World News Javanese terror suspects killed
Philadelphia News.Net
Indonesian police have confirmed the deaths of three terrorists in raids outside the capital, Jakarta.  Gaddafi receives apology from US
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The US State Department has apologised over comments made by a State Department official about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.  Letterman blackmailer confesses his crime
Philadelphia 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. Sebelius warns insurance execs of demise
Washington Times
Joseph Weber Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius warned insurance executives Wednesday that failing to support President Obama's comprehensive plan to reform U.S. health care likely... New U.S. math, English standards drafted
Washington Times
By Donna Gordon Blankinship ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE -- Math and English instruction in the United States moved a step closer to uniform -- and more rigorous -- standards Wednesday as a draft of new ... Google opens Web store for business applications
Washington Times
By Michael Liedtke ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more compa... Indictment of 'Jihad Jane' shows terrorism evolved
Washington Times
UPDATED: PHILADELPHIA -- The self-described "Jihad Jane" who thought her blond hair and blue eyes would let her blend in as she sought to kill an artist in Sweden is a rare case of an American woman ... U.S. Embassy Honors Prosecuted Armenian Activist
RadioFreeEurope
YEREVAN -- The U.S. Embassy in Armenia has publicly honored a young Armenian activist who was prosecuted for publicizing alleged sexual and other abuse at a Yerevan boarding school, RFE/RL's Armenian ... Daghestan Police Ask Medvedev To Fire Top Investigator
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to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and to Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov to fire Aleksandr Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee of the federal Prosecutor-General's Office. Thei... 'Ukrainian Only' School In Crimea In High Demand
RadioFreeEurope
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine -- The only school in Simferopol where all subjects are taught in Ukrainian is seeking to offer new classes to meet high demand, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.Crimea is a pred... European Parliament Condemns Belarus Clampdown On Poles
RadioFreeEurope
STRASBOURG -- The European Parliament has condemned Belarus's clampdown on its ethnic Polish minority, in a row that has strained ties between Brussels and Minsk. In a resolution adopted at a session ... EU Parliament backs Goldstone Report
Jerusalem Post
BRUSSELS — In a move likely to worsen EU ties with Israel, the European Parliament urged its 27-member states Wednesday to monitor the Israeli and Palestinian probes into alleged war crimes in Gaza.... Gunmen kill aid workers
New Zealand Herald
Gunmen attacked the offices of an international aid group in northwest Pakistan last night, killing five people working for the organisation, police said. The attackers hurled grenades during the att... Wheelchair assault in Sydney
New Zealand Herald
A man in a wheelchair was punched in the face, stomped on and hit on the head with metal bars at a train station in Sydney's west. The 35-year-old Canadian was trying to leave Mt Druitt station when ... Bank of America ruffles feathers
New Zealand Herald
Bank of America has apologised to a Pittsburgh-area woman after one of its contractors allegedly trashed her house and took her parrot while wrongly repossessing her home. Angela Iannelli has sued th... Amsterdam airport boosts security
New Zealand Herald
Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport - the departure site for the alleged Detroit underwear bomber - tightened security yesterday after journalists orchestrated a sting operation that smuggled bottles of liqu... Jumbo junior beats the odds
New Zealand Herald
Taronga's veterinary team immediately rushed to the elephant barn to assist Porntip and the calf." But he added: "While this is incredible news, the young calf still has a long way to go. Our vets ar... Canberra seals closer ties with Indonesia
New Zealand Herald
CANBERRA - Australia and Indonesia have announced new moves to boost security, economic and other key relations during a three-day state visit by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The often trouble... Israel undermining trust - Biden
New Zealand Herald
Shrink The Israeli Government managed to overshadow a high-profile visit by US Vice-President Joe Biden with an announcement of controversial and politically highly sensitive plans to build 1600 new ... Tasmanian find offers hope for devils
New Zealand Herald
Shrink ADELAIDE - Australian scientists say the discovery of a genetically distinct colony of tasmanian devils may save the species from being wiped out by a contagious cancer that has decimated the ... Raids nab seven over cartoonist death plot
New Zealand Herald
Shrink Seven people were arrested in the Republic of Ireland yesterday as part of an international investigation into a conspiracy to murder a Swedish cartoonist whose work has led to death threats f... In-house hiding clouds Rudd's Indonesia gains
New Zealand Herald
CANBERRA - As Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was basking in the glow of successful diplomacy with Australia's biggest - and most sensitive - neighbour, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott yesterday continued to ... New law blocks Suu Kyi's electoral run
New Zealand Herald
YANGON - A new election law issued by Myanmar's ruling military bars pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from joining a political party and thus from running in elections, state-run newspapers said ... Australia wants man 27 years in country to go home
New Zealand Herald
CANBERRA - Australian authorities are seeking to deport a Cambodian-born man raised and educated in Australia since he arrived as a 9-year-old about 27 years ago. The unidentified man does not want t... Mandatory pet chips, insurance eyed
New Zealand Herald
LONDON - A chip for Spot? In a country where guns are tightly controlled and even carrying a kitchen knife can bring prison time, some thugs use dogs to menace their victims. Now, the British Governm... Drink-drivers face paying for in-car breath testers
New Zealand Herald
BRISBANE - Drink-drivers will be forced to pay to have breath testing devices fitted to their cars under new Queensland laws. Premier Anna Bligh said the legislation would be in force by Christmas to... Belfast signals 'end to decades of strife'
New Zealand Herald
The last piece of devolution to Northern Ireland was slotted into place in Belfast yesterday in a move hailed by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown as, "the final end to decades of strife". The appr... Vote guarantees women slice of political power
New Zealand Herald
Shrink Indian politicians took a step towards making history when they voted to reserve a third of all legislative seats across the country for women. In what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described... Europe united against foreign affairs chief
New Zealand Herald
PARIS - She is Europe's most powerful woman. But that's just in theory. Just 100 days into her job as the European Union's first foreign affairs chief, Baroness Ashton has been variously characterise... Cuban hunger striker refuses offer of asylum from Spain
New Zealand Herald
Shrink HAVANA - A Cuban dissident on a 14-day hunger strike to demand the release of ailing political prisoners has refused a Spanish offer of asylum, saying yesterday that he is determined to contin... House Democrats ban earmarks to corporations
USA Today
WASHINGTON (AP) House Democratic leaders have announced that they will ban the much-criticized practice of using annual spending bills to direct pet projects to for-profit companies that often ... Ex-wife criticizes Mandela to U.K. newspaper
USA Today
Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, chats with Winnie Mandela, as they march to the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the 45th annual commemoration of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Ala., on March 7, 2010. IRS: $1.3 billion unclaimed for '06
CNN
(CNN) -- Some people who didn't file a federal tax return for 2006 have more than 1 billion reasons to reconsider, but they need to do it fast, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Tearful Marie Osmond back on stage
CNN
Marie Osmond's return to the stage Tuesday after her son's death was emotional Osmond dedicated the show to the 18-year-old, who committed suicide February 26 Despite their grief, Donny and Marie Osmo... Muhammad cartoonist ready for death threats
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Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks poses before an interview with Reuters in Stockholm March 10, 2010. Irish police said on Tuesday that seven people had been arrested there in connection with a plot to ki... Body found in missing mother hunt
BBC
Police searching for a Dundee mother-of-three who went missing two weeks ago have found a body.The body was discovered in undergrowth near the Ladywell roundabout in the centre of the city at about 15... Internet up for Nobel Peace Prize
BBC
The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.The number of nominations surpasses last year's record of 205 nominations. The internet's n... Another runaway Toyota Prius reported
Reuters
(Reuters) - Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, New York, where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoome... "JihadJane" accused of terror plot in Sweden
Reuters
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