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 Unstable Chile gets new president
Calcutta News.Net
Sebastian Pinera has been sworn in as Chile's new president as the country still shakes from aftershocks following February's massive earthquake. Obama Delays Trip To Deal With Health Care
Washington Times
By Jennifer Loven ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is delaying his trip to Asia next week to focus on his big push on health care. A senior administration official tells ... Russian Comedian Represented Tajikistan At Olympics
RadioFreeEurope
A Tajik Olympic official says the country sold one of its official accreditations to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver to a Russian comedian.Muhammadshoh Abdulloev, the head of Tajikistan's National Ol... Ex-kazatomprom Chief Jailed For 14 Years
RadioFreeEurope
ASTANA -- A court in the Kazakh capital has sentenced Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the former head of state nuclear company Kazatomprom, to 14 years in prison. Dzhakishev's lawyer, Nurlan Beysekeev, confirmed ... Siberians Rally Against Price Hikes, Kremlin
RadioFreeEurope
BIISK, Russia -- About 200 demonstrators gathered in the central Russian city of Biisk to protest price hikes and a perceived "monopolization of power," RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.The ... Many Displaced Iraqi Christians 'unable To Vote'
RadioFreeEurope
BAGHDAD -- Hundreds of displaced Christians in northern Iraq were unable to vote in the parliamentary elections because they were unregistered, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports.Nisan Merza, dire... Obama To Delay Pacific Trip By Three Days
International Herald Tribune
his trip to Indonesia, Guam and Australia next week, an administration official said Friday, so the White House can focus on passing health care legislation in the House. The president’s intern... Israelis Block Palestinians From Holy Site
International Herald Tribune
Palestinian medics who were not allowed to enter a site in Jerusalem holy to both Muslims and Jews prayed next to Israeli police officers in the city on Friday. On Friday, Israeli police prevented you... Soccer Stadium Highlights Tensions In S. Africa
International Herald Tribune
in Nelspruit, a $137 million stadium was built for the occasion. The arena’s 18 supporting pylons reach skyward in the shape of orange giraffes. At nightfall, their eyeballs blink with flashes o... Lesbian Sues High School To Reinstate Prom
New York Post
JACKSON, Miss. — A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it canceledThe A... Bnp Rules Judged 'discriminatory'
BBC
The British National Party's new membership rules are likely to discriminate against non-white people, a judge has ruled.Last month the BNP scrapped its whites-only policy after the threat of an injun... Plea To Parents Over Grass Fires
BBC
Parents have a "key part" to play in helping prevent a spate of grass fires that have been deliberately started in the past few days, say fire officers.Mid and West Wales Fire dealt with hun... Israel Seals Off West Bank Amid Riot Fears
Sky News
West Bank after a week of disastrous diplomacy and the failure to revive the peace process. Palestinians have been angered by Israel's decision to build 1,600 new settler homes on disputed land in Ea... Cameron's Britain Wary Of Its Choices
The Australian
"SO come on, then, let's get out there and win it for Britain," David Cameron half-yelled at the end of his last big speech to his Conservative Party before the coming general election.The a... Monty's Boozy Aussie Double Fooled Nazi Spy
The Australian
IN 1944 a washed-up Australian actor named Meyrick Clifton James experienced one of the oddest career revivals in history.James was not a great actor. He could neither sing nor dance, and he had lost ... Kidnapped Aid Workers Released Safely In Haiti
The Australian
PORT-AU-PRINCE: The first kidnappings of aid workers in Haiti jolted the thousands-strong foreign relief operation in the quake-torn nation yesterday, adding to the staggering challenges it faces two ... Sex For Favours Scandal
The Australian
The apparent scale of the "sex for favours" affair, which was previously said to involve three or four women, is a further blow to the centre-right government of Silvio Berlusconi.Investigat... India And Pakistan In War Of Words
The Australian
NUCLEAR-ARMED rivals Pakistan and India have ramped up their rhetoric after Islamabad test-fired missiles in a message against "nefarious" forces and India warned that further terrorist atta... Senate Leader's Wife Breaks Neck In Car Accident
The Australian
WASHINGTON: US Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife was admitted to hospital with a broken back and neck yesterday after a truck slammed into the back of the minivan in which she a... Women In Black Vent Their Anger
The Australian
JOS: Dressed in black and carrying wooden crosses, thousands of women marched yesterday in the Nigerian city of Jos to express grief at this week's bout of sectarian carnage that saw 500 people h... Health Reform May Delay Obama Visit
The Australian
BARACK Obama has been forced to choose between staying in Washington next week to guide health reform he desperately wants passed by congress - or sticking with his visit to Indonesia and Australia. Old And New Converge In Rising British Conservative
Reuters
STAINES, England (Reuters) - A son of Ghanaian immigrants who was educated at Eton, Britain's most exclusive private school, parliamentary candidate Kwasi Kwarteng embodies both change and continuity ... Head Of German Church Apologizes To Abuse Victims
Reuters
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The head of Germany's Catholic Church apologized to victims of child abuse by priests and said after meeting Pope Benedict Friday the pontiff encouraged him to press ahead wit... Suicide Blasts In Pakistan's Lahore Kill 45
Reuters
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CBS News
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010. From left: Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; Gina Owens and M... Wolves Maul Teacher In Alaska, Police Say
CBS News
Candice Berner, 32, was found Monday off the road a mile outside the village of Chignik Bay on the Alaska Peninsula, which is about 474 miles southwest of Anchorage. Starving Sea Lion Pups Wash Up On Calif.
CBS News
Harbor seal pups rescued February 20 on the beaches of Southern California, at Coronado and La Jolla, at SeaWorld, Feb. 23, 2010. Young seals and sea lions have been suffering from a scarcity of food. Andrews' Tweets: Follow If You Can
Philadelphia Daily News
Newspapers are finished. It's true. Old-school scribes can't compete with the modern digital bard. The first story I had professionally published ran 14 years ago. Everything I've penned since then h... Changing Skyline | Re-shaping The Rowhouse
Philadelphia Daily News
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Philadelphia Daily News
Light rain started falling in Philadelphia by 7 a.m. today, as the region braced for a remarkable, possibly record-setting soaking.With two to four inches of rain expected by Sunday night, some floodi... Gunfire Claims 2 Lives During The Night
Philadelphia Daily News
Police are investigating two separate shootings that claimed the lives of a teenage boy and 39-year-old man in North Philadelphia last night. In the first homicide, Anthony Jenkins, was shot multiple... Ap Sources: Woods Likely To Play Masters
Washington Times
By ASSOCIATED PRESS DORAL, Fla. (AP) -- Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans told The Associated Press. Woods has been pract... Lesbian Teen Sues To Force School To Hold Prom
Washington Times
By ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the d... Sen. Reid's Wife Hospitalized In Auto Crash
Washington Times
By ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife remained hospitalized Friday with serious injuries suffered when a tractor-trailer rear-ended the minivan she and their... Judge Mulls $657m For Wtc Responders
Washington Times
By David B. Caruso ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) -- A settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers sickened by dust from the destroyed W... Activist's Arrest Sparks Protest In Uzbekistan
RadioFreeEurope
About 150 people in northeastern Uzbekistan have held a rally to protest the arrest of a local activist, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reports. Protester Olim Hasanov told RFE/RL that the people gathered in ... Big Business In Uzbekistan Targeted In Wave Of Arrests
RadioFreeEurope
Some of the wealthiest people in Uzbekistan have reportedly been arrested or detained this week, or are being hunted down by Uzbek authorities.They include the president of one of Tashkent's premier f...
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