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 Javanese terror suspects killed
The Nashville News.Net
Indonesian police have confirmed the deaths of three terrorists in raids outside the capital, Jakarta.
 Gaddafi receives apology from US
The Nashville News.Net
The US State Department has apologised over comments made by a State Department official about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
 Letterman blackmailer confesses his crime
The Nashville News.Net
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 compere.
 Votes being counted after Iraq elections
The Nashville News.Net
With vote counting underway in Iraq, officials have said their work is being complicated by the large number of overseas votes coming in.
 Gay life of US senator revealed
The Nashville News.Net
A California state senator has come out as a homosexual after many years as a staunch opponent of gay rights.
Massa denies he sexually groped staffer
New York Post
Former New York Congressman Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, acknowledged Tuesday groping a staffer but denied it was sexual."It doesn't make any difference w...
Unholy accident: Woman killed outside church
New York Post
Congregants at a small Gravesend church are still reeling from the harrowing accident that followed Sunday services — a motorist’s simple mistake that led to one worshipper’s death a...
Impending reforestation for Fresh Creek Preserve
New York Post
Change is coming soon to the Fresh Creek Nature Preserve.The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation will kick off a reforestation project at the preserve this spring, with the goal of rest...
Few clues in Bklyn hit and run
New York Post
Three days after she was left to die in the street, investigators have few clues about the motorist now being sought for running down a 37-year-old Dyker Heights resident as she crossed Fort Hamilton ...
Guild president honored by CB 10
New York Post
For many Ridgites, the Guild for Exceptional Children is the face of developmental disability in the community.The organization -founded over half a century ago by a group of parents who wanted to mak...
Molotov menace hits local home
New York Post
Home firebombedSome gang payback and a few bottles of booze led to a dangerous conflagration at a local home this week.Officials said that three people threw Molotov cocktails — liquor bottles w...
CAI buckles up in Coney Island
New York Post
Get ready to ride, Brooklyn. In just a few short weeks, new thrill machines from Italian manufacturer Zamperla will start appearing in Coney Island.Central Amusements International (CAI), an off-shoot...
Four 76th Precinct cops receive high praise, awards
New York Post
On Jan. 11, officers Damien Clarke and Jesse Zhong were on routine patrol when they heard a crash in the vicinity of 276 Van Brunt Street. The cops, according to Captain Kenneth Corey, the commanding ...
Michelle Obama still seething at Frenemies
New York Post
You’d think Michelle Obama’s pals would be just a tad more grateful after sponging up all the best ducats and party invites for Barack Obama’s historic inauguration.But apparently so...
Half of Food Aid to Somalia Is Diverted, Report Says
International Herald Tribune
United Nations staff, according to a new Security Council report. The report, which has not yet been made public but was shown to The New York Times, outlines a host of problems so grave that it reco...
Kiwi family stunned about expulsion
New Zealand Herald
Shrink A New Zealand family kicked out of Morocco for teaching Christianity to Muslim orphans are safe on their way to Spain, their family says. Aucklanders Chris and Tina Broadbent and their two you...
Nigerian slaughter shatters fragile balance
New Zealand Herald
Shrink LAGOS - Soldiers were out in force in the troubled Nigerian city of Jos where aid workers were still counting the dead after a sectarian massacre in which hundreds of villagers were hacked to d...
2 U.S. soldiers die in accident in Iraq
USA Today
The deaths raise to at least 4,382 the number of U.S. military personnel who have died in Iraq since the war began in March 2003. That's according to an Associated Press count.
U.S. condemns new Israel housing units
CNN
Jerusalem (CNN) -- Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the United States condemns Israel's decision to build 1,600 housing units in a Jerusalem neighborhood, calling it "a step that underm...
Obama meets leader of ailing Greece
CNN
Washington (CNN) -- Global financial reform topped the agenda Tuesday as President Obama huddled with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, whose country is at the center of Europe's debt crisis.
US attacks East Jerusalem plans
BBC
US Vice-President Joe Biden has condemned Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes for ultra-Orthodox Jews in East Jerusalem.Mr Biden, in Israel as part of US attempts to kick-start the peace process, sai...
US apology for Gaddafi comments
BBC
The US State Department has apologised for comments made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland.Department spokesman PJ Crowley, who made the dismissive...
TV Producer Admits Blackmailing Letterman
Sky News
Appearing in front of the New York State Supreme Court, he faced up to 15 years in prison if had he gone to trial and been convicted. He is due to be formally sentenced in May. Halderman was indicte...
British poll date firms as May 6
The Australian
GORDON BROWN will settle today on March 24 as the day for the pre-election budget as the campaign accelerates towards a May 6 showdown.
Obama adviser Emanuel in 'naked rant'
The Australian
BARACK Obama's troubled effort to reform the US health industry took a bizarre twist yesterday when a Democrat congressman said he was lambasted over the issue by a naked Rahm Emanuel, the White ...
Pope's brother admits hitting choirboys
The Australian
THE Pope's brother has given a rare insight into a pervasive culture of violence at Roman Catholic institutions, admitting that he hit children while he was choirmaster at a German boarding schoo...
Biden attacks Israel over settlements
The Australian
JOE BIDEN has condemned Israel's plans to build 1600 new settlement homes in east Jerusalem, a move announced as the US vice-president met Israeli leaders to revive peace efforts.
Faith not enough for kids
The Australian
OREGON CITY: A US judge who sentenced a couple to prison for the death of their son says members of their church must stop relying on faith healing when their children's lives are at stake.
Eric Massa Says he Groped Staffer -- Non Sexually
CBS News
Updated 6:00 p.m. Eastern TimeEric Massa, the New York Democrat who resigned from the House in the wake of a House ethics inquiry into charges that he behaved inappropriately with male staffers, told ...
"JihadJane" Charged With Terror Recruiting
CBS News
A suburban Philadelphia woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been charged with using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing to...
Toyota's Prius Recall Coming "Soon"
CBS News
Driver's Perilous Prius Experience A Calif. Prius Driver explains his predicament when his car's accelerator pedal was stuck moving the car to 94 mph. The disgruntled driver refuses to drive his car a...
Judge Considers Sending Ex-Edwards Aide To Jail
CBS News
Andrew Young, former aide to former Senator John Edwards, and his wife Cheri Young listen to the prosecutions' arguments during a hearing at the Chatham County Superior Court House in Pittsboro, N.C.,...
Missing Oil Exec's Body Found in River
CBS News
The body of Douglas Schantz, president of Houston-based Sequent Energy Management, is wheel down a ramp to a waiting van, in New Orleans Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
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