Rio Tinto announces Guinea deal

Rio Tinto says it has signed a deal with China to develop a massive iron ore project in Guinea.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2010 | 4:19 am

Iran jails former vice president, reform activist

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A former Iranian vice president and prominent reform activist convicted of spreading propaganda against the ruling clerical establishment has begun a one-year prison sentence, a close relative said Friday....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 19 Mar 2010 | 4:18 am

Iran jails former vice president, reform activist

A former Iranian vice president and prominent reform activist convicted of spreading propaganda against the ruling clerical establishment has begun a one-year prison sentence, a close...
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Japanese firms spend 5.5 tril. yen to save environment in FY 2008+

(Kyodo) _ Japanese companies spent an estimated 5.52 trillion yen in fiscal 2008 to preserve the environment and prevent industrial pollution, the Environment Ministry said Friday quoting
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World powers demand Israeli settlement freeze

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with other members of the Quartet in Moscow on Friday.The so-called Quartet of Middle East mediators called on Israel to freeze all settlement activities and denounced Israel's aim to build new housing in East Jerusalem.




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Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2010 | 4:16 am

India Seeks to Question US Terror Convict - New York Times


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Bluefin tuna loses out because scarce fish are more profitable - The Guardian


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Top diplomats urge Israel, Palestinians to resume peace talks

Top international diplomats on Friday called on Israel and the Palestinians to return to peace negotiations with a goal of reaching ...



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Riera tries to calm Benitez row

Liverpool winger Albert Riera attemptw to play down his outspoken criticism of Reds boss Rafael Benitez.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2010 | 4:12 am

China tries to cool yuan dispute with U.S. (Reuters)

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, center, blesses people after receiving a book on Tibet authored by Parvez Dewan, right, and co-authored by Siddharth Srivastava, left, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 18, 2010. At an earlier gathering Thursday the Dalai Lama said he favored good relations between India and China to ensure peace in the region, according to a news agency. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)Reuters - China on Friday said it was sending an envoy to Washington to try to ease trade frictions as its currency regime comes under fire, warning that threats from U.S. legislators could stifle room for progress.



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Brandon Meriweather looks to repair mistakes

FOXBORO - Despite the stinging, sudden end to the Patriots season in the playoff loss to the Ravens, Brandon Meriweather...

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Fargo floods turn farms into lakes

Brian Thomas, of Kragnes, Minn., walks through his flooded cornfields on Thursday.For farmer Brian Thomas, getting to town for errands is no simple matter these days as floodwaters cover fields and sections of country roads in the rural areas near Fargo, N.D.




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Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2010 | 4:10 am

Songwriter sues 'protegee' Lady Gaga for millions

A songwriter who claims he helped launch Lady Gaga's career, is suing the US pop star for $30.5m (£20m) .
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2010 | 4:08 am

Obama effigy hung at RI school with fired teachers

A teacher at a failing Rhode Island school where he and all his colleagues were fired hung an effigy of President Barack Obama in his classroom, apparently in reaction to Obama's support of extreme measures to ensure accountability in schools.



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Quartet tells Israel to halt settlement activity (AFP)

A Palestinian throws stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank town of Qalandia. Tensions over Jerusalem have sparked the worst riots in recent years. The Quartet for the Middle East urged Israel to stop building settlements and set a target for a final deal with the Palestinians within two years.(AFP/Marco Longari)AFP - The Quartet for the Middle East on Friday urged Israel to stop building settlements and set a target for a final deal with the Palestinians within two years.



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Losing the battle to keep female flesh off Afghan TV (Reuters)

Reuters - Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, who banned television and barred women from appearing in public without an all-enveloping burqa, the Afghan government is fighting a losing battle to keep female flesh off TV.
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Details about Matisse Exhibition

WHAT: The Art Institute of Chicago is opening an exhibition titled "Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917."
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Sandra Bullock still poised for successful future (AP)

FILE - Sandra Bullock and Jesse James arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on in this March 7, 2010 file photo taken in West Hollywood, Calif. Sandra Bullock has canceled her appearance at the London premiere of 'The Blind Side' scheduled for Tuesday March 23, 2010 almost two weeks after winning a Best Actress Academy Award. In a statement released by Warner Bros UK., the 45-year-old actress says she can't attend the event for 'unforeseen personal reasons.' (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)AP - Sandra Bullock reached the pinnacle of her profession on March 7, when she won an Academy Award. Her husband, Jesse James, was by her side. He even teared up when she went on stage to accept the Oscar.



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Pa. suspect is rare US woman facing terror trial (AP)

FILE - In this June 26, 1997 booking photo released by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, is shown Colleen R. LaRose. LaRose makes her first court appearance Thursday March 18, 2010 since a stunning indictment last week that charged that she plotted with terror suspects abroad to kill a Swedish artist who had offended Muslims. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail)AP - If the woman dubbed "Jihad Jane" goes on trial, she would become just the second American woman tried on U.S. soil on terrorism charges — and the first accused of directly working toward a Muslim holy war.



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PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama in immigration dance (AP)

Saul Linares rests after arriving at a church in Baltimore, Thursday, March 18, 2010, after walking the past six days from Hempstead, N.Y. Linares, a factory work, will join other immigrants, most of them undocumented Hispanics, in Washington, D.C., for a Sunday march to dramatize their pleas for immigration reform. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - President Barack Obama promised to make overhauling the immigration system a top priority in his first year as president. He's now in Year Two, and the odds that he'll get to sign a bill before the November midterm elections appear long.



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India seeks to question US terror convict

Indian authorities will ask the United States to let them question a Chicago man who pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, the government said Friday.
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Empty cabinet

Tough choices for Nigeria leader after sacking ministers
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2010 | 4:03 am

Calif police department on alert for deadly traps (AP)

A tract home that had been repurposed into the headquarters of the Riverside County Gang Task Force in Hemet, Calif., is seen Thursday, March 18, 2010.  A triggering device attached to a ballistic device narrowly missed wounding a police officer who sought to open the gate, which had been barring a driveway to the home. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Police in this picturesque city in rural Riverside County have been on edge in recent weeks. Someone is trying to kill them.



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Ore. lawsuit claims Boy Scouts sex abuse coverup (AP)

This undated image made available by the State of Oregon on March 18, 2010 shows Timur Dykes. Relying on about 1,000 confidential Boy Scouts of America files, the lawyer for a man sexually abused in the 1980s by Dykes, a Scout leader who later admitted to being a serial molester, claims the organization has covered up abuse for decades. (AP Photo/State of Oregon)AP - The Boy Scouts of America has long kept an extensive archive of secret documents that chronicle the sexual abuse of young boys by Scout leaders over the years.



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Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with Taliban

KABUL (AP) -- The arrests of top Taliban figures in Pakistan abruptly halted secret U.N. contacts with the insurgency at a time when the efforts were gathering momentum, the U.N.'s former envoy to Afghanistan said Friday....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 19 Mar 2010 | 4:02 am

Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with Taliban (AP)

An Afghan firefighter tries to put out a burning fuel tanker after an explosion caused by a bomb placed underneath the truck in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan March 19, 2010. The truck was on its way to supply fuel to a NATO base. It was not immediately clear whether there were any casualties in the blast. REUTERS/ Parwiz (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST TRANSPORT)AP - The arrests of top Taliban figures in Pakistan abruptly halted secret U.N. contacts with the insurgency at a time when the efforts were gathering momentum, the U.N.'s former envoy to Afghanistan said Friday.



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Recession hurting cruise ship builders

The cruise industry is rebounding, but not for the companies who build the increasingly elaborate ships.
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EMC CEO gets $9M pay package in 2009, down 23 pct

SAN FRANCISCO - The pay package last year for EMC Corp. CEO Joe Tucci was 23 percent lower than in 2008, a reflection...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2010 | 4:01 am

Democrats push toward Sunday vote on health care (AP)

Clinic workers hold signs and chant during a rally in support of US President Barack Obama's health care reform package in Oakland, California, on March 17. US President Barack Obama on Thursday scrapped a planned trip to Asia in favor of making an 11th-hour drive to see his historic health care overhaul through a cliffhanger Sunday vote.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AP - Slowly but steadily, support is building behind President Barack Obama's health care legislation in the House, the result of intense lobbying and politically targeted changes aimed at reassuring waverers and winning over critics.



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Exhibit looks at enigmatic phase in Matisse's art

A new exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago takes a close look at one short and enigmatic phase in the 65-year-long artistic career of France's Henri Matisse.
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Springfield slay victim laid to rest

SPRINGFIELD - Family and friends are paying their final respects to a Springfield high school soccer star stabbed...

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Mass. bridge rebuilding program makes progress

BOSTON - The state's commitment to fixing hundreds of structurally deficient bridges is working, but there...

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Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with Taliban

Kai Eide says Pakistanis surely knew roles figures had in efforts to find political resolution to war



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Appeal over Nina Wang's fortune

A feng shui master launches an appeal, after a court rejected his claim to Hong Kong tycoon Nina Wang's fortune.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:58 am

Papal letter on Irish sex abuse

Pope Benedict writes a letter to the Catholics of Ireland on how to deal with the sexual abuse of children by priests.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:53 am

Warren, Mick, David - all so 'Vain'?!

So the mystery man who was the subject of Carly Simon's bitter anthem "You're...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:51 am

Quartet urges settlement freeze

The international Quartet of Mid-East peace mediators urges Israel to freeze settlement activity in occupied territories.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:50 am

Coughing horses at Spanish Riding School

Austria's renowned Spanish Riding School has canceled performances because some of its elegant white Lipizzaner stallions have caught a cold.
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Police Shut Down ‘Russian Rapidshare’

Russian police have raided a datacenter hosting iFolder.ru, a huge Rapidshare-like site. Their paperwork allowed them to search and gather evidence against a user who uploaded illegal material to the site. Although staff offered 100% co-operation, the police cut the power and sealed the servers in the datacenter, putting iFolder completely out of o



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Cruel dose of virtual reality for lawmakers

Remember when the top priority of every engaged parent was making sure your child was computer literate by second...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:49 am

Georgetown stunned in fun day in Providence

Twenty-one years ago, Georgetown pulled into Providence as the top seed and nearly exited as a victim of the biggest upset in NCAA tournament history.
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Stephen Lynch strong 'no' on health bill despite talk with President Obama

Not even President Barack Obama could sway U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch from voting against a health-care reform package...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:49 am

Crown prince, wife 'distressed' over public concern for Princess Aiko+

(Kyodo) _ Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako said Friday they feel distress for causing public concern about their 8-year-old daughter Princess Aiko, who stayed away from...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:49 am

Let's put Cap on tuition bill

Did you ever notice that on the Internet, when someone starts using all capital letters, you can safely assume...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:48 am

Diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks

MOSCOW (AP) -- Top international diplomats on Friday called on Israel and the Palestinians to return to peace negotiations with a goal of reaching a final settlement that would create an independent Palestinian state within 24 months. They reiterated their condemnation of Israel's latest move to add Jewish housing in disputed east Jerusalem but did not escalate criticism of the Jewish state....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:47 am

French baby killer sent to jail

A court in northern France sentences a woman to 15 years in prison for murdering six of her newborn babies.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:44 am

Diplomats call for resumption of Mideast talks

Quartet peacemakers also reiterate their condemnation of Israel's latest move to add Jewish housing in disputed east Jerusalem



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All inflate resume

Of course Matt Amorello's going to paper over his resume - it's what people do (March 17). He may have been a hack here in Massachusetts, but he's going to...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:43 am

Foul on Herald

I'm disappointed in the Herald ("All eyes on Matt Cooke tonight," March 18). What message are we sending to the kids and adults - that payback is OK? So a drive-by...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:42 am

Gay Service Member Arrested At White House

Lt. Dan Choi, one of the most visible opponents of 'don't ask,' was arrested while protesting the policy Thursday outside the White House



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Mideast mediators condemn Israeli settlements again

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Middle East mediators condemned for the second time in a week on Friday Israeli plans to build new settlements in disputed East Jerusalem, but the United States suggested Israel was moving to address the issue.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:39 am

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Could school bus ads save school budgets?

In this Feb. 9, 2010 photo, Marc Horner, fleet manager for Jeffco Public Schools,  walks next near school busses with advertisements on their sides at the school's bus maintenance facility in Lakewood, Colo. About half a dozen states already allow bus advertising _ including Colorado, Arizona, Florida, Minnesota, Tennessee and Texas. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)School districts have imposed all sorts of drastic cuts to save money during the down economy, canceling field trips and making parents pay for everything from tissues to sports transportation.




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Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:37 am

Could school bus ads save school budgets?

School districts have imposed all sorts of drastic cuts to save money during the down economy, canceling field trips and making parents pay for everything from tissues to sports transportation.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:36 am

Quartet Peacemakers Call on Israel to Freeze Settlement

Top international diplomats condemn Israel's latest move to add Jewish housing in disputed east Jerusalem but do not escalate criticism of the Jewish state.


Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:33 am

Police officers banned from asking for 'Christian' names

Under strict new ‘diversity guidelines’, Kent police officers have been banned from asking for people’s Christian names in case they offend those of different religions. The guidelines, revealed through Freedom of Information laws, also warns to refrain from using phrases such as ‘Evening all,’ ‘my dear’ or ‘love’ for fear it may cause offence.



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Court says NO to child porn charges over 'Sexting'

A Pennsylvania appellate court upheld a preliminary injunction on Wednesday barring local prosecutors from filing felony child porn charges against a teenage girl who took a partially nude photo of herself with her cell phone.



Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:30 am

Dodgers Say Vin Scully Hospitalized, Doing Well

Dodgers Hall of Fame announcer Vin Scully was admitted to a hospital Thursday night after he got up from bed too quickly, fell and bumped his head. Scully, 82, was taken from his Hidden Hills home to West Hills Hospital and Medical Center as a precaution and would stay overnight for observation, Dodgers spokesman Josh Rawitch said.

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Australia says China won't allow full Rio trial access

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia said on Friday China had told embassy staff in Beijing they would not be allowed access to all parts of the trial of four Rio Tinto staff on charges of bribery and stealing commercial secrets.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:27 am

Diplomats Urge Resumption of Mideast Talks

Top international diplomats on Friday called on Israel and the Palestinians to return to peace negotiations with a goal of reaching a final settlement that would create an independent Palestinian state within 24 months. They reiterated their condemnation of Israel's latest move to add Jewish housing in disputed east Jerusalem but did not escalate criticism of the Jewish state.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:26 am

Golf: Hirose takes 1st-round lead at T-Point Ladies+

(Kyodo) _ Tomomi Hirose shot a 4-under 68 Friday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the inaugural T-Point Ladies. Winless 29-year-old Hirose had six birdies and two...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:25 am

Sumo: Baruto flexes muscles to keep promotion in sights+

(Kyodo) _ Baruto ousted Toyonoshima to claim sekiwake bragging rights and keep his promotion bid firmly on track with a sixth win at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday. Baruto...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:23 am

China eyes 2-step plan for 6-party nuke talks preparatory session+

(Kyodo) _ China is considering inviting Japan, South Korea and the United States to Beijing for bilateral and multilateral talks before convening a preparatory session for resuming the...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:19 am

Truck driver pushes car down road at 60mph and doesn't know

A trucker drives along a motorway at 60mph unaware a car is trapped sideways on his front bumper. The scene was caught on a phone by people in another car.



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Sleeping man shocked after cold man jumps into bed

Homeowner Frank Fontana says he was in bed when the man climbed in about 5:30 Wednesday morning. Fontana says he asked whether it was a woman who has keys to his home — and he grabbed a baseball bat when a deep male voice answered, "No, it's not."



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Man wins $3.3 Million lottery the day after divorce final

A British bus driver netted more than £2 million ($3.3 million) on the lottery a day after his divorce came through.



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Taliban Arrests Derailed Secret UN Talks

Former Senior U.N. Afghan Envoy says Pakistan's Arrest of Key Militants Abruptly Halted Reconciliation Progress

Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:15 am

Assembly skips vote on regulation on sexual imagery in comics+

(Kyodo) _ The Tokyo metropolitan assembly on Friday shelved a planned vote on a controversial bill aimed at tightening regulations on sexual imagery in comics and animations by...
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Golf: T-Point Ladies 1st-round results+

(Kyodo) _ Leading scores Friday after the first round of the T-Point Ladies at Kagoshima Takamaki Country Club (6,332 yards, par 72) in Kagoshima Prefecture (Japanese unless noted): ...
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Boy Scouts accused of sex abuse cover-up

In a video deposition played for the jury, a Morman bishop said Timur Dykes admitted abusing 17 boys.The Boy Scouts of America “ignored clear warning signs” of abuse for decades, according to a lawyer who says he will reveal up to 1,000 documents known as the “perversion files.”




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Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:12 am

Diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks

Top international diplomats on Friday called on Israel and the Palestinians to return to peace negotiations with a goal of reaching a final settlement that would create an independent Palestinian state within 24 months. They reiterated their condemnation of Israel's latest move to add Jewish housing in disputed east Jerusalem but did not escalate criticism of the Jewish state.
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"Piracy" sounds too sexy, say rightsholders

The term "pirates," meant to convey evil and mayhem, instead conjures up visions of a swashbuckling Johnny Depp, says an actors' group. Rupert Murdoch's son has an idea for a less-sexy word: thieves. Hasn't he seen "Ocean's 11"?



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Thai protesters target "hearts and minds" of Bangkok

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of opposition activists in Thailand vowed on Friday to press ahead with anti-government protests, preparing for a new drive to win over Bangkok's politically powerful middle classes.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:06 am

Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with Taliban

The arrests of top Taliban figures in Pakistan abruptly halted secret U.N. contacts with the insurgency at a time when the efforts were gathering momentum, the U.N.'s former envoy to Afghanistan said Friday.

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Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2010 | 3:04 am

Sumo: Results of main bouts for 6th day of spring sumo+

(Kyodo) _ Results of makuuchi division bouts for Friday, the sixth day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium (+ prefix denotes juryo division...
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ECB's Trichet warns of swaps misuse

The European Central Bank's chief warned Friday that credit default swaps "should not be misused in a speculative manner," backing European leaders eager to curb market pressure on government debt.
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Poll: Israelis view Obama favorably despite row

JERUSALEM (AP) -- A poll shows an overwhelming majority of Israelis think President Barack Obama is fair and friendly toward Israel, despite a grave diplomatic feud with the U.S. over east Jerusalem construction....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 19 Mar 2010 | 2:56 am

Poll: Israelis view Obama favorably despite row

A poll shows an overwhelming majority of Israelis think President Barack Obama is fair and friendly toward Israel, despite a grave diplomatic feud with the U.S. over east Jerusalem...
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EU's foreign chief Catherine Ashton makes Gaza visit - BBC News


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Japanese fish dealers welcome tuna ban rejection

TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese fish dealers on Friday welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna - a prized ingredient of sushi - while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 19 Mar 2010 | 2:47 am

Roadside bomb, gunmen kill 4 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb and a gun attack have killed four people and wounded seven others in Baghdad....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 19 Mar 2010 | 2:46 am

It's time for Wall Street to pay

We need accountability -- as in, jail time where warranted -- for those who created the financial disaster.



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Scarlett Goa death trial begins

Two men appear in court accused of killing British teenager Scarlett Keeling, whose body was found in the Indian state of Goa in 2008.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2010 | 2:40 am

Thai protesters plan weekend 'blood-painting'

BANGKOK (AP) -- Protesters in Thailand announced a full weekend of anti-government activities starting with a massive procession through Bangkok followed by "blood painting," their latest shock tactic aimed at forcing new elections....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 19 Mar 2010 | 2:37 am

Haaretz poll: 27% of Israelis think Obama is anti-Semitic - Ha'aretz


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Haaretz poll: 27% of Israelis think Obama is anti-Semitic
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Some 27 percent of Israelis believe that US President Barack Obama is anti-Semitic, according to a Haaretz-Dialog poll conducted this week. Anpther 56 percent questions said they don't believe politicians who call Obama anti-Semitic or ...
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Ethiopia admits jamming VOA radio

Ethiopia admits jamming the Voice of America in Amharic, accusing the US radio station of engaging in "destabilising propaganda".
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2010 | 2:32 am

Taliban lose control of Marjah but remain strong

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (AP) -- In the capital of Afghanistan's Helmand province, Taliban roam the streets freely. Barely a mile (a kilometer) outside Lashkar Gah, they wield more control than the government, according to residents....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 19 Mar 2010 | 2:31 am

Three arrested in gang sex assault case

Women met the group of six men at a Korean community church, police say



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Workplace safety review panel named

Will be the first thorough review of the province's health and safety practices in more than 20 years



Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 19 Mar 2010 | 2:25 am

Ore. lawsuit claims Boy Scouts sex abuse coverup

The Boy Scouts of America has long kept an extensive archive of secret documents that chronicle the sexual abuse of young boys by Scout leaders over the years.
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Ryerson in the market for bright ideas

New Digital Media Zone gives students time and space to put their innovations to work



Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 19 Mar 2010 | 2:20 am

Toyota used ‘game plan’ to escape early recall

March 12: Critics allege that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was aware of reports about sticking gas pedals on Toyota vehicles as early as 2003. NBC’s Tom Costello reports. (Today Show)A 2007 federal investigation diagnosed a number of potential dangers in Toyota cars and trucks, but the automaker resisted the findings and escaped a broad recall.




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Indonesia says understands Obama trip delay - Reuters


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Indonesia says understands Obama trip delay
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Supporters of President Barack Obama gather for a party to welcome him at Fabulous Bellagio Mall in Jakarta March 17, 2010. The words on the T-shirts read: ''Welcome''. JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia understands the reason for President Barack Obama's ...
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Source: Top Stories - Google News | 19 Mar 2010 | 2:16 am

Miller campaign chief joins Pantalone

Move makes it unlikely that another prominent left-winger will emerge to challenge the deputy mayor.



Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 19 Mar 2010 | 2:15 am

A look at the health care overhaul bill - Washington Post


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By AP AP -- Congressional Democrats have released a final version of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill in advance of a House vote planned for Sunday. Some features of the legislation, which makes changes to the bill the Senate passed ...
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Source: Top Stories - Google News | 19 Mar 2010 | 2:13 am

Councillors spend thousands in public cash on donations that boost their profile

Incumbents get unfair advantage 'using 'taxpayers' pockets,' critics say



Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 19 Mar 2010 | 2:10 am

Healthcare bill to cut deficit: CBO

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional budget analysts said on Thursday a broad healthcare overhaul would cut the U.S. deficit over 10 years and sharply expand insurance coverage, boosting the momentum for final passage in the House of Representatives.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 Mar 2010 | 2:03 am

Bomb damages right wing-group's Athens office

ATHENS (Reuters) - A makeshift bomb damaged the office of a far-right group in central Athens early on Friday but no one was hurt, police said.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 Mar 2010 | 2:02 am

Marashi's group was a leading supporter of former prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi

Iran has jailed top reformist Hossein Marashi, pictured in 2008, after an appeals court upheld a one-year sentence for spreading propaganda against the Islamic republic, an opposition website said on Friday
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2010 | 1:59 am

Md. lawmakers not feeling so Southern anymore

In this photo taken Wednesday, March 17, 2010, the grounds of the Maryland State House are shown in Annapolis, Md. Even though the state of Maryland is just south of the Mason-Dixon Line, it will head in May to the Council of State Governments' spring conference in New York as part of the Eastern Region, after successfully pushing to move out of the organization's Southern Region. (AP Photo/Rob Carr) Maryland's official song may include a line about "Northern scum" left over from the Civil War era, but the state isn't feeling so Southern anymore.




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Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2010 | 1:58 am

There were no reports of casualties

Greek riot police watch a member of neo-Nazi group Chryssi Avghi throwing stones towards a building where illegal immigrants squat in Athens in May last year. An explosion early Friday targeted the Athens...
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PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama in Immigration Dance - ABC News


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Source: Top Stories - Google News | 19 Mar 2010 | 1:49 am

China officially allows freedom of religion, but in practice, restricts religious groups through bureaucracy

Chinese worshippers are seen attending Christmas mass at a Catholic church in Beijing, in December 2009. China has issued new rules on financial accounting at religious organisations, state media said...
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China tries to cool yuan dispute with U.S.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday said it was sending an envoy to Washington to try to ease trade frictions as its currency regime comes under fire, warning that threats from U.S. legislators could stifle room for progress.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 Mar 2010 | 1:43 am

Myanmar credits US ties for freeing American

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's ruling military junta decided to release a naturalized American citizen from prison because of its friendship with the U.S. government, state media said Friday....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 19 Mar 2010 | 1:42 am

The Quartet is expected to pressure Israel over its announced construction of 1,600 new settler homes

L to R: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (hidden), Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Former British premier Tony Blair, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton...
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'Jihad Jane' pleads not guilty - 2nd Philly-linked terror suspect takes a plea ... - Philadelphia Daily News


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Source: Top Stories - Google News | 19 Mar 2010 | 1:16 am

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Source: Top Stories - Google News | 19 Mar 2010 | 1:09 am

Senators announce framework for bipartisan immigration bill

Charles Schumer, a Democrat, and Lindsey Graham, a Republican, propose increasing resources for border enforcement and legalizing millions of illegal immigrants. President Obama praises the proposal.

Days before a planned march in Washington, D.C., two U.S. senators announced their framework Thursday for a bipartisan immigration bill that would increase resources for border enforcement, create a biometric Social Security card to prevent forgeries and legalize millions of undocumented immigrants.



Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am

Al Qaeda's new tactic is to seize shortcuts

U.S. officials believe Al Qaeda and affiliates now favor opportunity over complex, multilayered mass casualty attacks. And that makes prevention tougher.

Al Qaeda and its affiliates have adapted their tactics to emphasize speed and probability of success over spectacle, U.S. intelligence officials believe, a shift in strategy that poses problems for spy agencies that were reorganized in recent years to stop large-scale attacks like those of Sept. 11, 2001.



Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am

L.A. County supervisors' spending is probed

Prosecutors examine whether supervisors broke the law when they spent millions of taxpayer dollars on pet projects without a public vote or discussion.

Los Angeles County prosecutors are examining whether county supervisors broke the law when they spent millions of taxpayer dollars on pet projects without a public vote or discussion.



Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am

Polanski is petitioning for freedom

The film director's attorneys want the case against him dropped based on the alleged misconduct of the judge in the 1977 child-sex case.

Attorneys for Roman Polanski petitioned a state appellate court Thursday to drop the criminal case against the director, citing secret discussions between high-ranking prosecutors and the judge during the director's 1977 case.



Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am

Fess Parker dies at 85; actor played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone on TV

He became a sensation among young baby boomers as the 'King of the Wild Frontier.' He then went on to become a Santa Barbara hotel developer and Santa Ynez winery owner.

Fess Parker, whose star-making portrayal of frontiersman Davy Crockett on television in the mid-1950s made him a hero to millions of young baby boomers and spurred a nationwide run on coonskin caps, died Thursday. He was 85.



Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am

DWP board imposes first of four electricity rate hikes

The increases over the next year are planned to help the nation's largest municipal utility cover its financial commitments and continue Mayor Villaraigosa's plan for securing more renewable power.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's appointees at the Department of Water and Power took the first step Thursday toward imposing electric rate increases of up to 28%, despite complaints from neighborhood activists and business groups.



Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am

Flags raised over sponsor of Democratic golf fundraiser

An association of cable companies that opposes Internet legislation before the California Legislature is footing the bill for an event at Torrey Pines in La Jolla.

Democratic state senators will gather in La Jolla this weekend to enjoy rounds of golf, lavish hotel accommodations and gourmet meals at a fundraiser bankrolled largely by a group that wants a favor from them.



Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am

The David Headley case

He was the international eyes and ears of terrorists and his testimony implicates his lifelong friend, Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana



Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 19 Mar 2010 | 12:53 am

China has not carried out threats to punish US companies over an arms package to rival Taiwan

Taiwan soldiers load Tien-Chien II missile onto an Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) during an annual drill at the Chiang Chin-kuo air force base in central Taichung, earlier this year. The US has left...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2010 | 12:27 am

US officials have declined to say if the Obama administration would approve sale of F-16 fighter-jets

Despite his drive to repair relations with Beijing, President Ma Ying-jeou has pitched for F-16s (pictured0 to refurbish Taiwan's aging fleet.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2010 | 12:27 am

Taliban military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was captured last month in Karachi

A Pakistani man reads a newspaper reporting the capture of top Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar at a news stand in Karachi on February 16. The arrest of key Taliban leaders in Pakistan stopped...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2010 | 12:23 am

The Taliban has been waging an increasingly violent war against the US-led forces in Afghanistan

Afghans inspect the site of a suicide attack in Kandahar on March 14. The arrest of key Taliban leaders in Pakistan stopped a secret channel of communications with the United Nations, the former UN special...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2010 | 12:23 am

Kai Eide stepped down from the UN special representative to Afghanistan post earlier this month

Former UN special representative to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, pictured here in 2009. The arrest of key Taliban leaders in Pakistan stopped a secret channel of communications with the United Nations, Eide...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2010 | 12:23 am

Smith hits game-winner in OT for Wake Forest

Wake Forest guard Ishmael Smith (10) is congratulated by guard L.D. Williams during the Demon Deacons’ victory Thursday.Ishmael Smith’s pull-up jumper from about 17 feet out with 1.3 seconds remaining in overtime gave ninth-seeded Wake Forest an 81-80 win over No. 8 seed Texas in the first round of the NCAA tournament Thursday night.




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Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2010 | 12:09 am

Cable networks eye Sarah Palin reality show

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sarah Palin is closer to landing a deal for a reality show.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 Mar 2010 | 12:08 am

Pakistan Arrests Halt U.N. Contacts With Taliban

U.N. discussions with senior Taliban members reportedly began a year ago and included face-to-face conversations in Dubai and elsewhere. 


Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Mar 2010 | 12:02 am

Republicans work hard to sway Dems

Wavering House Democrats shouldn't back President Obama's health care plan because a carefully crafted deal to get their support ...



Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 18 Mar 2010 | 11:39 pm

Among Iraqis, war's psychological scars run deep

It was nearly two years ago when Iraqi soldiers raided the home of Senaa Tahir Abid, but she thinks about it every day.



Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 18 Mar 2010 | 11:34 pm

US, Russia clash over startup of Iran nuke plant

MOSCOW (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Russian counterpart clashed openly Thursday over the planned launch this summer of Iran's first, Russian-built nuclear power plant, highlighting a split in views over how to steer Iran away from nuclear weapons....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 18 Mar 2010 | 11:33 pm

Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer

A vaccine that fights cervical cancer is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.



Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 18 Mar 2010 | 11:26 pm

Kansas shakes off sluggish start to rip Lehigh

Kansas forward Marcus Morris (22) is defended by Lehigh forward Zahir Carrington (10) during the first half Thursday.Marcus Morris scored 26 points, Sherron Collins added 18 and No. 1 overall seed Kansas survived a 90-74 win over scrappy Lehigh in the Midwest Regional on Thursday night.




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Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 18 Mar 2010 | 11:25 pm

IED attacks in Afghanistan more lethal

Attacks on U.S. and allied forces with makeshift bombs in Afghanistan are 50% more lethal than three years ago, reflecting insurgents' ...



Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 18 Mar 2010 | 11:24 pm

Teen gets over 12 years for Sydney murder

SYDNEY - A teenager will spend more than 12 years in jail over three brutal Sydney street attacks, including the stomping murder of a chef.Now aged 18, he claims he remembers little or nothing of the attacks because he was high...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 18 Mar 2010 | 11:17 pm

Afghan spring no ally for U.S.

The leaves have returned to the trees along the banks of the Arghandab River, and row after row of grape vines and pomegranate ...



Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 18 Mar 2010 | 11:16 pm

New Zealand's "Madoff" jailed for $13 million fraud

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand banker defrauded clients of $13 million to fund a lavish lifestyle of prostitutes, property and wine, local media reported on Friday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 18 Mar 2010 | 11:01 pm

Canucks closing in on Sharks

Vancouver rebounds with 3-2 win as San Jose finds itself in the midst of a swoon



Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 18 Mar 2010 | 10:57 pm

Tankers bring tide of anxiety off English coast

Resort town of Southwold raises concerns that flotilla of oil tankers risks a spill that would spell disaster for tourism



Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 18 Mar 2010 | 10:52 pm

NCAA Play Begins With Upsets Aplenty

As the men's basketball tournament began, major underdogs Murray State, Ohio University, Washington and Old Dominion were too much for more highly regarded opponents. St. Mary's, Northern Iowa and Wake Forest also turned the tables on the oddsmakers.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 18 Mar 2010 | 10:51 pm

Aussie tourists evacuated as cyclone downgraded

Tourists have been evacuated from a number of Great Barrier Reef resorts, as tropical cyclone Ului was downgraded to a category two system.The cyclone is expected to cross the coast between Bowen and Airlie Beach early Sunday...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 18 Mar 2010 | 10:46 pm

Officials: Missing boy's body found on Wash. beach

Authorities say a child's body found Thursday on an island beach in Puget Sound is that of an 8-year-old boy who vanished last ...



Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 18 Mar 2010 | 10:28 pm

Highlights of health care bill

Some of the key changes that House Democrats made to the Senate health care bill.



Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 18 Mar 2010 | 10:17 pm

FDA announces tobacco restrictions

The Food and Drug Administration announced regulations Thursday that ban the sale and marketing of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco ...



Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 18 Mar 2010 | 10:11 pm

Gen. to Testify in Haditha Massacre Case

Soldier Faces Charges after 2005 Incident That Left 24 Civilians Dead in Iraqi Town; Acquittals, Charges Dropped for 5 Others

Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 18 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm

Toyota Deals Get Customers Back To Showrooms

Thanks to specials like zero percent financing and price cuts, Toyota sales have risen sharply. A recent Edmunds.com dealer survey finds that so far this month, Toyota has regained the same market share of sales it had before the gas pedal recall.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 18 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm

Austinites Angle For A Piece Of SXSW Cash Cow

The South by Southwest music festival bills itself as "the premier destination for discovery." It's also the destination for truckloads of cash, as music and art fans flock to Austin, Texas, each March. Last year's event brought nearly $100 million to the city, according to one analyst.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 18 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm

Toxic Assets Market Awaits Rebound

During the peak of the housing market, the value of the mortgages that got stuffed into those complicated mortgage bonds known as toxic assets was more than $3 trillion. But now the market has stalled, in part because many sellers are waiting for the economy to improve.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 18 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm

Tehran Halts Travel By Poet Called 'Lioness Of Iran'

Simin Behbahani, Iran's most prominent poet, was about to board a flight to Paris when police seized her passport. Behbahani, 82 and nearly blind, has not been charged with any crime. Many fear her treatment may signal a rise in repressive tactics by Iran's government.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 18 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm

Exploring The Taliban's Complex, Shadowy Finances

Western nations have long criticized Afghanistan's failure to curtail opium production, a main source of income for the Taliban. But counterterrorism officials say the problem is far more complex than just drug money, including diverted charity payments and "protection money" from convoys seeking to resupply U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 18 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm

Runaway Cars: Driver Error Or Car Malfunction?

The problems with Toyota's gas pedals have been front page news for weeks now, but what about the people in front of the pedals? Earlier studies have found that the majority of car-surging incidents were actually the fault of the driver. But the recent problems with cars continuing to accelerate haven't been studied yet.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 18 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm

Netanyahu Calls Clinton to Defuse 'Crisis'

Israeli prime minister calls the U.S. secretary of state and the two agree to meet next week in Washington to confront an embarrassing dispute over Israeli land claims.


Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2010 | 9:55 pm

Senators challenge Postal Service's 10-year rescue plan

The top Republican on the Senate panel that oversees the U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that a financial overhaul plan that ...



Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 18 Mar 2010 | 9:45 pm

Video: 22-Year-Old Makes Rowing History

Katie Spotz, 22, made history as she became the youngest person to row across the Atlantic all by herself. As Michelle Miller reports, Spotz says she used to be the worst rower on her college team.

Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 18 Mar 2010 | 9:26 pm

FDA cracks down on tobacco marketing to youths

The agency uses its new authority to impose a nationwide ban on selling cigarettes and other products to those under 18 and to put new restrictions on sales methods.

Taking aim at the tobacco industry's youth marketing machinery, the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday outlawed free samples of cigarettes and banned the use of tobacco brand names on promotional gear and in the sponsorship of concerts and sporting events.



Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 18 Mar 2010 | 8:06 pm

Attorney general candidate wants to list South Dakota job title on ballot

Republican John Eastman has chosen to list his job as 'assistant attorney general' without specifying where. His opponents cry foul.

Republican attorney general candidate John Eastman has chosen the job description he will show voters on the June ballot: assistant attorney general. What he isn't saying, though, is that he is an assistant attorney general in South Dakota.



Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 18 Mar 2010 | 7:19 pm

US, Russian negotiators 'at the finish line' on new START nuclear pact - Washington Post


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Source: Top Stories - Google News | 18 Mar 2010 | 7:03 pm

Rocket from Gaza kills farm worker

JERUSALEM (AP) ? A farm worker has been killed by a rocket fired at Israel by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.His death is the first fatality from such an attack since the Gaza offensive last year.Emergency services...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 18 Mar 2010 | 7:00 pm

Obama backs "framework" to revamp immigration

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under pressure to keep a campaign promise to revamp U.S. immigration policy, embraced a "promising, bipartisan framework" on Thursday offered by two senior senators.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 18 Mar 2010 | 6:19 pm

Al Qaeda Running or on the Rise in U.S.?

Recent Cases Highlight U.S. Citizens and Residents Joining Forces with Muslim Extremists; Internet a Key Recruiting Tool

Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 18 Mar 2010 | 6:00 pm

Remains of Italian Teen Missing Since 1993 Found in Church

At the same time, an unsolved 2002 murder in Britain has resurfaced, with British police linking their case with the disappearance of the teen.


Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2010 | 6:00 pm

Right-to-die talks banned in Ireland

Australian euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke has been banned from four Irish venues during a European tour of his controversial right-to-die workshops.The director of Melbourne-based assisted suicide group Exit International...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 18 Mar 2010 | 6:00 pm

Video: Truck Slams into Car at High Speed

Caught on Tape: In Northern England, a tanker trucked pushed a car with a woman trapped at 60 mph. The woman was not hurt.

Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 18 Mar 2010 | 5:37 pm

Undecided Democrats Slow To Budge On Health Bill

House leaders had predicted that the financial analysis of the health care bill released Thursday, coupled with the unveiling of the bill's fix-it language, would "go a long way" to win over undecided Democrats. But so far, that group appears in no rush to commit.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 18 Mar 2010 | 5:01 pm

Sahil Saeed's father speaks of joy as kidnapped boy brought home

Raja Saeed, the father of five-year-old Sahil Saeed, who was kidnapped in Pakistan earlier this month, has arrived back at the family home in Oldham with his son.
Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 18 Mar 2010 | 4:44 pm

Obama postpones trip to Aust

US president Barack Obama has postponed his trip to Asia until June so he can stay in Washington for a possible vote on his health care overhaul on Sunday.White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said today the president is disappointed...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 18 Mar 2010 | 4:40 pm

Retired General: Gays Weakened Dutch Army

Inclusion of Gays Was Contributing Factor to Peacekeepers' Inability to Prevent 1995 Bosnian Genocide, Man Says

Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 18 Mar 2010 | 4:30 pm

Jailed for Nazi sign theft

A Polish court has convicted three men for stealing the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the former Auschwitz death camp, the BBC is reporting today. The three were given jail sentences ranging from 18 months to two-and-a-half...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 18 Mar 2010 | 4:00 pm

Al Franken Brings Some Humor to the Senate

Washington Post: The Minnesota Senator Shows his Comedic Side after Taking a Serious Tone at the Start of his Senate Career

Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 18 Mar 2010 | 3:31 pm

Chicago man pleads guilty in Mumbai attack

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago man pleaded guilty in court on Thursday to scouting targets for the 2008 assault on Mumbai that killed more than 160 people, including six Americans.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 18 Mar 2010 | 3:09 pm

Pakistan kidnap boy returns to UK

Five-year-old Sahil Saeed, who was kidnapped in Pakistan earlier this month, has returned to the family home in Oldham after his family paid a £110,000 ransom for his release.
Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 18 Mar 2010 | 3:02 pm

Venezuela Spain

A Spanish citizen is escorted by Spanish police officers as she is deported at the Maiquetia airport in Caracas, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Venezuelan authorities repatriated 18 Spanish inmates, serving...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 Mar 2010 | 2:29 pm

Video: The Game of Death

A French TV show called "Le Jeu De La Mort" ("The Game of Death") has caused an uproar, as contestants believe that they are shocking people to near-death levels. Mark Phillips reports.

Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 18 Mar 2010 | 2:26 pm

Day in Pictures

A Glimpse at the Day's News as Seen Through a Camera Lens

Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 18 Mar 2010 | 1:54 pm

Doubt Cast on Auto Worker's Nazi Ties

Witness Says Statement Tying Retiree John Demjanjuk to Death Camp Should Be Treated With "Highest Caution"

Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 18 Mar 2010 | 12:30 pm

Official citation: Staff Sergeant Kim Hughes, The Royal Logistic Corps

The full text of the official citation for Staff Sergeant Kim Spencer Hughes, of The Royal Logistic Corps, which illustrates his heroism.
Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 18 Mar 2010 | 11:45 am

Two heroes get George Cross as record number of medals awarded for Afghanistan

Two bomb disposal experts have received the George Cross as the military prepares to honour a record number of personnel.
Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 18 Mar 2010 | 11:25 am

Numbers behind healthcare bill cheer Democrats, clear way for vote

The bill will cut the federal deficit by $1.3 trillion over 20 years, top Democrats say. The Congressional Budget Office estimates it will cost $940 billion over 10 years, less than expected.

Healthcare overhaul will cut the federal deficit by $1.3 trillion over 20 years, top Democrats said on Thursday as they unveiled a preliminary Congressional Budget Office scoring that clears the way for a House vote as soon as Sunday.



Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 18 Mar 2010 | 11:18 am

Perfect timing for lottery win

British media reports say a man won £2.3 million ($4.9 million) on the lottery, just a day after his divorce came through. Kevin Halstead, 50, spent last Friday drinking with friends after the divorce was completed before buying a...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 18 Mar 2010 | 11:10 am

Ex-porn star releases 'Tiger Woods texts'

LOS ANGELES - A former porn actress released sexually graphic text messages Thursday that she says prove her affair with Tiger Woods, and she said she may reveal more potentially embarrassing information about the golfer as he prepares...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 18 Mar 2010 | 11:00 am

Fiji's Cyclone Tomas claims second life

A second man has been found dead in Fiji after a tropical cyclone hit its eastern islands early this week.Josefe George Batisarisari, 43, a Public Works Department worker, died while trying to cross a river during the cyclone,...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 18 Mar 2010 | 11:00 am

Thief in death pact

A British bank clerk who fled court moments before she was due to be sentenced for stealing almost £120,000 from customers is believed to have killed herself in a suicide pact with her husband. Bindi Dhanji, 31, was facing up...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 18 Mar 2010 | 10:40 am

Austria Incest Dad Fritzl Reportedly Cozies Up to Serial Killer in Prison

Austrian father who raped and imprisoned his daughter for years has reportedly become close with a fellow inmate, a notorious killer who slaughtered seven people.


Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2010 | 9:25 am

Putin Says Iran's Nuke Plant Should Be On Line by Summer

Russia has been helping Iran build the plant in the southern city of Bushehr since the mid-90s but its launch has been marred by a series of delays and setbacks.


Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2010 | 9:02 am

Kandahar Op Against Taliban Begins With Security Buildup

Afghan, U.S. and NATO forces are planning a major operation later this year in Kandahar province, and reinforcing security and military intelligence operations there have begun.


Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2010 | 8:27 am

Brit Recognized as World's First 'Genderless' Person

A Brit named Norrie May-Welby, who was dissatisfied after a sex change operation to become a woman, decided to become the world’s first "genderless" person, the Telegraph reported.


Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2010 | 8:26 am

U.K. Police Warned Not to Ask for 'Christian' Name to Avoid Offending Other Faiths

Police officers in Kent, U.K., have been warned not to ask people for their "Christian names" because they might risk offending people of different faiths, the Daily Mail reported.


Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2010 | 7:37 am

Probe Into Car Stuck Under Truck Speeding Down Highway

Amazing video captures tractor trailer barreling down British road, apparently unaware of car stuck under fender.  


Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2010 | 6:09 am