 Talks with Taliban bolstered by Pakistan supportAfghanistan has praised Pakistan's offer to help mediate with the... | |
 Gates says Gulf countries are worried about IranU.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has met lkeaders in Saudi Arabia and the UAE to garner support for increasing sanctions against... |
 Christian and Muslim sites being ignored by Israel, says U.S. State DepartmentThe U.S. State Department has scolded Israel for only recognizing Jewish holy... |
 10,000 New York City workers to be compensated for dust at Ground ZeroMore than 10,000 workers who cleaned up after the September 11 2001 attacks, and suffered from ailments caused by dust, will received more than $600 million in... |
 CIA allegedly engaged in LSD experiment in FranceThe UK newspaper The Telegraph has revealed allegations contained in a new book that the CIA engaged in a mind control experiment in a village in... |
 New Chile president takes office as earth continues to shakeSebastian Pinera has been sworn in as Chile's new president as the country still shakes from aftershocks following February's massive... |
 Proposal to outlaw salt in New York eateriesA state legislator in New York wants salt banned from pre-packaged and restaurant... |
 Ahmadinejad and Gates accuse each other of interferenceWith official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local... |
 Philippines police raid kidnappers den and released kidnapped Indian manPolice officers rescued an Indian businessman a day after he was kidnapped by four unidentified gunmen in the Philippines, a provincial police chief said... |
 Some US schools closed down after threat receivedA number of schools in the US were closed down on Wednesday after posted on a social networking... |
 Leaked UN report says food not going to the hungryA United Nations report, which is still to be released, has found that up to half the food aid in Somalia is diverted to corrupt contractors, local UN workers and Islamic... |
| Ap Sources: Woods Likely To Play Masters By ASSOCIATED PRESS DORAL, Fla. (AP) -- Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans told The Associated Press. Woods has been... |
| Lesbian Teen Sues To Force School To Hold Prom By ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the... |
| Sen. Reid's Wife Hospitalized In Auto Crash By ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife remained hospitalized Friday with serious injuries suffered when a tractor-trailer rear-ended the minivan she and... |
| Judge Mulls $657m For Wtc Responders By David B. Caruso ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) -- A settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers sickened by dust from the destroyed... |
| Activist's Arrest Sparks Protest In Uzbekistan About 150 people in northeastern Uzbekistan have held a rally to protest the arrest of a local activist, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reports. Protester Olim Hasanov told RFE/RL that the people gathered in... |
| Russia Aims To Boost India Ties On Nuclear Energy, Space, Defense (RFE/RL) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met in New Delhi today with Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil at the start of a visit to India that is aimed at boosting strategic and... |
| Big Business In Uzbekistan Targeted In Wave Of Arrests Some of the wealthiest people in Uzbekistan have reportedly been arrested or detained this week, or are being hunted down by Uzbek authorities.They include the president of one of Tashkent's premier... |
| Israel Seals Off West Bank To Prevent Unrest JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel has sealed off the West Bank for 48 hours, preventing Palestinians from entering Israel because of fears of unrest. There have been clashes after Friday prayers at mosques... |
| British Airways Crew Plan Strike British Airways PLC cabin crew plan to strike for a total of seven days this month, potentially disrupting thousands of travellers ahead of Easter holidays, after talks with management over changes... |
| Health-care Operation Nearly Over WASHINGTON -- Capping a frenzied day of closed-door talks, top Democratic lawmakers said yesterday they were close to securing the votes to pass health-care legislation. "The stars are aligning for... |
| New President Pinera Projects $30b In Chile Quake Damage Meeting until early Friday with his ministers after repeated earthquakes shook up inaugural ceremonies, the new president vowed "to work without rest" on relief and reconstruction and on introducing... |
| 9/11 Rescue Workers Win Compensation Settlement After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing New York City, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers agreed to a settlement that could pay up to... |
| Nj Man Suspect In Yemen Rampage (CNN) -- Federal authorities are investigating a New Jersey man suspected of being an al Qaeda member and going on a deadly rampage at a hospital in... |
| Couple Jailed For Starving Girl The mother of a seven-year-old girl who starved to death at her Birmingham home has been sentenced to 15 years and her stepfather jailed indefinitely.Angela Gordon, 35, was cleared last month of... |
| Lib Dems Unveil Election Slogan The Liberal Democrats will campaign at the general election under the slogan: "Change that works for you, building a fairer Britain".It was announced ahead of the party's spring conference... |
| Pope In Talks On German Sex Abuse Pope Benedict XVI is meeting Germany's top bishop for talks amid a crisis over sexual abuse of children by priests in his native country.Bishop Robert Zollitsch is expected to put before the Pope... |
| Net Clash For Web Police Projects Social media activists are up in arms over plans by the UK's police watchdog for a project with the same name as an existing web initiative.MyPolice.org was set up in mid-2009 to funnel feedback from... |
| Teachers 'should Not Be Banned From The Bnp' London - Teachers in England should not be banned from being members of the far-right British National Party or any organisation that promotes racism, according to an independent report published on... |
| Spurned Man Beats Up Woman In Bar By Tom Hays A stranger followed a woman into a New York City bar restroom after she rejected his advances early Thursday, savagely beat her in a toilet stall and perhaps tried to sexually assault... |
| Friend: Nj Terror Suspect Radicalized Years Ago FBI Probing N.J. Man in Yemen Shootout (CBS/ AP) Sharif Mobley had strong Muslim views as early as high school. But his old friend Roman Castro knew he had radicalized when he saw him about four... |
| Looming Foreclosures Threaten Rebound The housing market is facing swelling ranks of homeowners who are seriously delinquent but have yet to lose their homes, and this is threatening a new wave of foreclosures that could hit just as the... |
| Gov't To Warn Of Deadly Baby Sling Dangers Consumer Reports says seven infants have died suffocated in baby slings in the last 11 years, but the CPSC cautions the number may actually be higher. Don Mays, of Consumer Reports, explains that... |
| Elling: Tiger's Comeback Plan Masterful CBSSports.com Senior Writer Steve Elling The where-and-when part continues to evolve. Daily, if not hourly. An Associated Press report on... |
| Amtrak Train Deaths: 5 In 2 Weeks Investigators believe the deaths of two men hit by Amtrak trains on the Northeast Corridor line 11 hours apart yesterday were suicides.The latest fatalities bring to five the number of people killed... |
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| Slander Charges Against Armenian Activist Dropped Armenian police have dropped a controversial criminal case against a youth activist who publicized alleged sexual and other abuse at a Yerevan boarding school for disabled children, RFE/RL's Armenian... |
| Bashkortostan's Police Accused Of Beating Man Police in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan have been accused of extrajudicial violence, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.A woman from the Bashkir city of Birsk today contacted the Committee... |
| Belarusian Tourists Killed By Avalanche In Russia MURMANSK, Russia -- Rescue workers have found the bodies of four Belarusian tourists killed by an avalanche in Russia's northwestern region of Murmansk, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. Two other... |
| Google, Rsf Honor Iranian Women Bloggers website, which offers news and analysis about Iran's women's movement and the One Million Signatures Campaign against discriminatory laws, were given the Net Citizen award, a new prize presented by... |
| Top Reformist Politician On Prison Leave Receives Hero Welcome Mostafa Tajzadeh, a former deputy interior minister and a senior member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front and the Islamic Revolution Mujahedin Organization, was allowed to take leave from... |
| Twin Suicide Attacks Hit Military Sites In Pakistan LAHORE, Pakistan — Dozens of people, including Pakistani soldiers, died on Friday and many were seriously injured in two suicide bomb attacks directed at army personnel patrolling a busy market... |
| Pm Rep Must Be At Housing Meetings Following the hullabaloo caused by the announcement of an east Jerusalem construction plan during US Vice President Joe Biden’s visit, a ministerial committee has moved to try and prevent the... |
| Dozens Killed In Twin Lahore Suicide Bombing Police say the death toll in a twin suicide bombing in Pakistan's Lahore city has risen to 39 and that nearly 100 others have been wounded. Senior police official Tariq Saleem Dogar said both... |
| Us Troops To Take Over From British Forces In Musa Qala A town which played an iconic and controversial part in the British mission in Afghanistan is to be handed over to the Americans in a move signalling a major change in Western strategy. Musa Qala,... |
| Israel Seals Off West Bank Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has ordered the army to seal off the West Bank for 48 hours and tightened security around the old city of Jerusalem, Israeli officials said... |
| 37 Killed In Pakistan Bombings Lahore, Pakistan (CNN) -- Twin suicide blasts killed at least 37 people and injured 80 others Friday in a high security area with a dense military presence in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, a... |
| Accused's Kin Blame Disabled Canadian Victim's mother offered free airfare WINNIPEG - The family of one of the teenage suspects in the severe beating of a disabled Manitoba man in Australia has blamed the victim for allegedly provoking... |
| No Expenses Charge For Baroness Labour peer Baroness Uddin will not face charges over her expenses, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.She had been accused of designating a rarely-used flat in Kent as her main home so she could... |
| Cook And Pietersen Dominate Against Bangladesh Alastair Cook scored a century on his debut as Test captain and Kevin Pietersen hit 99 as England made 374-3 in the first Test against Bangladesh.Cook led from the front with a supreme 158 not out... |
