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New suicide blasts kill 12 in southern Russia (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:21 am Pakistan asks Swiss to open president's graft case (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:21 am 'Stand and Deliver' teacher Jaime Escalante diesThe Californian math teacher who inspired who inspired the film Stand and Deliver, Jaime Escalate, aged at the age of 79. Escalante died in Reno, Nevada, where he was undergoing treatment for bladder cancer, AP news agency reported.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:19 am New suicide blasts kill 12 in southern RussiaMAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) -- Two suicide bombers including one impersonating a police officer killed at least 12 people and injured 18 others in the southern Russian province of Dagestan on Wednesday, officials said. Nine police officers were among the dead....Source: AP Top International News At 6 a.m. EDT | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:18 am Obama to allow oil drilling off Virginia coast (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:18 am Bicycle bomb kills 8 in southern AfghanistanKABUL (AP) -- A bomb concealed on a bicycle killed at least eight people Wednesday in southern Afghanistan, as the Pentagon's top military officer said NATO forces hope to reverse the Taliban's momentum in the south with an upcoming offensive in Kandahar....Source: AP Top International News At 6 a.m. EDT | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:18 am Bicycle bomb kills 8 in southern Afghanistan (AP)
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Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:17 am Taliban attack checkpoint, kill 6 Pakistani troopsPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani troops repulsed an attack by dozens of armed Taliban militants on a checkpoint close to the Afghan border Wednesday in fighting that killed six soldiers and at least 20 insurgents, the armed forces said....Source: AP Top International News At 6 a.m. EDT | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:17 am China safety body says rules ignored in mine floodXIANGNING, China (AP) -- Mine officials ignored safety rules and danger warnings in their haste to open a coal mine in northern China, leading to a flood that has trapped 153 workers since the weekend, a government safety body said Wednesday....Source: AP Top International News At 6 a.m. EDT | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:17 am China safety body says rules ignored in mine flood (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:17 am DC officials investigate after 9 shot, 3 dead (AP)AP - A drive-by shooting killed three people and wounded six others in the nation's capital and three were arrested, officials said.Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:17 am Casino at ex-Rat Pack hangout closes at Tahoe (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:17 am UConn, Griner headline intriguing Final Four field (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:17 am Militants kill Pakistani soldiersAt least six Pakistani soldiers are killed when militants attack their camp in the north-western tribal region of Khyber, officials say.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:16 am Afghan market bombing kills manyA bomb in a busy Afghan market kills 13 people as the top US military official visits Kabul ahead of a new offensive.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:15 am Google: Online attacks aimed at Vietnam criticsHANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Google Inc. says it has found another case of cyberattacks being used to suppress political dissent, this time to silence opponents of a Vietnamese mining project that involves a state-run Chinese company....Source: AP Top International News At 6 a.m. EDT | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:15 am Finding the 2 players in Tiger Woods' group at AugustaORLANDO, Fla. - Dean Wilson was in his hotel room getting ready to practice one Tuesday afternoon seven years ago...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:13 am Uncircumcised in AmericaI'm a typical American male save one thing: my dick. Thanks to my hippie parents, I'm uncircumcised. But I’m not resentful about it. I’m proud. I had to be.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:10 am What's Inside iPad App Store (Vid)Multiple independent reports over the weekend included purported screenshots of the iPad App Store. Those screenshots match the images in the screencast above, lending credence to the video’s authenticity.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:10 am Expect a new peak for oil next yearYou thought $147 a barrel was high? Just you wait
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:09 am Toads 'can predict earthquakes'Italian toads fled their colony days before the L'Aquila earthquake struck in 2009, biologists reveal.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:05 am Drive-by shooting kills 3, wounds 6, in WashingtonThree people arrested; police say they didn't know what motivated attack
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:05 am Bombs kill 12 in Russia, days after metro attacks (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:03 am Obama opens up East Coast for oil drilling - Times Online
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:03 am Rain winds down in RI; headaches just beginningCRANSTON, R.I. - The rain is expected to end, but the headaches will likely go on for several days as Rhode Island...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 4:01 am Google service disruption bodes ill for ChineseBEIJING (AP) -- Disruptions suffered by Google Inc.'s Chinese search service show how vulnerable it remains to the country's Internet police - a threat industry executives said is likely to drive users and advertisers in the mainland away....Source: AP Top International News At 6 a.m. EDT | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:59 am Google service disruption bodes ill for ChineseDisruptions suffered by Google Inc.'s Chinese search service show how vulnerable it remains to the country's Internet police — a threat industry executives said is likely to drive users and advertisers in the mainland away.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:59 am Google service disruption bodes ill for ChineseDisruptions suffered by Google Inc.'s Chinese search service show how vulnerable it remains to the country's Internet police _ a threat industry executives said is likely to drive users...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:59 am Twelve die in Dagestan bombingsSuicide attacks in Russia's Caucasus region kill 12 people, as the nation remains on high alert after the Moscow Metro bombs.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:58 am xkcd: Flatland*****
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:57 am US pushing Israel to freeze settlement construction - The Guardian
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:57 am Tourist falls into active volcano crater25-year-old Swedish man and two friends were on a pre-dawn hike along the rim of the crater on Bali
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:57 am Manchester United Vs Bayern Munchen 1-2 30-03-2010 [VIDEO]Manchester United Vs Bayern Munchen 1-2 30-03-2010 All Goals and Highlights [VIDEO]
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:55 am Empire State suicide leap - New York Post
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:55 am Discarded baby corpses wash ashore in ChinaBEIJING - The bodies of 21 babies, some with hospital identification tags around their tiny ankles, washed ashore...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:55 am 50 Cars at Glenn Beck Event Mysteriously Towed? - LOLAt least 50 cars were towed from the Kappa Sigma fraternity lot. Signs that had directed drivers toward "free parking" had also disappeared once Saturday's event concluded.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:50 am EU calls for overhaul of Anglo Irish BankEuropean Union regulators say they are investigating Irish government help for property lender Anglo Irish Bank, warning that the bank has to draw up a new business plan and "restructure profoundly."Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:46 am Only slim hopes for more Colombia hostage releasesFLORENCIA, Colombia - Sgt. Pablo Emilio Moncayo's family waited 11 years for Colombian rebels to decide to...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:44 am University To Give All Students an iPadAccording to TUAW, Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania has announced that starting in Fall, 2010, every full-time student will get an iPad.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:44 am Fugitive Thaksin continues global wanderingsBANGKOK (AP) -- From Dubai to Sweden and now Russia: It's been a busy travel week for Thailand's fugitive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra....Source: AP Top International News At 6 a.m. EDT | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:44 am Suicide Bombings in Southern Russia Kill 12 - Voice of America
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:43 am China arrests over dumped babiesTwo hospital workers are arrested and several suspended after 21 dead babies are found on a river bank in northern China.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:40 am Baby With A Bad Attitude (Video)This little kid is learning how to count but gets quickly annoyed after she reaches two and tells people what to do.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:40 am Sarkozy Reveals Rift in US-European Relations - FOXNews
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:38 am Some Yahoo email accounts hacked in China, TaiwanBEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo email accounts of some journalists and activists whose work relates to China were compromised in an attack discovered this week, days after Google announced it would move its Chinese-language search services out of China due to censorship concerns.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:37 am Bicycle bomb kills 8 in southern AfghanistanKABUL - A bomb concealed on a bicycle killed at least eight people Wednesday in southern Afghanistan, as the Pentagon's...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:35 am Over 110 nations back Copenhagen climate dealOSLO (Reuters) - More than 110 nations including top greenhouse gas emitters led by China and the United States back the non-binding Copenhagen Accord for combating climate change, according to a first formal U.N. list on Wednesday.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:32 am Pa. college benefits from namesake Italian apparelIt might seem that tiny Franklin & Marshall College in central Pennsylvania has a disproportionate number of young alumni in Europe and Japan.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:30 am Jack Bauer's Top 5 Human Rights ViolationsThere's nothing Jack wouldn't do to defend the homeland. He'd torture a terrorist. He'd torture an innocent bystander. He'd torture a member of his own family. But which were the WORST violations in the history of the series?
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:30 am Metroid Other M - Spectacular New Gameplay TrailerA new gameplay trailer for the upcoming Metroid game on Wii has been revealed and it shows some rather innovative gameplay...
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:25 am New suicide blasts kill 12 in southern RussiaMAKHACHKALA, Russia - Two suicide bombers including one impersonating a police officer killed at least 12 people...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:23 am Bicycle Bomb Kills at Least 8 in Southern Afghanistan - FOXNews
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:22 am Bicycle bomb kills 8 in southern AfghanistanA bomb concealed on a bicycle killed at least eight people Wednesday in southern Afghanistan, as the Pentagon's top military officer said NATO forces hope to reverse the Taliban's momentum...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:22 am Bombs kill 11 in Dagestan after Moscow metro attackMAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Two blasts, one set off by a suicide bomber, rocked Kizlyar in Russia's Dagestan region on Wednesday, killing at least 11 people just two days after twin bombs hit Moscow, officials told Reuters.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:21 am Promoter Chris Harris helps revive Hub's gay night-life sceneNot so long ago, Sunday nights were the time for Boston gays to play at local clubs. But with Avalon just...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:20 am U.S. rebound on good footing: Fed's FisherTUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The U.S. economic recovery is gathering speed as business activity picks up pace, despite lingering weakness in employment, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said on Tuesday.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:17 am Eurozone inflation spikes to 1.5 percent in MarchOfficial data show inflation in the 16 countries that use the euro spiked in March to its highest level since December 2008.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:14 am Sandra Bullock is keen on kids, but won't adoptAlthough Sandra Bullock is ready to kick her cheatin' hubby Jesse James...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:13 am Levi Johnston is shopping his own reality showLevi Johnston is shopping around his own reality series. Well, why the heck not? Bristol...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:12 am Obama wants U.N. sanctions on Iran in weeksWASHINGTON/GATINEAU, Quebec (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he wanted tougher U.N. sanctions in weeks against Iran over its nuclear program, and the world's leading industrial nations expressed optimism that China will agree on possible next steps.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:11 am Deval Patrick offers latest midyear deficit-closing planBOSTON - Cutting back on debt payments to the Big Dig and the state's bridge repair program can help the state...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:10 am Rhode Island flooding: 'Worst is still yet to come' - CNN International
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:10 am Bicycle Bomb Kills at Least 8 in Southern AfghanistanOfficial suggests explosion that went off near people who gathered to receive free vegetable seeds provided by the British government could have been the work of drug dealers trying to stop the alternate crop program. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:09 am Tourist falls into active volcano crater on BaliA Swedish tourist fell to his death into the crater of an active volcano Wednesday on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:08 am Tourist falls into active volcano crater on BaliA Swedish tourist fell to his death into the crater of an active volcano Wednesday on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:08 am Obama to permit oil exploration off Virginia coastWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is to announce on Wednesday a plan to permit exploration for oil and natural gas off the coast of Virginia as a way to create jobs and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:06 am Widow’s Walk for Love continues activist’s legacyHopes to raise $200,000 to support marginalized lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:06 am Yahoo targeted in China attacksThe email accounts of foreign journalists based in China have been hacked, according to reports.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:04 am Ode to a hockey mom extraordinaireB.C. town bids farewell to Mary Watson, woman credited with sending two sons and seven other ‘Smithereens’ into the NHL.
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 31 Mar 2010 | 3:01 am UN: Afghanistan is leading hashish producerAfghanistan is not only the world's largest supplier of opium, it also is the global leader in hashish production, the United Nations said Wednesday.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:57 am UN: Afghanistan is leading hashish producerAfghanistan is not only the world's largest supplier of opium, it also is the global leader in hashish production, the United Nations said Wednesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:57 am UN: Afghanistan is leading hashish producerAfghanistan is not only the world's largest supplier of opium, it also is the global leader in hashish production, the United Nations said Wednesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:57 am Pragmatism rules the day in B.C. labour talksUnions going for job security in exchange for wage freezes; government moving toward balanced budget
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:54 am Owner of B.C. trucking company found guilty over oil spillOil slick spread 14 kilometres in heart of Robson Bight Ecological Reserve in 2007. Owner failed to keep barge in seaworthy condition, judge says
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:53 am Forced to forgetRwanda moves on from genocide - but at what cost?Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:51 am Casino at ex-Rat Pack hangout closes at TahoeBefore the Las Vegas Strip ruled the gambling world, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. helped make the Cal Neva Lodge one of Nevada's coolest casinos in the early 1960s.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:50 am Afghan peace talks end with no headway, more expectedKABUL (Reuters) - A guerrilla group has met Afghan President Hamid Karzai a second time, bringing an initial round of peace talks to a close with no breakthrough but with a commitment to...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:49 am Death toll lowered to 8 in southern Afghan bombingPolice have lowered the death toll in a bicycle bombing in southern Afghanistan from 17 to eight.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:48 am All top emitters back Copenhagen climate dealAbout 110 nations including all major greenhouse gas emitters led by China and the U.S. back the non-binding Copenhagen Accord on climate change, according to the U.N.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:46 am Fugitive Thaksin continues global wanderingsFrom Dubai to Sweden and now Russia: It's been a busy travel week for Thailand's fugitive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra. As thousands of his rural supporters camp out in Bangkok,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:44 am Fugitive Thaksin continues global wanderingsFrom Dubai to Sweden and now Russia: It's been a busy travel week for Thailand's fugitive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:44 am 2 suicide blasts in southern Russia kill 12Attacks in the North Caucasus province of Dagestan come two days after twin suicide bombings on Moscow subway system
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:42 am Police: 8 killed in souththern Afghanistan blastPolice say a bomb concealed on a bicycle has killed 8 people in southern Afghanistan.
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:40 am Weather halts Korea ship searchSouth Korean search teams suspend efforts to reach possible survivors on a sunken ship, because of poor conditions.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:40 am Mullen: Controlling Kandahar key to curbing rise of TalibanThe Pentagon's top military officer says wresting control of the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan is a key to stopping ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:39 am Germany's BayernLB loses $3.5 billion in 2009German public-sector bank BayernLB says it lost nearly euro2.62 billion ($3.5 billion) last year — a performance blamed largely on losses and expenses related to former Austrian unit Hypo Group Alpe Adria.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:38 am AP NewsAlert, ASKABUL (AP) ��� Police official says death toll lowered to eight in southern Afghan bombing. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:37 am Police official says death toll lowered to eight in southern Afghan bombing, ASPolice official says death toll lowered to eight in southern Afghan bombing. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:37 am Anna Nicole Smith dresses to be displayed in Ky.Dresses that the late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith wore to the Kentucky Derby will be displayed at the Kentucky Derby Museum.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:37 am Southern Russia Hit by Twin Suicide BlastsOfficials say 12 Killed, Including 9 Cops, in Blasts Near Chechnya Just Days after Moscow Subway AttacksSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:36 am 12 dead in new Russia suicide bomb attackTwelve people were killed Wednesday in twin blasts in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan, one of which was caused by a suicide bomber, investigators said. "Twelve peopleSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:28 am Russian troops at the Gimri tunnel near Makhachkala, DagestanFile picture shows Russian troops at the Gimri tunnel near Makhachkala, Dagestan. Twelve people have been killed in twin blasts in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan, one of which was...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:28 am Helping handWhat aid donors can do for quake-hit HaitiSource: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:28 am Fugitive Thaksin continues global wanderingsFrom Dubai to Sweden and now Russia: It's been a busy travel week for Thailand's fugitive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:26 am Fugitive Thaksin continues global wanderingsFrom Dubai to Sweden and now Russia: It's been a busy travel week for Thailand's fugitive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:26 am Thai government courts farmers at heart of protestsBANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's government is making an overture to thousands of street demonstrators by offering a debt-relief plan for farmers worth $1.3 billion, a scheme apparently...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:21 am Suicide blasts in southern Russia kill 12Two suicide bombers including one impersonating a police officer killed at least 12 people and injured 18 others in the southern ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:19 am Baby Kaylee airlifted to Toronto hospitalInfant at the centre of a heart transplant drama last spring is on a respirator after experiencing severe seizures
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:17 am Recent teen suicides prompt new prevention ad campaignIts message is 'We Can Help Us,' emphasizing that troubled teens are not alone and offering resources to help them cope.
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:10 am Second Russian suicide bomb attack kills nineIslamist radicals kill at least nine in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, most of them policemen.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 31 Mar 2010 | 2:07 am 17 reported dead in south Afghan blastPolice say a bomb concealed on a bicycle has killed 17 people in southern Afghanistan. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:55 am Google Claims Vietnam "Malware" AttackInternet Giant says Thousands Opposed to Mine Subjected to Cyber-Spying; Possibly Linked to GovernmentSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:52 am Colombian soldier held by rebels freed after 12 yearsSergeant Pablo Emilio Moncayo was one of the longest-held hostages of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or the FARC
Source: The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:52 am 17 reported dead in south Afghan blastPolice say a bomb concealed on a bicycle has killed 17 people in southern Afghanistan. Another 15 people were injured in the blast Wednesday in the district of Nasri Sarraj just north...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:39 am Pakistan court in corruption vowPakistan's Supreme Court says it will jail the head of the country's anti-corruption agency unless he reopens corruption cases.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:34 am AP NewsAlert, ASKABUL (AP) ��� Police say a bicycle bombing in southern Afghanistan has killed 17 people. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:31 am Muslim scholars recast jihadists' favorite fatwaPARIS (Reuters) - Prominent Muslim scholars have recast a famous medieval fatwa on jihad, arguing the religious edict radical Islamists often cite to justify killing cannot be used in a...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:17 am Russia rocked by new deadly suicide attackA suicide bomber wearing police uniform set off one of two blasts that killed nine people Wednesday in Russia's volatile Dagestan region just two days after attacks on Moscow's metro left...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:14 am VIDEO Chechen separatism turns into Russian holy war Duration:01:32VIDEO Moscow was mourning on Tuesday after the metro bombings that killed 39 people on Monday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, but the "Caucasus Emirate" group led by Chechen...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:14 am The Interfax news agency said one of the victims was the local police chief Vitaly VedernikovFile picture shows Russian troops at the Gimri tunnel near Makhachkala, Dagestan. A suicide bomber detonated one of two blasts which killed nine people Wednesday in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:14 am The new attacks came as Russia was set to bury the first of the 39 victims from Monday's metro attacksA Russian woman lays flowers and lights candles in memory of the victims of bomb blasts inside the Lubyanka metro station in Moscow . A suicide bomber wearing police uniform set off one of two blasts that...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:14 am Suicide Explosions Target Southern RussiaTwo suicide bombers including one impersonating a police officer killed at least 12 people and injured 18 others in the southern Russian province of Dagestan on Wednesday, officials said. The blasts in the North Caucasus region came two days after a twin suicide bombing tore through the Moscow subway, killing 39 and wounding scores. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:11 am It's an app world, and it could swallow all computingA whole new mobile revolution is brewing as apps continue their inexorable march from cellphone novelties to virtual personal ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:08 am Obama signs final piece of health care bill - San Francisco Chronicle
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:08 am Suicide attacks kill 9 in restive Russian regionTwo suicide bombers including one impersonating a police officer killed at least nine people and injured 18 others in the southern Russian province of Dagestan, officials said.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:08 am Taliban attack checkpoint, kill 6 Pakistani troopsPakistani troops repulsed a Taliban attack on a checkpoint close to the Afghan border Wednesday in fighting that killed six soldiers and 25 insurgents, the armed forces said. Pakistan...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:08 am Jaime Escalante dies at 79; math teacher who challenged East L.A. students to 'Stand and Deliver'He became America's most famous teacher after a 1988 movie portrayed his success at mentoring working-class pupils at Garfield High to pass a rigorous national calculus exam. He died of cancer.Jaime Escalante, the charismatic former East Los Angeles high school teacher who taught the nation that inner-city students could master subjects as demanding as calculus, died Tuesday. He was 79.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Russians have a sense of dread after subway bombingsIt's not only the fear that violence is returning to Moscow, but also the feeling that Putin's decade-old approach of dealing harshly with rebels in the Caucasus isn't working.Russia's strategy regarding its mostly Muslim southern republics has varied little over the last decade of turbulence: Answer force with force. Attacks on trains, apartment blocks and schools are met with crushing military campaigns, disappearances and death.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Burbank police tactics in chase to be probedThe department and the L.A. County district attorney's office will investigate the shooting of the suspect and firing on his stolen SUV during rush-hour traffic.The Burbank Police Department and Los Angeles County district attorney's office launched investigations Tuesday into the actions of officers who tried to stop a high-speed pursuit by firing at the suspect while he was stopped in rush-hour traffic.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Obama to unveil offshore drilling plans for oil, natural gasThe proposal through 2017 will open new areas of the mid-Atlantic region, Alaska and the eastern Gulf of Mexico for production but prohibit moves off California, Oregon and Washington.President Obama will announce new plans to drill for oil and natural gas off America's coasts Wednesday but will rule out drilling off California, Oregon and Washington state through 2017, administration officials say.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Immigration activists denounce quota memoThey call for the ouster of the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a top department official lamented that the pace of deportations was falling behind a goal of 400,000 annually.A coalition of immigrant rights groups Tuesday demanded the ouster of the nation's top immigration official, charging that underlings at Immigration and Customs Enforcement were thwarting Obama administration policy by setting a quota on deportations.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am California should seek to block healthcare plan, Whitman saysThe GOP candidate concedes that as governor, she couldn't force the attorney general to do so but says she would strongly encourage him to.Republican candidate for governor Meg Whitman said Tuesday that California should move to block the newly signed national healthcare plan because it would deepen the state's budget deficit, even if some elements were acceptable to introduce down the road.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am Afghan militant Hekmatyar packs a surpriseAfter the insurgent's fighters sought Kabul's protection from the Taliban, he sent envoys to talk peace.The battle raged for two days, rocket and mortar duels hopscotching across the flat farmlands, gunfire rattling through market villages. At first the combatants seemed equally matched, but when one side rushed in reinforcements, the other's lines broke and its fighters scattered. When the smoke and dust had cleared, dozens from the two sides lay dead.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 31 Mar 2010 | 1:00 am UK 'Climategate' inquiry largely clears scientistsLONDON (AP) -- The first of several British investigations into the e-mails leaked from one of the world's leading climate research centers has largely vindicated the scientists involved....Source: AP Top International News At 6 a.m. EDT | 31 Mar 2010 | 12:59 am Women's NCCA Basketball Final Four SetThree teams that reached last season's semifinals are returning. Leading the way are the dominant Connecticut Huskies, who are two victories away from becoming the first women's team with consecutive undefeated seasons. The Huskies will play Baylor. Also back from last year are Stanford and Oklahoma. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 31 Mar 2010 | 12:45 am The second explosion was set off by a sucicide bomber dressed in police uniform.A suicide bomber detonated one of two blasts which killed nine people Wednesday in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan, the Interfax agency and police saidSource: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 31 Mar 2010 | 12:29 am Obama To Allow Oil Drilling Off Virginia CoastIn a reversal of a long-standing ban on most offshore drilling, President Barack Obama is allowing oil drilling 50 miles off Virginia's shorelines. At the same time, he is rejecting some new drilling sites that had been planned in Alaska. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 31 Mar 2010 | 12:28 am Only slim hopes for more Colombia hostage releasesFLORENCIA, Colombia (AP) -- Sgt. Pablo Emilio Moncayo's family waited 11 years for Colombian rebels to decide to let their prisoner go. Then came an anxious year of waiting for it to actually happen....Source: AP Top International News At 6 a.m. EDT | 31 Mar 2010 | 12:01 am Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned last week from a tense visit to WashingtonIsraeli police check the papers of Palestinians and tourists before they enter Jerusalem's Old City through Damascus Gate. The US wants a four-month Israeli building freeze in occupied east Jerusalem,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Mar 2010 | 11:54 pm South Korean navy ship Gwangyang searches for possible survivors and bodiesSouth Korean navy ship Gwangyang searches for possible survivors and bodies from a sunken Patrol Combat Corvette Chonan off Baengnyeong island. Dong-A Ilbo newspaper said US and South Korean intelligence...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Mar 2010 | 11:38 pm A huge search for 46 missing sailors, which has claimed the life of one naval rescue diver, was suspended WednesdaySouth Korean Navy Ship Salvage Unit members launch rubber boats to search for possible survivors and bodies from a sunken Patrol Combat Corvette PCC-772 Chonan, off Baengnyeong island. South Korea said...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Mar 2010 | 11:38 pm South Korean Navy Ship Salvage Unit members takes part in the search and rescue effortSouth Korean Navy Ship Salvage Unit members launch rubber boats to search for possible survivors and bodies from the sunken Patrol Combat Corvette Chonan, off Baengnyeong island. Hopes of finding more...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Mar 2010 | 11:38 pm A map locating the area where a South Korean warship sank on Friday after a mystery explosionA map locating the area where a South Korean warship sank on Friday after a mystery explosion. The 655,000-strong military and the police force was ordered on heightened readiness after an unexplained...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Mar 2010 | 11:38 pm 3 killed, 6 hurt in Washington, DC shooting - msnbc.com
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 30 Mar 2010 | 11:34 pm Clinton to co-chair Haiti rebuilding authorityUNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will co-chair a committee overseeing at least $3.8 billion in post-quake aid to Haiti, the ravaged country's prime minister said....Source: AP Top International News At 6 a.m. EDT | 30 Mar 2010 | 11:34 pm Obama to allow oil drilling off Virginia coastIn a reversal of a long-standing ban on most offshore drilling, President Obama is allowing oil drilling 50 miles off Virginia's ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 30 Mar 2010 | 11:10 pm Haiti hopes for $4 billion to rebuild after quakeUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Haiti will ask the world on Wednesday for $4 billion to help it rebuild and modernize in the wake of the earthquake that destroyed the Caribbean nation's capital and killed up to 300,000 people.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 30 Mar 2010 | 11:06 pm Sponsored By:Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 30 Mar 2010 | 11:03 pm Battered Rhode Island watches as water rises
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 30 Mar 2010 | 11:03 pm Putin orders Moscow bombers "scraped from sewers"MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Tuesday said the culprits behind twin suicide bombings that killed 39 people in Moscow's metro must be scraped "from the bottom of the sewers" and exposed.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 30 Mar 2010 | 10:36 pm 3 killed, 6 hurt in Washington, D.C. shootingThree people were killed and at least six more wounded in an apparent drive-by shooting in southeast Washington on Tuesday evening, NBC affiliate WRC reported.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 30 Mar 2010 | 10:34 pm D.C. police: drive-by leaves 3 deadThree people were killed in a drive-by shooting that wounded six others in the U.S. capital, officials said late Tuesday.
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 30 Mar 2010 | 10:30 pm Obama to allow oil drilling off VirginiaIn a reversal of a long-standing ban on most offshore drilling, President Obama is allowing oil drilling 50 miles off Virginia's shore. At the same time, he will reject some new Alaska drilling sites.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 30 Mar 2010 | 10:25 pm States act to revise judicial selectionA growing number of states are rewriting their rules on selecting judges to curb the influence of special interests on judicial ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 30 Mar 2010 | 10:14 pm Iranian nuclear scientist defects to U.S.: reportWASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Iranian nuclear scientist who has been missing since June has defected to the United States and is helping the CIA, ABC news reported on Tuesday.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 30 Mar 2010 | 10:03 pm After Quake In Haiti, Who's The Boss?Governments and international aid agencies pledging to help Haiti say they want to take their lead from the Haitian government. But the government in Haiti remains extremely weak, and in the everyday life of many Haitians, it seems to be missing in action. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 30 Mar 2010 | 10:01 pm A Bumpy Test Ride With Google's Bike MapMany drivers rely on Google Maps to give them good driving directions. Bicyclists who've been asking Google to map out the best biking route to a destination recently got their wish, too. Using the service, two test riders recently met some unmapped obstacles. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 30 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm Army Preps For Next Afghan Target: KandaharThe Afghan village is fake, but the scenarios and tension are real as U.S. soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division train in the Louisiana pine forests. They will head to Afghanistan soon for one of the war's most challenging operations: taking Kandahar, home of the Taliban. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 30 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm Iraqi Vote Results In Doubt After DisqualificationsA controversial committee has announced that six winning candidates in Iraq's March 7 election are connected to the former regime of Saddam Hussein and must be disqualified. Critics say it's no coincidence that disqualifying them will erase the lead of secular Ayad Allawi and his alliance of Sunnis and Shiites. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 30 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm Georgia Once Prayed For Rain, Now Plans For DroughtBack in 2007, it was so dry in the state that the governor held a prayer service for a storm. Things have turned around dramatically, and Georgia is now getting so much rain it caused severe flooding last fall. Even with all the rain, the area is preparing for the next dry spell. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 30 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm From 'Son Of Hamas' To Agent Of Shin BetMosab Hassan Yousef's father helped found Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist organization. But Yousef chose a different path — working with the Israeli intelligence group Shin Bet. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 30 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm Jesse James checks into treatment facility
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 30 Mar 2010 | 9:55 pm Brutal abuse at Calabasas retirement home described in testimonyA former worker is on trial on charges of abuse and torture at the upscale facility. Witnesses say Cesar Ulloa jumped on residents, body-slammed one and encouraged two to fight.As she made her rounds at an upscale Calabasas retirement home one morning, Adelina Campos said she walked into a room and caught a fellow caregiver in the act of abusing an elderly man suffering from dementia.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 30 Mar 2010 | 9:53 pm Scoop: Anderson ‘can’t stand’ Gosselin
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 30 Mar 2010 | 9:37 pm Prom up in the air for lesbian teenConstance McMillen, a lesbian teen who challenged her school's policy against same-sex prom dates, is still hoping to attend ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 30 Mar 2010 | 9:35 pm Usher inspires a night of improvement on ‘Idol’
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 30 Mar 2010 | 9:14 pm Round 2 of floods hits NortheastFloodwaters in New England have forced scores of people from their homes for the second time in a month after a record-setting ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 30 Mar 2010 | 8:48 pm Putin talks tough after Moscow bombingsThe old Vladimir Putin is back, confronting a terrorist attack in Moscow by using the same kind of coarse and colourful language that helped him win the presidency a decade ago.A day after twin suicide bombings in the subway that...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 30 Mar 2010 | 8:40 pm Near mid-air collision over San FranciscoA China-bound passenger jet carrying 268 people nearly collided with a small plane shortly after taking off from San Francisco on the weekend, AFP reported today.United Airlines flight 889, a Boeing 777-222, took off from San...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 30 Mar 2010 | 8:30 pm Death By Machete In the CongoA shocking Human Rights Watch report revealed that in December, over 300 Congolese villagers were killed in a brutal death march. It is only the latest hardship for the central African nation, whose civil war-marked by an epidemic of mass rape-has...Source: The Daily Beast - Big Fat Story | 30 Mar 2010 | 8:22 pm Serbia apologises for Srebrenica massacreBELGRADE - Serbia's lawmakers narrowly approved a declaration condemning the 1995 Serb massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica, in a bid to distance the country from the past warmongering under late strongman Slobodan Milosevic.The...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 30 Mar 2010 | 7:30 pm AIG lawsuit alleging missed "red flags" dismissedNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan federal judge dismissed a shareholder lawsuit accusing current and former American International Group Inc executives and directors of ignoring "red flags," leading to the insurer's near collapse and about $180 billion of federal bailouts.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 30 Mar 2010 | 7:16 pm NJ Gov. Chris Christie defends school cuts, gears up to fight teachers union - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Source: Top Stories - Google News | 30 Mar 2010 | 6:50 pm L.A. council votes to increase DWP ratesThe rise is less than Mayor Villaraigosa sought, but customers will still pay 4.5% more. The agency's board must sign off first.A deeply divided Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday backed increases in electric rates, acknowledging they will be painful for customers but insisting the hikes are needed to maintain the Department of Water and Power's financial health.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 30 Mar 2010 | 6:36 pm Saving the Monarch Butterflies' MigrationEach Year, Monarchs Travel South to Mexico, but Illegal Logging is Threatening the Butterflies' Home - and ExistenceSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 30 Mar 2010 | 6:30 pm Math Teacher Who Inspired 'Stand And Deliver' DiesAn immigrant from Bolivia, Jaime Escalante transformed an East Lost Angeles high school by motivating struggling students to tackle and excel at advanced math and science. He died Tuesday near Sacramento, after undergoing treatment for bladder cancer. He was 79. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 30 Mar 2010 | 6:08 pm Second man is sentenced in tomato corruption probeA former Safeway employee is ordered to spend seven months in home detention for committing wire fraud and accepting bribes.A former Safeway Inc. employee was sentenced Tuesday to spend seven months in home detention in connection with the federal investigation of defunct California tomato processor SK Foods.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 30 Mar 2010 | 6:05 pm Queen's finances in a parlous stateWe all know of cases of people putting up the rellies in a spare room, rent free.Now, it seems even the Royal Family does it.The mounting financial crisis facing the Queen has been disclosed after ministers agreed to hand...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 30 Mar 2010 | 6:00 pm Video: Saving the MonarchsDeforestation is threatening the monarch population in Mexico. Without trees, millions of butterflies can freeze to death during the winter months. Seth Doane reports.Source: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 30 Mar 2010 | 5:32 pm America in love with France's first ladyWASHINGTON - Forget tea with Michelle Obama. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, on her first trip to Washington as France's first lady instead of as supermodel, visited a school in a poor neighbourhood instead.She meets Madame Obama later for...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 30 Mar 2010 | 4:30 pm 'Tell no-one about your dead sisters ? or else'A North Carolina father sent his daughter to school for two weeks with a dire warning: Tell anyone about your two dead siblings at home, and I'll kill you and your brother, too.She didn't tell anyone. In fact, police said no one...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 30 Mar 2010 | 4:30 pm Day in PicturesA Glimpse at the Day's News as Seen Through a Camera LensSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 30 Mar 2010 | 4:24 pm South Korea on alert after mine theory in sinkingSEOUL - South Korea's President ordered the military on alert yesterday for any moves by rival North Korea after the Defence Minister said last week's explosion and sinking of a South Korean ship could have been caused by a North...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 30 Mar 2010 | 3:30 pm Obama Won't Ask Sarkozy for More TroopsPresident Will not Make a Specific Request for More Troops in Afghanistan in Meeting Tuesday, According to Press SecretarySource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 30 Mar 2010 | 3:00 pm Body of UAE Fund Director Found in MoroccoSheik Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Found Five Days after his Glider Crashed into a LakeSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 30 Mar 2010 | 3:00 pm Irked Semenya Announces Return to RunningRunner Slams "Invasive Scrutiny" as IAAF Reviews Gender Verification Test Results to Determine Her EligibilitySource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 30 Mar 2010 | 3:00 pm Sydney passes 4.5 million markSydney's population has passed the 4.5 million mark for the first time, with the inner-west area of Canada Bay the fastest-growing area, the Sydney Morning Herald reported today.That means there are more people in Sydney than...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 30 Mar 2010 | 2:55 pm Gordon Brown could lose and still be Prime MinisterBrown could continue as PM for weeks under proposals to prevent a run on the pound in the event of a hung parliament.Source: Latest News, Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 30 Mar 2010 | 2:52 pm Man charged with NSW teen's murderAn 18-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Michelle Morrissey at her home in central western NSW.The teenager from Londonderry in Sydney's west will front Mudgee Local Court today after being arrested at a house about...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 30 Mar 2010 | 2:35 pm Scandal Strains Catholics' Ties to ChurchAs Decades of Abuse and Cover-Ups Come to Light, Many Express Outrage and Dwindling Confidence in Church LeadersSource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 30 Mar 2010 | 1:30 pm Heather Mills bitter and dishonest employer, says ex-nannyThe former nanny to Sir Paul McCartney's former wife Heather Mills has described her as a bitter and dishonest employer who forced her to work overtime without pay and demanded her staff say positive things about her on a documentary...Source: nzherald.co.nz - World | 30 Mar 2010 | 1:30 pm U.N.: Little Progress on Afghan PovertyEight Years after U.S. Invasion, Report Finds Rampant Corruption and Discrimination, Little Improvement in Health or LiteracySource: Latest World Headlines - CBS News | 30 Mar 2010 | 1:00 pm
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