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  • Unity Government ministers shut out by Mugabe

    Unity Government ministers shut out by Mugabe

    The Cambodia News.Net

    Zimbabwe's Unity Government has suffered what might be a fatal blow at the hands of President Robert Mugabe.

  • Migrants warned of jail if they protest in Thailand

    Migrants warned of jail if they protest in Thailand

    The Cambodia News.Net

    Thailand has warned it will imprison migrant workers who attend anti-government rallies scheduled for this weekend in Bangkok.

  • Votes being counted after Iraq elections

    Votes being counted after Iraq elections

    The Cambodia News.Net

    With vote counting underway in Iraq, officials have said their work is being complicated by the large number of overseas votes coming in.

  • Pakistan police say arrested man is not Gadahn

    Pakistan police say arrested man is not Gadahn

    The Cambodia News.Net

    An American-born al-Qaeda spokesman, Adam Gadahn, who was supposedly captured in Pakistan over the weekend, has escaped an intelligence dragnet after all.

  • Joe Biden goes to Middle East peace talks

    Joe Biden goes to Middle East peace talks

    The Cambodia News.Net

    US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Israel on Monday to take part in a high-level peace conference.

  • US/Iran envoys agree there could be common ground on drugs

    US/Iran envoys agree there could be common ground on drugs

    The Cambodia News.Net

    At a meeting in Vienna, the United States has told Iran it would be happy to work with the country on a drug eradication program.

  • Thousands of Ugandans relocated because of mudslides

    Thousands of Ugandans relocated because of mudslides

    The Cambodia News.Net

    Uganda has told 300,000 people living on the slopes of Mount Elgon they will be immediately moved because of the risk of mudslides.

  • Deaths recorded in Turkey earthquake

    Deaths recorded in Turkey earthquake

    The Cambodia News.Net

    Eastern Turkey was struck by a 6.0-magnitude quake on Monday, killing 51 people.

  • Gay life of US senator revealed

    Gay life of US senator revealed

    The Cambodia News.Net

    A California state senator has come out as a homosexual after many years as a staunch opponent of gay rights.

  • Man stabbed in Los Angeles cinema

    Man stabbed in Los Angeles cinema

    The Cambodia News.Net

    A man attending a movie in a US cinema has been stabbed after asking a woman to turn off he phone

  • 7 nabbed over Swedish cartoonist plot

    Washington Times

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBLIN (AP) -- Police in Ireland on Tuesday arrested seven people over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog. Ir...

  • Crist uses NASA to split from Obama

    Washington Times

    Joseph Weber Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, is distancing himself from President Obama after months of criticism for supporting the president's $862 billion jobs ...

  • NASA: Money key to more shuttle flights

    Washington Times

    By Marcia Dunn ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's space shuttle manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more shuttle flights. The real question is money. Program manager John ...

  • UN Envoy Says 9/11 Suspects Should Face Civilian Court

    RadioFreeEurope

    GENEVA (Reuters) -- United Nations human rights investigators have called on the Obama administration to prosecute the accused September 11 masterminds in a civilian court, declaring that U.S. militar...

  • Germany Rejects Iran Extradition Request

    RadioFreeEurope

    BERLIN (Reuters) -- Germany has said it turned down a request from Iran to extradite a Kurdish leader, who was detained but later freed, prompting an angry response from Tehran.The news came a day aft...

  • Rock Against The Vertical

    RadioFreeEurope

    , Shevchuk said despite the fact that many musicians are co-opted by the regime, there is also a small revolution brewing below the decks. He compared the situation to the underground Soviet rock scen...

  • Editor Is Fired After Criticizing Chinese Registration System

    International Herald Tribune

    China ’s onerous household registration system, which restricts where people can live, has been forced out of his job in a fresh warning that journalists who challenge government policy too dire...

  • Cindy Crawford blackmailer jailed in Germany

    New York Post

    A German man who tried to blackmail Cindy Crawford over a photograph showing the supermodel's young daughter gagged and bound was sentenced Tuesday to two years behind bars.Edis Kayalar, 26, was found...

  • Rights Officials Call for Justice in Nigeria Massacre

    International Herald Tribune

    Nigeria fraught with tensions between Christians and Muslims, and called on the government to bring the perpetrators of the killings to justice. Navi Pillay, the

  • Pope’s brother: I slapped pupils in the face

    New York Post

    BERLIN — The pope’s brother says in a newspaper interview that he slapped pupils across the face after he took over a renowned German boys’ choir in the 1960s. He also says he was aw...

  • China and India Join Climate Accord

    International Herald Tribune

    United Nations agreeing to be included on a list of countries covered by the so-called Copenhagen Accord, a three-page nonbinding statement reached at the end of the contentious and chaotic 10-day con...

  • Annie Leibovitz reaches debt deal to keep her portfolio

    New York Post

    NEW YORK — Annie Leibovitz has entered into an agreement with a private investment firm to help manage her debt and market her portfolio of celebrity images.Colony Capital LLC spokeswoman Caroli...

  • MTA cuts No. 7 suspension by 3 weekends

    New York Post

    Here’s some relief for No. 7 riders. There will be three fewer weekends during which service between Queensboro Plaza and Grand Central will be suspended, the MTA said. Although it’s uncle...

  • WATCH: International symposium 'A Safe Israel in a Peaceful Middle East'

    Haaretz

    An international conference discussing ways to resolve the Israel-Arab conflict commenced in the Netherlands Tuesday, stressing the centrality of attainting Israel's security as a means to gaining reg...

  • 1,600 new east J'lem homes okayed

    Jerusalem Post

    The Interior Ministry's Regional Planning and Building Committee on Tuesday approved the construction of 1,600 new housing units for young haredi families in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat S...

  • Deputy mayor wants more Jews in E. J'lem

    Jerusalem Post

    Drawing criticism from left-wing groups, Jerusalem Deputy Mayor David Hadari (NRP) toured the east Jerusalem Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on Tuesday and called for an increase in the Jewish presence the...

  • Israel OKs 1,600 new homes in Jerusalem

    USA Today

    The U.S. will back those willing to "take risks for peace," U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday during the highest-level visit to Israel by an Obama administration official.

  • U.S.-born panda freed from quarantine in China

    USA Today

    U.S.-born panda Tai Shan showed off for the public Tuesday, as he left quarantine a month after his arrival in China. Tai Shan got applause on his arrival at a panda breeding base in southwestern Chin...

  • Tornado hits Okla.; no injuries reported

    USA Today

    HAMMON, Okla. (AP) — At least five homes and a barn owned by the county government were destroyed and other structures were damaged Monday by a large tornado in the western

  • I slapped pupils, admits Pope's brother

    The Independent

    The Pope’s older brother has admitted to slapping pupils in the face while he was leader of a renowned choir in Germany which is currently at the centre of a new rash of child abuse allegation...

  • Missing exec may have fallen in river

    CNN

    Texas energy executive has been missing for five days Police say Douglas Schantz could have fallen into Mississippi River while visiting New Orleans Schantz last seen outside Bourbon Street bar in cit...

  • What's behind slaughter in Nigeria?

    CNN

    (CNN) -- Gangs of machete-wielding Muslims have been blamed for the weekend slaughter of hundreds of Christian villagers in Nigeria, but analysts say it would be wrong to assume the conflict was roote...

  • Alleged bikini trim led to crash

    C News

    Don't text while you drive. Don't shave while you drive. And definitely don't shave your privates while you drive. That's the lesson learned by a Florida woman who was charged in a crash that police s...

  • Israel backs East Jerusalem build

    BBC

    Israel has announced the building of 1,600 new homes in east Jerusalem, in a move that threatens to overshadow US Vice-President Joe Biden's visit.The move has angered Palestinians, whose leaders have...

  • Two dead British soldiers named

    BBC

    Two British soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan in separate incidents on Sunday have been named by the Ministry of Defence.It said Cpl Stephen Thompson from 1st Battalion The Rifles died as a resu...

  • Nanotech 'fuse' could give batteries mighty punch

    BBC

    Minuscule tubes coated with a chemical fuel can act as a power source with 100 times more electrical power by weight than conventional batteries.As these nano-scale "fuses" burn, they drive ...

  • Man Utd return 'excites' Beckham

    BBC

    David Beckham insists he will not show any nerves when he faces Manchester United at Old Trafford for the first time with AC Milan on Wednesday night.The midfielder will line up against his former clu...

  • Nigeria 'ignored attack warnings'

    BBC

    A Christian organisation in Nigeria has accused the army of ignoring warnings of attacks in the build-up to the weekend massacre near the city of Jos.Hundreds died during attacks on three villages in ...

  • Dutch bishops order abuse inquiry

    BBC

    Dutch religious leaders have ordered an inquiry into alleged sexual abuses of children by Roman Catholic priests.Earlier, the Vatican defended its response to allegations of child sex abuse against Ca...

  • Wonderland film breaks 3D record

    BBC

    Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland has entered the UK and Ireland box office at number one, with record opening takings for a 3D movie.The film, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp, took &poun...

  • Woman Survives 3,000ft Horror Parachute Fall

    Sky News

    Lareece Butler, 26, suffered only bruises, a broken leg and concussion when she slammed into the ground, entangled in her chute. The parachute was attached to the plane by a static line and was suppo...

  • Conjoined Twins 'Too Big For Shared Heart'

    Sky News

    download Flash from the Adobe download website. Emma and Taylor Bailey, who live in Phoenix, Arizona with their mum Mandy and dad Tor, were born with the same heart and liver. They were only e...

  • 27% of Americans Have Less Than $1K Saved

    CBS News

    More Americans say they're unprepared for retirement and are planning to stay in the workforce longer to compensate, according to a survey released Tuesday. The

  • A Year After Market Hit 12-year Low, What Now?

    CBS News

    Dow's One-Year Gain CBS Moneywatch.com's Jill Schlesinger takes the pulse on Wall Street after last year's major market correction and offers tips for how to take perspective on investments.

  • Alleged Letterman Extorter to Plead Guilty

    CBS News

    Judge Won't Toss Letterman Case (CBS/AP) The CBS news producer accused of trying to shake down David Letterman will plead guilty Tuesday afternoon in Lower Manhattan,

  • Cops: Alleged Ohio State Shooter Killed Self

    CBS News

    Ohio State University police guard the scene at a campus maintenance building after an employee opened fire at the building, killing a co-worker and wounding another Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in Columbu...

  • Dutch Airport Ups Security after TV Expose

    CBS News

    In this photo taken Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, an employee of Schiphol stands inside a body scanner during a demonstration at a press briefing at Schiphol airport, Netherlands. Schiphol announced further ...

  • China's Booming Green Industry

    CBS News

    Although China has the reputation of being a major polluter, it has a green industry that is booming and creating thousands of jobs. Celia Hatton reports.

  • DeWeese takes the Fifth

    Philadelphia Daily News

    HARRISBURG -- State Rep. Bill DeWeese, the former House Majority Leader, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination this morning in a private meeting with the judge presiding over th...

  • 7 hurt in car-trolley crash in N. Phila.

    Philadelphia Daily News

    A car and a Girard Avenue SEPTA trolley collided this morning in North Philadelphia.At least 7 people were taken to hospitals for treatment of injuries that were described a non life threatening. The...