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Terror principal Dulmatin shot down in Jakarta Terror principal Dulmatin shot down in Jakarta
Indonesian police have confirmed the deaths of three terrorists in raids outside the capital,...


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Aung San Suu Kyi banned from election platformAung San Suu Kyi banned from election platform
In Myanmar, a new law may force the National League for Democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, out of the...
Rohingya refugees finding life hard in BangladeshRohingya refugees finding life hard in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has been accused of starving and blocking medical treatment for Rohingya...
Israeli settlement announcement riles BidenIsraeli settlement announcement riles Biden
US Vice President Joe Biden has told the Israeli prime minister that the US condemns an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east...
Apology issued to Libyan leader by USApology issued to Libyan leader by US
The US State Department has apologised over comments made by a State Department official about Libyan leader Muammar...
China now able to sail through Sea of Japan
China has been given direct access to the Sea of Japan for the first time since the 19th century, thanks to a lease deal with North...
Kim Il-sung had army of agents in Europe for fast car, luxury carpet shopping spree: Book
North Korean dictators Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il had placed special agents across Europe for shopping sprees which included buying, luxury carpets, gold-plated guns, small Cessna planes and high-priced foreign cars such as Mercedes-Benz and Lincolns, according to the memoir of former Army Col. Kim...
Pakistan Board bans Younis and Yousuf for life
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has banned two of its world-class batsmen, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf, from playing international cricket for life and barred former captain Shoaib Malik and medium-pacer Rana Naveed-ul-Hassan for one year for 'unbecoming behaviour' leading to Pakistan's poor showing recently in...
One-ninth of Nepal faces starvation, UN warns
One-ninth of Nepal's nearly 27 million population face starvation, the UN warned...
'India's identification with US has clear limits,' says expert
India's identification with the United States has clear limits and it will resist any notion that it can be used as an instrument of US policy or as a counterweight to China, says leading international strategic expert, Mr. Adam...
I have no plans to retire: Sohail Abbas
Despite a forgettable show in the ongoing Hockey World Cup, Pakistan's star drag flicker Sohail Abbas has said he has no plans to hang his boots in the near...
Players, poor coaching behind down slide of British tennis: Becker
The drop in performance of British tennis players at international events has shocked three-time Wimbledon winner Boris Becker, who said players and poor coaching are to blame for...
Owen told his England career is not over
Manchester United striker Michael Owen has been told that his England career is not over, despite being ruled out of the World Cup with...
Sweden home to most bisexual babes in the world
Sweden has the most number of bisexual babes in the world and San Francisco is the kinkiest place to visit - these are some of the facts revealed by a new...
Man who dumped Indian boy being probed for immigration fraud
Gursewak Dhillon, a part-time taxi driver who dumped three-year-old Gurshan Singh Channa's body nearly 20 km from his home in this Australian city, was being probed for 'possible immigration fraud', an official said...
Bendtner's hat-trick sends Arsenal into quarter-finals
Nicklas Bendtner scored a superb hat-trick as Arsenal produced a virtuoso performance to crush Porto 5-0 to storm into the quarter-finals of the Champions League...
US woman charged for plotting terrorism in Europe, South Asia
The US government has charged a Pennsylvania woman with conspiring to commit terrorism by using the internet to find recruits to carry out attacks in Europe and South Asia, the Justice Department announced...
Gates Foundation, Asian group win UN population prize
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) were selected Tuesday winners of the 2010 UN Population...
Thieves demanded ransom for former president's body
Cypriot authorities Tuesday arrested two people, including an Indian national, for allegedly stealing the corpse of former president Tassos Papadopoulos from his grave three months ago and said the suspects had earlier demanded a...
Being famous like a drug: Brooke Shields
Actress Brooke Shields says being famous is like a 'drug' because it gives such great...
Vanessa Paradis new face of Chanel handbags
Hollywood star Johnny Depp's girlfriend Vanessa Paradis has been signed on as the new face of Chanel Coco Cocoon...
Robbie Williams faces flak for praising marijuana
British pop star Robbie Williams has come under fire from anti-drugs campaigners for championing marijuana as a 'lovely'...
Letterman blackmailer pleads guilty to get off lightlyLetterman blackmailer pleads guilty to get off lightly
A former television producer on the David Letterman show has admitted in a New York court that he tried to extract two million dollars from the famous television...
Prisoners allegedly raped by corrupt officialsPrisoners allegedly raped by corrupt officials
Top prison officials in Saint Petersburg have been charged with the rape of two prisoners, one of whom was awaiting...
Senegal homosexuals condemned on all sidesSenegal homosexuals condemned on all sides
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World stocks up modestly; pound takes another hit
LONDON — World stock markets rose modestly Wednesday, though trading was listless as investors looked for direction. The British pound continued to founder following weak industrial output...
World War II Compensation: Ghetto Laborers Still Waiting for German Pensions
Germany approved the requisite legislation back in 2002, but many of those who worked in Jewish ghettos during World War II are still waiting for their pensions. Indeed, up to 90 percent of...
The World from Berlin: 'Europeans Shouldn't Be Pointing Their Fingers at Washington'
Politicians in Berlin and elsewhere in Europe are accusing Washington of protectionism over the collapse of a deal for the construction of 179 refueling tanker planes that pitted European aerospace...
Fake fruit conceals cocaine cargo in Netherlands
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands, authorities...
Pakistan officials: Suspected US missiles kill 4
PARACHINAR, Pakistan — Pakistani officials say suspected U.S. drones have fired missiles at a house and nearby truck in the country's northwest near the Afghan border, killing at least four...
UN expert concerned about missing Chinese lawyer
GENEVA — A U.N. torture investigator said Wednesday he is very concerned about the fate of missing Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng and believes he has been severely tortured. Gao, known for...
Pakistani officials say suspected US missile strike kills 4 people in the country's...
On Sunday, when daylight-saving time takes effect, people will spring forward to turn their alarm clocks ahead one hour. Adjustments to their biological clocks might...
Nigeria protesters demand to see ailing president
ABUJA, Nigeria — Hundreds of protesters in Nigeria's capital are demanding to see the ailing president, who has not appeared publicly since returning from hospital treatment abroad last month. ...
German Catholics to investigate abuse charges
FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006 file picture Pope Benedict XVI, right, walks with his brother priest Georg Ratzinger in Regensburg, southern Germany. The pope's brother says in a newspaper...
Italy-FBI raids crack down on Mafia in US, Sicily
ROME — Italian police say several Mafia suspects have been arrested in raids in Sicily, New York and Miami. Police in Palermo say the crackdown on the Cosa Nostra crime syndicate was still...
Hungary makes Holocaust denial a crime
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom has signed a law making Holocaust denial punishable by three years in prison. The law was approved last month by Hungarian lawmakers,...
Libya accepts US apology
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya has accepted an apology from senior U.S. State Department official for a joking remark he made about Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's call for holy war, against...
UN: 90 Rwandan rebels killed in eastern Congo
KINSHASA, Congo — A United Nations official says 90 Rwandan rebels have been killed in restive eastern Congo. Spokesman Madnodje Mounoubai said Wednesday that Hutu rebels from neighboring...
Sinn Fein leader's brother to resist extradition
DUBLIN — Liam Adams, brother of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, will resist extradition to Northern Ireland where he faces 18 charges of sexually abusing his daughter, his lawyers told a Dublin...
2 men held for theft of Cyprus ex-leader's corpse
NICOSIA, Cyprus — A suspect's remorse over his alleged role in the theft of the body of Cyprus' former president led to the corpse's discovery and three arrests, a police official testified...
Russian drivers allegedly forced to act as shield
MOSCOW — Russian traffic police are under investigation for ordering civilian motorists to park their cars across a highway - and remain inside - to block a fleeing criminal suspect,...
Finalists Selected to Compete in Second Annual International Case Competition on the Strategic Value of IT Management at CA World 2010
ISLANDIA, N.Y., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CA), the School of Business Administration at Oakland University, Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona, and...
Rivals on edge for World Cup semi-finals
Indian hockey team's flop-show in the World Cup has disheartened fans and experts alike but Rajpal Singh and his men have got support from an unlikely quarter in Olympic and World Championship bronze...
The world could be free of malaria within a decade - global experts
Malaria could be eliminated as a public health problem within a decade in most countries where it is now endemic, an international organization that funds the treatment and prevention of killer...
Riesch tops Vonn in final World Cup downhill
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Lindsey Vonn finished second to Maria Riesch of Germany in the final downhill of the season Wednesday, failing to clinch the World Cup overall title but maintaining...
Aventura Equities, Inc. Finalizes Acquisition of Majority Control in Renewed World Energy
AVNE ) has acquired a majority interest in Renewed World Energies, Inc. of Georgetown, South Carolina, thereby shifting its focus to the alternative energy sector in a very significant corporate...
Bedfordreport.com Complimentary Analyst Research on Financials Such as Citigroup, Inc. , Bank of America Corp. , JPMorgan Chase & Co. , American International Group, Inc. and Many More
TORONTO--(Marketwire - March 10, 2010) - The Bedford Report is pleased to announce that its latest Market Update analyzing the Financial Sector has been released. In this day and age the pulse of the...
One World Ventures, Inc. Completes Beta Testing Phase of 1World Cash
OWVI ) 1World Card, a provider of prepaid cards and 1World Cash, announced completion of beta testing and approval of its remittance technology. The testing process has involved completing...
TradeCard Screens Trade Transactions Against International Watch Lists
Supply Chain Platform for Retailers, Brands and Service Providers Monitors Trade Against International Watch Lists by Scanning Each Transaction at Three Different...