aid groups out of the country within a year, insisting they can drop off supplies "at...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:46 pm

Afghanistan Stars Defect

Mehran Gulzar, one of the two finalists of Afghanistan's hit singing contest "Afghan Star," speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, March 15, 2009. When the American Idol-type...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:46 pm

Six Flags CEO says debtholder refuses to talk

The president and chief executive of Six Flags says one key debtholder is holding up negotiations for an out-of-court refinancing deal.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:45 pm

Austrian incest father pleads not guilty to murder

ST. POELTEN, Austria (AP) -- An Austrian man accused of fathering his daughter's seven children as he locked her in a basement for decades pleaded guilty to incest but insisted he was innocent of murder and enslavement charges as his trial opened Monday....
Source: AP Top International News At 9:19 a... | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:44 pm

Imus tells listeners he has prostate cancer

Don Imus made the surprise announcement on his morning radio show Monday, telling listeners he was diagnosed with stage two prostate cancer. But the 68-year-old shock jock is optimistic he’ll have a full recovery.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:42 pm

Incest Dad 'Scared' as Shocking Trial Begins

Trial opens under heavy security for Austrian incest suspect Josef Fritzl.
Source: ABC News: International | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:42 pm

Actor Ron Silver Dead At 62 - MTV.com

Source: Google News | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:41 pm

Frank: AIG is 'rewarding incompetence'

The indignation over millions of dollars in bonus payments for American International Group executives grew Monday when a top lawmaker said he believes it's time to shake up the company.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:39 pm

Pakistan reinstates top judge

Pakistan's government relented in a major confrontation with the opposition Monday, agreeing to reinstate a fired Supreme Court ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:37 pm

Poll: Iraqis feel upbeat about future

Iraqis are more upbeat about their future and less concerned about violence and insecurity, according to a poll released Monday.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:35 pm

Don Imus says he has prostate cancer

NEW YORK - Don Imus says he's battling stage two prostate cancer. The 68-year-old shock jock made the surprise announcement on his morning radio show, which airs...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:35 pm

APTOPIX Belgium Tamil Demonstration

Demonstrators supporting the Sri Lankan Tamil population wave banners and flags as they march down a main avenue in Brussels, Monday March 16, 2009. More than 5,000 demonstrators came into the street on...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:35 pm

Cutler tells Broncos 'Trade me' - USA Today

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Austrian Fritzl denies murder, admits incest

ST POELTEN, Austria (Reuters) - An Austrian man who fathered seven children with a daughter he held in a cellar for 24 years pleaded guilty to incest Monday but denied murdering their newborn son.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:34 pm

Belgium Tamil Demonstration

A protestor dressed as Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, center, stands with other protestors dressed as Sri Lankan soldiers during a demonstration in Brussels, Monday March 16, 2009. More than...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:34 pm

Afghanistan Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov speaks during a joint press conference with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, March 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Musadeq...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:34 pm

Pakistan defuses crisis, agrees to restore judge

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's government agreed on Monday to reinstate Iftikhar Chaudhry as chief justice in a surprise move to defuse a crisis and end agitation by lawyers and activists that had threatened to turn into violent confrontation.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:34 pm

Barroso 'regrets' Tory EPP move

Jose Manuel Barroso says he "regrets" David Cameron's decision to leave the European Parliament's centre-right group.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:32 pm

APTOPIX Thailand Macaw

A red macaw battles a blue-and-gold macaw for food Monday, March 16, 2009, at the Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand. The colorful birds are a popular attraction at the zoo. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:32 pm

Don Imus says he has prostate cancer

Don Imus says he's battling stage two prostate cancer.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:32 pm

11-year-old girl lost to crocodile attack in Australia+

(Kyodo) _ Police searching for an 11-year-old girl believed taken by a crocodile Sunday in Australia's Northern Territory found human remains Monday near where she disappeared. ...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:32 pm

Iraqi fan kills football player in close game

BAGHDAD - Police say an Iraqi football player has been shot dead just as he was about to kick what could have been the tying goal in a weekend game south of Baghdad. Police...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:31 pm

BRITAIN NORTHERN IRELAND PROTEST

A man passes a burnt out car on a road in a housing estate in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, Monday, March, 16, 2009. Cars were burnt out late Sunday in the area close to where a PSNI officer was shot dead...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:31 pm

4th person arrested in theft of Super Bowl rings

ATTLEBORO - Another Massachusetts man is facing charges in connection with a $2 million jewelry heist that included New York Giants Super Bowl rings. David Nassor is scheduled...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:30 pm

Pakistan Leaders Give In To Avert Crisis

Pakistan's government has relented in a major confrontation with the opposition, agreeing to reinstate a fired Supreme Court chief justice whose fate had sparked street fights and raised fears of political instability.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:30 pm

Netanyahu Steps Closer To Israeli PM Post

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party has signed a coalition agreement with an ultranationalist faction that brings its leader significantly closer to becoming foreign minister, a Likud party spokeswoman says.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:30 pm

China athletes 'faked their age'

Thousands of young athletes in southern China are faking their age to gain an advantage over their rivals, a study suggests.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:29 pm

Giller Prize jury announced

Long list for nominees to be released Sept. 21 and short list on Oct. 6

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:29 pm

Woman Shot by 30-Inch Arrow on New York City Street - FOXNews

Source: Google News | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:28 pm

LEAD: Gov't leaves economic assessment unchanged for 1st time in 6 months+

TOKYO, March 16 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING YOSANO'S COMMENTS AT 4TH-5TH GRAFS) Japan's economy is "worsening rapidly" and is "in a severe situation," the government said Monday, leaving...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:28 pm

Kyodo news summary -6-+

(Kyodo) _ ---------- Taiwan flirts with buying advanced U.S. fighters TAIPEI - Taiwan seeks "next-generation" fighter jets with stealth and short-takeoff and landing capabilities, the...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:28 pm

Kyodo economic news summary -7-+

(Kyodo) _ ---------- IMF to launch early warning exercise in April to prevent crisis TOKYO - The International Monetary Fund will launch an early warning exercise in April together...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:28 pm

9 Suspected IRA Dissidents Held in N. Ireland Killings

Anti-terrorist detectives were questioning nine suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents Monday over this month's deadly gun attacks on British soldiers and police.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:25 pm

Return to the scene of the crime

The Herald today unveils crime scene photos from the March 18, 1990, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist that have never before been publicized. The photographs reveal...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:24 pm

Iraqi fan kills soccer player in close game

Police say an Iraqi soccer player has been shot dead just as he was about to kick what could have been the tying goal in a weekend game south of Baghdad.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:24 pm

US Industrial Production Fell in February for Fourth Month - Bloomberg

Source: Google News | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:22 pm

You "Dittoheads" Are Killing America's Newspapers!

Kathleen Parker -- The biggest challenge facing America's struggling newspaper industry may not be the high cost of newsprint or lost ad revenue, but ignorance stoked by drive-by punditry.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:20 pm

Bernanke: Recession’s end ‘probably’ this year

America’s recession “probably” will end this year if the government succeeds in bolstering the banking system, Fed Chairman Bernanke said Sunday in a rare television interview.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:19 pm

Rep. Frank assails AIG bonuses

Rep. Barney Frank charged Monday that a decision by financially strapped insurance giant AIG to pay millions in executive bonuses ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:18 pm

Coast Guard Academy women's basketball coach dies

The women's basketball coach at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut has been found dead in his car, but a Coast Guard spokesman says no foul play is suspected.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:18 pm

Kansai's business leaders to visit China in April+

(Kyodo) _ Business leaders in the Kansai region said Monday they will send a delegation to Beijing on a four-day mission from April 12 in a bid to strengthen economic ties between the...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:18 pm

Funes leads ex-rebels to El Salvador poll victory

Leftist Mauricio Funes celebrated victory Monday after triumphing in El Salvador's presidential elections and completing a historic journey to power for his party of former Marxist rebels.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:17 pm

The provisional results for the presidential election in El Salvador

The provisional results for the presidential election in El Salvador. Mauricio Funes was celebrating victory after triumphing in El Salvador's presidential elections and completing a historic journey to...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:17 pm

FMLN supporters celebrate the election victory in San Salvador

FMLN supporters celebrate the election victory in San Salvador. Mauricio Funes was celebrating victory after triumphing in El Salvador's presidential elections and completing a historic journey to power...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:17 pm

There are more than 4 million registered voters in El Salvador

Mauricio Funes was celebrating victory after triumphing in El Salvador's presidential elections and completing a historic journey to power for his party of former Marxist rebels.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:17 pm

Mauricio Funes has contested four presidential elections in El Salvador

Mauricio Funes celebrates after triumphing in El Salvador's presidential elections and completing a historic journey to power for his party of former Marxist rebels.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:17 pm

Pakistan defuses crisis, agrees to restore judge (Reuters)

Reuters - Pakistan's government agreed on Monday to reinstate Iftikhar Chaudhry as chief justice in a surprise move to defuse a crisis and end agitation by lawyers and activists that had threatened to turn into violent confrontation.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:17 pm

Sudan wants foreign aid groups out within a year

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- Sudan's president said Monday he wants all international aid groups out of the country within a year, insisting they can drop off supplies "at airports or seaports" and let Sudanese organizations take care of it....
Source: AP Top International News At 9:19 a... | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:17 pm

Sudan wants foreign aid groups out within a year

Sudan's president said Monday he wants all international aid groups out of the country within a year, insisting they can drop off supplies "at airports or seaports" and let Sudanese...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:17 pm

'Scared' Fritzl Admits Incest But Denies Murder at Trial

A man accused of imprisoning his daughter for nearly a quarter of a century and fathering her seven children repeatedly raped her in front of the youngsters, prosecutors said Monday as his trial opened in Austria.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:17 pm

N. Korea Reopens Border To Some

Three days after shutting its southern border, North Korea partially reopened the crossing Monday to let South Koreans stranded in a northern industrial zone head home.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:17 pm

More space junk headed toward station

NASA to decide today whether to fire engines to move the structure out of the way

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:15 pm

Citigroup nominates 4 new independent directors

Citigroup has nominated four new independent directors to stand for election at its annual meeting in April, as part of an ongoing shuffling of the troubled bank's board.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:12 pm

Human remains found after crocodile attack

Police in Australia say DNA testing will be done on remains found in a swamp where an 11-year-old girl was snatched by a crocodile.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:09 pm

LEAD: Gov't panel of experts discusses ways to overcome economic crisis+

TOKYO, March 16 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) Prime Minister Taro Aso on Monday held the first meeting of an expert panel to explore fresh ideas on bolstering the flagging economy, aiming
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:09 pm

11 suspects held for Northern Ireland killings

BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Police arrested more suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents Monday in their investigation into this month's killings of British soldiers...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:08 pm

BMC CEO: Cisco Bringing iPhone-esque Shake-Up To The Server Market - InformationWeek

Source: Google News | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:03 pm

Remains Of "Vampire" Found Near Venice

An archaeological dig near Venice has unearthed the 16th-century remains of a woman with a brick stuck between her jaws - evidence, experts say, that she was believed to be a vampire.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:03 pm

15 iPhone 3.0 features we'd like to see - Macworld

Source: Google News | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:03 pm

Radio host Don Imus announces on morning show he has stage 2 ... - New York Daily News

Source: Google News | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:01 pm

Austrian Incest Suspect "Scared" At Trial

Josef Fritzl hid his face behind a blue file folder and told his lawyer, "I'm scared," as a trial opened for the Austrian accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:00 pm

Bomber Kills 11 In Afghan Police Station

A suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew himself up inside a police headquarters in southern Afghanistan, killing 11 people and wounding at least 29 others, officials say.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:00 pm

Boy, 3, speared through torso with 3-foot iron rod

Three-year-old Mehul Kumar is lucky to be alive after being speared through the torso with a 3-foot (1 metre) iron rod. The boy, from Jharkand, India, was rushed to the hospital after he impaled himself falling off a terrace and onto a rod last week.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 16 Mar 2009 | 1:00 pm

NH snowmobile crashes rise as season winds down

STARK, N.H. - Conservation officers in Coos County have seen an upswing in the number of snowmobile accidents in the past week as the days get warmer and the snow starts...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:59 pm

9 suspects held for N. Ireland killings

Anti-terrorist detectives were questioning nine suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents Monday over this month's deadly gun attacks on British soldiers and police.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:58 pm

Netanyahu Strikes Deal With Rival's Far-Right Party - Wall Street Journal

Source: Google News | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:57 pm

11 suspects held for Northern Ireland killings

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- Police arrested more suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents Monday in their investigation into this month's killings of British soldiers and police in Northern Ireland....
Source: AP Top International News At 9:19 a... | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:56 pm

Talks continue over kidnapped Israeli soldier - CNN International

Source: Google News | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:56 pm

Mathematician says his Sudoku secret is foolproof

Never mind putting a man on the moon or mapping DNA: A mathematician says he has produced a foolproof way to beat Sudoku puzzles.

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:56 pm

Obama braces for a backlash - International Herald Tribune

Source: Google News | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:55 pm

Ex-Detroit mayor's former lover released

Christine Beatty, who once carried out the orders of Detroit mayor and her one-time lover Kwame Kilpatrick, left jail Monday with an uncertain future ahead.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:52 pm

Bernanke Sees Light At End Of Recession Tunnel

In an interviewed that aired on CBS' "60 Minutes," the Federal Reserve chairman said the recession could end this year, but warned Congress must retain its political will as more demands are put on the government.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:49 pm

Call to arrest Madagascar leader

Madagascar opposition leader Andry Rajoelina rejects an offer of a referendum to solve the nation's political crisis.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:48 pm

Salvadoran ex-rebels win presidency for first time

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- A leftist television journalist made history by bringing a party of former guerrillas to power for the first time since the end of a bloody civil war and promised Monday to unite the country after a bitter presidential campaign....
Source: AP Top International News At 9:19 a... | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:47 pm

O.J. Simpson's Only Friend Starts Online Fund For His Appeal

Claiming O.J. Simpson was dealt an injustice, an effort is under way to solicit money for the former football star's appeal of his Nevada conviction and prison sentence on kidnapping and armed robbery charges.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:40 pm

1 Very Tired Looking Rhino. Beautiful Close-up Pic.

Great shot, apparently taken after rhino chased away some lions. Enlargeable, wallpaper.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:40 pm

Limbaugh gets big time support from Dick Cheney | csmonitor.

Not that it will ever happen but if it did, give former Vice President Cheney a front row seat.Appearing on CNN’s State of the Union this morning, Cheney weighed in on Rush Limbaugh’s challenge to debate President Obama. “Hell, I’d pay to see that,” Cheney said. “I think Rush is a good man.”

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:40 pm

Report: Iran's Khatami withdraws from vote

Moderate former president Mohammad Khatami withdrew from Iran's presidential election on Monday, allies said, a move analysts say may boost President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election chances.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:30 pm

Actor Ron Silver dies in NYC at age 62

Actor Ron Silver, who won a Tony Award as a take-no-prisoners Hollywood producer in David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow" and did a political about-face from loyal Democrat to Republican activist after the Sept. 11 attacks, died Sunday at the age of 62.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:30 pm

Recession Could End In '09, Bernanke Tells 60 Minutes

America's recession “probably” will end this year if the government succeeds in bolstering the banking system, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Sunday in a rare television interview. In carefully hedged remarks in a taped interview with CBS' “60 Minutes,” Bernanke seemed to express a bit more optimism that this could be done.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:30 pm

Besieged Pakistan To Restore Chief Justice

Pakistan agreed to reinstate Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry as chief justice, a move that could help defuse a political crisis that has sparked street battles and raised fears of instability in the country at a time of surging Islamist violence.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:30 pm

North Korea gets its first pizzeria, staffed by Italian-trained chefs

North Korea's first pizza and pasta restaurant, staffed by Italian-trained chefs, opens in Pyongyang.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:29 pm

Pakistan reinstates sacked judge

Pakistan's government reinstates sacked top judge Iftikhar Chaudhry, prompting the opposition to call off a march.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:29 pm

AIG payments to banks stoke bailout rage

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc and a parade of European banks were the major beneficiaries of $93 billion in payments from AIG -- more than half of the U.S. taxpayer money spent to rescue the massive insurer.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:27 pm

Taliban rejects reports of peace talks

‘If you wait for 3,000 years, our position is that the Taliban will not enter into any kind of talks in the presence of foreign forces in Afghanistan,' group says

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:27 pm

Treasury close to bank rules proposal (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will soon propose an overhaul of the financial regulatory system that is expected to give the Federal Reserve powers to monitor broad economic risks, a Treasury spokesman confirmed on Monday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:24 pm

Treasury close to bank rules proposal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will soon propose an overhaul of the financial regulatory system that is expected to give the Federal Reserve powers to monitor broad economic risks, a Treasury spokesman confirmed on Monday.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:24 pm

Stranded SKoreans to Return Home

NKorea allows hundreds of stranded SKoreans to return home.
Source: ABC News: International | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:24 pm

Fritzl pleads guilty to 'house of horror' rapes (AFP)

AFP - Josef Fritzl used his daughter as a "toy", an Austrian court heard on Monday after the 73-year-old admitted imprisoning her in an underground bunker for 24 years and forcing her to bear seven children.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:24 pm

Frank assails bonuses paid to executives at AIG (AP)

AP - Rep. Barney Frank charged Monday that a decision by financially strapped insurance giant AIG to pay millions in executive bonuses amounts to "rewarding incompetence."

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:24 pm

NKorea lets stranded SKoreans return home

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Three days after shutting its southern border, North Korea partially reopened the crossing Monday to let South Koreans stranded in a northern industrial zone head home....
Source: AP Top International News At 9:19 a... | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:23 pm

AIG bonuses assailed

Bailed-out U.S. insurer pays $165-million to executives; ‘It's outrageous,' lawmaker says

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:21 pm

Austrian Fritzl denies murder, admits incest (Reuters)

Reuters - An Austrian man who fathered seven children with a daughter he held in a cellar for 24 years pleaded guilty to incest Monday but denied murdering their newborn son.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:19 pm

Pakistan agrees to reinstate top judge

Government makes major concession and caps weekend of high drama that leads activists to drop plans to march on capital

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:17 pm

Shep Smith Mocks "Glenn Beck Fear Chamber"

Shep Smith Mocks 'Glenn Beck Friday,' 'I Don't Even Know What The Heck The Thing Is'

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:10 pm

SocGen defends AIG cash

U.S. insurer list foreign banks that shared in bailout cash; BMO among recipients

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:07 pm

Nigerian militants 'rape women'

Gunmen in Nigeria's Niger Delta gang rape at least five women hijacked from a passenger boat.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:06 pm

U.S., NATO Supplies Attacked in Pakistan

Militants attack Pakistani depot for supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Source: ABC News: International | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:05 pm

Nine bodies recovered from chopper wreck

Recovery operations to continue for seven others still believed in wreckage

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:02 pm

Austrian denies murder, admits incest

An Austrian man who fathered seven children with a daughter he held in a cellar for 24 years pleaded guilty to incest on Monday but denied murdering a newborn son who died underground.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:00 pm

Serbia case against student wanted in US postponed

A Serbian court on Monday suspended the proceedings against a former university student wanted in the U.S. for allegedly beating an American classmate into a coma.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:56 am

Iran's Khatami withdraws from presidential vote: allies

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Moderate former president Mohammad Khatami withdrew from Iran's presidential election on Monday, allies said, a move analysts say may boost President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election chances.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:56 am

Lebanon opens its first embassy in Syria

Lebanon on Monday opened its first-ever embassy in Syria in another sign of improving ties between the long-feuding neighbors.

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:55 am

World Markets Rise Amid Cautious Optimism

Asian markets rise amid cautious optimism over banks, economy; Tokyo up 1.8 pct.
Source: ABC News: International | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:53 am

Serbia seeks IMF emergency loan

Serbia begins talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to agree an emergency loan worth up to 2bn euros.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:47 am

Crocodile Snatches 11-Year-Old, Police Find Remains

Police said they found human remains Monday in an Australian swamp where a crocodile snatched an 11-year-old girl.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:47 am

Remains of Girl found in Australian Crocodile Pool

This would be the second fatal crocodile attack in five weeks.
Source: ABC News: International | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:46 am

Pakistan to reinstate top judge, defusing crisis

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's government relented in a major confrontation with the opposition Monday, agreeing to reinstate a fired Supreme Court chief justice whose fate had sparked street fights and raised fears of political instability....
Source: AP Top International News At 9:19 a... | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:41 am

Ex-Detroit mayor's former top aide out of jail

Christine Beatty, onetime chief of staff and lover to former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, walked free just after midnight ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:36 am

Venezuela: Russian Bombers OK, But No Base

President Hugo Chavez says that Russian bombers would be welcome in Venezuela, but the socialist leader denied that his country would offer Moscow its territory for a military base.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:30 am

Chaos erupts in crowd at NYC 'Top Model' auditions

Three people were arrested and six others hurt after bedlam broke out while they waited to audition for "America's Next Top Model," police said.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:28 am

Lebanese flag raised in Damascus

Lebanon opens its first embassy in the Syrian capital after decades of turbulence with its powerful Arab neighbour.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:23 am

Fritzl incest-imprisonment trial opens in Austria

Man hides his face behind a blue file folder and tells his lawyer, ‘I'm scared'

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:23 am

Report says 3 percent in DC have HIV or AIDS

A new report by D.C. health officials says that at least 3 percent of residents in the nation's capital are living with HIV or AIDS and every mode of transmission is on the rise.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:21 am

Lebanon opens its 1st ever embassy in Syria

Lebanon on Monday opened its first-ever embassy in Syria in another sign of improving ties between the long-feuding neighbors.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:20 am

SURPRISE: DICK Cheney fearmongers, again

Weeks after President Obama was inaugurated, former Vice President Cheney warned that Obama’s policy promises — including closing the Guantanamo Bay prison and ending torture — would lead to a nuclear attack on U.S. soil. Today, in a new interview with CNN, Cheney upped his fearmongering, insisting Obama has made Americans “less safe”:

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:20 am

China's Gobi desert source of rare dinosaur find

BEIJING (AP) -- Left on their own by adults, the young dinosaurs sank into the mud beside a lake and died 90 million years ago in what would become the Gobi Desert....
Source: AP Top International News At 9:19 a... | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:19 am

Would you buy an Intel smartphone?

Intel concept smartphone and mobile Internet device designs are compelling. Will they be realized? And would you buy one?

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:10 am

Poll: Iraqis feel upbeat about future

Iraqis are more upbeat about their future and less concerned about violence and insecurity, according to a poll released Monday.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:08 am

AIG's Employee Bonuses Rile Washington

Reports over the weekend revealed that big bonuses are being paid to employees in the very unit that brought down crippled insurance giant AIG. And late Sunday, AIG revealed the names of some of the big banks it is paying off with the $175 billion in taxpayer dollars that it has gotten so far.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:01 am

Netanyahu Signs Deal With Ultra-Nationalists

Israeli PM-designate Netanyahu's Likud signs deal with right-wing party.
Source: ABC News: International | 16 Mar 2009 | 11:00 am

Khatami 'pulls out of Iran race'

Iran's ex-president Mohammad Khatami is expected to withdraw from June's presidential election, the BBC understands.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 16 Mar 2009 | 10:59 am

Militants Attack U.S., NATO Supplies in Pakistan

Up to 50 militants attacked a terminal for trucks carrying supplies to U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan early Monday, in the second such assault in northwest Pakistan in two days.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 10:40 am

The 6 New Rules of College Admissions

With college acceptance and rejection letters slated to hit mailboxes in the coming weeks, the economic meltdown has already dramatically changed the game of getting in. Students are transferring to cheaper schools, more parents are bribing the back...
Source: The Daily Beast - Big Fat Story List | 16 Mar 2009 | 10:13 am

Netanyahu in deal with right-wing Israeli party

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party has initialed a coalition agreement with an ultranationalist faction that brings its leader significantly closer to becoming foreign minister, a Likud party spokeswoman said Monday....
Source: AP Top International News At 9:19 a... | 16 Mar 2009 | 10:02 am

Pakistani president Asif Zardari caves in to demands to reinstate judge

Pakistan's embattled president Asif Zardari has pledged to reinstate the country's former chief justice.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 16 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am

Wisconsin Bank Refuses TARP Funds

The federal government has shoveled hundreds of billions of dollars at the nation's banks in an effort to prop up the financial sector. But the money comes with strings attached, and some major banks are balking at the terms. One Wisconsin bank has already decided to turn down the government's help, but even that decision comes with a price.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 16 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am

Big East Dominates NCAA Top Seeds

The 65-team NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket was unveiled Sunday. The four number-one seeds are Louisville, Pittsburgh, Connecticut and North Carolina. All but North Carolina play in the Big East Conference.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 16 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am

Josef Fritzl trial: Fritzl covers his face in shame as incest trial begins

Josef Fritzl covered his face as he was brought into court on day one of his trial for murder rape incest and slavery.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 16 Mar 2009 | 9:56 am

U.S., NATO supplies attacked in Pakistan

Up to 50 militants attacked a terminal for trucks carrying supplies to U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan early Monday, in the ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 9:46 am

Gunmen seize 4 UN workers in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Gunmen seized four U.N. workers in southern Somalia on Monday, a U.N. spokeswoman said, the latest in a series of attacks on aid workers in the war-ravaged Horn of Africa nation....
Source: AP Top International News At 9:19 a... | 16 Mar 2009 | 9:09 am

Josef Fritzl trial: accused hides face with folder in court

Josef Fritzl covered his face with a blue ringbinder folder as he arrived in court in Austria in a bizarre attempt to shield himself from the media and onlookers.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 16 Mar 2009 | 9:07 am

Fed chief: Recession 'probably' will end this year

The recession "probably" will end this year if the government succeeds in bolstering the banking system, Federal Reserve Chairman ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 8:52 am

IRS seeks $227 million in back taxes from Stanford

BANGALORE (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has asked a judge to let it to continue to seek unpaid back taxes from Allen Stanford, the billionaire Texan accused of an $8 billion fraud by U.S. regulators, court documents show.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 8:02 am

Moderate Leftist Wins El Salvador Election

A leftist television journalist has won El Salvador's presidential election, bringing a party of former guerrillas to power for the first time since a bloody civil war and ending two decades of conservative rule.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 7:54 am

11 killed in suicide attack on Afghan police

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber in a police uniform detonated explosives he was carrying inside a police headquarters in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing 11 people and wounding 29 others, the Interior Ministry said....
Source: AP Top International News At 9:19 a... | 16 Mar 2009 | 7:49 am

9 killed in suicide attack in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew himself up inside a police headquarters in southern Afghanistan, killing nine ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 7:03 am

Therapy to suppress peanut allergies is reported

By taking small but increasing doses of the food, five children can now freely eat items containing peanuts, an allergist says in presenting the results of two clinical trials.

After years of frustration, allergists meeting in Washington proclaimed a small but significant victory against life-threatening peanut allergies.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 7:00 am

AIG names firms that got bailout cash

The disclosure, long sought, doesn't drown out the topic of the day: outrage over employee bonuses.

American International Group Inc. bowed to increasing pressure in Congress on Sunday and disclosed the names of dozens of banks and other institutions that benefited from the first chunk of $180 billion in bailout funds it received.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 7:00 am

Reports of negligence fuel pain after Metrolink crash

Disclosures may help increase compensation awards, experts say. Metrolink and Connex, the company that employed the engineer, are suing each other over which bears liability.

The recent drumbeat of news about the reckless behavior and questionable oversight of the Metrolink engineer suspected of causing last year's Chatsworth rail disaster has reverberated painfully for Claudia Souser.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 7:00 am

Protesters savor victory in Pakistan

The government reinstates the chief justice as thousands defy a ban on a 200-mile march to the capital.

Averting what could have been a bloody showdown at the gates of the capital, Pakistan's government today capitulated to protesters' demands to reinstate the popular chief justice, reshaping the political landscape in a country crucial to the West's battle with Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 7:00 am

Cheney: Obama terrorism policies make U.S. vulnerable

The former vice president defends the Bush administration's approach to suspected terrorists as he sharply criticizes Obama on a host of issues.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that President Obama has intensified the nation's risk of terrorist attacks by jettisoning key elements of the Bush administration's aggressive approach.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 7:00 am

Getty Trust to slash budget as investments tumble

Its portfolio dropped 25% during the last half of 2008, from $6 billion to $4.5 billion.

The J. Paul Getty Trust, envied as the economic Goliath of the museum world, is slashing its operating budget nearly 25% for the coming fiscal year, an emergency response to investment losses that have totaled $1.5 billion since July and nearly $2 billion since mid-2007.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 7:00 am

El Salvador elects first leftist president

A party led by former guerrillas unseats the conservative party that's governed for two decades. 'Thank you for choosing the path of hope and for overcoming fear,' says victorious Mauricio Funes.

Salvadorans on Sunday elected a former TV reporter as the country's first leftist president, unseating a conservative party that ruled for two decades and choosing a government that will be dominated by former guerrillas.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 7:00 am

Croc seen in swamp just before girl goes missing

DARWIN, Australia - A crocodile seen in an Australian swamp seconds before a 12-year-old girl disappeared is suspected of attacking and killing her, police said Monday. If confirmed, it would be the second fatal crocodile attack...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 16 Mar 2009 | 5:05 am

Red Cross report describes "torture" at CIA jails

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross concludes in a secret report that the Bush administration's treatment of al-Qaeda captives in CIA prisons "constituted torture," The Washington Post reported on Monday, citing newly published excerpts from the 2007 document.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 4:43 am

Pakistan's Tribal Areas Provide Haven For Militants

In recent months, the U.S. has intensified attacks on Taliban and al-Qaida militants in northwest Pakistan along the Afghan border. Effectively outside the Pakistani government's control, the remote area has become a militant stronghold and a major concern for the U.S. military.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 16 Mar 2009 | 4:17 am

Austrian incest trial to start amid tight security

ST. POELTEN, Austria - A no-fly zone above the courthouse. Restricted access for reporters. Victims protected by guards. The trial of an Austrian man who allegedly held his daughter as a sex slave for 24 years and fathered her...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 16 Mar 2009 | 4:12 am

Family Of Chinese Activist Lawyer Escapes To U.S.

The wife and children of a prominent Chinese dissident lawyer are seeking asylum in the United States after human traffickers took them on a perilous journey through Southeast Asia. Lawyer Gao Zhisheng has not been seen since Feb. 4 and is believed to be in detention.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 16 Mar 2009 | 4:01 am

Sacramento Tent City Reflects Economy's Troubles

Job losses, foreclosures and a deepening recession are sending newly homeless people into a makeshift camp on the northern edge of California's capital. Some 300-400 people live there, with no running water and little protection against the elements.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 16 Mar 2009 | 4:00 am

Reports question U.S. shield of Europe

After 24 years and more than $100 billion spent to develop a U.S. missile defense, an American-operated system proposed for Europe ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 3:43 am

Recession saps budget critics' lobbying power

Some of the special-interest groups opposed to tax increases or spending cuts in President Obama's proposed 2010 budget plan ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 16 Mar 2009 | 3:18 am

Pakistan Protests "Prelude To Revolution"

Police fought running battles with stone-throwing anti-government protesters Sunday after authorities tried to detain opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, fanning a crisis that has alarmed the United States.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 16 Mar 2009 | 2:00 am

Bernanke sees U.S. recovery beginning in 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested in a taped interview on Sunday that the U.S. recession could last most of the year and said the biggest risk was that the political will needed to fix the fractured financial system could be lacking.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:52 am

Space Shuttle Discovery Blasts Off With Crew Of 7

Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven rocketed into orbit Sunday evening, setting off on a space station construction mission cut short by launch delays that dragged on for more than a month.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 16 Mar 2009 | 12:04 am

Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan blast

Two British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan a day after the death of the 150th British serviceman.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 15 Mar 2009 | 11:52 pm

Pakistan power struggle threatens to paralyse government

LAHORE - Pakistan's opposition leader defied house arrest on yesterday to join anti-government protests that quickly descended into violence and chaos, with running battles between stone-throwing protesters and police. The power...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 Mar 2009 | 11:49 pm

Python eats Aussie woman's pet dog

A pet dog belonging to an Australian woman came to an untimely end earlier this month when it was swallowed by an olive python. Patty Buntine, who lives in the Northern Territory town of Katherine, said she became worried when...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 Mar 2009 | 11:12 pm

Bernanke: Recession could end in '09

America's recession "probably" will end this year if the government succeeds in bolstering the banking system, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said today in a rare television interview.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Mar 2009 | 11:10 pm

Timing of nude photos queried

SYDNEY - The release now of nude photographs of Queensland election candidate Pauline Hanson could be a political marketing ploy, says a former colleague. Former One Nation member and New South Wales MP David Oldfield, a former...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 Mar 2009 | 11:00 pm

Pakistan To Reinstate Chief Justice To High Court

Pakistan's government has agreed to the opposition's main demand, and says it will reinstate Iftikhar Chaudhry, the chief justice of the Supreme Court. Earlier, opposition protesters and riot police clashed in Lahore in advance of a protest planned in the capital, Islamabad. NPR's Anne Garrels updates host Jacki Lyden from Islamabad.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 15 Mar 2009 | 9:11 pm

Petrol bomb attacks after nine arrested in N Ireland

LURGAN - Irish nationalist gangs hurled petrol bombs at police after nine alleged republican dissidents were arrested on suspicion of killing two British soldiers and an Irish policemen in an attack designed to trigger wider violence...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 Mar 2009 | 9:00 pm

El Salvador Leftists Hope For Historic Victory

NPR's Jason Beaubien talks to host Jacki Lyden about national elections in El Salvador that could see the leftist revolutionary group FMLN achieve at the ballot box what it failed to do at the point of a gun: win power.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 15 Mar 2009 | 8:59 pm

Prince Charles indulges in a spot of dancing during Amazon tour (+video)

Britain's Prince Charles took a 20-year-old Amazonian woman for a spin on the dance floor during his visit to Brazil over the weekend. Charles, who is on a trip to South America to raise awareness of the dangers of climate change...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 Mar 2009 | 8:34 pm

Indigenous Australians healthier in remote areas - study

Indigenous people in the remotest parts of Australia appear to live healthier lives than those in less remote, or outer regional, areas. A study that looked at deaths from chronic disease across the Northern Territory found "strikingly...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 Mar 2009 | 8:15 pm

Four tourists killed in Yemen bombing

San'a, YEMEN - A suicide bomber attacked a group of South Korean tourists in southern Yemen on Sunday, killing four of them, officials said. It is the latest such attack targeting foreigners visiting this poor Arab country that...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 Mar 2009 | 7:46 pm

Five-nation talks on saving polar bear

The five countries that ring the Arctic - Canada, Denmark (with Greenland), Norway, Russia and the United States - will meet in the northern Norwegian town of Tromsoe on Wednesday to discuss how to safeguard the polar bear. "No...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 Mar 2009 | 7:15 pm