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  • Nouri al-Maliki closing in on leadership in Iraq

    Nouri al-Maliki closing in on leadership in Iraq

    Buenos Aires News.Net

    In Iraq, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political coalition has taken the lead after last weekend’s vote.

  • Opposition Internet sites shut down in Iran

    Opposition Internet sites shut down in Iran

    Buenos Aires News.Net

    Iran has dismantled several opposition Internet networks it says were backed by the US.

  • Pope weathering paedophile slurs

    Pope weathering paedophile slurs

    Buenos Aires News.Net

    The Vatican has denounced attempts to involve the pope in scandals surrounding paedophile activity within the Catholic Church.

  • Prison break could be behind Afghan attacks

    Prison break could be behind Afghan attacks

    Buenos Aires News.Net

    Suicide bombers have killed around 30 people in Kandahar City, Afghanistan.

  • Obama education plan to be set for US

    Obama education plan to be set for US

    Buenos Aires News.Net

    President Barack Obama of the US is now pushing for education reform.

  • Thais demonstrates against government

    Thais demonstrates against government

    Buenos Aires News.Net

    Many backers of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from all over Thailand are converging on Bangkok.

  • Death toll climbs as Pakistan suffers triple terrorist attacks

    Death toll climbs as Pakistan suffers triple terrorist attacks

    Buenos Aires News.Net

    In the third terrorist attack in two days, a Pakistani court has been targeted by a suicide bomber leaving at least ten dead.

  • Clinton calls Isreali announcement of new settlements insulting

    Clinton calls Isreali announcement of new settlements insulting

    Buenos Aires News.Net

    US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has called the timing of the announcement by Isreal of new construction in East Jerusalem insulting.

  • Doctor challenges religious references in US currency and pledge of allegiance

    Doctor challenges religious references in US currency and pledge of allegiance

    Buenos Aires News.Net

    US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejects challenge brought by doctor against religious references on currency and in the pledge of allegiance.

  • 11-year-old wades into healthcare debate

    11-year-old wades into healthcare debate

    Buenos Aires News.Net

    11-year-old Marcelas Owens takes his late mother's place campaigning for healthcare reform on steps of Capital Hill.

  • US involvement in space exploration undermined according to former astronauts

    US involvement in space exploration undermined according to former astronauts

    Buenos Aires News.Net

    Former astronauts who landed on the moon in the hey-day of lunar missions have voiced their concern at President Obama's decision to move back further flights.

  • Cabin crew for BA will strike from 20th and 27th of March, but not Easter, according to union

    Cabin crew for BA will strike from 20th and 27th of March, but not Easter, according to union

    Buenos Aires News.Net

    British Airways cabin crew will go on strike for three days from the 20th of March and four days from the 27th of March, says Unite, the union representing them.

  • China Alleges Diplomatic Snub At Copenhagen Summit

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao reacts as he sits down for his press conference after the closing of the National People's Congress held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sunday, March 14,...

  • China's Wen Says External Pressure On Yuan Not Helpful

    RadioFreeEurope

    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says Beijing will keep "the yuan basically stable" and said "external pressure" to let it rise in value "is not helpful." Many U.S. lawmakers c...

  • No Pain, All Gain

    Jerusalem Post

    The possibility of a longer-term local anesthetic that works only on pain is being hailed as one of the most important medical discoveries of all time.

  • Graffiti Group To Bring Solidarity Message To Sderot

    Jerusalem Post

    BOMBIN ’, became something of a forum for pro-Israel views.However unlikely, the graffiti community, touched by 9/11 and smarting from increased police cameras that stopped them from freely painting...

  • From Israel, A Radical Way To Boost Organ Donation

    New Zealand Herald

    Israel is launching a potentially trailblazing experiment in organ donation: Sign a donor card, and you and your family move up in line for a transplant if one is needed. The new law is the first of ...

  • Storms Knock Out Power In Northeast

    CNN

    (CNN) -- Heavy rains and hurricane-force winds that surpassed 70 miles per hour in places toppled trees, left more than a half-million people without power and suspended travel throughout much of the ...

  • Study: 9/11 Workers Show Heart Trouble

    CNN

    The study revealed that police officers who worked at the World Trade Center site in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks had unusually high occurrences of abnormal left and right v...

  • Israel Extends West Bank Closure

    CNN

    Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has extended the closure of the West Bank, initially scheduled to end Saturday night, for three more days, Israeli officials said Saturday.

  • Huge Opposition Rally In Thailand

    BBC

    In Thaksin's 'red-shirted' country Many were gathered in front of a stage at the rally site to hear their leaders make the demands signalling the official beginning of the protest, says our corr...

  • Venezuela's Chavez Calls For Internet Controls

    Reuters

    (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is criticized by media freedom groups, called on Saturday for regulation of the Internet and singled out a website that he said falsely reported the ...

  • The Girl Who Knew Too Much

    CBS News

    Web Extra: Witness Talks Erin Moriarty talks to Tom "Dallas" Butler about what he saw in the early morning hours of Nov. 8, 1992. Butler believes that he may have seen, and talked to, the person who k...

  • These Phillies Prospects Bear Watching

    Philadelphia Daily News

    CLEARWATER, Fla. - Eight Grapefruit League games into March, the Phillies are just now getting into evaluation mode. At some point in the next few days, the club is expected to announce its first roun...

  • Obama, Medvedev Encouraged On Arms Talks Accord

    RadioFreeEurope

    U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev have held what the White House calls "encouraging" talks on a treaty to succeed the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Trea...

  • At Least 30 Killed In Kandahar Bombings

    RadioFreeEurope

    At least 30 people have been killed and 50 wounded in a series of suicide bombings in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. Afghan officials say a prison appeared to be the main target, but no prisoners h...

  • Russian Regional Vote Is Mid-term Test For Medvedev

    RadioFreeEurope

    Russia's holds regional elections today. Around 32 million of Russia's 110 million registered voters are eligible to vote in polls, which include elections for eight regional parliaments. The election...

  • Film: Ben Stiller: There’s Something About Mortification

    International Herald Tribune

    Ben Stiller , who has appeared in nine movies that have earned more than $100 million in domestic grosses, served as honorary chairman of Film Independent’s Spirit Awards. The incongruity was no...

  • High Court Rejects Petition To Stop Building In West Bank Outpost

    Haaretz

    The Supreme Court took an unusual step this weekend in rejecting a petition to stop illegal construction at a settlement outpost near Ramallah. Justice Neal Hendel denied the request despite the fact ...

  • Protesters Surge Into Bangkok, Call For Election

    New Zealand Herald

    Shrink BANGKOK - Tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters from Thailand's rural areas swarmed the Thai capital today for protests aimed at forcing the government to dissolve Parliament and call ne...

  • Iran Arrests 30 In Alleged U.s. Cyber War

    CNN

    (CNN) -- Iran has arrested 30 people for waging what it called an organized, U.S.-backed cyber war against the nation, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported Saturday.

  • Healing Hands Makes Difference In Haiti

    C News

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Eight-year-old Banave Ulisse sat shyly in a chair, staring at his new left leg. Two months ago, almost to the day, the earthquake that pulverized huge patches of the capital s...

  • Clegg Bids To Cool Coalition Talk

    BBC

    Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is due to deny he is the "kingmaker", amid speculation about his party's possible role in a coalition government."The 45 million voters are the kingma...

  • Us And Russia 'near' Nuclear Deal

    BBC

    Russia and the US have both said it should soon be possible to conclude a new nuclear disarmament treaty.Officials in Moscow and Washington said US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry ...

  • Live - Bangladesh V England

    BBC

    Former Surrey and England batsman Mark Butcher on TMS: "Graeme Swann is a thinking bowler and very rarely bowls any rubbish, which may be why he so often takes a wicket in his first over"

  • Afghanistan Eases Ban On News Coverage Of Raids

    Reuters

    KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan rowed back on Saturday from a total ban on media broadcasts of "disturbing" images from insurgent attacks or live pictures of security operations.

  • Thousands Of Protesters Gather In Bangkok, Seek Elections

    Reuters

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  • Irish Police Release Three Over Cartoonist Plot

    Reuters

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  • Breaking Poverty Cycle Two Wheels At A Time

    CBS News

    Re-Cycling Hope Two young Americans are helping others all over the world by giving bikes away to the less fortunate. As Jeff Glor reports, 88Bikes is spreading smiles, two wheels at a time.

  • Pelosi: Confident House Will Pass Health Care

    Washington Times

    By Sudhin Thanawala ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Saturday she's confident the House will pass health care legislation and dismissed Republican criticism that...

  • Obama Tells Netanyahu: Show Us You're Serious About Peace

    Haaretz

    A widely predicted crisis between Israel and the United States upon Benjamin Netanyahu taking office as prime minister finally erupted this weekend. U.S. President Barack Obama did not hold back in co...

  • When The Shooters Came To Starbucks

    The Herald

    The “open-carry” movement first came to national attention when armed men began turning up at presidential events last summer, wearing their pistols in full view.

  • Irish Police Free Fourth Suspect In Cartoonist Plot Probe

    Channel News Asia

    DUBLIN : A fourth Muslim arrested over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who drew the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog has been released without charge, Irish police said Saturday. T...

  • Suicide Bombers Hit Afghan City - At Least 30 Dead

    New Zealand Herald

    Shrink KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of the southern...

  • Aussie Man Dragged Under Train

    New Zealand Herald

    A man who was sitting on the platform of a northern Adelaide train station has been dragged down under an express train. Police said the incident occurred at Womma train station at Elizabeth North ab...

  • Mexico Drug Violence Leaves 25 Dead

    New Zealand Herald

    ACAPULCO, Mexico - Drug-related violence has left 25 people dead in Mexico's southern Guerrero state. Two bodies of decapitated men were found overnight on Scenic Avenue in downtown Acapulco, and two...

  • Thousands Mourn Death Of Slain Calif. Teen

    USA Today

    People hold up sunflowers at a memorial service held at Poway High School for Chelsea King, the 17-year-old girl whose murder has shaken her suburban Calif. community.

  • Gum Disease 'link' To Early Birth

    BBC

    Successful treatment for gum disease cuts the risk of pregnant women giving birth early, US research suggests.The preliminary research showed those whose gum disease was not treated successfully were ...

  • Roman Catholic Stuns Souderton

    Philadelphia Daily News

    Kevin Regan has a scholarship to play football at West Chester University. His intention, for now, is to also play basketball for the Golden Rams. "It's going to be hard to play both sports, but...

  • Vatican Officials Defend Pope On Abuse

    Philadelphia Daily News

    VATICAN CITY - The Vatican on Saturday denounced what it called aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile priests in his German homeland. It also insisted ...