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Sydney Morning Herald
PA cancels ceremony honoring leader of 1978 terror attack in Israel
Ha'aretz
By Reuters The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of a ceremony to honor the woman who led a 1978 hijacking of a civilian bus in Israel that left 35 people dead. The cancellation of the ceremony planned for Thursday coincided ...
Israeli minister apologizes for bad timing of East Jerusalem expansion planXinhua
Middle East press unmoved by Biden visitBBC News
Biden says Palestinians deserve 'viable' stateThe Associated Press
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Washington Post
Swedish artist: cartoon murder plot 'low-tech'
The Associated Press
STOCKHOLM — A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog says he believes the suspects in an alleged plot to kill him were not professionals. Lars Vilks told The Associated Press on Wednesday that suspects ...
Swedish media reprint cartoon that inspired alleged murder plotTimes Online
Swedish papers reprint Prophet cartoonTimes of India
Arrests over alleged plot to kill cartoonistRTE.ie
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BBC News
Elephant birth surprises Australian zoo
BBC News
An elephant in an Australian zoo has shocked vets by giving birth to a live elephant calf which zoo-keepers believed had died in the womb. Experts had said the survival of the baby elephant after six days of labour would be "a miracle". ...
'Miracle' baby elephant cheats death to take first stepsEconomic Times
"Dead" baby elephant calf born alive in Sydney zooReuters UK
The mother elephant, Porntip (left), had a week of difficult labour (AAP: Dean ...ABC Online
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Telegraph.co.uk
Iran, US at loggerheads to affect war on terror in Afghanistan
Xinhua
KABUL, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Despite confrontation over nuclear issue, Middle East and numerous other international subjects, both Tehran and Washington are in consent to fight militancy in Afghanistan but their confrontation would ...
Ahmadinejad: US Forces Cannot Bring Peace to AfghanistanVoice of America
Ahmadinejad, Gates trade barbs in AfghanistanReuters
David Miliband to seek Afghanistan political driveBBC News
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Reuters
Canberra seals closer ties with Indonesia
New Zealand Herald
Dulmatin, a senior member of the Jemaah Islamia terror group, was killed by police during a raid near Jakarta on Tuesday. Photo / AP CANBERRA - Australia and Indonesia have announced new moves to boost security, ...
Police tracked Bali bomb terrorist Dulmatin for weeksThe Australian
Bomber's death fresh blow to Indonesia militantsReuters
Suspect's Death Leads to Questions on Indonesia's Border SecurityNew York Times
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Reuters
Gunmen kill 6 in Western aid agency raid in Pakistan
Reuters
OGHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants stormed an office of a US-based, Christian aid agency in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six Pakistani aid workers after singling them out and then blowing up the building. ...
Charity suspends operation in Pakistan after attack kills 6CNN International
Six killed in attack on Western aid agency in PakistanBBC News
Pakistan: six charity workers killed in Taliban attackTelegraph.co.uk
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The Guardian
Dalai Lama Expresses 'Little Hope' for Progress With China on Tibetan Issue
Voice of America
Photo: AP Tibet's exiled spiritual leader is expressing frustration in his latest assessment of the situation in his homeland. The Dalai Lama's statement came on the 51st anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule. ...
Dalai Lama's remarks confound black with whiteXinhua
Dalai Lama voices support for UighursFinancial Times
Tibetans stage march on 51st anniversary of Tibetan uprisingSify
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The Hindu
APNewsBreak: German diocese to examine choir abuse
The Associated Press
BERLIN — A spokesman for the Regensburg Catholic diocese in Germany says the diocese will investigate allegations of physical and sexual abuse that have swirled around a famed choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI's brother. Spokesman Jacob Schoetz told ...
Vatican forced to defend itself over abuse casesBBC News
Pope's brother asks for forgiveness over violence at schoolThe Guardian
Vatican says wrong to single out Church over abuseReuters
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Telegraph.co.uk
Burmese election law requires NLD to expel Aung San Suu Kyi
The Guardian
Burma's military government is to force Aung San Suu Kyi's political party to expel her if it wants to participate in the upcoming election, under the terms of a new law announced today. The political parties registration law, published in official ...
Burma Election Rules Requires Opposition Party to Expel Democracy LeaderVoice of America
Myanmar bars Suu Kyi's election participationCNN International
Myanmar election law puts Suu Kyi party in bindReuters South Africa
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Globe and Mail
Retaliation fears stalk Nigeria city after clashes
Reuters
JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - Sporadic shooting rang out overnight in the central Nigerian city of Jos and witnesses said at least one person was killed by soldiers enforcing a curfew days after attacks on three nearby Christian villages. ...
Hundreds killed in Nigeria clashesBBC News
Governor of Nigeria's Violence-Wracked State Blames Army for InactionVoice of America
The Violence in Nigeria: What's Behind the Conflict?TIME
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The Hindu
Women's Bill in Lok Sabha before March 16: Govt
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The government intends to push through the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha before the house adjourns on March 16 for a three-week break, parliamentary affairs minister PK Bansal said here on Wednesday. Setting to rest speculation ...
Historic India Bill empowering women crosses the Rajya Sabha hurdleGulfNews
Indian bill reserves third of legislative seats for womenSydney Morning Herald
Indian parliament debates pro-women billCNN International
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Reuters
Indonesian police believe wanted JI militant killed
Daily Times
JAKARTA: Police believe they have shot dead a top fugitive militant, wanted over the 2002 Bali bombings, in what could be a major coup in the country's fight against militants, Indonesian police and analysts said on Tuesday. ...
Are Indonesian terror networks regrouping?BBC News
Officials: Bali bombing mastermind may be deadThe Associated Press
Bali bomb mastermind Dulmatin reported killed in raidNEWS.com.au
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The Guardian
Neighbors / Who's in favor of Turkey?
Ha'aretz
By Zvi Bar'el The shock waves generated when the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs passed a bill defining the 1915 massacre of the Armenians as genocide did not stop at Turkey's shores. There have also been many ripples in the corridors of the ...
Turkish minister cancels US trip following House panel voteXinhua
Turkey's Ambassador Not Returning to US YetVoice of America
Turkey not ready to return envoy to Washington: PMAFP
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New York Times (blog)
Israel: Outlook for tough UN steps on Iran "grim"
Reuters
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The outlook for imposing tough new UN sanctions on Iran is increasingly grim, as Russia and China work to slow down a US and European drive for swift action, Israel's UN envoy said on Tuesday. The United States, Britain, ...
Israel tries to jump-start calls for Iran nuclear sanctionsWashington Post
'Grim' prospects for crippling UN Iran sanctions: IsraelAFP
Iran's Bushehr plant to be started this year: Russian FMXinhua
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Reuters
UK soldier "lobs Taliban grenade back at enemy"
The Associated Press
LONDON — A soldier in the British army in Afghanistan has described how he saved the lives of two comrades by picking up a live Taliban grenade and throwing it back toward the enemy. Rifleman James McKie says he scooped up the hand grenade — which ...
'Hero' tag embarrasses soliderStuff.co.nz
Soldier 'threw back hand grenade'BBC News
NZ hero back from Afghanistan in MayTVNZ
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Washington Post
Nouri al-Maliki and Ayad Allawi both claim victory in Iraq elections
Times Online
The two front-runners in Iraq's national election both claimed victory yesterday after the authorities postponed announcing the result. The electoral alliances led by the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his predecessor Ayad Allawi are neck and neck ...
Some Iraq Results Coming WednesdayNew York Times
First Iraq election results to be released WednesdayReuters South Africa
Kurds likely to be Iraq election kingmakers after strong poll turnoutThe Guardian
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Telegraph.co.uk
Stormont votes to take over Northern Ireland policing powers
The Guardian
The cap fits: Stormont is now expected to take control of policing and justice powers in Northern Ireland, in a deal that secures £800m for the assembly and 1200 extra police officers. Photograph: Rex Features A 15-year search for a political ...
Northern Ireland AssemblyBBC News
Cameron sidelined as policing deal for Northern Ireland is agreedTimes Online
NIreland lawmakers back next power-sharing stepThe Associated Press
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CBC.ca
Bali bomb mastermind Dulmatin reported killed in raid
NEWS.com.au
INDONESIAN police are examining the body of one of three suspected Islamist terrorists shot dead in Jakarta to determine whether it was that of Bali bombing mastermind Dulmatin. Police sources have said it is ...
Are Indonesian terror networks regrouping?BBC News
Officials: Bali bombing mastermind may be deadThe Associated Press
Indonesian Police Confirm 3 Terror Suspects Killed Near JakartaVoice of America
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BBC News
Ex-president's body stolen for ransom, Cyprus says
Reuters
Cyprus' President Tassos Papadopoulos addresses a news conference at the end of a European Union Heads of State and Government summit in Brussels December 14, 2007 file photo. NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus said Tuesday ransom was the motive of thieves who ...
Cyprus ex-leader's stolen body recoveredBBC News
Cypriot ex-leader's stolen body found: three heldReuters South Africa
Grave-robbing suspects arrested after snatching president's bodyABC Online
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Globe and Mail
Robert Gates warns of 'hard Afghan fight ahead'
BBC News
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned that "hard fighting" lies ahead, in his first visit to Afghanistan since the launch of a major offensive there. After meeting military chiefs overseeing the anti-Taliban operation in southern Helmand ...
Gates praises troops in southern AfghanistanThe Associated Press
'Decisive phase' of Afghan war loomseuronews
Gates Rallies US Troops in Afghan SouthVoice of America
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