World News
Pilot Dies In Plane Crash At Small Ariz. Airport
San Diego Union-Tribune
The wreckage of a plane is shown in an airplane hanger Thursday, March 11, 2010 at Stellar Air Park in Chandler, Ariz. A World War II-era plane crashed Thursday while attempting to land at a small air... U.s. Lawmakers Press Pakistan On Lashkar-e-taiba
RadioFreeEurope
U.S. lawmakers are urging President Barack Obama to push Pakistan to crack down harder on Lashkar-e-Taiba militants. The House of Representatives subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia held a ... Gates Sees Gulf Support For Iran Sanctions Push
RadioFreeEurope
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Gulf states seem ready to push China to support fresh UN sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. Gates was in the United Arab Emirates to push for str... House Calls For Ethics Committee To Expand Massa Probe
New York Post
In a sign that the Eric Massa controversy may not go away any time soon, the House on Thursday advanced a Republican measure calling for the ethics committee to "investigate fully" what House Democrat... Firm Accused Of Hurting Katrina Recovery
New Zealand Herald
New Orleans' watchdog has found serious problems with the work of an engineering company hired to oversee the rebuilding of city buildings and infrastructure damaged in Hurricane Katrina, including ov... Vatican's Outrage Over School's Condom Machines
New Zealand Herald
Shrink The decision by a Rome high school to install condom vending machines has set off a storm in Italy, with the Catholic Church charging the move will encourage young people to have sex and Rome'... Firm Accused Of Hurting New Orleans' Recovery
USA Today
NEW ORLEANS (AP) New Orleans' watchdog has found serious problems with the work of an engineering company hired to oversee the rebuilding of city buildings and infrastructure damaged in Hurrica... Clashes As Greeks Go On Strike
The Independent
Police clashed with stone-throwing youths in the Greek capital yesterday as tens of thousands protested at draconian cutbacks aimed at pulling the nation out of a debt crisis shaking the eurozone. ... Pay Up Or The Parrot Gets It, Says Bank
The Independent
It sounds like the basis for a Monty Python sketch, rather than a $50,000 lawsuit. A woman from Pennsylvania is suing Bank of America, after a contractor wrongly repossessed her home and impounded her... Mercy Killing Wife Takes Life At Swiss Clinic
The Independent
A woman who walked free from court 10 years ago after the attempted mercy killing of her husband has ended her own life in a Swiss clinic. Celebrated toymaker Vicki Wood, admitted the attempted murd... West Bank Rises Up In A New 'white' Intifada
The Independent
Search the news archive for more stories Even if freshly promised "proximity talks" between Israelis and Palestinians get under way, they are unlikely to halt the weekly protests that w... 200 Held Over Nigeria Killings
The Independent
Police in Nigeria have arrested around 200 people following weekend attacks on three Christian villages in which hundreds of people were thought to have been killed. The central city of Jos, at the c... Palestinians Threaten To Quit Talks Over Settlements
The Independent
US Vice President Joe Biden was last night struggling to keep freshly announced Middle East negotiations on track despite a threat by the Palestinians not to participate unless Israel reverses its lat... Mystery Of The Missing Father Of Kidnapped Boy
The Independent
At first it seemed like a simple case of abduction: a five-year-old British boy snatched by masked gunmen in Pakistan on the last day of a two-week holiday with his father. A £100,000 ransom dem... American Troops To Take Over From British In Musa Qala
The Independent
A town which played an iconic and controversial part in the British mission in Afghanistan is to be handed over to the Americans in a move signalling a major change in Western strategy. Musa Qala, wh... Ban Salt To Save Lives, Restaurants In New York Told
The Independent
Four years ago New York City's health commissioners banned artery-blocking transfats in restaurants. Now, if a legislator has his way, the chefs at every eatery in the Big Apple and across the state w... Sen. Reid's Wife Breaks Back In Wreck
CNN
Washington (CNN) -- The wife and daughter of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid were injured Thursday in a highway accident, a spokesman for the Democratic senator from Nevada said. The injuries aren't... Lesbian Teen Sues School Over Prom Flap
C News
Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old senior at Itawamba County Agricultural High School, reads her many messages from Facebook and Myspace concerning her desire to attend her senior prom with a same-sex... Salmond To Meet Bbc Over Debates
BBC
Senior SNP figures are to meet with the BBC to discuss the row over the party's exclusion from televised general election debates.Among those attending the Edinburgh talks will be Scottish first minis... Homes Evacuated In Armagh Alert
BBC
A number of houses have been evacuated in Armagh due to a security alert, the police have said.A suspicious object has been found at Naill's Crescent at its junction with Friary Road. Army bomb dispos... 'slow Start' For 2010 Home Sales
BBC
The number of homes sold in England and Wales at the start of 2010 fell back to levels seen at the depths of the downturn, a survey says.Transaction levels fell to 36,000 in January, a drop of 52% com... Blood Pressure Spike 'stroke Key'
BBC
Fluctuations in blood pressure could be more important than consistently high readings as a warning sign for stroke, researchers have said.Current guidelines focus on the need to lower blood pressure ... Greek Protests Turn Violent
The Scotsman
SERIOUS street clashes erupted in Athens yesterday as tens of thousands of people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the Greek government's austerity measures. Israel Strikes Gaza, Biden Urges Talks
The Australian
The airstrikes hit two targets in the southern Gaza Strip - a metal workshop and a smuggling tunnel - wounding several people, witnesses and the army said.The army said the strikes were in response to... Iraq Opposition Alleges Poll Fraud
The Australian
BAGHDAD: The threat of violent protests is looming over Iraq as the country's leading opposition politician says there was widespread fraud in last week's elections. Health Vote Puts Obama Trip In Doubt
The Australian
THE White House is battling to play down speculation that Barack Obama may be forced to delay his visit to Indonesia and Australia next week because of the failure to meet his timetable on passing hea...
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