 Karzai and Obama discuss Taliban peace talksAfghan President Hamid Karzai and US President Barack Obama have spoken via a video conferencing line over future prospects of peace with the... | |
 Results turn toward ex-leader in Iraq poll resultsFormer Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has pulled ahead in the country’s vote... |
 Soup might have been poisoned by school workerA school kitchen porter in the UK has been arrested over allegations that he poisoned soup which was being served to students and... |
 Australian soldiers identified through relatives DNAThe Australian government has announced it has identified the remains of 75 Australian soldiers who fought in the 1916 Battle of Fromelles in... |
 Catholic diocese suspends German sex abuserA German archdiocese that was once overseen by Pope Benedict has suspended a priest, 24 years after he was convicted of sexually abusing... |
 Political leaders in Zimbabwe get mediation visit from Jacob ZumaSouth African President Jacob Zuma has gone to Harare in an attempt to patch up a rift in Zimbabwean government... |
 More arrests made in child kidnap casePolice in Pakistan have made further arrests in the kidnapping case of five-year-old British boy Sahil... |
 Master tournament to get Woods backTiger Woods has announced he will return to golf next month at the Masters tournament in Augusta,... |
 Plane glides into beach bystanderA plane has slammed into a bystander on a beach in South Carolina while making an emergency... |
 Nazi war veterans march through RigaOver a thousand Latvian Nazi veterans have marched in the city of Riga to commemorate their fellow World War II... |
| Red Shirt Protesters Vow To Stay In Bangkok By Jocelyn Gecker ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK -- Anti-government demonstrators vowed Wednesday to extend their protest in the Thai capital indefinitely, after taking their attention-grabbing tactic of... |
| Security Council Expected To Modify Unama's Mandate The UN Security Council is due tomorrow to discuss the extension of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan -- known as UNAMA -- for an additional 12 months. A vote will be taken on Monday.No one... |
| Kazakh Oil Company Leaders Meet With Striking Workers ZHANAOZEN, Kazakhstan -- Regional government officials and Kazmunaygaz oil and gas company managers are holding talks today with striking oil workers in the southwestern town of Zhanaozen, RFE/RL's... |
| Australian Cat Likes To Swim Prinny the swimming Persian cat isn’t so precious she won’t get her paws wet.Instead, the soggy moggy in Victoria, Australia, joins her friend Bandit the blue heeler when he’s... |
| Rod Blagojevich's Trial To Start June 3 After Postponement Request Denied CHICAGO — A federal judge refused Wednesday to postpone the June start of ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial, brushing aside defense attorneys' claims that they won't have enough... |
| Dick & Perry's Game Show Triathlon Perry Comb-over and Dick Swizzle will incorporate Pub Trivia, Dick's Sudden Death Game Show and "Family Feud" into this trivia marathon at The Bell House. If the thought of trivia is daunting, go for... |
| 'i Heart Nerds' Speed Dating The popular speed dating event, for nerds and the people who love them, returns to Union Hall. Drink specials include a $4 "mystery love potion." Tickets are $10; RSVP to heartspeeddating@gmail.com.... |
| Nigeria’s Acting President Dissolves Cabinet Filed at 3:52 p.m. ET ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's acting president dissolved the Cabinet on Wednesday, purging top officials loyal to the nation's ill president in his first major act since... |
| Israel Seeks To Mend Rift With The U.s. President Obama as an anti-Semite. Mr. Netanyahu said that he “utterly rejected” the comments made by his wife’s brother, whose hawkish views are well known. In a statement... |
| Shalit's Father To Address Un Council On Son's Release The father of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit is to address the United Nations' Human Rights Council next week, Haaretz learned on Wednesday, where he will demand the... |
| Ashton: J'lem Issue Must Be Resolved Serious negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians have to begin as soon as possible so that the issue of Jerusalem can be resolved, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said in a press... |
| Arab Faith In Obama Fading BEIRUT — Arabs across the Middle East are unconvinced the United States will stand up to Israel despite Washington's current public outrage over plans to build new Jewish homes in a northern area... |
| Development: Spain’s New Drive To Extend Its Interests In Africa PRETORIA, Mar 17 , 2010 (IPS) - Spain is breaking new ground in its relations with Africa through an ambitious programme which has seen it increasing its development funding to the continent more... |
| Pope Bids To Calm Child Abuse Row In Ireland DUBLIN : Pope Benedict XVI faced mounting pressure Wednesday over worldwide child sex abuse allegations, as he vowed to write to Irish Catholics this week offering "healing and renewal" over the... |
| Senior Envoy Predicts Kim Jong Il's Death North Korean leader Kim Jong Il may die within three years, a senior United States envoy said in Seoul last month. Assistant US Secretary of State Kurt Campbell told US Ambassador Kathleen Stephens... |
| Cuban Security Agents Break Up Protest March HAVANA (AP) Uniformed Cuban security agents prevented the mothers and wives of dissidents from marching on the outskirts of the capital on Wednesday to demand release of their loved ones,... |
| Brazilian President Places Wreath On Arafat's Tomb Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, with a kaffiyeh around his shoulders, walks with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad after visiting Yasser Arafat's grave in the West Bank city of... |
| Key Liberal Flips To 'yes' On Health Care Washington (CNN) -- Health care reform advocates inched closer to victory Wednesday morning as a high-profile liberal Democrat switched his position and announced his intention to vote for a sweeping... |
| Opinion: Longer School Days Are Good Houston, Texas (CNN) -- School districts nationwide are trimming funds, for custodians to school supplies, to address widening budget gaps. Even public schools in affluent communities such as Mill... |
| Sandra Bullock Out Of London Premiere Bullock cited personal reasons as to why she could not attend the London Premiere The scrapped premiere comes amid reports of marital trouble between Bullock and James James had been a constant... |
| French Game Show Toys With Death Christophe Nick, TV producer of "The Game of Death," which is set to air Wednesday, talks to reporters Wednesday March 17, 2010 in Paris. (AP/Chrsitophe... |
| Lloyd Resigns As Gb Cup Captain John Lloyd has resigned as Great Britain's Davis Cup captain in the wake of the humiliating defeat by Lithuania.Lloyd lost the last five of his eight ties, with Britain facing a play-off against... |
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| Community Scheme Was 'mismanaged' An audit investigation into a regeneration scheme in one of Wales' most deprived areas has found evidence of financial mismanagement.The Plas Madoc Communities First scheme in Wrexham, had... |
| Planck Spies Massive Dust Clouds Europe's Planck observatory has given another brief glimpse of its work.The space telescope's main goal is to map the "oldest light" in the Universe, but this data is being kept under wraps... |
| Five Held Over Boy Kidnap As Dad Flies Out Five people are being held over the kidnap of the British boy Sahil Saeed in Pakistan as the five year old's father flies out to be reunited with... |
| Brown Slammed Over 'secret Intelligence' On Omagh Bombing LONDON: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been panned by a parliamentary report into the 1998 Omagh bombing, which called for a new investigation into one of the worst acts of the Troubles in... |
| 'miracle' Baby To Be Returned To Her Parents Miami - A Miami judge on Wednesday ordered a "miracle" baby rescued from the rubble after the devastating January earthquake struck Haiti to be reunited with her parents thanks to a DNA test. The... |
| Family Of Chile Quake Victims Sue Government Santiago - The family of two victims of Chile's massive quake accused the government of manslaughter in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, saying officials failed to warn them of a deadly tsunami set off... |
| Merkel Says Abuse Not Restricted To Church Berlin - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that sexual abuse of children was not confined to the Roman Catholic Church, as German bishops reportedly drew up plans to compensate victims of... |
| Berlin Poker Heist Suspect Hands Himself In Berlin - One of four suspected thieves in a spectacular heist at a poker tournament in Berlin has revealed the names of his three accomplices after turning himself in. Four armed raiders made off... |
| Three Held In Abduction Of British Boy By Jorge Sainz Madrid - A court official says Spanish police have arrested three people in connection with the kidnapping of a five-year-old British boy in Pakistan. The official with the... |
| Banker Sues Socgen, Claims He Was "too Successful" Raphael Geys, who was a managing director of European fixed income sales for SocGen, said in documents for his case at London's High Court that he was summarily dismissed without cause in November... |
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| Canadian Accused Of Defrauding Honeywell Dies In U.s. (Reuters) - A Canadian man charged by U.S. prosecutors two weeks ago with trying to fraudulently obtain aircraft parts from Honeywell International Inc was found dead in his New York apartment,... |
| Bernanke Pushes To Retain Bank Oversight Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 25, 2010, before the Senate Banking hearing on the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the... |
| Detroit To Close One-quarter Of Schools Emergency financial manager Robert Bobb, left, talks with Felicia Harvey, center, and her niece Jallycia Sherrod to try and convince them to enroll her children in Detroit Public Schools in Detroit... |
| Texas Manager Tested Positive For Cocaine SI.com reported Wednesday . Washington confirmed to SI that he did test positive. Ron Washington has a career 241-245 record as manager of the Rangers. The report also notes that he took the... |
| Sec Probing Firms' Actions Pre-meltdown In this March 11, 2009 file photo, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the... |
| No Baloney: Kraft Vows To Cut Salt Kraft Foods announced on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 it will cut the salt in its products sold in North America by an average of 10 percent over the next two... |
