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Karzai welcomes Pakistani help in reconciling with Taliban
Iraq News.NetAfghanistan has praised Pakistan's offer to help mediate with the Taliban.
U.S. builds support among Gulf nations for sanctions against Iran
Iraq News.NetU.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has met lkeaders in Saudi Arabia and the UAE to garner support for increasing sanctions against Iran.
Massive insurance payout for workers effected by Ground Zero dust
More than 10,000 workers who cleaned up after the September 11 2001 attacks, and suffered from ailments caused by dust, will received more than $600 million in compensation.
CIA accused of LSD mind control experimenting
Iraq News.NetThe UK newspaper The Telegraph has revealed allegations contained in a new book that the CIA engaged in a mind control experiment in a village in France.
Unstable Chile gets new president
Iraq News.NetSebastian Pinera has been sworn in as Chile's new president as the country still shakes from aftershocks following February's massive earthquake.
Iranian president denigrates US presence in Afghanistan
Iraq News.NetWith official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local affairs.
Philippines police stage daring rescue of kidnapped man
Iraq News.NetPolice officers rescued an Indian businessman a day after he was kidnapped by four unidentified gunmen in the Philippines, a provincial police chief said Friday.
Prom Offers Flood In For Mississippi Students
USA TodayA gay student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is suing, seeking a court order to force her Mississippi school to hold the senior prom it called off rather than let the gay couple ...
Obama Delays Pacific Tour For Final Push On Healthcare Reform Vote
The IndependentThe White House yesterday announced an 11th-hour delay in a long-planned Pacific trip by Barack Obama next week, clearing the decks for a final push to secure passage of the healthcare reform on whi...
One Man's Coal Pit Is Another's Symbol Of Eu Integration
The IndependentHere is your €900,000 question. What do the Acropolis, a former student hostel in Madrid and the Boris Christoff music centre in Bulgaria have in common? Answer: They are all, according to the Eu...
'they Herded Us Into One Place And Started Chopping With Machetes...'
The IndependentMany of the black-clad women in mourning who marched the dusty streets of Jos this week carried messages of peace. Some called for justice for those murdered, others for an end to the violence...
Embattled Sarkozy Facing New Blow At Hands Of French Voters
The IndependentPresident Nicolas Sarkozy faces a severe drubbing in midterm regional elections tomorrow which will – temporarily at least – scramble the arithmetic of French politics. According to the f...
Suicide Bomb Attack Kills 43
The IndependentPakistan was confronting what appeared to be a new wave of militant violence after at least 43 people were killed and more than a hundred injured by suicide bombers in Lahore. In the fourth major in...
Winnie, A Scathing Attack On Nelson Mandela And A 'fabricated' Interview
The IndependentIt was the interview that broke the taboo of criticising a living legend. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela had delivered a withering verdict on her former husband Nelson, saying the South African anti-aparth...
Kidnap Boy's Father Is Helping Police In Search
The IndependentThe father of a five-year-old boy who was kidnapped in Pakistan last week has been reunited with his wife and is helping officers find his son, British police said yesterday. Raja Naqqash Saeed, 28, i...
How Little Billy's Letters Fooled The Great And The Not-so-good
The IndependentHis name is Billy Geerhart, he's eight years old and he lives in Los Angeles. If you happen to be rich, famous and influential, he may have sent you a cute handwritten letter, earnestly seeking expert...
Pope Defends Celibacy Vow Blamed In Abuse Scandal
The IndependentPope Benedict XVI fervently defended the Vatican's insistence on celibacy among priests yesterday in the face of a deepening and increasingly serious church sex-abuse scandal which has been blamed on ...
Narrow Lead For Iraqi Pm As Fraud Claim Hits Election
The IndependentIraqis count votes at the Independent High Electoral Commission HQ in Baghdad after Iraq's second general election since the US-led invasion of 2003
Year Of The Bare: China Revealed As Never Before
The IndependentThe photographs take us on a tour of iconic events from contemporary Chinese history. There is a burnt-out Rem Koolhaas-designed hotel in downtown Beijing, a guesthouse where a waitress stabb...
Alaska Wolves 'killed' Us Teacher
BBCWolves in Alaska are suspected of killing a teacher in an isolated village while she was out jogging.An autopsy has revealed that Candice Berner, 32, died of injuries sustained in an animal attack, of...
Samantha Cameron Speaks Of Tory Leader's Domestic Skills
BBCThe wife of Tory leader David Cameron has spoken of his cooking and parenting skills in her first TV interview about their relationship and home life.In an interview with ITV1's Trevor McDonald, Saman...
Portugal Passes Austerity Budget
BBCPortugal's parliament has approved an austerity budget aimed at cutting its deficit to the level permitted for countries using the euro currency.The government hopes that by reducing the country's deb...
Clinton Berates Netanyahu Over Settlements
ReutersSecretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in this February 24, 2010 file photo.
U.n.'s Ban To Return To Earthquake-devastated Haiti
ReutersU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon inspects the site of the former headquarters of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in Port-au-Prince, as rescue workers work to free a man ...
U.s. Man Arrested In Yemen Worked In Nuclear Plants
ReutersSANAA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yemen said on Friday it was holding a U.S. citizen suspected of being an al Qaeda militant who killed a hospital guard last week, and a U.S. firm said the suspect had worked...
Gop Names Nominees To Debt Commission
Washington TimesStephen Dinan Congressional Republicans named six conservative opponents of tax increases to President Obama's debt commission Friday, and the panel now only awaits House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's picks...
Rfe/rl Kyrgyz Programs Off The Air In Bishkek
RadioFreeEuropeRadio Free Europe's popular Kyrgyz television and radio programs have been off the air in the capital city of Bishkek since Wednesday, shortly after affiliate managers reported that they had been pres...
Leprechaun Hike At Blond Root Valley
New York PostGreenbelt educators will help you look for elusive leprechauns on this St. Patricks Day-themed hike, which will be about one mile long. Appropriate for children ages 7 and older. Registration is requi...
Junior Science Club: Wind Power
New York PostLearn about wind power then design and build your own wind-driven device. For children ages 8-13. Admission is $8 ($5 for members), but parents can observe for free. For more information, call Seth Wo...
Elmo's Birthday At Barnes & Noble
New York PostCelebrate the birthday of everyone's favorite furry red muppet by reading Elmo stories at this special weekly story time. Call 718-982-6983 or visit www.barnesandnoble.com for more details.
Taxi Drivers Scammed Passengers To The Tune Of $8m By Rigging Meters
New York PostTaxi drivers are taking New Yorkers for a ride. Cabbies have illegally scammed unsuspecting riders out of a staggering $8.3 million by manually switching the meter to rates that only apply when they a...
St. John Villa Academy Alumnae Association Comedy Night
New York PostThis comedy fundrasier for the SJVA Scholarship Fund will be hosted by Sean O'Connor and feature performances by Julian McCullough (of "Best Best Week Ever"), Jimmy Fallon writer Casey Jost and Jay Mi...
Secret Cemeteries Of Staten Island
New York PostThis month's event will be led by Patricia Salmon, a historian and the author of "Realms of History," who will give a presentation of the island's secret cemeteries, followed by a discussion about nat...
Quick Citrus Soak Give Shrimp Sensational Savor
New York PostSometimes the most traditional recipes are the best.This doesn’t mean, however, that they can’t be tweaked to make them just a little bit more flavorful.Take Shrimp Scampi for instance. Ma...
Increased Focus On Pedestrians In Nabe Dubbed Wild West By Some
New York Post“It is out of control,” she went on. “Why? Because they can, and because there’s no recourse. What can we do to change the behavior? Park a cop at Sixth Avenue and Bay Ridge Pa...
Bracing For Budget Cuts In District 20
New York PostDistrict 20 schools are facing “lean times.”“I hope there’s not going to be another [budget] cut. How much more can you skim?” said Laurie Windsor, president of the Commu...
Cb 14 Gearing Up For Spring Youth Conference
New York PostFor the third year in a row, teens in central Brooklyn will be able to network with prospective employers as well as with professionals who can help them hone their job-seeking skills at a youth confe...
Give Kids Yogurt - Not Chips, Parents Say
New York PostThe city Department of Education (DOE) may consider Doritos healthy for students but parents don’t.Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA) in School District 21 are creating their own rules for bake s...
Nypd Mounted Cop And Gal Pal Get No Jail Time In Horse Scam
New York PostA top NYPD Mounted Unit supervisor and his girlfriend got a no-jail deal today for conspiring to phoney-up her $2 million bid to board retired police horses.Detective Richard DePamphilis, 51 -- quarte...
Cookbook Creator Sues Seinfeld For Barbs On Letterman
New York PostA kids' cookbook creator is still trying to take a bite out of Jerry Seinfeld.Missy Chase Lapine, whose suit against recipe rival Jessica Seinfeld was thrown out of federal court last year, is now tak...
Transtasman Rower Close To Completing Epic Journey
New Zealand HeraldTranstasman rower Shaun Quincey is expected to complete his epic journey tomorrow, after fears that he might be swept past the top of the North Island abated overnight. Quincey, who set off from New ...
Court: Thimerosal In Vaccine Didn't Cause Autism
USA TodayThe court expressed sympathy for parents coping with their autistic children, but concluded Friday that they had not proved the children's illness was a result of the mercury-containing preservative i...
U.s. Maternal Deaths 'scandalous'
CNN(CNN) -- Deaths from pregnancy and childbirth in the United States have doubled in the past 20 years, a development that a human rights group called "scandalous and disgraceful" Friday.
Vaccine Court Finds No Link To Autism
CNNThe cases, brought by the children's parents, all alleged that vaccines containing thimerosol, a mercury preservative, caused or contributed to autism spectrum disorders in the children.
Terror Suspect Worked In Nuke Plants
CNN(CNN) -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is working with the FBI to determine whether a New Jersey man suspected of being an al Qaeda member had access to any sensitive areas of the nuclear pla...
Chile Puts Quake Damage At $30bn
BBCChile's new President, Sebastian Pinera, has said it will cost at least $30bn (£20bn) to rebuild the country after January's earthquake.Speaking on his first full day in office, he said loans an...
Clinton Warns Israel Over Settlements
ReutersSecretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in this February 24, 2010 file photo.
Obama's Proposed Student Loan Overhaul Gets Boost
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's stalled bid to overhaul the federal student loan program by cutting subsidies to private lenders and increasing aid to students received a boost on Frid...
Court Rules Again Against Vaccine-autism Claims
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special U.S. court ruled on Friday, dealing one more blow to parents see...
Woods Crash Raised Domestic Violence Flag
CBS NewsThe ambulance crew that responded after golfer Tiger Woods crashed his SUV would not allow his wife to ride with him to the hospital because they thought it was a case of domestic violence, documents ...