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  • Karzai welcomes Pakistani help in reconciling with Taliban

    Karzai welcomes Pakistani help in reconciling with Taliban

    Jordan News.Net

    Afghanistan has praised Pakistan's offer to help mediate with the Taliban.

  • U.S. builds support among Gulf nations for sanctions against Iran

    U.S. builds support among Gulf nations for sanctions against Iran

    Jordan News.Net

    U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has met lkeaders in Saudi Arabia and the UAE to garner support for increasing sanctions against Iran.

  • Israel provides no recognition for churches and mosques

    Israel provides no recognition for churches and mosques

    Jordan News.Net

    The U.S. State Department has scolded Israel for only recognizing Jewish holy sites.

  • CIA accused of LSD mind control experimenting

    CIA accused of LSD mind control experimenting

    Jordan News.Net

    The 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

    Unstable Chile gets new president

    Jordan News.Net

    Sebastian 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

    Iranian president denigrates US presence in Afghanistan

    Jordan 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.

  • Salt could be banned in New York restaurants

    Salt could be banned in New York restaurants

    Jordan News.Net

    A state legislator in New York wants salt banned from pre-packaged and restaurant food.

  • Threat on Internet leads to school lockdowns

    Threat on Internet leads to school lockdowns

    Jordan News.Net

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

  • Hungry people unable to get through corruption for UN food

    Hungry people unable to get through corruption for UN food

    Jordan 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.

  • Officials take whale meat of restaurant menu

    Officials take whale meat of restaurant menu

    Jordan 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.

  • Board 6 Turns Down Summit Academy's Gowanus Proposal

    New York Post

    Community Board 6 this week rejected a school’s request to relocate to Gowanus, reasoning that the institution has no place among the din and danger lurking in a manufacturing district.On Wednes...

  • District 22 Schools Fear Budget Cuts

    New York Post

    If city and state politicians approve another school budget cut, there may be a “lasting impact” on District 22 schools.“It looks like there’s going to be another round. I was ...

  • Brooklyn Shines At Ay Groundbreaking

    New York Post

    Featuring star power and street cred, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Barclays Center Arena - for better or worse - opened up a new era in the borough’s development.The 22-acre project will ...

  • Protection On The Roads

    Jerusalem Post

    Five more names were added Wednesday to our grim toll of road accident fatalities. Among them was 12-year-old Arik Ofer from Ofakim.He and a friend were severely injured on Sunday at a pedestrian cros...

  • Ethiopian Jewry Gets Its First Haggada

    Jerusalem Post

    The historic saga of Ethiopian Jewry, with its unique traditions and customs, will be incorporated into the mainstream Pessah story for the first time in a new Haggada written by Ethiopian-Jewish hist...

  • Nursing Covering More Health Care

    USA Today

    They are not doctors, but rather registered nurse practitioners who say they are able to increase access to health care and make it more affordable.

  • Report: Obama To Tap Yellen For Fed Vice Chair

    USA Today

    Obama administration officials confirmed Yellen is a leading candidate but said the selection was not yet finalized. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss th...

  • States May Hold Onto Tax Refunds For Months

    USA Today

    States from New York to Hawaii that have been hard-hit by the economic downturn say they have either delayed refunds or are considering doing so because of budget shortfalls.

  • Potholes Put Dent In City Coffers

    USA Today

    Drivers are battling an epidemic of teeth-rattling potholes, jarring not only wheels and tires but also transportation departments trying to pay for road fixes.

  • Sarkozy To Meet Brown And Cameron

    BBC

    French President Nicolas Sarkozy will hold separate talks in London later with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Conservative leader David Cameron.Downing Street said Mr Brown's meeting with Mr Sarkozy ...

  • Un Critical Of Israel Over Gaza

    BBC

    The UN's top humanitarian official, John Holmes, has criticised Israel for linking the 2006 capture of an Israeli soldier to its blockade of Gaza.Mr Holmes also said Israeli actions in East Jerusalem ...

  • Ground Zero Workers Strike Compo Deal

    The Australian

    MORE than 10,000 people who worked in the toxic chaos of New York's Ground Zero after 9/11 could receive compensation totalling $US657 million for health problems under a settlement reached today...

  • Obama To Tap Yellen For Fed Vice Chair: Source

    Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama plans to nominate San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen, a respected policy dove, to be vice chairman of the central bank, a sour...

  • Toyota Discounts Boost Sales

    Reuters

    DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Toyota Motor Corp's U.S. sales in early March, as U.S. regulators weighed new auto safety measures.

  • Pilot Dies In Plane Crash At Small Ariz. Airport

    Tampa Bay Online

    CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) -- A World War II-era plane crashed Thursday while attempting to land at a small suburban Phoenix airport, killing the pilot and starting a hangar on fire, authorities said.

  • Regulators Shut Libertypointe Bank; Valley National Bank Acquires Deposits - Update

    RTT News

    (RTTNews) - Banking regulators on Thursday closed New York-based LibertyPointe Bank, bringing the total number of banks that have failed so far in 2010 to 27. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. or FD...

  • Provident Energy Trust Q4 Loss Narrows - Update

    RTT News

    News ) on Thursday reported a net loss for the fourth quarter that narrowed from the year-ago period, which included a hefty goodwill impairment charge in the company's upstream business. The latest q...

  • Blast Derails Cargo Train In Dagestan

    RadioFreeEurope

    A blast has caused a train to derail in Russia's restive North Caucasus region. Russia's state railway says several wagons of the cargo train went off the tracks after the blast near the regional capi...

  • Earthquake’s Burdens Weigh Heavily On Haiti’s Elderly

    International Herald Tribune

    the earthquake , she is a rare repository of this country’s history and culture, but she said she considered her memories as much a painful burden as a proud legacy. No strangers to hardship, e...

  • Afghan Tribal Rivalries Bedevil A U.s. Plan

    International Herald Tribune

    Karzai Meets With Top Officials in Pakistan (March 12, 2010) This week, that commitment seemed less important as two Shinwari subtribes took up arms to fight each other over an ancient land dispute...

  • Fatal Plane Crash Near Whangarei

    Newstalk ZB

    A small plane with as taking off at Marsden Cove Marina but it faltered in the windy conditions, hitting the ground and bursting into flames. It is understood the man flying solo in the plane was a m...

  • Regional Bank Offers Up To Us$460m Loan For Chile

    Channel News Asia

    SANTIAGO: The Inter-American Development Bank will make up to US$460 million available to Chile to help finance the quake-stricken country's reconstruction needs, the bank's head said Thursday. "...

  • Trans-tasman Rower In Danger Of Missing Nz

    New Zealand Herald

    Trans-Tasman rower Shaun Quincey may have saved his biggest drama for the home stretch as he battles a northerly current which is threatening to sweep him past the top of the North Island. Quincey ha...

  • Water Shortages May Hit Northern Rockies

    USA Today

    Much of the nation may be snow-weary, but farmers and ranchers who rely on winter snowpack in the northern Rockies for irrigation during the dry months of the growing season could face water shortages...

  • 10,000 Claims Over 9/11 Illness, Injuries Settled

    CNN

    New York (CNN) -- The WTC Captive Insurance Co. announced settlements Thursday with more than 10,000 plaintiffs who claimed sickness or injuries after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The settlements could...

  • Help Sought To Id Women In Killer's Pics

    CNN

    (CNN) -- Hoping to solve numerous cold cases, authorities on Thursday released hundreds of photos of unidentified women and children found in a storage unit that belonged to a serial killer who appear...

  • Woman To Coach High School Football

    CNN

    (CNN) -- A high school in Washington, D.C., is set to name a former women's professional football player as its head varsity football coach Friday, a move that a national women's sports advocacy group...

  • Anti-terror Islamic Scholar 'not Afraid'

    CNN

    (CNN) -- The Islamic scholar who issued a powerful fatwa, or religious ruling, against terrorism and suicide bombers said Thursday that he was not afraid of reprisals from his enemies and did not fear...

  • Live - Bangladesh V England

    BBC

    Shakib takes a rest after just two overs as he throws the ball to off-spinner Naeem Islam. Cook aims another big heave to leg but completely misses the ball. The skipper adds a couple of twos - he has...

  • Japanese Arrest Anti-whaling Protester

    The Australian

    SEA Shepherd activist Peter Bethune was arrested by Japanese authorities today when the whaling patrol boat returning him in custody from the Antarctic berthed in Tokyo.

  • Hambali Seeks Release From Guantanamo

    The Australian

    HAMBALI, the alleged Bali bomb mastermind suspected of links to Al-Qa'ida, has filed a petition seeking release from Guantanamo, where he has been detained without charge for more than three year...

  • No Need For Pope To Intervene - Bishop

    IOL

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  • Iraq Results Trickle Out, Maliki Rivals Cry Fraud

    Reuters

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud.

  • Al Qaeda Suspect Worked At Nuclear Plants

    CBS News

    No-Fly List Doubles After Christmas Attack (CBS/AP) He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley ...

  • Bruins Light Up Flyers, 5-1

    Philadelphia Daily News

    The Boston Bruins entered tonight's game having scored the fewest goals in the NHL this season. The Flyers, apparently, did not get the memo.

  • Amtrak Train Strikes And Kills Man In Ne Philly

    Philadelphia Daily News

    An Amtrak Northeast Regional train bound for 30th Street Station struck and killed a man in Northeast Philadelphia tonight. Amtrak spokeswoman Tracey Connell said train No. 175 from Boston to Washing...

  • Woman’s Body Found In Warminster

    Philadelphia Daily News

    A woman's body was discovered in a creek bed near a suburban neighborhood in Warminster today. The woman was identified as Stephanie Gehlert, 49, of Southampton, said Bucks County Coroner Joseph Camp...

  • Talks To Address Trade In Tuna And Ivory

    International Herald Tribune

    Marathon negotiations on protecting the planet’s endangered species open on Saturday in Qatar with tensions bubbling over efforts to ban trade in bluefin tuna and to reopen exports of elephant i...

  • New York Offers 9/11 Settlement

    New Zealand Herald

    New York City has agreed to pay up to US$657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero rescue and response workers who say they were sickened by World Trade Centre dust. The se...

  • Same-sex Weddings Make History In Mexico

    New Zealand Herald

    Shrink Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples made history in Mexico City on Thursday as they wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marri...