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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sydney Sun.com http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/c08dd24cec417021/ en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:43:22 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:43:22 -0500 30 With official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local affairs. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610743/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:41:11 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610743/cs/1/ The US Senate has adopted a draft bill to increase unemployment benefits. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610732/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:29:54 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610732/cs/1/ 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. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610731/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:18:40 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610731/cs/1/ Two UK women who were repeatedly raped and violently abused by their father have received an apology from 28 different public agencies. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610730/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:03:54 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610730/cs/1/ Federal prosecutors in the US have charged the owner of a California restaurant over alleged sales of whale meat, which was labelled sushi. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610745/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:04:47 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610745/cs/1/ A young actor who became a teen idol during his time as a Hollywood star, has died of unknown causes. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610729/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:54:29 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610729/cs/1/ Politicians and police authorities in Ukraine are investigating the airline industry after an incident on the main carrier. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610727/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:42:34 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610727/cs/1/ The main airport in Bangkok has been locked down by soldiers as the Thai capital prepares for anti-government demonstrations. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610725/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:36:10 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610725/cs/1/ Indonesian police have confirmed the deaths of three terrorists in raids outside the capital, Jakarta. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610494/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:01:58 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610494/cs/1/ Pakistani police have reported a militant incident at the offices of a US-based Christian aid group. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610655/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:53:04 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610655/cs/1/ In Myanmar, a new law may force the National League for Democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, out of the party. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610524/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:17:35 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610524/cs/1/ Bangladesh has been accused of starving and blocking medical treatment for Rohingya refugees. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610628/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:53:41 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610628/cs/1/ US Vice President Joe Biden has told the Israeli prime minister that the US condemns an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610496/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:30:31 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610496/cs/1/ The US State Department has apologised over comments made by a State Department official about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610493/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:52:22 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610493/cs/1/ China has been given direct access to the Sea of Japan for the first time since the 19th century, thanks to a lease deal with North Korea. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610529/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:25:59 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610529/cs/1/ A former television producer on the David Letterman show has admitted in a New York court that he tried to extract two million dollars from the famous television compere. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610497/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:47:28 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610497/cs/1/ Top prison officials in Saint Petersburg have been charged with the rape of two prisoners, one of whom was awaiting trial. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610491/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:39:39 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610491/cs/1/ senegal, africa, homosexual http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610495/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:13:34 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/610495/cs/1/ Ted Starkey The Capitals moved a step closer to clinching their third straight Southeast Division title Wednesday night at Verizon Center, as Tomas Fleischmann's goal with 1:40 left in overtime gave ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008971/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:54:41 -0500 Washington Times http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008971/ News ) confirmed Wednesday that it has been approached by third parties about a possible acquisition of the company. The Franklin, Tennessee-based company also said it has formed a special committee o... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008975/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:45:12 -0500 RTT News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008975/ Corporate Israel is starting to discover the hidden business potential of Israeli Arabs - largely virgin territory to most major companies, with the noteworthy exception of the cellular service provid... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008966/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:42:19 -0500 Haaretz http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008966/ WASHINGTON (AP) — Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008961/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:23:45 -0500 USA Today http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008961/ Yangon, Myanmar (CNN) -- Myanmar's ruling junta announced Wednesday a new election law that disqualifies pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in upcoming national elections. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008968/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:21:30 -0500 CNN http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008968/ (CNN) -- A Texas man who became enraged when a flight attendant refused to serve him alcohol and spent part of a flight locked in the lavatory has pleaded guilty to interfering with an airline flight ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008969/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:21:29 -0500 CNN http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008969/ Gordon Brown says the criticism he has received for visiting Afghanistan a day after giving evidence to the Iraq war inquiry is "incredibly unfair".The Conservatives said Saturday's trip was... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008958/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:19:07 -0500 BBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008958/ The practice of ennobling people from outside Parliament in order to make them ministers should be "exceptional", a cross-party group of MPs has said.The Public Administration Committee (PAS... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008957/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:19:05 -0500 BBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008957/ Chilean tycoon Sebastian Pinera is due to be sworn in as president of the country, which was recently devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami.Mr Pinera not only faces the challenge of reconstru... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008959/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:19:03 -0500 BBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008959/ Sony has unveiled its contender to the market leading Nintendo Wii with its new motion-control video system called PlayStation Move.Details were revealed during the Game Developers Conference in San F... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008960/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:19:02 -0500 BBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008960/ The Red Cross is facing a shortfall of $23.9m (£15.9m) for its programmes in Zimbabwe, which include home care for those infected by HIV. Hunger is impacting the efforts to provide anti-retroviral t... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008972/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:19:00 -0500 Sky News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008972/ download Flash from the Adobe download website. Ms Bruni has faced questions about the marriage from the very beginning. She married the president three months after meeting him, but said it "... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008973/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:18:59 -0500 Sky News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008973/ It's an action thriller starring Matt Damon and directed by Paul Greengrass, but Damon insists it is definitely not Bourne again. It was Brit Greengrass, of course, who worked with Damon on both The ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008974/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:18:56 -0500 Sky News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008974/ 76ers coach Eddie Jordan insisted tonight that his team was still, unequivocally, with him. A few hours later, Jordan and his players walked off the Wachovia Center court having been completely embar... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008962/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:00:52 -0500 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008962/ Most men don't go back to their primary care doctor after a specialist diagnoses prostate cancer. A new study raises questions that suggest maybe they should. None of the four main treatments for loc... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008963/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:00:51 -0500 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008963/ An armed man robbed a Family Dollar store in Aston tonight, making off with an undisclosed sum of cash.The assailant entered the store on the 3400 block of Concord Road around 8:42 p.m., brandishing a... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008964/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:00:50 -0500 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33008964/ News ) in a deal worth up to $6 billion, according to reports Wednesday. Devon will reportedly sell to BP its interests in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Brazil and a stake in its Canadian energy busine... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006242/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:02:07 -0500 RTT News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006242/ Arab League chief Amr Moussa says Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas had told him he will not enter indirect talks with Israel. No immediate comment was available from Israeli or Palestinian officials... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006223/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:01:41 -0500 RadioFreeEurope http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006223/ Pakistan -- Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) talking with his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari, during their meeting in Islamabad, 10Mar2010 http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006222/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:01:40 -0500 RadioFreeEurope http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006222/ Rusia - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) during their meeting in Moscow, 07Dec2009 http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006224/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:01:39 -0500 RadioFreeEurope http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006224/ In a room darkened to protect the paper, Israeli students on Tuesday inspected the manuscript of Albert Einstein’s development of the general theory of relativity. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006216/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:59:29 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006216/ Pink Floyd is suing EMI over online royalty payments and the ability to sell single tracks in a bid to make sure the record label doesn't, to borrow a line from the band's song "Money," "grab [its] ca... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006217/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:59:29 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006217/ The staff at Bloomberg BusinessWeek is bracing for a sweeping restructuring that will see many of the magazine's editorial staff reassigned within Bloomberg LP, while around 30 people are slated to ge... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006218/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:59:29 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006218/ Don't believe Benjamin Netanyahu for one moment when he says he "never knew." The Jerusalem planning committee is only too aware of what the bosses want, and the government has decided to step up cons... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006228/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:58:46 -0500 Haaretz http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006228/ It is not easy to scare Simone Dinah Hartmann, but lately she has been fearing for her life. Although she resides in serene Vienna, Hartmann is not convinced the law enforcement officials in Austria a... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006229/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:58:43 -0500 Haaretz http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006229/ Nearly half of Israel's high school students do not believe that Israeli-Arabs are entitled to the same rights as Jews in Israel, according to the results of a new survey released yesterday. The same ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006230/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:58:42 -0500 Haaretz http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006230/ BERLIN - Germany will pay $77 million in subsidies this year to aid needy Holocaust survivors worldwide. The decision is the end result of annual negotiations held in Berlin between the German governm... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006231/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:58:41 -0500 Haaretz http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006231/ The Foreign Ministry attacked the European Parliament’s endorsement on Wednesday night of the Goldstone Report, which has accused Israel of possible war crimes in Gaza.By a slim majority of just ove... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006239/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:54:15 -0500 Jerusalem Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006239/ NEW YORK: Libya's UN envoy appealed to Switzerland Wednesday to rescind a "blacklist" of 188 Libyans, including leader Moamer Kadhafi, banned from entering Swiss territory over a festering diplomatic ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006214/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:46:30 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006214/ The damage bill from Melbourne's freak storm continues to rise, with $256 ($322) million in insurance claims lodged so far. The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) said today 36,000 claims had been ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006240/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:41:52 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006240/ Shrink The French first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, said last night that she "trusted" her presidential husband "never" to have affairs. Good for her. And for him. But why is that news? France is alle... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006241/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:41:51 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006241/ The board's 5-4 decision Wednesday night means 29 out of 61 schools will shut down at the end of the school year. The district is seeking to erase a projected $50 million budget shortfall. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006201/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:40:23 -0500 USA Today http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006201/ Tim Keller, of the Institute for Justice, is representing the unlicensed florists. His group filed a similar suit in 2003 that was dropped. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006202/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:40:23 -0500 USA Today http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006202/ School authorities canceled the Itawamba Agricultural High School prom in Fulton, Miss., after Constance McMillen petitioned to bring a same-sex date. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006203/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:40:22 -0500 USA Today http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006203/ White House are turning on him now, little more than a year after he took office. Their collective discontent, on issues from health care to nuclear energy to the handling of terror suspects, could me... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006204/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:40:21 -0500 USA Today http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006204/ Iraq urged election officials Wednesday to release the results of this week's historic vote as quickly as possible, saying Iraqis "have the right to know" the results as soon as possible. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006206/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:40:18 -0500 USA Today http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006206/ "To beat a hacker, you need to think like one," said Jay Bavisi, co-founder and president of the International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants, or EC-Council. His company was chos... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006232/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:37:42 -0500 CNN http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006232/ Out the door will be earmarks directed to private firms, many of them military contractors who frequently obtain multimillion-dollar no-bid contracts through the process. Instead, those companies will... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006233/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:37:40 -0500 CNN http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006233/ The way the police in England and Wales deal with complaints of anti-social behaviour has been strongly criticised by the chief inspector of constabulary.Denis O'Connor said the failure to properly re... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006200/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:35:17 -0500 BBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006200/ Plans for a new high-speed rail network, featuring 250mph trains, will be published by the government later.A White Paper will recommend a route for a new line between London and Birmingham with a fut... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006199/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:35:16 -0500 BBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006199/ The UK Fire Service College failed to comply with fire safety laws when part of its own premises burnt down, the BBC has learned.No current fire risk assessment was in place when a blaze causing more ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006198/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:35:14 -0500 BBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006198/ Wellderly, webinar, disbenefits and under-capacitated are among new forms of jargon being used by the public sector, a survey has revealed.Such "impenetrable phrases" are on a list of "... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006197/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:35:11 -0500 BBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006197/ Too many patients are not getting the medicines they need in hospital, a safety watchdog says.The National Patient Safety Agency warned it was a problem in every hospital in England and Wales and is n... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006195/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:35:09 -0500 BBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006195/ A RESPECTED international scientific body will review the UN's Nobel prize-winning climate panel, under fire for errors in a key report on global warming, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has announced. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006226/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:29:15 -0500 The Australian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006226/ THE Arab League says there should be no Israeli-Palestinian talks, direct or indirect, unless Israel halts plans to build 1600 settler homes in annexed east Jerusalem. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006225/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:29:11 -0500 The Australian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006225/ Washington - The US Senate on Wednesday approved a $149-billion package of jobless aid and tax breaks as Democrats continued efforts to bring down the 9.7 percent unemployment rate before the November... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006234/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:28:09 -0500 IOL http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006234/ Washington - United States President Barack Obama said on Wednesday conditions in earthquake-stricken Haiti remained dire and promised that the United States would be a reliable partner in reconstruct... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006235/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:28:06 -0500 IOL http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006235/ Stockholm - The Swedish cartoonist whose sketch of the Prophet Mohammad has made him the target of Muslim anger said on Wednesday he had received more death threats since arrests were made this week o... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006236/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:28:04 -0500 IOL http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006236/ Warsaw - Polish police have arrested a 29-year-old woman they suspect is responsible for a hit-and-run fatality after a mechanic found a piece of a human body part jammed in the undercarriage of her c... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006237/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:28:01 -0500 IOL http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006237/ Cincinnati - Two former Ohio daycare workers have been charged with giving children an over-the-counter dietary supplement to make them sleep. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters announced mis... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006238/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:27:58 -0500 IOL http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006238/ ST. CHARLES, Missouri (Reuters) - President Barack Obama declared on Wednesday the "time for talk is over" and urged the U.S. Congress to vote on healthcare as his health secretary directly challenged... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006207/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:26:25 -0500 Reuters http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006207/ (Reuters) - California's revenue in February was $480 million or 8.7 percent above the estimate in Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's state budget plan, so tax refunds should be paid on time, State Cont... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006208/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:26:24 -0500 Reuters http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006208/ Sugar to Replace Corn Syrup? High fructose corn syrup is used as a sweetener for many popular foods, but recently there has been a push to replace it by going back to sugar. Michelle Miller has the st... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006209/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:23:54 -0500 CBS News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006209/ PepsiCo cites the deep freeze that hurt much of Florida's citrus crop as to why it is raising prices and shrinking packaging on its popular Tropicana orange juice. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006211/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:23:51 -0500 CBS News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006211/ CBS News has confirmed that the House ethics committee has ended its investigation of sexual harassment allegations against former Democratic Rep. Eric Massa, according to a House aide with knowledge ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006210/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:23:50 -0500 CBS News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006210/ Juanita Goggins is seen in a 1974 file photo in Rock Hill, S.C. Goggins was the first black woman elected to the the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, and was hailed as a trailblazer at the time. Th... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006212/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:23:47 -0500 CBS News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006212/ Transportation Security Administration employee John Carter demonstrates the proper stance in an advanced image technology unit as TSA supervisory officer Diana Hernandez operates the machine at Bosto... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006213/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:23:46 -0500 CBS News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006213/ HARRISBURG - After calling two dozen witnesses over three days, the defense in the corruption trial of former State Rep. Mike Veon rested today without Veon or his three codefendants taking the stand.... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006219/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:16:14 -0500 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006219/ Alarmed at a Philadelphia court system plagued by low conviction rates, entrenched witness fear, and a high number of fugitives, the state Supreme Court has appointed a blue-ribbon panel of legal expe... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006221/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:16:12 -0500 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006221/ Streamlining procedures for preliminary hearings in Municipal Court could be a reform with far-reaching benefits for Philadelphia's beleaguered court system. Crime victims might have an easier time i... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006220/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:16:10 -0500 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33006220/ Community boards across the borough are crossing their fingers and hoping for the best this week now that Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced the members of the new Charter Revision Commission. Four... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002363/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:11 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002363/ City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) told St. John’s University students last week that he still is fighting predatory lenders in the wake of a subprime mortgage crisis that has caused th... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002364/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:11 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002364/ Now that Queens has become a gateway for sex and human trafficking in part because of its two international airports, law enforcement, nonprofits and the media need to work in concert to combat the ex... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002365/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:10 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002365/ Is popular Greek chef Michael Psilakis, of the Upper West Side institution Kefi (505 Columbus Avenue and 84th Street), looking to bring warm feta salad, pork souvlaki, and walnut ice cream to williams... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002367/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:09 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002367/ When Salman Ahmad stepped onto the stage at Queens College last week, he was promoting the same message that has long defined his career and vaulted him into stardom as one of Pakistan’s best-kn... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002369/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:08 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002369/ Queens residents packed into the Rego Center shopping complex last week, forming lines that snaked around the Kohl’s and Century 21 stores shoppers praised for bringing hundreds of jobs to the b... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002368/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:07 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002368/ After months of negotiations, the state on Wednesday handed the reins of Brooklyn Bridge Park over to the city, while remaining to ride shotgun.The deal came with two major caveats - an agreement that... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002370/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:05 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002370/ Two high school students were hospitalized after being stabbed the in the Columbus Circle subway station this afternoon, authorities said. A fight involving students from nearby Independence HS broke ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002371/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:04 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002371/ Hundreds of revelers descended on Smokey Oval Park Sunday, dousing each other with colorful powders, liquids and dyes in celebration of Phagwah, the Hindu rites of spring.“The cleaner you are wh... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002373/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:03 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002373/ It appears the wall between Long Island City’s P.S. 1 and Community Board 2 will not be crumbling any time soon.Members of the board were furious with the art museum after it presented plans to ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002372/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:02 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002372/ A williamsburg bagel store’s rent will double next year, leaving its owner scrambling, and sparking fresh concerns from local merchants that another chain could soon be taking its place.The Bage... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002374/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:02 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002374/ Last week’s anti-gay attack on Luquer Street has put a stain on Carroll Gardens, as well as the entire borough, residents and elected officials said last week as they encouraged the police to ma... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002377/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:01 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002377/ Tom Mylan of Meat Hook and mixologist James Moreland will conduct a -- you guessed it -- meat and gin seminar at Meat Hook. You'll learn about gin and porterhouse pairings, among other things. The bes... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002375/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:00 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002375/ Five members of a College Point family, a Jamaica resident, a Laurelton resident, a Flushing resident and four other people have been indicted in connection with a fraudulent credit card scheme, Queen... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002376/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:58:58 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002376/ Through March 25, BAM will pay tribute to the late actor who was a sort of precursor to the likes of Marlon Brando. Screenings throughout the event include Thursday's "The Heiress." Tickets are $12; c... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002381/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:58:57 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002381/ Geography geeks, take note: The star of this trivia night will be the Panorama of the City of New York, which will be used as a great visual to help you answer those tough questions. Call 718-592-9700... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002380/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:58:56 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002380/ JOS, Nigeria — Dispassionately, the baby-faced young man recounted his killings: two women and one man, first beaten senseless with a stick, then stabbed to death with a short knife. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002362/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:58:54 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002362/ An identity thief who called himself "Lyte" will now do heavy time -- up to 10 years prison -- for heading a massive check fraud scheme with nearly 1,000 accomplices and some 500 victims, including th... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002379/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:58:54 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002379/ Chile ’s powerful earthquake buried people and homes in a broad swath of the coastal south, but it may also have given the country’s new right-wing coalition government a chance to entomb ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002361/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:58:53 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002361/ Two research teams have independently decoded the entire genome of patients to find the exact genetic cause of their disease. The approach may offer a new start in the so far disappointing effort to i... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002360/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:58:51 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002360/ Some 50,000 new housing units in Jerusalem neighborhoods beyond the Green Line are in various stages of planning and approval, planning officials told Haaretz. They said Jerusalem's construction plans... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002402/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:58:02 -0500 Haaretz http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002402/ Even Mahmoud Abbas would have been hard put to dream up a greater victory for Palestinian diplomacy than the one handed to him Tuesday on a silver platter by the Israeli Interior Ministry. The condemn... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002401/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:58:01 -0500 Haaretz http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/33002401/