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Breaking News Tue, 9 Mar 2010
An Electoral worker empties a ballot box to begin counting the results at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
Election   Iraq   Parliament   Photos   Vote  
Some Iraq Results Coming Wednesday
| BAGHDAD — Iraq’s electoral commission said Tuesday that it would announce partial results of parliamentary elections on Wednesday, providing an incomplete picture of the vote that will n... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
The New York Times
Construction workers are seen on a new housing development in the Jewish neighborhood of Har Homa in east Jerusalem, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009.
Israel   Jerusalem   Palestine   Peace   Photos   US  
Israel approves East Jerusalem homes as Biden visits
| Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. | Speaking earlier, Joe Biden said Washington had a total commitment to Israel's security | Israel has approved the building of 1,600 ne... (photo: AP / Sebastian Scheiner)
BBC News
Vice President Joseph Biden, center, enters a car upon his arrival to Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 8, 2010. Biden arrived to Israel Monday, the first leg of a five-day tour of the Middle East. Biden's trip is the highest-level visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories yet by an Obama administration official. Fresh Middle East talks hit a wall
| Israel's move to expand illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank has threatened to sabotage newly agreed indirect talks with the Palestinian Authority before they can even begin. | George Mitch... (photo: AP / Baz Ratner) Al Jazeera
Israel   Palestine   Peace   Photos   US  
President George W. Bush addresses the United States Chamber of Commerce Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, in Washington, D.C. The President spoke on the state of the economy and thanked the Chamber and its members for "efforts to support the spirit of free enterprise, and to advance the interests of business, large and small, across our great country." Ex-President Bush in Tory phone plea on NI devolution
| Ex-US president George W Bush has asked David Cameron to try to get the Ulster Unionists to back devolution of justice and policing in Northern Ireland. | The NI Assembly is due to vote on the trans... (photo: White House / Eric Draper) BBC News
Bush   Photos   Politics   US   Ulster  
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Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband speaks during a joint press conference with Afghan foreign minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, unseen, at the foreign ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan Wednesday, Feb. 18, Miliband says UK must not retreat into shell
LONDON - Britain must remain a major player in international affairs despite likely political and budgetary constraints in coming years, Foreign Secretary David Miliband ... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq) Khaleej Times
Britain   Economy   Elections   Photos   Politics  
Rashtriya Janata Dal President, Lalu Prasad Yadav, right,and Samajwadi Party President Mulayam Singh Yadav, third left,shout slogans against the Women's Reservation Bill outside parliament in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 8, 2010. Deadlock over India womens' bill
| India's parliament has postponed a vote on a bill seeking to reserve one third of parliamentary seats for female candidates after strong opposition caused pro... (photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi) Al Jazeera
India   Photos   Politics   Society   Woman  
Togo security forces block off three roads leading to Togo's opposition party headquarters in Lome, Togo, Monday March 8, 2010. Togo security blocks opposition headquarters
| LOME, Togo-Security forces on Monday blocked off three roads leading to Togo's opposition party headquarters a day after the group had staged protests claiming presiden... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) The Boston Globe
Elections   Photos   Protests   Security   Togo  
Yellow River. 3930.0 N, 10644.7 E Inner Mongolia Ice brings flood threat from Yellow River
| HOHHOT - Thousands of civilians and soldiers have been mobilized to patrol the banks of the flood-prone Yellow River in north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, ... (photo: GFDL / Yaohua2000) China Daily
China   Disasters   Floods   Photos   Water  
Boats on the Yangtze River, upstream from the Three Gorges. The Yangtze River enters Hubei from the west via the Three Gorges; the Hanshui and Shen Nong Stream enter from the north. Toxic liquids dumped near Yangtze
| Beijing: An unlicensed recycling company dumped hundreds of barrels of toxic material near the Yangtze River, potentially threatening local water supplies. | Two men ha... (photo: Creative Commons / Carla Antonini) China Daily
Beijing   Photos   Toxic   Water   Yangtze  
Tibetans-struggles-religious-Buddhism-Tibet-Dharamshala, India 'Only socialism can save Tibet'
Monday, March 08, 2010 | BEIJING: The new Chinese-appointed governor of Tibet said on Sunday that only socialism can "save" the remote region and guarantee its developmen... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) The News International
China   Freedom   Photos   Socialism   Tibet  
Former Guatanamo detainee Moazzam Begg, who was released in 2005, speaks during a session of the Convention Modern Liberty at the Institute of Education in London, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009. Government attempts to keep torture case secret
| Holding case taken by former Guantánamo detainees behind closed doors would set 'very dangerous precedent', says lawyer | The government wants a case being taken by se... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori) The Guardian
Law   Military   Photos   Torture   UK  
Police stand in front of the Hyatt Hotel at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Saturday, March 6, 2010, after group of armed men heist a poker tournament at the hotel. Caught in the Berlin poker heist
| There were millions of euros at stake and some of the world's best poker players squeezed into a hotel ballroom, under the gaze of the massed gambling media and tens of... (photo: AP / Markus Schreiber) The Independent
Berlin   Crime   Money   Photos   Police  
People participate in an anti-abortion rally in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday, March 7, 2010. Abortion law prompts pro-life protests in Spain
| Tens of thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators gathered in at least four Spanish cities yesterday to protest about a new law that allows abortions without restriction... (photo: AP / Arturo Rodriguez) The Independent
Abortion   Law   Photos   Protests   Spain  
Jeff Dean of Ottawa, Canada works on his laptop while waiting for his flight home from Logan Airport in Boston, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005 Internet access is 'a fundamental right'
| Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests. | The survey - of mor... (photo: AP / Josh Reynolds) BBC News
Freedom   Human RIghts   Internet   Photos   Society  
An Oscar statue stands on the red carpet outside the Kodak Theatre as preparations continue for the 82nd Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Calif., on Friday, March 5, 2010. The Academy Awards will be held on Sunday. Stars begin arriving for Oscars ceremony
| Stars have begun arriving at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles for the 82nd Academy Awards, with best actress nominee Sandra Bullock among them. | First-time nominee Bul... (photo: AP / Amy Sancetta) BBC News
Award   Hollywood   Oscars   Photos   Stars  
North America Europe
Flu Shots in Children Help People of All Ages
Demand for Lithium Is Poised to Take Off
Canadian leaders tuck into 'seal meal' to defy EU ba
Toyota, US officials investigate runaway Prius
Barack Obama shoots on the White House basketball court .jpg
Greek PM not looking for aid in meeting with Obama
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Obama: Greece, facing bad days, has US as ally
Stolen body of former Cypriot leader found in wrong grave
Irish arrests over 'plot to kill cartoonist'
Greece pleads with US to stop the speculators
Barack Obama shoots on the White House basketball court .jpg
Greek PM not looking for aid in meeting with Obama
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Asia Middle East
Woman soldier was 'unlawfully killed after inadequate tr
Taskforce to investigate Iraqi civilians' 'torture&#
Historic step for women in India as parliament gives them th
Gallantry awards to mark brutality of Afghan combat
Cold water in a plastic cup
New water policy soon
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Dubai Police official denies media reports about arresting s
Israel announces 1,600 new homes as Joe Biden starts peace t
Nouri al-Maliki and Ayad Allawi both claim victory in Iraq e
Some Iraq Results Coming Wednesday
An Electoral worker empties a ballot box to begin counting the results at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
Some Iraq Results Coming Wednesday
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South America Africa
Demand for Lithium Is Poised to Take Off
Trade war looms as Brazil raises tariffs on wide range of US
Quake moved Chile city by 3m
Davis Cup Short of Stars but Not of Heroes
Members of the Spain's Davis Cup team pose with the Davis Cup trophy after defeating Argentina during the final in Mar del Plata, Argentina,
Davis Cup Short of Stars but Not of Heroes
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Half of Food Aid to Somalia Is Diverted, Report Says
What will it Take for Change to Come to Egypt?
Rights Officials Call for Justice in Nigeria Massacre
South African House Prices Rise Year-on-Year
President Hosni Mubarak attends a joint press cEgyptian onference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (tmg1)
What will it Take for Change to Come to Egypt?
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Australia Caribbean
Banks offer concessions to flood-ravaged farmers
Darling irrigators don't need Queensland overflow
Lord Mayor launches new campaign against live exports
Victorian rain unlikely to reach SA irrigators
Journalists interview Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, left, as Irish Cardinal Sean Brady, center, looks on, in front of St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009.
FACTBOX - Sex abuse scandals in the Catholic church
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IFC to aid Haiti firms with $35 mln aid program
Clinton says elections key to Haiti stability
Clinton says elections key to Haiti stability
Cuba Does Not Accept Pressure or Blackmail
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, where she welcomed Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon.
Clinton says elections key to Haiti stability
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