World News
 Pope weathering paedophile slurs
South East Asia News.Net
The Vatican has denounced attempts to involve the pope in scandals surrounding paedophile activity within the Catholic Church.
At Least 3 Snowmobilers Dead In Canadian Avalanche
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Royal Canadian Mounted Police direct traffic at the staging area for avalanche search & rescue operations near Revelstoke, B.C. on Saturday March 13, 2010. Rescuers were scouring Boulder Mountain in t...
Israel Nabs Hamas Leader Behind 2003 Terror Attacks
Haaretz
Israel Defense Forces soldiers late Saturday arrested a top Hamas official in Ramallah, suspected of leading military cells responsible for the murder of more than 70 Israelis over the course of the s...
Jumblatt Formally Apologizes To Assad
Jerusalem Post
After years of alliances with Western-leaning politicians and fierce anti-Syrian rhetoric, Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has issued a formal apology to Syrian President Bashar Assad for controv...
Top Hamas Terrorist Arrested In Ramallah
Jerusalem Post
In a joint operation combining the forces of the IDF, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and police, member of the Hamas military wing Maher Ouda was arrested overnight Saturday in Ramallah.According t...
Paul Holmes: A President Under Attack
New Zealand Herald
Despite his difficulties, President Barack Obama still rates highly as a tremendous communicator. US News has just asked Americans in a poll: who do you think has been the greatest modern presidential...
Colombia Set For Legislative Poll
BBC
Colombians are to vote in legislative elections, seen as a barometer for the presidential election on 30 May.President Alvaro Uribe cannot run for a third term and a court last month closed any possib...
Chinese Pm Rejects Yuan Criticism
BBC
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has rejected criticism that China is keeping its currency undervalued in order to boost exports.He said keeping the yuan stable was "an important contribution" to ...
Runaway Prius Probe Can't Verify Story
CBS News
In Full: Prius Driver's 9-1-1 Call Listen to the 9-1-1 call of the Prius driver whose car sped out of control on a San Diego highway before coming to a stop.
Storm Leaves Half Million Without Power
CBS News
(AP) Strong winds and heavy rain pounded parts of the Northeast on Saturday, knocking out power to more than a half-million homes and businesses and stranding about 500 passengers on a New York-bound ...
Queen Rania: We Need More Educated Girls
CBS News
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan and Katie Couric Saturday at the Women in the World summit, sponsored by The Daily Beast, in New York, March 13, 2010.
China Alleges Diplomatic Snub At Copenhagen Summit
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao reacts as he sits down for his press conference after the closing of the National People's Congress held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sunday, March 14,...
No Pain, All Gain
Jerusalem Post
The possibility of a longer-term local anesthetic that works only on pain is being hailed as one of the most important medical discoveries of all time.
Graffiti Group To Bring Solidarity Message To Sderot
Jerusalem Post
BOMBIN ’, became something of a forum for pro-Israel views.However unlikely, the graffiti community, touched by 9/11 and smarting from increased police cameras that stopped them from freely painting...
From Israel, A Radical Way To Boost Organ Donation
New Zealand Herald
Israel is launching a potentially trailblazing experiment in organ donation: Sign a donor card, and you and your family move up in line for a transplant if one is needed. The new law is the first of ...
Storms Knock Out Power In Northeast
CNN
(CNN) -- Heavy rains and hurricane-force winds that surpassed 70 miles per hour in places toppled trees, left more than a half-million people without power and suspended travel throughout much of the ...
Study: 9/11 Workers Show Heart Trouble
CNN
The study revealed that police officers who worked at the World Trade Center site in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks had unusually high occurrences of abnormal left and right v...
Israel Extends West Bank Closure
CNN
Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has extended the closure of the West Bank, initially scheduled to end Saturday night, for three more days, Israeli officials said Saturday.
Huge Opposition Rally In Thailand
BBC
In Thaksin's 'red-shirted' country Many were gathered in front of a stage at the rally site to hear their leaders make the demands signalling the official beginning of the protest, says our corr...
Venezuela's Chavez Calls For Internet Controls
Reuters
(Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is criticized by media freedom groups, called on Saturday for regulation of the Internet and singled out a website that he said falsely reported the ...
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
CBS News
Web Extra: Witness Talks Erin Moriarty talks to Tom "Dallas" Butler about what he saw in the early morning hours of Nov. 8, 1992. Butler believes that he may have seen, and talked to, the person who k...
These Phillies Prospects Bear Watching
Philadelphia Daily News
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Eight Grapefruit League games into March, the Phillies are just now getting into evaluation mode. At some point in the next few days, the club is expected to announce its first roun...
Obama, Medvedev Encouraged On Arms Talks Accord
RadioFreeEurope
U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev have held what the White House calls "encouraging" talks on a treaty to succeed the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Trea...
At Least 30 Killed In Kandahar Bombings
RadioFreeEurope
At least 30 people have been killed and 50 wounded in a series of suicide bombings in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. Afghan officials say a prison appeared to be the main target, but no prisoners h...
Russian Regional Vote Is Mid-term Test For Medvedev
RadioFreeEurope
Russia's holds regional elections today. Around 32 million of Russia's 110 million registered voters are eligible to vote in polls, which include elections for eight regional parliaments. The election...
Film: Ben Stiller: There’s Something About Mortification
International Herald Tribune
Ben Stiller , who has appeared in nine movies that have earned more than $100 million in domestic grosses, served as honorary chairman of Film Independent’s Spirit Awards. The incongruity was no...
Protesters Surge Into Bangkok, Call For Election
New Zealand Herald
Shrink BANGKOK - Tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters from Thailand's rural areas swarmed the Thai capital today for protests aimed at forcing the government to dissolve Parliament and call ne...
Iran Arrests 30 In Alleged U.s. Cyber War
CNN
(CNN) -- Iran has arrested 30 people for waging what it called an organized, U.S.-backed cyber war against the nation, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported Saturday.
Healing Hands Makes Difference In Haiti
C News
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Eight-year-old Banave Ulisse sat shyly in a chair, staring at his new left leg. Two months ago, almost to the day, the earthquake that pulverized huge patches of the capital s...
Clegg Bids To Cool Coalition Talk
BBC
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is due to deny he is the "kingmaker", amid speculation about his party's possible role in a coalition government."The 45 million voters are the kingma...
Us And Russia 'near' Nuclear Deal
BBC
Russia and the US have both said it should soon be possible to conclude a new nuclear disarmament treaty.Officials in Moscow and Washington said US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry ...
Live - Bangladesh V England
BBC
Former Surrey and England batsman Mark Butcher on TMS: "Graeme Swann is a thinking bowler and very rarely bowls any rubbish, which may be why he so often takes a wicket in his first over"
Irish Police Release Three Over Cartoonist Plot
Reuters
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Breaking Poverty Cycle Two Wheels At A Time
CBS News
Re-Cycling Hope Two young Americans are helping others all over the world by giving bikes away to the less fortunate. As Jeff Glor reports, 88Bikes is spreading smiles, two wheels at a time.
Pelosi: Confident House Will Pass Health Care
Washington Times
By Sudhin Thanawala ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Saturday she's confident the House will pass health care legislation and dismissed Republican criticism that...
When The Shooters Came To Starbucks
The Herald
The “open-carry” movement first came to national attention when armed men began turning up at presidential events last summer, wearing their pistols in full view.
Suicide Bombers Hit Afghan City - At Least 30 Dead
New Zealand Herald
Shrink KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of the southern...
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