| US role seen in 'deterrence' toward Iran - Reuters
March 4, 2009 at 11:34 pm
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| | AFP US role seen in 'deterrence' toward Iran Reuters By Randall Mikkelsen WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The United States should emphasize a military 'deterrence' policy, including a possible guarantee of nuclear protection for friendly Middle Eastern countries, in persuading Iran to abandon suspected ... Republicans anxious over Obama's ... |
| Sri Lanka Army Chief Pledges to Protect Civilians Caught in War - Bloomberg
March 4, 2009 at 11:34 pm
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| | BBC News Sri Lanka Army Chief Pledges to Protect Civilians Caught in War Bloomberg By Paul Tighe March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka's army chief told his commanders to ensure the safety of civilians in the final battles to defeat the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. More here: Sri ... |
| Mexico army to take over policing in drug-hit city - Reuters
March 4, 2009 at 11:34 pm
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| | Reuters Mexico army to take over policing in drug-hit city Reuters By Robin Emmott CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's army will take over the local police force in the border city of Ciudad Juarez where it helped quell a deadly prison riot on Wednesday in its widening war ... |
| NATO seen backing Russia ties to form broad front - International Herald Tribune
March 4, 2009 at 11:34 pm
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| | Malaysia Star NATO seen backing Russia ties to form broad front International Herald Tribune By David Brunnstrom NATO is expected on Thursday to back a resumption of formal ties with Russia as Washington and its allies seek a broad front in their troubled battle against Afghan militants and other ... |
| Clinton's caution in Israel has some Palestinians grumbling< - MiamiHerald.com
March 4, 2009 at 11:34 pm
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| | BBC News Clinton's caution in Israel has some Palestinians grumbling< MiamiHerald.com By DION NISSENBAUM RAMALLAH, West Bank -- On her first visit as secretary of state to the de facto Palestinian capital, Hillary Clinton publicly chided Israel on Wednesday for demolishing dozens of Arab homes in East Jerusalem, a ... |
| Chavez Seizes Rice Operations From US Grain Giant - Wall Street Journal
March 4, 2009 at 11:34 pm
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| | Financial Times Chavez Seizes Rice Operations From US Grain Giant Wall Street Journal CARACAS - President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday ordered the expropriation of the local rice operations of US grain giant Cargill Inc., and threatened to take over beer and food manufacturer Polar, the country's largest private company. ... |
| Japanese opposition leader rails at 'unfair' arrest of aide - Financial Times
March 4, 2009 at 11:34 pm
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| | Boston Globe Japanese opposition leader rails at 'unfair' arrest of aide Financial Times By Mure Dickie in Tokyo The head of the Democratic party of Japan yesterday denounced the arrest of a senior aide on charges of illegal fundraising. More: Japanese opposition leader rails at 'unfair' arrest of aide - ... |
| Karzai's Afghan poll plan rebuffed - Financial Times
March 4, 2009 at 11:34 pm
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| | BBC News Karzai's Afghan poll plan rebuffed Financial Times By Pamela Constable in Kabul Afghanistan's election commission yesterday strongly rejected the dates selected by Hamid Karzai, president, for elections, injecting new uncertainty into a crucial period of transition for this struggling, western-backed ... Video: Inside Story - Hamid Karzai ... |
| China Spending Hopes Spur Regional Stock Rally - Wall Street Journal
March 4, 2009 at 11:34 pm
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| | ABC News China Spending Hopes Spur Regional Stock Rally Wall Street Journal By ROSALIND MATHIESON SINGAPORE -- Asian shares rose on expectations for increased Chinese government spending to support its economy, with China-related stocks on the rise in South Korea, Japan and Australia. China eyes 8 pct growth despite ... |
| Crash jet had faulty altimeter - Financial Times
March 4, 2009 at 11:34 pm
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| | BBC News Crash jet had faulty altimeter Financial Times By Michael Steen The Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport last week, killing nine, was running on autopilot and stalled because a faulty altimeter prompted the plane to cut power to its engines, Dutch safety ... ... |
| Faulty reading helped cause Dutch plane crash - CNN International
March 4, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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| | CBC.ca Faulty reading helped cause Dutch plane crash CNN International (CNN) -- A "faulty" flight instrument contributed to the crash of a Turkish plane last month in the Netherlands, an accident that killed nine people and injured more than 60 others, Dutch safety authorities said on Wednesday. Bad altimeter ... |
| Iran to launch first atom power plant in summer - Reuters
March 4, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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| | Washington Post Iran to launch first atom power plant in summer Reuters TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran plans to start up its first atomic power plant this summer, its foreign minister was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Iran says 1st stage of Bushehr power plant to start in summer Xinhua ... |
| Evidence mounts of Syrian nuclear cover-up: US - Reuters
March 4, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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| | ABC News Evidence mounts of Syrian nuclear cover-up: US Reuters By Mark Heinrich VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday that UN inspectors had found growing evidence of covert nuclear activity in Syria, and European allies said a lack of Syrian transparency demanded utmost scrutiny. The Road ... |
| Thou Shalt Not Text Until Easter, Italians Told - FOXNews
March 4, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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| | Telegraph.co.uk Thou Shalt Not Text Until Easter, Italians Told FOXNews Or, put another way, the Italian branch of the Roman Catholic Church wants its followers to forswear text messaging, social-networking Web sites and computer games in the run-up to Easter. Call to give up texting for Lent BBC News ... |
| Bomb Kills Three Canadian Servicemen in Afghanistan - Bloomberg
March 4, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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| | AFP Bomb Kills Three Canadian Servicemen in Afghanistan Bloomberg By Thomas Penny March 4 (Bloomberg) -- Three Canadian servicemen serving with the NATO-led force in southern Afghanistan were killed in a roadside bombing, Canada's military said. Three Canadian troops killed in Afghanistan AFP Three Canadian soldiers killed in Afghan ... |
| Afghan Election Commission Rejects Karzai Request for Early Election - Voice of America
March 4, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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| | guardian.co.uk Afghan Election Commission Rejects Karzai Request for Early Election Voice of America By Barry Newhouse Afghanistan's election committee has rejected President Hamid Karzai's request to move up the date for presidential elections to late April. More here: Afghan Election Commission Rejects Karzai Request for Early Election - Voice of ... |
| Sri Lanka: If war ends, can a divided nation heal? - Christian Science Monitor
March 4, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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| | Boston Globe Sri Lanka: If war ends, can a divided nation heal? Christian Science Monitor Many see the Army's all-out fight as the only way to defeat Tamil rebels. But ending a cycle of ethnic conflict in the country may prove harder than a military victory. See original here: Sri ... |
| The city without a memory: treasures lost under collapsed Cologne … - Times Online
March 4, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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| | The Age The city without a memory: treasures lost under collapsed Cologne ... Times Online As police used tracker dogs to unearth possible human suvivors underneath the collapsed archives building, engineers were trying to work out how the 1971 institution - once regarded as a state-of-the-art documentation centre, copied ... |
| Cardinal Mahony bans Holocaust-denier from LA archdiocese - USA Today
March 4, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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| | BBC News Cardinal Mahony bans Holocaust-denier from LA archdiocese USA Today LOS ANGELES (AP) - Cardinal Roger Mahony on Tuesday took the unusual step of banning Holocaust-denying British Bishop Richard Williamson from any Roman Catholic church, school or other facility in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Vatican Rejects Bishop ... |
| Jail riot in Mexican drug war city kills 17 - Reuters
March 4, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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| | CTV.ca Jail riot in Mexican drug war city kills 17 Reuters CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - A riot at a jail just outside the violence-ravaged Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez left 15 inmates and two federal police dead on Wednesday, Red Cross workers at the scene said. Mexico sends ... | | | 
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