World News Israel told it must make urgent peace concessions
Fort Worth News.Net
The Israeli prime minister was strongly rebuked on Friday by the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who angrily questioned him on Israel's refusal to back down on settlement expansion.
 Pakistani helicopters rout Taliban
Fort Worth News.Net
Helicopter gunships belonging to Pakistan have pounded Taliban hideouts in the north-western tribal district, killing at least 13 militants.
 Invasion hoax sends Georgia into a panic
Fort Worth News.Net
Georgia’s president, Mikheil Saakashvili, has complimented a local television channel that sparked panic by broadcasting a drama which implied that the country was being invaded.
 British House of Lords to go
Fort Worth News.Net
In a plan being devised by the UK government, the country’s House of Lords could be abolished.
 Canadians dead in snowmobile avalanche
Fort Worth News.Net
In Canada, three people are dead while others are still buried under piles of snow, after an avalanche hit a snowmobile competition near Revelstoke, British Columbia.
 Pope weathering paedophile slurs
Fort Worth News.Net
The Vatican has denounced attempts to involve the pope in scandals surrounding paedophile activity within the Catholic Church.
Injured Beckham Likely Out For World Cup
International Herald Tribune
after apparently tearing his Achilles’ tendon while playing for A.C. Milan on Sunday. Beckham pulled up unchallenged in the center circle, hopped on his right leg, then fell to the turf with on...
Un Chief Hears Progress, Challenges For Haiti Aid
Channel News Asia
PORT-AU-PRINCE: UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Sunday made his second visit to Haiti since the country's killer earthquake in January, to hear the formidable challenges and progress made by aid groups. In a ...
Chile Hit By Massive Blackout
Channel News Asia
SANTIAGO: A vast area of earthquake-hit Chile, including the capital city of Santiago, was plunged into darkness Sunday by a massive blackout, the National Emergency Office said. The area without powe...
Obama Unfolds Education Blueprint
USA Today
The Obama administration's plan to make sweeping changes to the 2002 No Child Left Behind education law is getting mixed reaction among educators: Teachers unions complained that teachers are being sc...
Voter Turnouts For Primaries 'a Concern'
USA Today
Democratic and Republican nominees for governor and U.S. Senate has been declining to less than 10% per party. The percentages are even lower for U.S. House and state legislature primaries, Gans says.
Un Boss Reassures Haiti Victims
BBC
Ban Ki-moon has offered assurances of the world's continued commitment to help Haiti.The United Nations secretary general stressed providing shelter was the top priority as he made his second visit to...
Mps Criticise Equalities Chairman
BBC
UK equalities watchdog chief Trevor Phillips has been criticised by an influential parliamentary committee.A Joint Committee on Human Rights report voiced concerns over his leadership and questioned t...
Mission: Impossible Actor Dies
BBC
Peter Graves - star of the classic TV series Mission: Impossible and disaster spoof movie Airplane! - has died in the US city of Los Angeles. He was 83.The actor had a suspected heart attack outside h...
Drug Cartel 'hit Teams' Kill Americans
The Australian
They also killed a co-worker's Mexican husband in a separate attack, a US official said.The victims - two Americans and a Mexican - came under fire in separate locations as they were driving through C...
Maliki Pulls Ahead In Baghdad Race
IOL
By Rania El Gamal and Khalid al-Ansary Baghdad - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pulled ahead on Sunday in early results of an election Iraqis hoped would end years of sectarian strife, but a divided...
Storm Leaves New York And Pennsylvania Soggy
IOL
Atlantic City, New Jersey - Utility crews pushed through fallen trees and windblown debris to reach downed power lines on Sunday, working to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes and b...
Massive Power Failure Hits Chile
IOL
Santiago - Cities throughout Chile were without power on Sunday evening due to a problem with one of the country's main power grids, according to witnesses and local media. Presidency Minister Cris...
Uk Police Apprehend Suspect Wanted By Spain
IOL
London - British police said they had arrested a 29-year-old man on Sunday wanted by Spanish authorities for alleged terrorism offences. British news reports said the man was suspected of being a m...
Thousands Rally Against Toxic Haze
IOL
Moscow - Two thousand people protested against the release of what they said were toxic fumes in a small town on Russia's Pacific coast on Sunday, one of a series of unusually large protests across th...
Mexico Gunmen Kill American Consulate Staff
Reuters
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Power Blackout Hits Chile Two Weeks After Quake
Reuters
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Greek Bailout Tops Eu Finance Ministers' Agenda
Reuters
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Finance ministers from countries using the euro hope to agree on Monday on a way of providing heavily indebted Greece with financial aid, despite French and German doubts that a d...
Yemen Claims Strike On Al Qaeda Members
CBS News
Ireland Nabs 7 in Cartoonist Murder Plot (AP) Yemen's embassy in Washington says its nation's air force launched an airstrike on an al Qaeda hideout ahead of a likely terror attack. The airstrike w...
Wade And Heat Run Past Sixers
Philadelphia Daily News
MIAMI - The destination the 76ers reached tonight against the Miami Heat was familiar - a 104-91 loss - but the path veered slightly. After months of using a relatively set rotation, Sixers coach Edd...
Disquiet In Google's Online Library
Philadelphia Daily News
Courtney Mitchel, a librarian participating in the Google Books Library Project, scans an antique Bible in Ann Arbor, Mich., into the database. Google aims to store millions of the world's texts.
Ten Of Thousands Still Without Power
Philadelphia Daily News
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On A Barge, Seeing Europe Nice And Slow
Philadelphia Daily News
DECIZE, France - It would be hard to invent a more limited way to see Europe than on a rented canal barge. You have a choice of two directions, forward or back. Most towns on the map are completely ou...
"don't Fall Down In The Hood"
Philadelphia Daily News
Three students in the "Don't Fall Down in the Hood" program receive job training. The program has been saving juvenile 1st time gun-crime offenders since 1998. The city just slashed its budget in half...
Frustration Grows In Iraq At Slow Pace Of Vote Tally
International Herald Tribune
Iraq ’s parliamentary elections last week and no clear winners likely to emerge anytime soon, public frustration here seems to be growing. American officials have privately expressed concern tha...
Shaken Afghan City Seeks More Support From Kabul
International Herald Tribune
KABUL, Afghanistan — A day after five lethal bombs shook Kandahar, officials appealed Sunday to the central government to send more security forces and expand intelligence gathering in the south...
Socialists Lead In Early Voting In France
International Herald Tribune
President Nicolas Sarkozy appeared to be beaten by the opposition Socialists on Sunday in a first round of regional elections marked by a record abstention, according to partial official results relea...
British Put Teeth In Anti-piracy Proposal
International Herald Tribune
PARIS — When asked how governments ought to deal with freeloaders who illegally copy music and movies on the Internet, James Murdoch, head of News Corp.’s European and Asian operations, do...
Us Presses For Israeli Concessions
Jerusalem Post
The Obama administration refused to let go of the Ramat Shlomo construction controversy Sunday, with two top aides to US President Barack Obama slamming Israel amid a growing sense in Jerusalem that W...
Brazil’s President Here For 1st Time
Jerusalem Post
Brazilian President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva arrived Sunday for the first-ever visit of a Brazilian president, but – along with warm words from his hosts about the “historic” visit – he is l...
Israel’s First Real Response To Goldstone
Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post and authored by the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center is the first real, aggressive Israeli response to the Goldstone Report, taking it apart piece-by-piece and explai...
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