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Talks To Address Trade In Tuna And Ivory
International Herald Tribune
Marathon negotiations on protecting the planet’s endangered species open on Saturday in Qatar with tensions bubbling over efforts to ban trade in bluefin tuna and to reopen exports of elephant i...
New York Offers 9/11 Settlement
New Zealand Herald
New York City has agreed to pay up to US$657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero rescue and response workers who say they were sickened by World Trade Centre dust. The se...
Same-sex Weddings Make History In Mexico
New Zealand Herald
Shrink Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples made history in Mexico City on Thursday as they wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marri...
Movie Theaters Turning Up The Luxury
USA Today
Now, as the movie industry celebrates a boffo year of box office — $10.6 billion in ticket sales, the most ever — theaters are going after new revenue and changing the moviegoing experienc...
Congress Debates New Satellite Plan
USA Today
WASHINGTON The Obama administration plans to reorganize and more than double the annual budget for a troubled weather satellite program that is five years behind schedule and more than $7 billi...
Sen. Reid's Wife Breaks Back, Neck In Crash
USA Today
Harry Reid 's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday after their minivan was rear-ended by tractor-trailer truck on an interstate in suburban Virginia, authorities said.
Fast Food In Tomato Famine
CNN
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Fast food joints are scrambling to find alternate sources for one of America's favorite sandwich toppings after a winter freeze took a huge bite out of Florida's tomato harv...
Rove 'proud' Of Us Waterboarding
BBC
A senior adviser to former US President George W Bush has defended tough interrogation techniques, saying their use helped prevent terrorist attacks.In a BBC interview, Karl Rove, who was known as &qu...
Handcuffs Asylum Use Criticised
BBC
A report has criticised the use of handcuffs by immigration and security staff to restrain asylum seekers.It found handcuffs were used to pull people forward, risking injury, and to restrain asylum se...
New York Agrees 9/11 Dust Payout
BBC
New York City has agreed to pay up to $657m (£437m) to thousands of rescue and clean-up workers at the 9/11 attacks Ground Zero site.The settlement would compensate more than 10,000 plaintiffs w...
Thailand Braces For Mass Protests
BBC
Thailand has mobilised about 40,000 security personnel ahead of mass rallies by "red shirt" opposition protesters over the coming days.The demonstrators plan to meet around the country befor...
Nyc To Settle Sept. 11 Health Cases
CBS News
A recently released aerial photo of the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attack taken by NYPD helicopter pilot Greg Semendinger show the towers coming down from a dramatic new angle.
Ap: Woods Likely To Return At Masters
CBS News
Tiger's Caddie Angry, but Standing by Him (AP) Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans told The Associated Press on Thursday. Wo...
<b>weather Or Not:</b> Hurricane Winds
Philadelphia Daily News
The reconnaissance jet just passed over a jet-stream wind of 161 m.p.h., equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane, and then some. The plane is making a loop through the upper-air low pressure system th...
Veon Jury May Get Case Tomorrow
Philadelphia Daily News
HARRISBURG - The corruption case against former State Rep. Mike Veon was "laughable" and built on a series of lies by dubious witnesses hoping to save their own skins, Veon's lawyer told the...
Pilot Dies In Plane Crash At Small Ariz. Airport
San Diego Union-Tribune
The wreckage of a plane is shown in an airplane hanger Thursday, March 11, 2010 at Stellar Air Park in Chandler, Ariz. A World War II-era plane crashed Thursday while attempting to land at a small air...
U.s. Lawmakers Press Pakistan On Lashkar-e-taiba
RadioFreeEurope
U.S. lawmakers are urging President Barack Obama to push Pakistan to crack down harder on Lashkar-e-Taiba militants. The House of Representatives subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia held a ...
Gates Sees Gulf Support For Iran Sanctions Push
RadioFreeEurope
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Gulf states seem ready to push China to support fresh UN sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. Gates was in the United Arab Emirates to push for str...
House Calls For Ethics Committee To Expand Massa Probe
New York Post
In a sign that the Eric Massa controversy may not go away any time soon, the House on Thursday advanced a Republican measure calling for the ethics committee to "investigate fully" what House Democrat...
Firm Accused Of Hurting Katrina Recovery
New Zealand Herald
New Orleans' watchdog has found serious problems with the work of an engineering company hired to oversee the rebuilding of city buildings and infrastructure damaged in Hurricane Katrina, including ov...
Vatican's Outrage Over School's Condom Machines
New Zealand Herald
Shrink The decision by a Rome high school to install condom vending machines has set off a storm in Italy, with the Catholic Church charging the move will encourage young people to have sex and Rome'...
Firm Accused Of Hurting New Orleans' Recovery
USA Today
NEW ORLEANS (AP) New Orleans' watchdog has found serious problems with the work of an engineering company hired to oversee the rebuilding of city buildings and infrastructure damaged in Hurrica...
Clashes As Greeks Go On Strike
The Independent
Police clashed with stone-throwing youths in the Greek capital yesterday as tens of thousands protested at draconian cutbacks aimed at pulling the nation out of a debt crisis shaking the eurozone. ...
Pay Up Or The Parrot Gets It, Says Bank
The Independent
It sounds like the basis for a Monty Python sketch, rather than a $50,000 lawsuit. A woman from Pennsylvania is suing Bank of America, after a contractor wrongly repossessed her home and impounded her...
Mercy Killing Wife Takes Life At Swiss Clinic
The Independent
A woman who walked free from court 10 years ago after the attempted mercy killing of her husband has ended her own life in a Swiss clinic. Celebrated toymaker Vicki Wood, admitted the attempted murd...
West Bank Rises Up In A New 'white' Intifada
The Independent
Search the news archive for more stories Even if freshly promised "proximity talks" between Israelis and Palestinians get under way, they are unlikely to halt the weekly protests that w...
200 Held Over Nigeria Killings
The Independent
Police in Nigeria have arrested around 200 people following weekend attacks on three Christian villages in which hundreds of people were thought to have been killed. The central city of Jos, at the c...
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