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  • Iranian president denigrates US presence in Afghanistan

    Iranian president denigrates US presence in Afghanistan

    Kuala Lumpur News.Net

    With official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local affairs.

  • Threat on Internet leads to school lockdowns

    Threat on Internet leads to school lockdowns

    Kuala Lumpur News.Net

    A number of schools in the US were closed down on Wednesday after posted on a social networking site.

  • Bill to extend unemployment benefits in the US may get through

    Bill to extend unemployment benefits in the US may get through

    Kuala Lumpur News.Net

    The US Senate has adopted a draft bill to increase unemployment benefits.

  • Hungry people unable to get through corruption for UN food

    Hungry people unable to get through corruption for UN food

    Kuala Lumpur News.Net

    A United Nations report, which is still to be released, has found that up to half the food aid in Somalia is diverted to corrupt contractors, local UN workers and Islamic militants.

  • More calls for Venables identity to be released

    More calls for Venables identity to be released

    Kuala Lumpur News.Net

    The BBC has reported that a man who has been subjected to claims he is the killer of James Bulger, has asked for the UK government to reveal who the real murderer is.

  • UK protection agencies apologise to incest victims

    UK protection agencies apologise to incest victims

    Kuala Lumpur News.Net

    Two UK women who were repeatedly raped and violently abused by their father have received an apology from 28 different public agencies.

  • Officials take whale meat of restaurant menu

    Officials take whale meat of restaurant menu

    Kuala Lumpur News.Net

    Federal prosecutors in the US have charged the owner of a California restaurant over alleged sales of whale meat, which was labelled sushi.

  • Young actor dies of unknown causes

    Young actor dies of unknown causes

    Kuala Lumpur News.Net

    A young actor who became a teen idol during his time as a Hollywood star, has died of unknown causes.

  • Staff taken off Ukraine plane after drunken revel

    Staff taken off Ukraine plane after drunken revel

    Kuala Lumpur News.Net

    Politicians and police authorities in Ukraine are investigating the airline industry after an incident on the main carrier.

  • Bangkok demonstrators to be kept away from airport

    Bangkok demonstrators to be kept away from airport

    Kuala Lumpur News.Net

    The main airport in Bangkok has been locked down by soldiers as the Thai capital prepares for anti-government demonstrations.

  • House Gop Bans Earmarks For Members

    Washington Times

    Stephen Dinan In a move to break with Republicans' big-spending past, House Republicans voted Thursday to ban their members this year from requesting earmarks, or pork-barrel spending projects. Ho...

  • Public Unmoved By Obama's Health Bill Pr

    Washington Times

    Joseph Curl For all of President Obama's impassioned speeches trying to sell his health care reform plan to Americans, opposition to the $2 trillion proposal has remained nearly unchanged for months,...

  • Moldovan Communist Head Accuses Premier Of Cigarette Smuggling

    RadioFreeEurope

    CHISINAU -- The leader of Moldova's opposition Communist Party has accused Prime Minister Vlad Filat of smuggling cigarettes into neighboring Romania to pay for his election campaign last year, RFE/RL...

  • U.s. Says 'serious Violations' Of Human Rights Continued In 2009

    RadioFreeEurope

    WASHINGTON -- The U.S. State Department says in its annual human rights report that many governments worldwide continued to perpetrate grave rights violations.The State Department highlighted three ma...

  • Russian Soccer Fans End Hunger Strike After Players Are Paid

    RadioFreeEurope

    SAMARA, Russia -- Fans of the Krylya Sovetov (Wings of the Soviets) soccer club in the Russian city of Samara have ended their hunger strike after the team's players received their unpaid wages, RFE/R...

  • Turkish Official: Ratifying Armenia Protocols Currently 'almost Impossible'

    RadioFreeEurope

    YEREVAN -- An official in Turkey's ruling party says Ankara is extremely unlikely to ratify its fence-mending protocols with Armenia at this juncture, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports.Justice and Dev...

  • Polish Pm Talks Economy In Georgia, Energy In Azerbaijan

    RadioFreeEurope

    TBILISI -- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is in Georgia on a visit aimed at boosting economic ties, as he continues a tour of the South Caucasus.Tusk was due to meet President Mikheil Saakashvili a...

  • Bullying Flap Shakes Japan’s Royals

    International Herald Tribune

    announced last week that 8-year-old Princess Aiko was refusing to go to school because of bullying, he did more than just disclose a mundane problem facing a member of

  • 'the Us-israel Enduring Partnership'

    Jerusalem Post

    Mr. President, thank you for that lovely introduction. And thank you for hosting me at such a world-class center for higher learning. It's been a long time since I've been back on campus. I was a mere...

  • South Africa: Gender Loses Out In Basic Education Crisis

    IPS

    CAPE TOWN, Mar 11, 2010 (IPS) - With the 15th-year review of the 1995 Beijing World Conference on Women taking place at the ongoing Commission on the Status of Women in New York, South African teacher...

  • Children Hit With Hammer

    New Zealand Herald

    Malaysian police hunted for a man who barged into a kindergarten and hit three children on their heads with a hammer. The unidentified assailant climbed over a locked gate at the Sinario Kindergarten...

  • Health Board 'playing God'

    New Zealand Herald

    A pensioner has accused Queensland Health of "playing God" after he was forced to wait more than 200 days longer than he should have for urgent brain surgery. The state opposition has seized on the c...

  • Mississippi School Axes Dance

    New Zealand Herald

    A Mississippi school decided not to host a dance after a lesbian student demanded she be able to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. The Mississippi school district's policy requires that s...

  • Aclu Files Suit Against Miss. School For Canceling Prom

    USA Today

    School authorities canceled the Itawamba Agricultural High School prom in Fulton, Miss., after Constance McMillen petitioned to bring a same-sex date.

  • Spain Marks Sixth Anniversary Of Madrid Bombings

    USA Today

    Madrid commuter trains six years ago Thursday, an outpouring of grief engulfed the city, with people flocking to makeshift shrines to leave tokens of mourning.

  • British Airways Worker Charged In Suicide-bomb Plots

    USA Today

    Gibbs told the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court that the 30-year-old plotted with unidentified contacts in his home country, Pakistan, and Yemen over the past four years. He said Karim shared in...

  • Dems Work To Finish Health Care Deal

    CNN

    Washington (CNN) -- Health care reform takes center stage Thursday as President Obama and top congressional Democrats work behind closed doors to nail down a final agreement.

  • Former Nfl Star, Actor Merlin Olsen Dies

    CNN

    "Merlin Olsen was a coach's player. Punctual, steady, gifted, a quiet leader, a player you could always count on," says his biography on the Pro Football Hall of Fame Web site. "He was ...

  • Sony Unveils Its Answer To The Wii

    CNN

    Move is small device that looks like a microphone Starter kit begins at under $100 for a Move, a PlayStation eye camera and a game Sony president calls Move games "amazingly diverse"

  • Betty White To Host Snl In May

    CNN

    Betty White will officially host Saturday Night Live on May 8 This news comes after thousands of fans campaigned for White to get a hosting gig White's episode will also feature six former SNL women, ...

  • Living Patient Confused With Dead One

    C News

    A New York hospital could face a malpractice suit after it allegedly confused a living patient with a dead one. In a press release issued Thursday, personal injury lawyer David Perecman said the 93-y...

  • Live - Europa League

    BBC

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  • Nigeria Women Protest At Killings

    BBC

    Hundreds of women have taken to the streets of Nigeria's capital, Abuja, and the city of Jos in rallies against Sunday's massacre near Jos.The women, mostly dressed in black, demanded that the governm...

  • Chile Leader Sworn In As Quake Shocks Strike

    Sky News

    Aftershocks have been rocking the centre of the country since a massive tremor killed nearly 500 people less than two weeks ago. Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera took office just minutes aft...

  • Bosnia Demands Uk Apology Over Ex Leader

    Sky News

    A Foreign Office spokesman said Mr Miliband had told Dr Silajdzic that Dr Ganic's arrest "is a judicial matter, which in no way amounts to a diplomatic or political statement by the British Government...

  • Hurt Locker Sales Soar After Oscar Sweep

    Sky News

    The dramatic story of a US team in Iraq eclipsed Avatar at the event, picking up the two biggest awards of the night - best picture and best director for Kathryn Bigelow. HMV said sales of the low-bu...

  • Obama Presses China On Currency In Trade Speech

    Reuters

    (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pressed China on Thursday to move to a "more market-oriented exchange rate" in a speech where he laid out a plan to boost U.S. exports in the coming years.

  • Sniffing Trumps Weed For 12-year-olds

    CBS News

    (CBS) More 12-year-olds in the U.S. get high by sniffing inhalants than by using marijuana, cocaine or hallucinogens combined, a new government report finds. A survey released by the Substance Abuse ...

  • Liberals Clamor For Filibuster Rule Change

    CBS News

    Leaders in the Senate indicated yesterday they will begin discussions within weeks about how to change filibuster rules -- which have allowed Republicans in the Senate to block legislation that does n...

  • Fbi Probing N.j. Man In Yemen Shootout

    CBS News

    The FBI is investigating the case of an alleged al Qaeda member raised in New Jersey who's accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen.

  • Nfl Hall Of Famer Merlin Olsen Dies At 69

    CBS News

    This June 22, 2001, file photo shows Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen speaking in Urbandale, Iowa. Olsen died Wednesday night, March 10, 2010, at a Los Angeles hospi...

  • Ex-teacher Jailed For Sex With Student

    Philadelphia Daily News

    A former Bucks County high school teacher who had a five-month sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student - with the apparent knowledge of his peers - was sent to prison yesterday. Robert C. Hawk...

  • Conan O'brien Will Take His Show To Theaters

    Philadelphia Daily News

    NEW YORK - Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O'Brien is taking his act on the road. The former host of "The Tonight Show" announced a 30-city theater tour on Thursday. Sidekick And...

  • Pro Football Hall Of Famer Merlin Olsen Dies At 69

    Philadelphia Daily News

    FILE - This June 22, 2001, file photo shows Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen speaking in Urbandale, Iowa. Olsen died Wednesday night, March 10, 2010, at a Los Angele...

  • Mag Publisher: Wip Chief "a Weasel"

    Philadelphia Daily News

    610 WIP BOSS Marc Rayfield says that he was "misquoted throughout" the April Philly Sport magazine article in which he dissed 97.5 The Fanatic, which we reported on in yesterday's column. &...

  • Fbi Looking Into Nj Man Linked To Attack In Yemen

    Philadelphia Daily News

    This frame grab made from video provided by NBC.40 television shows Charles Mobley, father of Sharif Mobley, on Thursday March 11, 2010 outside his home in Buena, N.J. The FBI is investigating the cas...

  • Hearing Put Off In Child-left-behind Robbery Case

    Philadelphia Daily News

    Today's preliminary hearing for the couple accused of abandoning their four-year son after a Feb. 27 robbery of a South Street jewelry went awry has been continued until April 22. The hearing in Phil...

  • Phila. Science Fair Winners Anounced

    Philadelphia Daily News

    Winners of Philadelphia's largest school science fair, the George Washington Carver Science Fair, have been announced. Best in Fair: Jamesa Hines - 12th grade, Girls' High School: "Immune Syste...

  • City Ave. Ramp To Ridge Ave. Closed For Rehab Work

    Philadelphia Daily News

    The sign at right directs traffic to follow detour because the Ridge Avenue exit from Kelly Drive was being shut down. When this picture was taken the traffic was still allowed to access this ramp at ...

  • 'wimpy Kid' Hits The Big Screen

    Philadelphia Daily News

    Jeff Kinney had a clear template when it came time to adapt his wildly successful Diary of a Wimpy Kid children's books to the big screen. "I went right to A Christmas Story," says the auth...