Thursday March 11, 2010

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    Diplomatic row during VP visit highlights Obama's failure to dim Israel's settlement ambitions

    An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice-President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestinian suspicions that the United States is too weak to broker a deal....

    posted: March 10,2010





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    UN official urges Iraqis to report election results quickly

    BAGHDAD - The top United Nations envoy in Iraq urged election officials Wednesday to release the results of this week's historic vote as quickly as possible, saying Iraqis "have the right to know" the results as soon as possible....


    Newborn elephant feeding, standing after 9-day labour and surprise live birth at Sydney zoo

    SYDNEY, Australia - An elephant calf that was believed to have died during a nine-day labour is feeding itself and has earned the nickname "Mr. Shuffles" since learning to stand, Taronga Zoo officials said Thursday....


    Church abuse scandal reaches pope's brother, threatens to throw papacy into turmoil

    VATICAN CITY - Church abuse scandals in Germany have reached the older brother of Pope Benedict XVI and are creeping ever closer to the pontiff himself....


    Iran leader says US is playing 'double game' in Afghanistan, fighting militants it once backed

    KABUL, Afghanistan - Taking aim at the U.S., Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that it's the United States that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan, fighting terrorists it once supported....


    Soldiers open fire on youths in Nigerian town tense after religious killings; 2 killed

    JOS, Nigeria - Soldiers opened fire on a crowd after curfew and killed two people, witnesses said Wednesday, just days after fighting between Christians and Muslims in the area left more than 200 dead including dozens of children....


    Soldiers open fire on youths in Nigerian town tense after religious killings

    JOS, Nigeria - Witnesses say soldiers in a Nigerian town at the centre of a spate of religious killings opened fire on a crowd of youths that had surrounded a cattle truck driving after curfew....








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