World News Israel told it must make urgent peace concessions
Albuquerque News.Net
The Israeli prime minister was strongly rebuked on Friday by the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who angrily questioned him on Israel's refusal to back down on settlement expansion.  Pakistani helicopters rout Taliban
Albuquerque News.Net
Helicopter gunships belonging to Pakistan have pounded Taliban hideouts in the north-western tribal district, killing at least 13 militants.  Invasion hoax sends Georgia into a panic
Albuquerque News.Net
Georgia’s president, Mikheil Saakashvili, has complimented a local television channel that sparked panic by broadcasting a drama which implied that the country was being invaded.  British House of Lords to go
Albuquerque News.Net
In a plan being devised by the UK government, the country’s House of Lords could be abolished.  Canadians dead in snowmobile avalanche
Albuquerque News.Net
In Canada, three people are dead while others are still buried under piles of snow, after an avalanche hit a snowmobile competition near Revelstoke, British Columbia. Mexico Gunmen Kill U.s. Consulate Staff
RadioFreeEurope
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico; (Reuters) -- Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez have killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to the local U.S. consulate, and President Barack... Yemen: Air Raid Kills Al-qaeda Militants
RadioFreeEurope
SANAA (Reuters) – A Yemeni security official says an air strike on an Al-Qaeda position in southern Yemen has killed two top militants who were planning attacks. "The raids ... killed two l... How Tea Parties Echo '60s Protests
New York Post
The political commentariat doesn't know what to make of those thousands of Americans who've spontaneously thronged to tea parties and town-hall meetings to oppose the big-government programs of the Ob... Enter The Salt Police
New York Post
make you healthy" crusade has found an ally in Albany -- in the person of Assemblyman Felix Ortiz. The Brooklyn Democrat wants an absolute ban on salt "in any form" in the preparation of food in resta... Election Years Boost Lawmaking
USA Today
Number of laws passed annually by Congress in the past 20 years and examples of major legislation passed in election years: Major legislation 1990: Activist Cindy Sheehan Revives Anti-war Efforts
USA Today
"Obama said there'd be one combat battalion coming home per month, and that has not happened," Sheehan says. "We still have significant troops in Iraq, and he's ramped up in Afghanistan. States Streamline, Reorganize Amid Fiscal Crisis
USA Today
"The budget crisis is so severe that it's now possible to do some things that everyone knew were smart but couldn't get done because of political considerations," says John Thomasian, director of the ... U.s. Struggles To Track Arms In Afghanistan
USA Today
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan Before stepping inside the underground bunker at the Afghan National Police headquarters in this southern city last week, U.S. troops were warned that there might be some ... Whistle-blowers' Rights Get Second Look
USA Today
Now, members of Congress want to give federal whistle-blowers better safeguards against retaliation when they report waste, fraud and abuse. Bills in the Undecided Democrats Hold Power Over Health Bill
USA Today
if Democrats had enough votes, he replied: "No, we don't have them as of this morning." White House aides David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs predicted lawmakers will approve the 10-year, $950 billion bil... Northeast U.s. Ravaged By Brutal Storms
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EGG HARBOR CITY, N.J. - Last month, the U.S. Northeast was smothered by blizzards. Now, it's waterlogged by torrential rains. The region mopped up Sunday following a bout with high wind and heavy... Ba Strike Flights To Be Revealed
BBC
British Airways is expected to announce which of its flights may be cancelled because of a strike planned by cabin crew for next weekend.The dispute is over reduced staffing levels and pay at the airl... Students Die In India Bus Crash
BBC
Twenty-six students have died after a bus they were on plunged into a river in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, police say.Some 34 were injured when the bus, returning to Sawai Madhopur distric... Quake-hit Chile Plunged Into Darkness
Sky News
A massive power failure plunged nearly the entire Chilean population into darkness, rattling a country already anxious after last month's 8.8-magnitude quake. Doubts Persist On Runaway Prius Story
CBS News
In Full: Prius Driver's 9-1-1 Call Listen to the 9-1-1 call of the Prius driver whose car sped out of control on a San Diego highway before coming to a stop. Contractors Tied To Effort To Track And Kill Militants
International Herald Tribune
From left: Michael D. Furlong, the official who was said to have hired private contractors to track militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan; Robert Young Pelton, a contractor; Duane Clarridge, a former ... Iraqi Pm Holds Slim Lead In Partial Election Tally
Jerusalem Post
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki edged ahead Sunday in a tight race in the country's parliamentary elections after partial results from all of Iraq's 18 provinces showed his bloc leading in seven — tw... Drug War In Mexico Shoots Down Hunting
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Billy Prine of Mobile, Ala., hunts near Los Mochis, Mexico, in February. "We've been coming here for years and haven't had any problems," Prine says. By Chris Hawley, USA TODAY Live - Bangladesh V England
BBC
From Roger in Vietnam, TMS inbox: "Can't get any cricket here either, suspect they do not know the game. England to have a good time at the crease, nothing to lose. Bangladesh to give a spirited ... Whale Of A Crime?
BBC
Clashes between Japanese whaling vessels and activists from the Sea Shepherd anti-whaling group have received global attention, but do not go down well in Japan, where whale meat is still considered a... Thousands Flee As Tomas Batters Fiji
The Australian
A POWERFUL cyclone is battering Fiji's northern islands, damaging homes and crops as thousands of people fled to evacuation centres. Rb Ladanian Tomlinson Signs With Jets
CBS News
Running back LaDainian Tomlinson (21) is seen playing for the San Diego Chargers' in this December, 2006 file photo. The New York Jets signed Tomlinson March 14, 2010 weeks after he was cut by the Cha... Cleanup Continues After Record Rains
Philadelphia Daily News
Utility crews are dealing with yet another clean up, this time from record rainfall that cut power to hundreds of thousands of customers in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey this weekend and closed ... Actor Peter Graves Dies At 83
Philadelphia Daily News
LOS ANGELES - Peter Graves, the tall, stalwart actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television ... Vatican Denies Celibacy Rule Led To Sex Scandal
Philadelphia Daily News
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican on Sunday denied that its celibacy requirement for priests was the root cause of the clerical sex abuse scandal convulsing the church in Europe and again defended the pope's... Proponents Pressure Specter On I-80 Tolls
Philadelphia Daily News
SEPTA, local labor leaders, and other proponents of I-80 tolls are putting Sen. Arlen Specter (D., Pa.) in the hot seat, demanding that he push Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to approve the tolls... Injured Beckham Likely Out For World Cup
International Herald Tribune
after apparently tearing his Achilles’ tendon while playing for A.C. Milan on Sunday. Beckham pulled up unchallenged in the center circle, hopped on his right leg, then fell to the turf with on...
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