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Britain confronts debt of Greek proportions10 March 2010, 6:20 pm
The woes of Britain show that the troubles for Europe, and the West, extend far beyond the traditionally laggard countries of southern Europe.
Southern Europe - Great Britain - Business - Business and Economy - Financial Services...
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New death threats for Swedish cartoonist10 March 2010, 5:39 pm
The Swedish cartoonist whose sketch of the Prophet Muhammad has angered Muslims says he's received more death threats since arrests were made this week over an alleged plot to kill him.
Muhammad - Death - Sweden - Muslim - Prophet Muhammad...
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German Catholics to investigate abuse charges10 March 2010, 1:24 pm
Catholic authorities in Germany announced two major abuse investigations Wednesday.
Sexual abuse - Pope Benedict XVI - Germany - Catholic Church - Child abuse...
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NYT: Michelangelo bumped from art chart by ...10 March 2010, 6:01 am
By one new metric, Michelangelo has been bumped from his perch atop the Italian art charts by Caravaggio.
Caravaggio - Art - Art of Italy - Art history - Italy...
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Ex-spy chief: US misled allies over detainees9 March 2010, 4:54 pm
United States intelligence agencies misled key allies, including Britain, about its mistreatment of suspected terrorists, the former head of the country's domestic spy agency, MI5, said Tuesday.
United States - Intelligence agency - Espionage - MI5 - Britain...
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Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome10 March 2010, 11:33 pm
Geneticists said the new research shows it is now possible to sequence the genome of a patient at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be of practical use to researchers....
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Chile’s New President Enters a Changed Political Landscape10 March 2010, 11:10 pm
The aftermath of the earthquake may give the country’s new right-wing government a chance to entomb the ghosts of Gen. Augusto Pinochet....
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Nigerians Recount the Night of Their Bloody Revenge10 March 2010, 11:10 pm
The police have arrested about 200 people in Jos, where this week dozens of herdsmen slaughtered hundreds of people in a brutal act of sectarian retribution....
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Einstein's Theory of Relativity On Display10 March 2010, 9:54 pm
For the first time, the complete, original manuscript of the theory of relativity, profoundly human and surprisingly moving to examine, has been put on display in Jerusalem....
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Obama Pledges U.S. Aid to Haiti10 March 2010, 8:52 pm
President Obama made the pledge after meeting with President René Préval of Haiti on Wednesday, even as the U.S. military begins withdrawing forces....
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Panel Will Review U.N. Climate Work10 March 2010, 8:30 pm
The review aims to help the U.N. climate change panel avoid the kinds of errors that have brought its work into question in recent months, officials said Wednesday....
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Game for 'best taxi ride'?10 March 2010, 11:44 pm
PERTH (Australia) - AUSTRALIAN tourism authorities are seeking five foreign couples to take part in what is touted as the world's longest, and most extraordinary, taxi ride.Building on last year's highly successful 'Best Job in the World' campaign, officials are hoping to promote remote and rugged Western Australia by launching the 'Extraordinary Taxi Ride'....
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1st women pilots honoured10 March 2010, 11:14 pm
WASHINGTON - MORE than 60 years after the end of World War II, American lawmakers paid tribute on Wednesday to the pioneering but long-overlooked role played by women pilots in the US Air Force.About 1,000 women piloted fighter planes in the United States from 1942 to 1944 when they joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots, dubbed the WASPs....
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US school bars lesbians' kids10 March 2010, 10:38 pm
DENVER (Colorado) - THE Catholic Church in Denver, Colorado has barred two children from enrolling in an area Catholic grade school because their parents are lesbians.The church has actively campaigned against gay marriage, as it teaches that a valid marriage is only between a man and a woman....
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Senate okays jobless aid10 March 2010, 7:54 pm
WASHINGTON - THE US Senate voted on Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless and money to help financially strapped states pay for health care for the poor.The 62-36 vote came over protests from conservatives who say the bill adds too much to the US$12.5 trillion (S$17.5 trillion) national debt. Six Republicans joined all but one Democrat in voting for the bill....
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Afghan aid eaten by corruption10 March 2010, 6:55 pm
BRUSSELS - TENS of billions of dollars of aid for Afghanistan never reaches those who need it due to corruption, waste and withholding of funds by foreign governments and international organisations, a senior EU parliamentarian said on Wednesday.Pino Arlacchi, an Italian Liberal member of the European Parliament who was formerly a senior UN official and is an expert on organised crime, said the bulk of the corruption and waste involved US entities....
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Push for peace settlement10 March 2010, 6:45 pm
LONDON - BRITISH Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Afghans on Wednesday to push energetically for a peace settlement with Taleban insurgents and said Afghanistan's neighbours must support such an agreement.Mr Miliband's conciliatory comments, in a speech to be given in the United States later on Wednesday, reflect growing acceptance in the West that Taleban fighters who break ties to Al-Qaeda have a role to play in the country's future....
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