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Biden steers past tension with Israel over settlement plans, implores steps toward peace

Josef Federman, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 11 Mar, 2010 1 0

JERUSALEM - Vice-President Joe Biden attempted to soothe tensions with Israel on Thursday in a speech extolling the countries' close relationship, signalling the U.S. wants to move beyond an embarrassing diplomatic spat over settlements that tarnished his three-day visit. But the warm words, com

Recovered body of Cyprus' former president reburied 3 months after its theft

Menelaos Hadjicostis, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 11 Mar, 2010 0 0

NICOSIA, Cyprus - The body of former Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos was reburied on Thursday, three months to the day after it was dug up from its grave and stolen in an apparent extortion bid. Orthodox Christian priests offered prayers during the 30-minute reburial ceremony as hundreds o

Sweden labels mass World War I killing of Armenians genocide with 1-vote margin

Karl Ritter, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 11 Mar, 2010 0 0

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Sweden's parliament narrowly approved a resolution Thursday recognizing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey as genocide. Swedish news agency TT said Turkey recalled its ambassador from Sweden to protest the surprise decision, which was taken in a 131-130 vote in the

Lesbian teen faces classmates after school cancels dance over her request to bring girlfriend

Shelia Byrd, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 11 Mar, 2010 0 0

JACKSON, Miss. - An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student says she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she returned to school after officials cancelled the senior prom because of her request to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. Constance McMillen says she didn't want to go ba

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Suu Kyi denounces election laws that keep her out of race

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 11 Mar, 2010 0 0

YANGON, Myanmar - Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said she is surprised but undaunted at the military government's new election laws that will bar her from running for office or even voting in polls to be held this year. The Nobel peace laureate described the laws as "repress

Al-Qaida eyeing less-complex US attacks after seeing impact of Fort Hood, Dec. 25 militants

Lolita C. Baldor, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 11 Mar, 2010 0 0

WASHINGTON - On Christmas Day, a passenger on a US-bound airliner tried to blow up the plane with plastic explosives in his underwear. He failed, yet the very attempt shook the U.S. government, set federal agencies against each other and triggered months of political second-guessing. In fact, sh

Red Cross: After erratic rains, seed, fertilizer shortages, Zimbabwe at brink of food crisis

Angus Shaw, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 11 Mar, 2010 1 0

HARARE, Zimbabwe - An estimated 2.17 million Zimbabweans - perhaps a fourth of the country's population - are in need of food aid, the Red Cross said Thursday. In a statement, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies pleaded for international funds for urgent food aid

800 people trapped by rising floodwaters in central Mozambique, awaiting rescue

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 11 Mar, 2010 0 0

MAPUTO, Mozambique - Mozambican authorities say about 800 people are trapped by rising floodwaters and in need of rescue. Mozambique's National Disaster Management Institute said Wednesday that three districts in the central Zambezi valley have been cut off due to worsening floods. The 800 pe

Irish court extends custody of 7 Muslims over alleged murder plot against Swedish artist

Shawn Pogatchnik, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 0 0

DUBLIN, Ireland - Seven Muslims in Ireland allegedly linked to a plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks should remain in custody for at least three more days while police investigate their computer and telephone records, an Irish judge ruled Thursday amid rare courtroom secrecy. The seven

Bush, Obama no difference on wars, says Sheehan who plans tent-city protest

Lee-Anne Goodman, THE CANADIAN PRESS 0 0

WASHINGTON - Cindy Sheehan was a long-time thorn in the side of former president George W. Bush, famously camping out in front of his Texas ranch to protest the war that claimed the life of her son in 2004 as he served in Iraq. But Sheehan, 52, isn't any more enamoured of President Barack Obama,