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AP source: Kandahar offensive to begin in June (AP)

03.29.2010 20:22   3 views   0 comments
Tags: Obama, President, Hamas, Afghan, Barack Obama, NATO, Just, Karzai

VIDEO: US President Barack Obama presses Afghan President Hamid Karzai to take resolute action against corruption in a surprise visit to Kabul. Duration: 01:34(AFP)AP - NATO forces in June will make a long-planned assault on the Taliban's spiritual home in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a senior military official said Monday.


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Twin suicide bombings kill 38 in Moscow subway (AP)

03.29.2010 20:20   0 views   0 comments
Tags: Ministry, March, Monday, Russian

A woman cries as Interior Ministry officers block her way in front of the exit of Lubyanka metro station in Moscow March 29, 2010. Two blasts ripped through packed Moscow metro stations on Monday during rush hour, killing at least 34 people and wounding 18, Russian officials said. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin  (RUSSIA - Tags: DISASTER CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST TRANSPORT)AP - Terror returned to the heart of Russia, with two deadly suicide bombings on the Moscow subway at rush hour, including an attack at the station beneath the headquarters of the secret police.


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French president, first lady take on New York (AP)

03.29.2010 19:29   1 views   0 comments
Tags: President, American, Wire, New York, Washington, University, Eris, Monday, French, France, York

French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech to students at Columbia University in New York. Sarkozy called Monday for US economic reforms, and in comments echoing Franco-American spats of the past, said Washington cannot AP - With a lectern flown in from France and his fingers firmly entwined with those of his smiling wife, French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a splash Monday even before he opened his mouth for a no-holds-barred speech at Columbia University.


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Politicians clash on economy in pre-election TV debate (AFP)

03.29.2010 19:02   0 views   0 comments
Tags: March, Treasury, Lead

Alistair Darling holds a copy of the 2010 Budget report during a photocall at the Treasury in central London, on March 23. The Chancellor of the Exchequer accused his counterpart from the main opposition Conservatives of AFP - The Chancellor of the Exchequer accused his counterpart from the main opposition Conservatives of "taking a terrible risk" with the economy Monday, in a crunch televised debate ahead of the election.


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French president, first lady take on New York (AP)

03.29.2010 18:54   0 views   0 comments
Tags: President, American, Wire, New York, Washington, University, Eris, Monday, French, France, York

French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech to students at Columbia University in New York. Sarkozy called Monday for US economic reforms, and in comments echoing Franco-American spats of the past, said Washington cannot AP - With a lecturn flown in from France and his fingers firmly entwined with those of his smiling wife, French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a splash Monday even before he opened his mouth for a no-holds-barred speech at Columbia University.


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Progress 'too slow' in Afghanistan: Obama (AFP)

03.29.2010 18:50   1 views   0 comments
Tags: Obama, President, Afghanistan, Baku, Barack Obama, March, Monday

US President Barack Obama (R) visits with troops at Bagram Air Base on March 28. Progress in Afghanistan has been AFP - Progress in Afghanistan has been "too slow," US President Barack Obama said Monday following a surprise visit to the war-torn nation.


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Cardinal accuses Hugo Chavez of persecuting foes (AP)

03.29.2010 18:25   0 views   0 comments
Tags: President, Monday, Hurt

AP - The leader of Venezuela's Roman Catholic Church joined other critics of President Hugo Chavez on Monday by accusing the government of using judges and prosecutors to punish political adversaries. Read more »

Tornado topples crane at Bahamas port, killing 3 (AP)

03.29.2010 18:14   0 views   0 comments
Tags: Monday

AP - A tornado touched down during a fierce thunderstorm in the Bahamas on Monday and toppled a port crane, killing three people and injuring at least four. Read more »

Moscow Bombings: Islamist Rebels Behind Deadly Blasts? (Time.com)

03.29.2010 18:00   0 views   0 comments
Tags: Monday

Time.com - Coordinated suicide bombings on Moscow's subway system killed at least 38 people on Monday -- an attack officials blamed on Islamic insurgents in the troubled Caucasus Read more »

British Report: U.S.-U.K. 'Special Relationship' Is Over (Time.com)

03.29.2010 18:00   0 views   0 comments
Tags: British, Over, Species, London

Time.com - A new report by British MPs says London should stop overplaying its ties with America Read more »

Conservatives rebuff call to freeze tax cuts (Reuters)

03.29.2010 17:32   0 views   0 comments
Tags: Reuters, Monday, Liberty

Reuters - Canada's Conservative government said on Monday it will go ahead with planned corporate tax cuts, rebuffing an opposition Liberal call to shelve the tax cuts for the time being. Read more »

Hamas seizes $270,000 in frozen funds from bank (AP)

03.29.2010 16:40   0 views   0 comments
Tags: Palestinian, Hamas, Gary, Monday, Week

AP - Hamas seized $270,000 from a Gaza bank on Monday that had been frozen by the Palestinian government in the West Bank, sparking new feuding between the Gaza militants and their Western-backed rivals. Read more »

Sudan leader warns south on referendum (AFP)

03.29.2010 16:28   0 views   0 comments
Tags: President, February, Sudan

A boycott of national elections next month by former southern rebels would result in the north rejecting the south holding a secession referendum in January, President Omar al-Beshir, pictured in February 2010, warned Monday.(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - A boycott of national elections next month by former southern rebels would result in the north rejecting the south holding a secession referendum in January, President Omar al-Beshir warned Monday.


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Obama seeks delicate balance with Karzai (AP)

03.29.2010 16:12   0 views   0 comments
Tags: Obama, President, Hamas, Afghan, Barack Obama, Taliban, Karzai

US President Barack Obama (right) walks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a welcoming ceremony in Kabul. Obama has pressed Karzai to make progress in cleaning up corruption and rallied troops to defeat the Taliban during a surprise night-time visit to Afghanistan.(AFP/Jim Watson)AP - President Barack Obama's tone in Kabul was all business as he hammered home his theme that the Afghans need to do more to fight corruption and reform government to defeat the Taliban.


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Twin suicide bombings kill 38 in Moscow subway (AP)

03.29.2010 15:24   0 views   0 comments
Tags: Ministry, March, Monday, Russian

A woman cries as Interior Ministry officers block her way in front of the exit of Lubyanka metro station in Moscow March 29, 2010. Two blasts ripped through packed Moscow metro stations on Monday during rush hour, killing at least 34 people and wounding 18, Russian officials said. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin  (RUSSIA - Tags: DISASTER CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST TRANSPORT)AP - Terror returned to the heart of Russia, with two deadly suicide bombings on the Moscow subway at rush hour, including an attack at the station beneath the headquarters of the secret police.


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Why would anyone turn down a million bucks? Ask this guy (AP)

03.29.2010 15:17   0 views   0 comments


AP - Who doesn't want to be a millionaire? Maybe a 43-year-old unemployed bachelor who lives with his elderly mother in Russia — and who won $1 million for solving a problem that has stumped mathematicians for a century. Read more »

Iraqi commission moves to disqualify winning candidates (McClatchy Newspapers)

03.29.2010 14:01   0 views   0 comments
Tags: McClatchy, Newspapers, McClatchy Newspapers, Iraqi

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Six winning candidates in Iraq's parliamentary elections will be stripped of their votes and lose their seats — which would cost secular politician Ayad Allawi's bloc its narrow victory — if a federal court upholds a broad purge of candidates who are suspected of past involvement with the late dictator Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath Party, Iraqi officials said Monday. Read more »

Somali IDP Situation 'At Its Worst' as Aid Runs Out (OneWorld.net)

03.29.2010 12:21   0 views   0 comments
Tags: March, Somali

OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, 29 March 2010 (IRIN) - As more aid groups pull out of camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) and more people flee Mogadishu to escape the violence, the plight of IDPs is at its most extreme, says a doctor-turned-relief-worker in Mogadishu. Read more »

China mining company causes unrest in Niger (The Christian Science Monitor)

03.29.2010 9:01   0 views   0 comments
Tags: Nuclear, Night, Lead, Chief, Live, International, Science, Christian, Monitor

The Christian Science Monitor - The sun-wizened Tuareg women of Azalik have declared war on China. Like their ancestors, they once eked out a living selling dried salts from an ancestral well. Everything changed last year, when the government leased their land to the China Nuclear International Uranium Corporation (Sino-U) for uranium exploration. Left with no livelihood and no compensation, a hundred women gathered to launch stones at mining machinery. Read more »

US concerned by Australian Internet filter plan (AP)

03.29.2010 6:02   0 views   0 comments
Tags: United, The United, Internet, States, United States, Australia, Australian

Australia Sunday defended its plan to block some Internet content, such as that featuring child sex abuse or advocating terrorism, after a media rights watchdog warned it may hurt free speech.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AP - The United States has raised concerns with Australia about the impact of a proposed Internet filter that would place restrictions on Web content, an official said Monday.


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