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  • Iranian president denigrates US presence in Afghanistan

    Iranian president denigrates US presence in Afghanistan

    Sudan 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.

  • Bill to extend unemployment benefits in the US may get through

    Bill to extend unemployment benefits in the US may get through

    Sudan News.Net

    The US Senate has adopted a draft bill to increase unemployment benefits.

  • More calls for Venables identity to be released

    More calls for Venables identity to be released

    Sudan News.Net

    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.

  • UK protection agencies apologise to incest victims

    UK protection agencies apologise to incest victims

    Sudan News.Net

    Two UK women who were repeatedly raped and violently abused by their father have received an apology from 28 different public agencies.

  • Officials take whale meat of restaurant menu

    Officials take whale meat of restaurant menu

    Sudan 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.

  • Young actor dies of unknown causes

    Young actor dies of unknown causes

    Sudan News.Net

    A young actor who became a teen idol during his time as a Hollywood star, has died of unknown causes.

  • Staff taken off Ukraine plane after drunken revel

    Staff taken off Ukraine plane after drunken revel

    Sudan News.Net

    Politicians and police authorities in Ukraine are investigating the airline industry after an incident on the main carrier.

  • Bangkok demonstrators to be kept away from airport

    Bangkok demonstrators to be kept away from airport

    Sudan News.Net

    The main airport in Bangkok has been locked down by soldiers as the Thai capital prepares for anti-government demonstrations.

  • World Vision employees in Pakistan attacked

    World Vision employees in Pakistan attacked

    Sudan News.Net

    Pakistani police have reported a militant incident at the offices of a US-based Christian aid group.

  • Aung San Suu Kyi no longer allowed to stand for election

    Aung San Suu Kyi no longer allowed to stand for election

    Sudan News.Net

    In Myanmar, a new law may force the National League for Democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, out of the party.

  • Bangladesh rejects claims of refugee neglect

    Bangladesh rejects claims of refugee neglect

    Sudan News.Net

    Bangladesh has been accused of starving and blocking medical treatment for Rohingya refugees.

  • North Korea leases Sea of Japan port to China

    Sudan News.Net

    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.

  • Letterman blackmailer confesses his crime

    Letterman blackmailer confesses his crime

    Sudan News.Net

    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.

  • Fda Says Ongoing Review Finds No Link Between Bisphosphonates And Thigh Fracture

    RTT News

    (RTTNews) - Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced that an ongoing review of the safety of oral bisphosphonate drugs has found no link between the drug use and a risk of thigh fracture....

  • The Truth About Indian Point

    New York Post

    The Indian Point nuclear power plant is safe. So says the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which noted that the facility last year "operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully...

  • A Gitmo Deal With The Devil

    New York Post

    Last week, President Obama's advisers told reporters that they'd soon recommend that the president propose a "deal" with Congress on the Guantanamo Bay detainees. Obama would drop his insistence that ...

  • Keeping Mta On Track: One 'fare' Way To Go

    New York Post

    Congratulations to Adam Brodsky for having the guts to say what needs to be said ("Hike MTA Fares Now," PostOpinion, March 8). I was always of the opinion that taking the bus or subway is one of the g...

  • The President's Gift To Insurers

    New York Post

    'We allow the insurance indus try to run wild in this coun try," President Obama declared on Monday. "We can't have a system that works better for the insurance companies than it does for the American...

  • No Way Out For Dems

    New York Post

    I think both sides are wrong. They both assume that there exists some optimum course that will produce happy results. But sometimes in politics no course leads to success. Disaster lies ahead whatever...

  • King Abdullah, Medvedev To Discuss Mideast

    Channel News Asia

    MOSCOW: Jordan's King Abdullah II will discuss arms contracts and the Middle East peace process with Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev Thursday, news agencies reported. "The situation in the Middle E...

  • Al-qaida Eyeing Less-complex U.s. Attacks

    C News

    WASHINGTON - On Christmas Day, a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit tried to blow up the plane with plastic explosives in his underwear. He failed, yet the very attempt shook t...

  • U.s. Eatery Accused Fo Serving Illegal Whale

    C News

    The Hump Restaurant is seen in Santa Monica, Calif., Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Reed Saxon) LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef and a ...

  • New Strike Hits Debt-plagued Greece

    C News

    Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou addresses the media after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the chancellery in Berlin, Friday, March 5, 2010. Papandreou met with Merkel on Frida...

  • Four Due In Court Over Expenses

    BBC

    Three Labour MPs and a Conservative peer are due in court later to face charges in relation to their Parliamentary expenses.Jim Devine, Elliot Morley and David Chaytor, along with Lord Hanningfield, w...

  • Burma Election Laws Condemned

    BBC

    Election laws announced by Burma's military rulers have provoked a storm of condemnation.A United States State Department spokesman, Philip Crowley, said it made a mockery of the democratic process. B...

  • Vladimir Putin In Key India Visit

    BBC

    Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has arrived in India for talks expected to focus on arms and energy contracts.The two sides are due to sign two deals worth over $10bn in defence and civilian nuc...

  • Devil At Work In Vatican, Says Exorcist

    The Australian

    Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that that "the Devil is at work inside the Vatican", according to the Holy See's chief exorcist.

  • Prisoner Says Toyota Camry Caused Crash

    The Australian

    A MAN jailed for a crash of his 1996 Toyota Camry that killed three people is seeking a new trial in light of Toyota's recent recalls.

  • Father Impregnated Daughters 18 Times

    IOL

    By Stefano Ambrogi London - Two women who were repeatedly raped and violently abused by their father, bearing him seven children over 25 years, were given a formal apology by child protection agenc...

  • Sarkozy Is A One-woman Man, Says Wife

    IOL

    By Crispian Balmer Paris - Former supermodel Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has said her husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, would never cheat on her and has described their love story as a "real fairy...

  • Senate Passes $149 Billion For Jobless Aid

    Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Wednesday passed a $149 billion package of jobless aid and tax breaks, as Democrats continued efforts to lower the 9.7 percent unemployment rate before congression...

  • "jihadjane" Accused Of Terror Plot In Sweden

    Reuters

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  • Kansas City Closing Nearly Half Of Schools

    CBS News

    National School Standards on the Horizon? (AP) The Kansas City school board narrowly approved a plan Wednesday night to close nearly half of the district's schools in a desperate bid to avoid a potent...

  • Study: Too Many Invasive Heart Tests Given

    CBS News

    New Device May Prevent Heart Attacks (AP) A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the la...

  • Inside The Life Of 'jihadjane'

    Philadelphia Daily News

    She married young and badly. She bounced checks at Pizza Hut and the grocery. She hit the bottle to excess sometimes, talked to her cats, and once attempted suicide. And, as "JihadJane," sh...

  • Police Search For Fugitive Wanted On Child Porn Charges

    Philadelphia Daily News

    Police were searching Wednesday for an Upper Darby resident wanted on child-pornography charges.Jose Oyarzun, 40, is accused of possessing and distributing the illicit material after police discovered...

  • Eagles Reel In Marlin At Fs

    Philadelphia Daily News

    The Eagles announced they're signing Colts free agent corner/safety Marlin Jackson to a 2-year deal, which sources close to the situation said could be worth $6 million if he is a healthy starter both...

  • Athletes And Their Wags

    Philadelphia Daily News

    Athletes and their WAGs WAGs (or Wags) is an acronym used particularly by the British tabloid press to describe the wives and girlfriends of high-profile football players. But the acronym has spread...

  • Caps On Verge Of Clincher After Overtime Win

    Washington Times

    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 ...

  • Psychiatric Solutions Confirms Buyout Interest - Update

    RTT News

    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...

  • Israel Starts Tapping Into Hidden Business Potential Of Arab Market

    Haaretz

    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...

  • Us Woman's Robbery Nets $9

    New Zealand Herald

    THERMAL, California - They say crime doesn't pay. For one robber in California, it did - but not much. Authorities in Riverside County say a woman with a gun robbed 11 customers at a market and got a...

  • Minority Births Expected To Outnumber White Births Soon

    USA Today

    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.

  • Ex-toyota Lawyer: Documents Withheld

    CNN

    Lawyer kept internal documents that he says could be damaging to Toyota Biller says he quit because of what he alleges were "criminal acts" by Toyota He said Toyota settled one lawsuit to av...

  • Myanmar Bars Suu Kyi From Elections

    CNN

    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.

  • Passenger Admits Disrupting Flight

    CNN

    (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 ...

  • Afghan Criticisms Unfair, Pm Says

    BBC

    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...

  • Mps Query Non-political Ministers

    BBC

    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...

  • Chile's New Leader To Be Sworn In

    BBC

    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...

  • Sony Shows Off Motion Controller

    BBC

    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...