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Breaking News Mon, 8 Feb 2010
Pakistani Shiite Muslims take part in a rally to condemn Friday's bombing, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 in Lahore, Pakistan.
Bombing   Business   Karachi   Pakistan   Photos  
Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts
| By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI, Pakistan - Business in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, ground to a halt at the weekend after at least 33 people were killed and over 100 injured in two explo... (photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary)
Asia Times
A British soldier with Delta Squadron Infantry provides security in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 25, 2010.
Afghanistan   Defence   Nato   Photos   UK   War  
More troop casualties likely in Afghan operation
| Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth warned of likely British casualties as troops prepared to take part in a major international offensive against insurgents in Afghanistan. | Taliban fighters have been... (photo: USAF / Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez)
The Independent
** FOR RELEASE MONDAY, JUNE 16--FILE ** In this May 7, 2008 file photo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Merrill Lynch & Co. John Thain looks on during a photo shoot in Mumbai, India. CIT, emerging from bankruptcy, hires Thain as CEO
* Former Merrill CEO replaces interim chief immediately * Thain's experience restructuring NYSE cited in hire * CIT emerged from bankruptcy in December By Jonathan Spicer NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - C... (photo: AP / Gautam Singh ,file) The Guardian
Bank   Group   Market   Photos   Stock  
Presidential candidate and head of Regions party Viktor Yanukovich greets his supporters in the town of Yenakiyevo, some 50 km (31 miles) north-west of Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Ukraine on brink of new era
| Ukraine may be on the brink of a new political era as polls suggest Victor Yanukovich, the pro-Russian opposition leader, will be the country's next president. | Private surveys already pr... (photo: AP / Andryi Mosienko, Pool) Al Jazeera
Election   Europe   Photos   Politics   Ukraine  
Top Stories
Pakistani women mourn over the death of their relative, a victim of Friday's bombing at a local hospital, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 in Karachi, Pakistan. Death toll from Karachi blasts reaches 33: minister
| KARACHI, Paksitan: Death toll from twin- bombing, targeting Shiite Muslims in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Friday, has reached 33, provincial health minister s... (photo: AP / Fareed Khan) China Daily
Bombing   Death   Karachi   Muslim   Photos  
 Winter sea ice terrain of the Beaufort Sea -- Alaska North Slope -- arctic tundra snow ice global warming (cg1) Arctic climate changing faster than expected: study
WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Climate change is transforming the Arctic environment faster than expected and accelerating the disappearance of sea ice, scientists said on Friday i... (photo: NOAA Corps file) Khaleej Times
Arctic   Climate Change   Environment   Photos   Research  
A company sign of BAE Systems is seen at a plant in Guildford, England, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. 'Outrage' as BAE Systems probes end after £280m deal
| Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. | BAE Chairman Dick Olver: "We need to be a transparent, modern, clean company" | Campaigners ha... (photo: AP / Sang Tan) BBC News
Arms   Corruption   Defence   Photos   UK  
Portuguese policemen walk around a house, its entrance covered by a dark tarpaulin, where a cache of explosives and bomb-making equipment is said to have been found Friday, Feb. 5 2010, in Obidos, some 100 kilometers north of Lisbon. Portugal police find 'Eta bomb-making cache'
| Portuguese police have seized half a tonne of explosives at a house that they say was being used as a base by Basque separatist group Eta. | The discovery, which also i... (photo: AP / Armando Franca) BBC News
ETA   Europe   Photos   Police   Portugal  
Twin blasts kill 40 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq Twin blasts kill 40 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq
| CHELSEA J. CARTER | Associated Press Writer= BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb ripped through a crowd of Shiite pilgrims outside the holy city of Karbala Friday, sending many... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) The Guardian
Baghdad   Iraq   Karbala   Photos   Pilgrims  
Baltic Sea as seen from Darlowo Sweden wants explanation on Baltic nuclear 'dumping'
| The Russian military allegedly dumped nuclear waste into the Baltic Sea in the early 1990s, according to a report on Swedish television. | Radioactive material from a m... (photo: Creative Commons) BBC News
Nuclear   Photos   Pollution   Russia   Sweden  
A U.S. Army soldier assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division teaches children how to two hand whistle while their families get food from the World Health Organization in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 31, 2010.  The United States and other international military and civilian aid agencies are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit the area on Jan. 12, 2010. 10 Americans Charged in Haiti With Kidnapping
| Filed at 1:02 a.m. ET | PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Ten U.S. Baptist missionaries were charged with kidnapping Thursday for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti to... (photo: US Navy / Chief Petty Officer Robert J. Fluegel) The New York Times
Children   Haiti   Kidnapping   Photos   US  
A British Airways Jumbo jet takes off, at London's Heathrow Airport, Friday Aug. 1, 2008. British Airways reports quarterly loss of £50m
| British Airways today reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss of £50 million - but warned it still faced a record annual shortfall. | The airline said hefty cos... (photo: AP / Max Nash) The Independent
Airlines   Britain   Business   Photos   Transport  
Iraqi youths post election campaign posters in Baghdad, Iraq Election Panel Puts Off Start of Iraq Parliament Races
| BAGHDAD - Iraq's independent elections commission announced Thursday that the parliamentary elections campaign, scheduled to start Sunday, would be postponed for five d... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) The New York Times
Baghdad   Election   Iraq   Parliament   Photos  
Michael Jackson, center, is joined by his mother Katherine, left, and father Joe, far right, as they leave the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in Santa Maria, Calif., Monday, June 13, 2005. The jury found the pop star not guilty on all counts. Manslaughter charge for Jackson doctor
| The long-pending criminal trial of the man who is alleged to have caused Michael Jackson's death by administering a devastating cocktail of drugs will move a step close... (photo: AP / Haraz Ghanbari) The Independent
Entertainment   Health   Justice   Photos   US  
North America Europe
A Neuroscientist Studying the Structure of Dog Brains
Utah: Guilty Plea in 2002 Abduction Attempt
California: Engineer Is Sentenced for Espionage
The Wire re-up: season four, episode 13 – the end?
Horse - Animals
BLM delays eastern Nevada wild horse roundup
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European Union Prepares for Economic Crisis Meeting
Iran tells UN of enrichment plan as US, France call for new
Pensioners 'kidnapped adviser'
Jail threat to skiers who go too far off-piste
Cars parked outside McDonald's fast food chain in Manila, Philippines on September 1, 2009.
McDonald's: the world's local restaurant
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Asia Middle East
Old Goa attackers hired for Rs 1L
JAL to stay with American, end Delta talks-source
Nikkei hits 2-mth low as exporters fall, Toyota dips
Rajasthan Royals' tie-up with Hamsphire has ECB hot unde
Basaliom-Cancer
'Cancer deaths will go up 45% by 2030'
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Iran tells UN of enrichment plan as US, France call for new
Iran condemned as it reveals nuclear plans
World's tallest tower closes
Hughes holds talks on taking charge of Turkey
In this photo taken Sunday, April 19, 2009, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks at a meeting at the Iraqi Interior Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Maliki denounced a deadly U.S. raid on Sunday April 26, 2009 in the southern Shiite city of Kut, which left at least one person dead and six arrested, as a "crime" that violated the security pact with Washington and demanded American commanders hand over those responsible to face possible trial in Iraqi courts.
Bring Iraq's Sunnis on Board
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South America Africa
Brazilian judge bans early kickoffs in intense heat
Ex-Mayor Absolved in Journalist's Slaying in Peru
Venezuela Declares Emergency Amid Energy Crisis
Chavez Hosts New Radio Show _ at Any Moment
President Of Venezuela Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez orders expropriation of historic buildings
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Blood clot shatters Gary Cahill's dream of joining Engla
Israeli troops raid east al-Quds refugee camp UNRWA urges E
Egypt detains senior Brotherhood members
Iran moves closer to nuke warhead capacity
** FILE ** Exterior view of the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, seen in a March 16, 2003 file photo.
EGYPT: Controversial organ transplant bill welcomed by WHO
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Australia Caribbean
'The Nanny' Star Recast As Diplomat, Politico, and T
Online Kiwis maybe feeling Oz censor trickledown
Support down for Australia's Rudd, CO2 scheme - poll
Australia's PM losing ground over climate change as elec
Fran Drescher, left, and Sharon Osbourne
'The Nanny' Star Recast As Diplomat, Politico, and TV Talk Host?
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Haiti confronts new threat: Deadly spring rains
Body of missing Pinay in Haiti found
In Haiti, Practicing Medicine From Afar
 Medics struggle as injured Haitians pour in
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary is proud being a Mother of the Bride
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