World News
 Unstable Chile gets new president
United Kingdom 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. Twitter Unveils Tool To Share Tweeting Locations
Washington Times
By ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Twitter can now let the world automatically know your whereabouts as well as your thoughts and activities. A new feature unveiled Thursday gives Twitter u... Retail Sales Rise Unexpectedly In Feb.
Washington Times
By ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) -- Retail sales posted a surprising increase in February as consumers did not let major snowstorms stop them from storming the malls. The advance, the biggest sinc... Nato: Nukes Still Needed For 'credible Deterrence'
RadioFreeEurope
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the reduction of nuclear arsenals has to be carried out in a balanced manner, but that atomic weapons were still needed for deterrence reasons. At an ... Why Is Iran Releasing Some Postelection Detainees?
RadioFreeEurope
The Iranian authorities in recent weeks have begun to release some of the former officials, activists, and intellectuals detained in last year's post-election unrest.Those released in recent days incl... Russian High Court Upholds Yabloko Ban In Election
RadioFreeEurope
MOSCOW -- The Russian Supreme Court has upheld a ban on the opposition Yabloko party taking part in upcoming elections to the Sverdlovsk Oblast Duma, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. Yabloko's press ... Kadyrov Orders Drivers To Clean Their Cars Regularly
RadioFreeEurope
Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov is the meddling type of strongman and there is nothing he won't speak out about. In the past he's taken firm stands on the state of the Russian republic's roads and amount of... President Obama Delays Asia Trip To Push Health-care
New York Post
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Asia, his first international trip of the year, to focus on the push to salvage health care legislation after a year of contentious debate... Woman Gets 16 Years For Raping Adopted Daughter
New York Post
TACOMA, Wash. — A 47-year-old woman in Washington state has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping her 8-year-old daughter adopted from China. Donna Marie Whisenhunt, of Lacey, pleaded ... Suicide Bombs Kill 43, Wound 100 In Pakistani City
New York Post
LAHORE, Pakistan -- A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and wounding about 100, ... Jogger Believed Mauled To Death By Wolves In Alaska
New York Post
A teacher killed while jogging in Alaska is thought to have been mauled to death by wolves, Sky News reported Friday.The post-mortem carried out on Candice Berner recorded "multiple injuries due to an... Nj Man Linked To Al Qaeda Worked At Us Nuclear Plants
New York Post
BUENA, N.J. — Sharif Mobley, who is in custody in Yemen as a suspected member of the same branch of al-Qaida that's linked to the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt of a Detroit-bound jet, wor... James Brown's Body Is Missing From Crypt: Daughter
New York Post
-father of Soul."One of Brown's daughters reportedly claims that the singer's body has gone missing from its crypt -- part of an elaborate plot to prevent her from carrying out an autopsy that will de... German Church Leader Apologizes To Abuse Victims
International Herald Tribune
Pope Benedict Friday the pontiff had encouraged him to press ahead with tough new measures. Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, head of the German Bishops' Conference, vowed the German Church would take ste... Vonn Wins 3rd Straight World Cup
International Herald Tribune
Lindsey Vonn won her third consecutive World Cup overall title Friday with a victory in the super-G at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Vonn now has 33 World Cup wins, the most for an American skier. Governing Israel: The Ultimate Insider’s Account
Jerusalem Post
Post readers will be familiar with Avner’s storytelling skills. Often, over the years, he has bequeathed us installments of his elegant prose, first-hand reports from his personal archive set in the... Column One: The March Of The Red-green Brigades
Jerusalem Post
The Red-Green alliance is on the march. On Wednesday, the leftist-controlled European Parliament in Strasbourg passed a resolution endorsing the Goldstone Report. That report, it will be recalled, den... Kiwi War Hero Aiming To Stay At The Front Line
New Zealand Herald
Shrink "The man on the ground is the most important thing out here ... you can't win a war from far away." These are the words of New Zealand's latest war hero, British Army rifleman James McKie, wh... Heir Dies In Plane Crash
New Zealand Herald
Shrink Stace Hopper was involved with development of the Marsden Cove residential marina. A member of a prominent Far North family has been killed after his plane crashed in a field near Whangarei ye... Rachida Dati - Stilettos With A Steely Edge
New Zealand Herald
Rachida Dati refuses to renounce her fashion sense - like her stylish stilettos (right) - while juggling her roles of politician and single mother. Photo / AP The New Potency Of The F-word
New Zealand Herald
It is 40 years since Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch hit the bookshops. When it was first published, the passionate polemic calling for the end of the oppression of women caused a sensation. Edwa... Last Chance To Escape The Firing Squad
New Zealand Herald
Shrink This was diplomacy at its rawest. Behind closed doors and away from the glare of public declarations of friendship and goodwill, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd this week sat down with President Su... West Bank Unrest Strains Limits Of Israel's Patience
New Zealand Herald
Shortly after 2.30pm a shot rang out, and Ehab dropped face down on the ground before being carried vomiting and bleeding from the wound above his right eye by four older men to relative safety back u... Fran O'sullivan: Lessons To Learn From Irish
New Zealand Herald
It's a brave politician who traipses halfway round the world while her political opponents are calling for her head and her job could be up for grabs in an upcoming Cabinet reshuffle. But Irish Cabin... Senators Question $1 Million Pay For Charity's Ceo
USA Today
Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, raising issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding fo... Nicolas Sarkozy Laughs Off Questions About Affairs
The Independent
French president Nicolas Sarkozy today tried to laugh off rumours about his marriage to former model Carla Bruni. Mr Sarkozy was asked at a joint Downing Street news conference with Gordon Br... Mexico City Stages First Gay Marriages
The Independent
Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples made history in Mexico City as they wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage. Mayor... Australia Probes Navy Sex Games Claims
The Independent
Australian officials launched an investigation into allegations that sailors on board a navy ship were running a sex competition during an overseas deployment last year. The Defence Departmen... Pope Meets German Bishop Over Sex Scandal
The Independent
The Pope held talks with Germany's leading bishop today amid a spiralling abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church in his homeland. Archbishop Robert Zollitsch has apologised to German victim... Obama Delays Trip As Health Care Vote Nears
CNN
NEW: President Obama delays trip to Indonesia and Australia to work on health care House Budget Committee expected to vote on key procedural piece on health care Party leaders in House, Senate hold ex... Disfigured Girl Stuck In Haiti
CNN
Prieto said nearly 30 of their kids are stranded in Haiti waiting for help, and there are countless more who could be endangered by lack of care for otherwise treatable conditions. She said her organi... Opinion: Fury Over Sex Offender
CNN
In any case, I wouldn't be surprised if, throughout San Diego County, video stores are having trouble keeping that movie on the shelf. For the last 10 days, 3.2 million people have been working throug... Teacher-student Sex 'never Kid's Fault'
CNN
However the situation unfolds, the it's always the responsibility of the teacher to keep appropriate boundaries. "It's never the kid's fault," said New York pyschologist Judith Alpert.
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