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  • Asylum seeker dies in Swiss police custody before deportation

    Pakistan News.Net

    An asylum seeker from Nigeria died in shackles as Swiss police forced him toward the plane that would take him back to the home he'd fled.

  • Racial profiling questioned following arrest of Jihad Jamie

    Racial profiling questioned following arrest of Jihad Jamie

    Pakistan News.Net

    The policy of racial profiling in the US has come under scrutiny following the arrest of a second white American woman in Ireland on charges of plotting to engage in terrorism.

  • Policeman shoots commuter on metro following altercation

    Policeman shoots commuter on metro following altercation

    Pakistan News.Net

    A policeman, who apparently acted in self-defense following an altercation, has been suspended pending an on-going investigation after shooting Moscow Metro commuter.

  • $30,000 check for gay teen from Ellen DeGeneres

    $30,000 check for gay teen from Ellen DeGeneres

    Pakistan News.Net

    Ellen DeGeneres and a Web site called Tonic give $30,000 check to homsexual student whose prom was cancelled.

  • Arrest of Taliban leaders in Pakistan stymies talks

    Arrest of Taliban leaders in Pakistan stymies talks

    Pakistan News.Net

    The BBC has reported that the UN's former envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, has made strong criticisms of Pakistan's recent arrest of high-ranking Taliban leaders.

  • Asia to spend $40 billion on low carbon initiative

    Asia to spend $40 billion on low carbon initiative

    Pakistan News.Net

    The ultimate solution for climate finance will be under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

  • General says Srebrenica massacre caused by gay activity in army

    General says Srebrenica massacre caused by gay activity in army

    Pakistan News.Net

    A retired US general has said homosexuality in the Dutch armed forces was partly responsible for failing to prevent the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica during the Bosnian war

  • China to host coal producers forum

    China to host coal producers forum

    Pakistan News.Net

    China is to host the coal mining industry at a special forum in Beijing in Ocotber.

  • Another appeal likely for Roman Polanski

    Another appeal likely for Roman Polanski

    Pakistan News.Net

    Lawyers for film director Roman Polanski have filed an appeal to ask for a special investigation into alleged judicial and prosecutorial misconduct in the fugitive director's 32-year-old sex case.

  • Man gets 80 years for wounding child in the face

    Man gets 80 years for wounding child in the face

    Pakistan News.Net

    A man who was convicted of shooting a five-year-old girl in the face has been given a long jail sentence in a court in the US state of Michigan.

  • Clinton and Lavrov agree nuclear talks are progressing

    Pakistan News.Net

    US and Russian negotiations for a strategic arms reduction treaty are said to be going well, with foreign policy chiefs from both countries meeting in Moscow.

  • People crushed and drowned in Nepal bus crash

    People crushed and drowned in Nepal bus crash

    Pakistan News.Net

    At least 25 people have been killed in a bus crash in Nepal.

  • Obama Says Still Open To Dialogue And Diplomacy With Tehran

    RadioFreeEurope

    U.S. President Barack Obama has renewed his administration's offer of dialogue and diplomacy with Tehran. In a new videotaped appeal to mark the observance of Nowruz, Obama said Washington is committe...

  • 36 Hours In Phuket, Thailand

    International Herald Tribune

    Phuket has long been known for its dazzling beaches and naughty night life. But for many, it was the catastrophic Asian tsunami in 2004 that finally placed Phuket on the map. Recovery has been swift, ...

  • The Minimalist: Olive Oil Helps Produce A Classic Flatbread

    International Herald Tribune

    THERE is a wonderful Sardinian flatbread known as carta musica — sheet music, because it is nearly impossibly thin — that I never thought of making. Something about its ethereal nature made ...

  • Palm Is Handed More Bad News

    New York Post

    Palm Inc., creator of the Pre smartphone, fell the most in more than two years in Nasdaq trading after forecasting sales this quarter that were less than half of estimates. Revenue in the period endin...

  • No More 'biz As Usual'

    New York Post

    I am the only candidate who has balanced a budget, who has cut spending and taxes, who has said "no" to the special interests and who has extracted concessions from public-employee unions. That is a d...

  • Don't Fight Immigration Next

    New York Post

    The administration may trump the health-care debate with another di visive issue -- "comprehensive reform" on immigration -- that's surely just as "politically unpopular." Yet tackling illegal immigra...

  • Israel's Friend Or Foe? A Mixed Us Message

    New York Post

    Manhattan * Michael Goodwin's criticism of Clinton is insulting to America. God forbid Clinton show loyalty to America and our national interest instead of Israel. Goodwin thinks that whatever is good...

  • Bushehr Reactor To Start This Summer

    Jerusalem Post

    Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Iran's new Russian-built nuclear power plant will begin operating this summer, even as the United States called for Russia to delay the startup...

  • Zuma In South African Shantytown, Vows Improvements

    Channel News Asia

    JOHANNESBURG: President Jacob Zuma visited a shantytown outside Johannesburg and vowed to improve public services to defuse anger that has erupted into protests ahead of the World Cup. Zuma's trip Fri...

  • Quartet Tells Israel To Halt Settlement Activity

    Channel News Asia

    MOSCOW: The Middle East Quartet urged Israel to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012 as it tried to kickstart the stalled peace process. But I...

  • Championship Cancelled After Surf Lifesaver Death

    New Zealand Herald

    Organisers of a national surf lifesaving championships on the Gold Coast have cancelled all water-based events following the death of 19-year-old champion surfer Saxon Bird. The Sydney-based surf lif...

  • Malcolm X Assassin Granted Parole

    New Zealand Herald

    One of three men convicted of killing civil rights activist Malcolm X 45 years ago was granted release from weekends in prison in his 17th appearance before a state parole board. Thomas Hagan, 69, ap...

  • Obama Appeals To Iranian People In Video

    USA Today

    WASHINGTON (AP) — In a fresh appeal directly to the Iranian people, President Obama says in an online video that the United States wants more educational and cultural exchanges for their students...

  • Global Diplomats Call For Mideast Talks

    C News

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with U.S. special envoy for Mideast peace, George Mitchell during talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2010. Clinton is participating in a m...

  • Myanmar Frees American Activist

    C News

    Nyi Nyi Aung, right, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, who was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor, and his fiancee, Wa Wa Kyaw...

  • Number Of Slum Dwellers Skyrockets

    C News

    SAO PAULO, Brazil - The number of people living in slum conditions increased by 51 million during the past 10 years, despite global efforts to halt poverty, according to a United Nations' report relea...

  • Rains Swamp Haitian Survivors' Camps

    C News

    A girl walks at a homeless earthquake survivors camp after heavy rains in Port-au-Prince, Friday, March 19, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands and le...

  • Berlusconi Jokes That Women Are 'lining Up'

    C News

    Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi shows the book "Love always wins on envy and hatred" during its launch in Rome, Friday, March 19, 2010. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Alessandra Tarantino ROME - Newly separa...

  • Election Campaign To Be Captured By Official Artist

    BBC

    A photographer has been chosen as the nation's official artist for the coming general election.Simon Roberts has been commissioned by the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art to document campa...

  • Vatican To Publish Irish Abuse Scandal Letter

    Sky News

    Vatican ahead of being read to mass goers on Sunday. While it is not clear if the message will include a formal apology, it will contain a number of measures to improve child protection procedures wi...

  • 'eta Terrorist' Cctv Shows Innocent Tourists

    Sky News

    Five people identified as ETA suspects in a CCTV video released in France and Spain are in fact firemen from Spain's Catalonia region who were on holiday.

  • House Democrats See Momentum On Health Bill

    Reuters

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  • Acorn On Verge Of Bankruptcy: Report

    Reuters

    (Reuters) - The U.S. liberal grass-roots group ACORN is on the brink of bankruptcy and its leaders will hold a teleconference this weekend to discuss the group's future, The New York Times reported on...

  • British Airways Crews Strike; Flights Held

    CBS News

    Chief Executive Officer of British Airways, Willie Walsh, speaks to the media outside the Trade Union Congress headquarters after a meeting with the Unite union in London Friday. At midnight Saturday,...

  • Arrest Made In Racial Insult At Nj Wal-mart

    Philadelphia Daily News

    Washington Township police said Friday night that they made an arrest in the use of the public-address system at a Turnersville Wal-Mart to tell black shoppers that they should leave the store. Dispa...

  • Archbishop Ryan 42 Council Rock North 40

    Philadelphia Daily News

    Archbishop Ryan 42 Council Rock North 40 Archbishop Ryan defeats Counci Rock North in a quarterfinal round win in the PIAA Class AAAA girls' playoffs at Norristown.

  • 1 Dead, 1 Injured In Wa Small Plane Crash

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MORTON, Wash. -- A small plane carrying two people has crashed in the front yard of a house in Morton, Wash., southwest of Mount Rainier. KING-TV reports that one person was k...

  • White House Memo: For Obama, Health Care Pushes Other Issues To The Margins

    International Herald Tribune

    In recent public appearances, like this one on Friday in Fairfax, Va., President Obama has focused his remarks largely on the campaign for a health care overhaul.

  • $76,000 For World's Most Expensive Sex Toy

    New Zealand Herald

    A jeweller in Paris claims to be selling the world's most expensive sex toy. Maison Victor is selling a 40,000 euro (NZ$76,000) diamond ring mounted in a white gold dildo, AFP reported. Available in...

  • Hooters Staff Sue For Work Violations

    New Zealand Herald

    Around 1000 Hooters workers are suing the company for work and wage violations, saying they were forced to buy their own uniforms and work without pay. Attorneys representing the former and current e...

  • Gaza: 12 Wounded In Israeli Missile Strike

    New Zealand Herald

    Hamas officials say Israeli aircraft have fired five missiles at Gaza's defunct airport and nearby border tunnels, wounding at least 12 people. The Israeli military confirmed Friday's airstrikes, say...

  • Serial Killings Highlight Indonesian Child Abuse

    New Zealand Herald

    JAKARTA - When a seemingly kind street vendor confessed to the sexual abuse and murders of 14 boys, it was a story that was both shocking - and familiar. Indonesians drew parallels to another Jakarta...

  • Pope Signs Letter On Abusive Priests

    CNN

    Allegations of sexual abuse by priests now in half a dozen countries Crisis could erode membership in Europe's remaining Catholic strongholds Experts say crisis will have less impact in Asia and Afric...

  • Student Charged With Stealing Rare Docs

    CNN

    FBI agents arrested William Scott, 18, on March 14, and accused him of stealing more than 27 documents from the United Methodist Archives. Among them: letters from President Abraham Lincoln, President...

  • Greenpeace In Battle Over Kit Kat Viral

    CNN

    (CNN) -- A video clip which shows an office worker opening a Kit Kat chocolate bar and finding an orangutan's finger has been re-posted on video-sharing Web site YouTube, a day after it was removed at...

  • Live - Bangladesh V England

    BBC

    I agree with your first point - but not with your second, the team were crying out for a fifth bowler (especially a second spinner) in Chittagong, while they had more than enough batting.

  • Opposition "red Shirts" Try To Win Over Thai Capital

    Reuters

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  • James Beats Bryant Mark As Youngest To Reach 15,000 Points

    Reuters

    (Reuters) - LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers became the youngest player to score 15,000 career points in the NBA on Friday, bettering Kobe Bryant's record by more than two years.