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Triple suicide bombings leave Pakistan reelingTriple suicide bombings leave Pakistan reeling
In the third terrorist attack in two days, a Pakistani court has been targeted by a suicide bomber leaving at least ten...


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Clinton accuses Israel of insulting USClinton accuses Israel of insulting US
US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has called the timing of the announcement by Isreal of new construction in East Jerusalem...
Claim: religious references in currency and pledge of allegiance do not violate First AmendementClaim: religious references in currency and pledge of allegiance do not violate First Amendement
US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejects challenge brought by doctor against religious references on currency and in the pledge of...
Pope distraught by sex abuse allegations, but firm on celibacyPope distraught by sex abuse allegations, but firm on celibacy
The Pope has defended celibacy as a commitment to God, following increasing allegations of sexual...
Israeli supermarket chain advert mimics Dubai assasinationIsraeli supermarket chain advert mimics Dubai assasination
Almost Free Warehouse, a chain of stores in Israel, hopes to benefit from the media storm surrounding the Dubai assasination with a parody...
Marcelas the 11-year-old healthcare activist Marcelas the 11-year-old healthcare activist
11-year-old Marcelas Owens takes his late mother's place campaigning for healthcare reform on steps of Capital...
Cancellation of further moon landings concerns ex-astronautsCancellation of further moon landings concerns ex-astronauts
Former astronauts who landed on the moon in the hey-day of lunar missions have voiced their concern at President Obama's decision to move back further...
BA cabin crew union announces its members will strikeBA cabin crew union announces its members will strike
British Airways cabin crew will go on strike for three days from the 20th of March and four days from the 27th of March, says Unite, the union representing...
Wolf attack leads to death for teacher in AlaskaWolf attack leads to death for teacher in Alaska
A teacher in Alaska, whose body was found by snowmobilers, was likely to have been attacked by wolves, according to the State Medical...
Twin suicide attacks in Pakistan kill scoresTwin suicide attacks in Pakistan kill scores
Twin suicide bombings in the Pakistani city of Lahore have killed and wounded scores of...
Woman pleads guilty to raping her adopted daughterWoman pleads guilty to raping her adopted daughter
A woman and her husband have been sentenced following rape of eight-year-old...
Vatican Officials Defend Pope On Abuse
By Frances D'Emilio ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican on Saturday denounced what it called aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile...
Purse Snatcher Chased Into Traffic, Killed
A man spotted by police snatching a purse was hit by a car and killed on an interstate highway in Dallas, Texas, just before rush hour yesterday afternoon as he attempted to flee.Officials said a...
Suicide Squad Rocks Afghanistan, 30 Die
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late today, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of...
Anti-berlusconi Protesters Take To Rome Streets
ROME : Tens of thousands took to the streets of Rome on Saturday to demonstrate against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi ahead of regional elections. Protesters with banners and balloons in the...
Politician Quits After Nude Teen Hot Tub Confession
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah's House majority leader has resigned from the state Legislature, two days after his confession about sitting nude in a hot tub with a teenage girl 25 years ago stunned the...
Sen. Reid's Wife Leaves Hospital's Intensive Care
Harry Reid 's wife has been transferred out of a Virginia hospital's intensive care unit and is improving after she was seriously injured in an accident on an interstate highway near...
170,000 Get Mortgage Aid
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- More than 170,000 troubled homeowners are breathing a lasting sigh of relief now that they've received permanent modifications under the Obama administration's foreclosure...
Anti-berlusconi Protest In Rome
Tens of thousands of Italians have been taking part in a protest in Rome's main square against the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.The demonstrators, called out by the opposition and...
Ex-terror Suspect To Sue Canadian Government
Montreal - A Moroccan-born Montrealer who spent nearly two years behind bars for suspected terror ties, is suing the Canadian government for 24.5 million dollars (about R178-million). Media...
Ft: Google, China At Impasse
New Internet Controls in China (Financial Times) Google is "99.9 percent" certain it will have to close its Chinese search engine as talks with Chinese authorities about censorship with the Chinese...
Man Emerges From Coma A Compulsive Artist
Tommy McHugh doesn't paint because he wants to. He paints because he can't stop. McHugh, 60, never particularly wanted to be an artist, reports CBS News Correspondent Mark Phillips. In fact, it...
Kissinger Hospitalized In S. Korea
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger delivers a speech during a lecture about North Korea's nuclear program, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Lee...
Hurricane Force Winds, Torrential Rain Slam The Shore
By midday at the Jersey Shore, the rainstorm had developed into a classic nor'easter - on steroids. Wind gusts topping 60 m.p.h. in Atlantic City were reported by the National Service as driving...
These Phillies Prospects Bear Watching
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Eight Grapefruit League games into March, the Phillies are just now getting into evaluation mode. At some point in the next few days, the club is expected to announce its first...
Mathieson Among First Cuts
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A small surprise this morning in Phillies camp: Scott Mathieson, who was looking to fill one of the final bullpen spots, was among the first players reassigned to minor league...
Sex Scandal Touches Pope?
VATICAN CITY - Germany's sex-abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese acknowledged that it transferred a suspected pedophile priest while Benedict was in charge, and...
U.s. Warns Parents On Baby Slings
WASHINGTON - The government warned yesterday that those chic baby slings that hip moms and dads are sporting these days can be dangerous and even deadly for their little ones. The Consumer Product...
Vatican Defends Pope In Sex Scandal
The Vatican today denounced what it called aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile priests in his German homeland.It also insisted that church...
Dozens Killed As Blasts Rock An Afghan City
KABUL, Afghanistan — At least four strong explosions rocked Kandahar on Saturday evening, causing buildings to collapse and killing dozens of people, according to Afghan and American officials....
Its Sports Empire Crumbling, Russia Scrambles
Russia ’s biggest challenge in preparing to serve as host for the 2014 Winter Olympics seemed to be just mustering the resources to build the facilities in Sochi, a downtrodden Soviet-era...
Kkk Killing Conviction Upheld
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a reputed member of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan accused in the kidnapping of two black men who were abducted and killed in...
Duncan Wants 3 Ratings For Schools In Education Overhaul
Of high-performing schools, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says "we want to get out of their way," but chronically low-performing schools should have to take drastic steps to improve, he...
Three Killed, Dozen Injured In Iraq Blast
Baghdad - At least three people were killed and 13 injured Saturday in bomb blasts in Baghdad and the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police told local media. Police told Baghdad's Aswat al-Iraq...
China Delivers Venezuela Jets For Anti-drugs Fight
(Reuters) - Venezuela on Saturday tested six training and light attack jets bought from China for defense and anti-drugs flights in a deal that dodges an embargo banning sales of U.S. weapons parts...
Brown Bemoans "entire Year Gone To Waste"
Pelosi: Dems "Close" to Health Care Deal (AP) Newly arrived Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts accused President Barack Obama and Democrats on Saturday of a "bitter, destructive and...
Suicide Attacks Hit Southern Afghan City
Afghan Civilians Killed in NATO Airstrike (CBS/AP) Four suicide attackers have killed at least 30 in the southern city of Kandahar, according to the half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. ...
4 Suicide Attacks Hit Afghanistan; 30 Dead
By Noor Kahn ASSOCIATED PRESS KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Afghan president's half-brother says at least 30 people have died and dozens more hurt in four suicide attacks in the southern city of...
Attempted Murder Charge For Bar-beat Brute
The monster accused of viciously beating a nurse in the bathroom of a Hell’s Kitchen bar after she rebuffed him on the dance floor was slapped with beefed up charges of attempted murder at his...
New Fraud Cases Point To Lapses In Iraq Projects
Federal investigators looking into corruption involving reconstruction in Iraq say they have opened more than 50 new cases in the past six months by scrutinizing large cash transactions made by some...
Arab Teach Wins Round
03/13/2010 1:45 PM You can be sure this teacher will not call out the Islamic terrorist thugs who enslave their women raise their children to hate and teach them to commit violence against all who...
Pm, Ministers Meet To Discuss Us Crisis
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu convened his top ministers for a meeting Saturday evening to discuss the fallout of an announcement on construction in Jerusalem made during the visit of US Vice...
Deadly Blasts Rock Southern Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A series of explosions rocked southern Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province on Saturday, killing at least 35 people and wounding 47 others, local officials...
Annie Lennox Speaks Out On Aids
(CNN) -- Singer and activist Annie Lennox wants the world to know that the HIV virus and the debilitating condition it causes, AIDS, are the leading killers of women of reproductive age in the...
Government Supporters And Opposition March Over Disputed Togo Vote
Current Togo President Faure Gnassingbe, center waves to supporters as he exits a polling station after casting his vote for president, in Lome, Togo Thursday, March 4, 2010. (THE ASSOCIATED...
Many Killed In Afghan Bomb Blasts
At least one loud explosion has been heard in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, reports say.The cause of the blast, which happened at about 1530 GMT, was not immediately clear, the interior...
England Toil To Draw With Scots
England retained the Calcutta Cup as they fought out a nerve-shredding draw with Scotland, who now look certain to end with the Six Nations wooden spoon. Dan Parks kicked his side into a 9-6...
Vatican Defends Pope Over Abuse Scandal
Germans to Examine What Pope Knew of Abuse (AP) The Vatican on Saturday denounced what it called aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile priests in his...
Specter Pressued On I-80 Tolls
SEPTA, local labor leaders, and other proponents of I-80 tolls are putting Sen. Arlen Specter (D., Pa.) in the hot seat, demanding that he push Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to approve the...