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Washington Post
Peace talks 'difficult' for Abbas amid settlement row
BBC News
The Palestinian Authority has said indirect talks with Israel will be "very difficult" if more homes are built on occupied land as planned. Israel announced the plan for 1600 more homes in occupied East Jerusalem shortly before a peace process visit by ...
Palestinians: Peace talks off until Jerusalem housing shelvedHa'aretz
Israel PM Reprimands Minister Over Settlement FlapNew York Times
Arab League: Talks on holdJerusalem Post
Ynetnews -Los Angeles Times -Voice of America
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Telegraph.co.uk
Thai Protesters to Target Bangkok's Main Roads, Risking Clash
BusinessWeek
March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Thai anti-government protesters plan to march on major roads in Bangkok tomorrow, risking a confrontation with security forces charged with preventing them from paralyzing traffic. Members of the United Front ...
Thailand police ready for protestsPress TV
Bangkok prepares for bad traffic day - at best (News Feature)Monsters and Critics.com
Thai airport reveals protest 'contingency plan'AFP
Xinhua -Sydney Morning Herald -Channel News Asia
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Telegraph.co.uk
'Monogamy bores me terribly'
Telegraph.co.uk
As rumours of Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's affairs abound, Cassandra Jardine asks: is there something to be said for the French attitude towards infidelity? By Cassandra Jardine The two Parisians I rang for a gossip were dismissive. ...
Sarkozy and Bruni in Trouble? Not So Fast.Newsweek
Sarko told Carla to end hol with loverThe Sun
Carla Bruni denies affair rumours sparked by Twitter and internet gossipTimes Online
Times of India -NDTV.com -FOXNews
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Boston Globe
Earthquake-rattled Chile to swear in new president
Reuters
SANTIAGO, March 11 (Reuters) - Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera takes office as Chile's new president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding the country after one of the worst earthquakes ever recorded killed hundreds of people ...
Chile's new leader Sebastian Pinera to be sworn inBBC News
Bachelet leaving as `Comforter in Chief'MiamiHerald.com
Disaster experts praise Chile quake responseThe Associated Press
Wall Street Journal -Times of India -Voice of America
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Reuters
Russian PM Vladimir Putin due in India for talks
BBC News
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is due in India for talks expected to focus on arms and energy contracts. The two sides are due to sign two deals worth over $10bn in defence and civilian nuclear reactors and Russia will refit an aircraft carrier. ...
Russia Willing to Build More Nuclear Plants in IndiaWall Street Journal
Putin Visits India in Race With US for Arms, Nuclear DealsBusinessWeek
Russian, Jordanian leaders to focus on Middle East during Moscow talksRIA Novosti
Reuters -Moneycontrol.com -AFP
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Reuters
Burma laws condemned as a 'mockery' of democracy
BBC News
A US State Department spokesman, Philip Crowley, said they made a mockery of the democratic process. Burma has prohibited political prisoners - including the pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi - from participating in forthcoming elections. ...
Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from electionsThe Associated Press
Myanmar lets Suu Kyi's party reopen regional officesReuters
US condemns Myanmar poll 'mockery'Aljazeera.net
Enterprise-Record -Voice of America -New York Times
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BBC News
Thai shares may fall ahead of anti-govt rally
Reuters UK
BANGKOK, March 11 (Reuters) - Thai stocks may fall on Thursday, with local investors having little appetite for risk ahead of a big anti-government rally, analysts said, although foreigners have been buyers over the past two weeks. ...
Thailand's upcoming mass rally sees no winnerXinhua
Thailand to Impose Security Law For RallyNew York Times
Thailand Braces for New Round of Anti-Government ProtestsVoice of America
BBC News -AsiaOne -Bloomberg
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Reuters
Swedish Artist Says Sketch of Prophet Aimed to Mock All Religions
New York Times
By AP STOCKHOLM (AP) — The point of a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog was to show that artistic freedom allows mockery of all religions, including the most sacred symbols of Islam, the Swedish artist who created the ...
Lars Vilks: why some European artists are building panic roomsChristian Science Monitor
Swedish cartoonist receives fresh death threatsReuters
Swedish artist has no regrets over prophet drawingThe Associated Press
Times Online -RTE.ie -CNN
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ABC News
Hundreds rounded up in Tibet crackdown
Times Online
Hundreds of Tibetans are being rounded up and detained in Lhasa and armed paramilitary groups are patrolling the streets in advance of the anniversary of fatal riots in 2008, The Times has learnt. Authorities are anxious to avoid a repeat of the ...
Lawmakers lash out at Dalai Lama's speechXinhua
China says only socialism can "save" TibetReuters
Dalai Lama risks Chinese ire to back UighursWashington Post
Voice of America -Economic Times
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ABC Online
SBY correct in quickly announcing Dulmatin`s death : Golkar
ANTARA
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Senior Golkar Party politician Theo L Sambuaga said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was correct in announcing the death of top terrorist Dulmatin quickly in Australia. (The President is right) "because he happened to be in ...
Dulmatin confirmed dead in raidsJakarta Post
Indonesia president confirms Bali mastermind killed in raidAFP
Suspected Mastermind In 2002 Bali Bombings Said Killed In Police RaidAHN | All Headline News
Xinhua -Korea Herald -UPI.com
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MiamiHerald.com
Haiti presents Obama with $14bn vision of a rebuilt Caribbean paradise
Times Online
Haiti's President went to the White House yesterday with a vision of a Caribbean paradise waiting to be rebuilt after January's catastrophic earthquake — and a price tag that could rise to $14 billion (£9 billion). President Préval and his Prime ...
As Haiti recovers from massive quake, Obama vows supportLos Angeles Times
Obama Tells Haitian Leader That US Aid Will ContinueNew York Times
Obama renews backing of earthquake-stricken HaitiWashington Post
Xinhua -BBC News -AFP
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ABC News
Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Top Cleric, Dies at 81
New York Times
CAIRO — Sheik Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Egypt's chief religious official and leader of Al Azhar, the oldest and most prestigious center of learning in the Sunni Muslim world, died Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, ...
Some people saw Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi as a government stoogeBBC News
Egypt's top Muslim cleric dies of heart attackDallas Morning News
Egypt's top Muslim cleric diesphillyBurbs.com
CNN International -MiamiHerald.com -Voice of America
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Reuters
Iran's Ahmadinejad Criticizes US Role in Afghanistan
Voice of America
Photo: AP Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized Washington with his own words, as he appeared at a news conference alongside Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul. Earlier this week, visiting US Defense Secretary Robert Gates accused Tehran ...
US calls on Iran to play 'constructive role' in AfghanistanAFP
British official urges Afghanistan to negotiate with Taliban, other insurgentsWashington Post
Talks With Taliban To Decide Afghanistan's Future?NPR
The Associated Press -CNN -Aljazeera.net
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Times Online
Nigeria charges 49 over Jos killings
BBC News
Nigerian police say 49 people are to be charged with murder after communal violence left scores of villagers dead. Most of those facing charges are Muslims from the Fulani group, police spokesman Mohammed Lerama told the BBC. ...
Retaliation fears stalk Nigeria city after clashesReuters
Governor of Nigeria's Violence-Wracked State Blames Army for InactionVoice of America
Nigerian soldiers open fire on youths; 2 killedThe Associated Press
Times Online -AllAfrica.com -Aljazeera.net
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Times Online
Six killed in attack on World Vision office in Pakistan
BBC News
Militants have attacked the office of a Western aid agency in north-western Pakistan, killing six people, police and the agency have said. The victims, including two women, were all Pakistani nationals working for World Vision in Mansehra district. ...
US Charity Is Attacked In Pakistan; 6 Are KilledNew York Times
Charity suspends operation in Pakistan after attack kills 6CNN International
Militants Kill 6 Aid Workers in Pakistan's NorthwestVoice of America
Los Angeles Times -Seattle Times -The Associated Press
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The Age
Thailand's upcoming mass rally sees no winner
Xinhua
By Xinhua writer Shi Xianzhen BANGKOK, March 10 (Xinhua) -- With just three days before the planned major anti-government rally in Bangkok, security has been tightened as tension rises over the city, but analysts say that no side would win the fighting ...
Thailand Imposes New Security ActNTDTV
Thai airport reveals protest 'contingency plan'AFP
Thai military to be ready during rallyUPI.com
RIA Novosti -The Standard -Sydney Morning Herald
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Times Online
APNewsBreak: German diocese to examine choir abuse
The Associated Press
BERLIN — A spokesman for the Regensburg Catholic diocese in Germany says the diocese will investigate allegations of physical and sexual abuse that have swirled around a famed choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI's brother. Spokesman Jacob Schoetz told ...
Vatican forced to defend itself over abuse casesBBC News
Dutch bishops launch child abuse investigationCNN International
Pope's brother asks for forgiveness over violence at schoolThe Guardian
Reuters -New York Times -Sydney Morning Herald
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Los Angeles Times
Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early
The Associated Press
PUL-E-CHARKHI, Afghanistan — US Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the US forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin ...
Gates Praises Building of Afghan Army After Visiting War ZoneBusinessWeek
Zabul province seeks US troops, but is caught in Afghan numbers gameWashington Post
Decisive phase of Afghan war looms: GatesReuters
New York Times -Globe and Mail -BBC News
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Sydney Morning Herald
Suspect's Death Leads to Questions on Indonesia's Border Security
New York Times
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The fugitive Islamic militant killed by Indonesian security forces traveled to Indonesia from the Philippines within the last few months, police officals said on Wednesday, an admission that raised concerns about ...
Bomber's death fresh blow to Indonesia militantsReuters
Indonesian Police Confirm 3 Terror Suspects Killed Near JakartaVoice of America
Asylum seekers saved heading to AustraliaNEWS.com.au
Jakarta Post -ABC Online -BusinessWeek
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Reuters
LIVE: Prime minister's questions
BBC News
1150 From BBC political correspondent Peter Hunt: After last week's absence, the main players are back for this weekly performance of political theatre. Two issues have the potential to dominate. David Cameron may well question ...
UK's Brown paves way for election with budget dateThe Associated Press
UK PM Brown: Recovery Still Fragile, UnpredictableWall Street Journal
BBC turned down Gordon Brown for Match of the Day 2 appearanceTelegraph.co.uk
Bloomberg -Reuters UK -The Guardian
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