Middle East press unmoved by Biden visit - BBC News

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Middle East press unmoved by Biden visit
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Press commentators in Israel and the Palestinian territories have given a subdued response to the visit of US Vice-President Joe Biden to Israel shortly after a new round of indirect negotiations between the two sides was announced. ...
Israel apologizes for embarrassing BidenThe Associated Press
Palestinian leader joins Biden in condemning Israel's housing decisionWashington Post
With Biden in West Bank, Settlements Cloud TalksNew York Times
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10 Mar 2010 at 6:02am

Iran's Ahmadinejad Visits Kabul - Voice of America

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Iran's Ahmadinejad Visits Kabul
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Photo: AP Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Afghanistan for talks with Afghan leaders on developing relations between the two neighbors. Mr. Ahmadinejad arrived in Kabul Wednesday, just as US Defense Secretary Robert Gates was ending a tour ...
Afghanistan gets vows of friendship from US and IranCNN International
Gates Arrives in Saudi Arabia to Discuss IranNew York Times
Iran's Ahmadinejad in Afghanistan, Gates departsReuters
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10 Mar 2010 at 6:26am

Border Security Questioned in Indonesia - New York Times

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Border Security Questioned in Indonesia
New York Times
JAKARTA, Indonesia ? The fugitive Islamic militant killed by Indonesian security forces traveled to Indonesia from the Philippines within the last few months, police officals said on Wednesday, an admission that raised concerns about ...
Obama's visit is the cause of anti-terrorism raids in IndonesiaTelegraph.co.uk
Bomber's death fresh blow to Indonesia militantsReuters
DNA test confirms Bali bombing mastermind killedXinhua
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10 Mar 2010 at 6:17am

Seven held over alleged cartoonist murder plot - RTE.ie

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Seven held over alleged cartoonist murder plot
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Gardaí are continuing to question seven people arrested yesterday in connection with an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist whose portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad angered many Muslims. The four men and three women, originally from outside of ...
Swedish papers publish Prophet Muhammad drawingThe Associated Press
Swedish newspaper reprints sacrilegious cartoonPress TV
Irish arrest Al-Qaida suspects in murder conspiracyIrish Central
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10 Mar 2010 at 1:32am

Vatican forced to defend itself over abuse cases - BBC News

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Vatican forced to defend itself over abuse cases
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As accusations of historic sexual abuse by Roman Catholics emerge in another European country, the Vatican has insisted it has dealt with "the very serious issue" promptly and decisively. After recent revelations of widespread abuse in ...
Pope's brother praised for his apology to victimsThe Associated Press
Dutch bishops launch child abuse investigationCNN International
Pope's brother asks for forgiveness over violence at schoolThe Guardian
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10 Mar 2010 at 4:35am

Israeli general renews threats against Iran - Press TV

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Israeli general renews threats against Iran
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An Israel official has once again threatened Iran with military confrontation by repeating the famous phrase of "all options should remain on the table." While on a visit to New York, the Chief of staff of Israel's armed forces, Gabi Ashkenazi, ...
Profiting From Iran, and the USNew York Times
Israel: Outlook for tough UN steps on Iran "grim"Reuters
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10 Mar 2010 at 1:38am

Hundreds held in pre-emptive Tibet crackdown - Times Online

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Hundreds held in pre-emptive Tibet crackdown
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Hundreds of Tibetans have been rounded up in Lhasa and armed paramilitaries are patrolling the streets in the run-up to the anniversary of a bloody riot in 2008. The authorities are anxious to avoid a repeat of the anti-Chinese attacks that left about ...
China seeks to annihilate Tibet's Buddhism - Dalai LamaBBC News
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10 Mar 2010 at 3:44am

Burma Election Rules Requires Opposition Party to Expel Democracy Leader - Vo...

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Burma Election Rules Requires Opposition Party to Expel Democracy Leader
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Photo: AP Burma has published strict rules for historic elections requiring, among other things, that political parties expel any members who are imprisoned, including democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Rights activists condemn the rules as an attempt ...
Myanmar bars Suu Kyi's election participationCNN International
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Suu Kyi faces political expulsionABC Online
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10 Mar 2010 at 6:28am

Turkey's Ambassador Not Returning to US Yet - Voice of America

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Turkey's Ambassador Not Returning to US Yet
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Photo: AP Turkey says its US ambassador will not return to Washington until Congress clarifies its stand on a "genocide" resolution discussing mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks more than 90 years ago. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ...
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Turkish minister cancels US trip following House panel voteXinhua
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9 Mar 2010 at 3:09pm

Trial begins over death of US activist in Gaza - The Associated Press

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Trial begins over death of US activist in Gaza
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HAIFA, Israel ? The family of an American activist crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza is suing Israel. The parents of Rachel Corrie are seeking compensation from Israel's Defense Ministry for the death of their daughter in 2003. ...
Parents demand answers from Israel in bulldozer deathCNN International
Israeli court to hear civil case over death of Rachel Corrie in GazaThe Guardian
UN bomb disposal unit to enter Gaza to neutralize ordnanceHa'aretz
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10 Mar 2010 at 5:03am

?2.5bn airport carries Berlin's hopes
BERLIN'S giant new airport is costing ?2.5 billion (£2.25bn) to build, can handle 27 million passengers a year and is being touted as a symbol of the city's re
9 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm

Three held over theft of Cypriot ex-president's body but family denies r...
THREE men have been arrested after the corpse of the former Cypriot president was found reburied in another grave, in what officials called a body snatch for ransom.
9 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm

Pope's brother slapped choirboys but denies role in German abuse scandal
POPE Benedict XVI's brother has admitted slapping pupils in the face at a school in Germany where he led the choir, but claims to have been unaware of the brutality of its
9 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm

Burma junta reveals new laws ahead of long-awaited elections
BURMA'S military government yesterday announced criteria for the formation of an election commission, one of five new laws enacted ahead of long-awaited polls that, until
9 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm

Venezuela: Despite the oil wealth there is a downside
IS VENEZUELA an aspirant southern-hemisphere Norway ? or is it another Cuba in the making?
9 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm

Japan reveals secret Cold War pacts on US nuclear weapons
JAPAN has confirmed for the first time the existence of secret Cold War-era pacts with the United States that allowed nuclear-armed warships to enter Japanese ports in violati
9 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm

Indian MPs vote to set aside a third of seats for women
INDIA'S upper house of parliament has voted overwhelmingly for a historic bill that would reserve one-third of legislative seats for women.
9 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm

Judge defies challenge to Zimbabwe parliament's Speaker
ZIMBABWE'S high court yesterday refused to overturn the election of the first opposition Speaker of parliament since independence, after a challenge by an MP from presiden
9 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm

Toyota driver says car accelerated to 90mph on its own on US freeway
THE driver of a 2008 Toyota Prius has said his car uncontrollably accelerated to more than 90 miles per hour on a San Diego County freeway before a police officer helped him
9 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm

Ancient shipwrecks found intact and preserved on Baltic seabed
A DOZEN shipwrecks ? some of them unusually well-preserved ? have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany.
9 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm

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Foreign Office officials believe elements of Taliban ready to talk but fears grow of long Afghan conflict, and growing casualties

Britain will today urge the Afghan government to put more effort into the pursuit of peace talks amid fears that the war could be prolonged ? and more British lives lost ? as a result of incompetence and lack of political will in Kabul.

A speech to be delivered in the US by the foreign secretary, David Miliband, will reflect growing anxiety in London that President H...

US woman accused of plotting to murder unnamed Swede and raising money for her cause on the internet

An American woman who called herself Jihad Jane has been charged over an alleged plot to murder a Swedish man.

Colleen Renee LaRose, 46, from Phildadelphia, is also accused of conspiracy to provide support to terrorists, making false statements and attempted identity theft.

Irish police yesterday arrested seven people over an apparent plot to kill Lars Vilks, a Swedish cartoonist who had a bounty...

Minister apologises for timing of statement, but not for the plan itself ? to build 1,600 homes on occupied Palestinian land

Israel apologised to Joe Biden today for announcing a plan to build 1,600 homes on occupied Palestinian land during his visit, after the US vice-president launched a strongly worded attack on the planned construction in an East Jerusalem settlement.

An Israeli cabinet minister apologised for the timing of the announcement but not for its substance. "This should not have h...

Grenades set off in offices of World Vision humanitarian group

Attackers armed with grenades bombed the offices of an international aid group in north-west Pakistan today, killing five people working for the organisation, police said.

The attack targeted World Vision, a large Christian humanitarian group helping survivors of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake in Mansehra district.

The dead were all Pakistanis and included two women, said a police official, Mohammad Sabir.

Al-Qaida, the Taliban and allie...

Parents of American activist killed by Israeli bulldozer seven years ago take fight for justice to Haifa courtroom

A court today began hearing a civil suit brought against the Israeli government over the death of Rachel Corrie, the US activist who was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza seven years ago.

The case, brought before a Haifa court by Corrie's family, challenges the official Israeli version of events in which the military said its troops were not to blame. The family hopes the...

Leader among Tripoli officials slapped with Europe-wide travel ban as relations with Geneva take turn for worse

In the bad old days before Muammar Gaddafi cleaned up his act, international isolation and confrontation with the west were a normal state of affairs for Libya. But now the Jamahiriya ? the "state of the masses" ? is mired in an embarrassing crisis with Switzerland that has escalated into a Europe-wide travel ban for the country's leaders and top officials.

From Gaddafi downwards, no ...

? Spiritual leader repeats call for autonomy within China
? Annual address marks 51st anniversary of failed uprising

The Dalai Lama has lashed out at Chinese authorities, accusing them of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet as he commemorated a failed uprising against China's rule over the region.

The Tibetan spiritual leader's remarks show his frustration with fruitless attempts to negotiate a compromise with China. But he said he would not abandon talks.

Beijing has accused the Dalai Lama ...

Russian oligarch awarded damages over claims he arranged polonium poisoning of friend and former KGB spy

The exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky was today awarded libel damages of £150,000 over "savage" allegations he was behind the murder of his Alexander Litvinenko, the poisoned Russian dissident who was his close friend.

In a chaotic high court battle in London, the 64-year-old tycoon successfully argued his reputation had seriously been damaged by a Russian state television broadcast i...

Mattel to launch Don Draper and Joan Holloway dolls ? but without the whisky and cigarettes

It is a move that would have the male denizens of Sterling Cooper reaching for their whisky and cigarettes. Don Draper, a symbol of pre-sexual revolution male values from the hit TV show Mad Men, is to be made into a Barbie doll.

The licensing rights to Draper and three other characters from the critically acclaimed series have been acquired by the toy firm Mattel to be part of a line called the Barbie f...

He Who Must Live documents Cuban leader's escapes from bacteria-infected hankie, exploding cigar and poisoned wetsuit

Illness has forced him from public view but Fidel Castro is back in Cuban living rooms via a lavish television series that celebrates his escape from 638 assassination plots.

The eight-part series, He Who Must Live is an extravagant departure from Cuban TV's typically low-budget fare: more than 1,000 actors and extras are used in a mix of CSI-type fiction, docu-drama and archive...