World News
 German diocese sacks paedophile priest
Egypt News.Net
A German archdiocese that was once overseen by Pope Benedict has suspended a priest, 24 years after he was convicted of sexually abusing children.  Arrests made over kidnap of boy
Egypt News.Net
Police in Pakistan have made further arrests in the kidnapping case of five-year-old British boy Sahil Saeed. It's A Tish-grace As Councilwoman Sues Over Scratch
New York Post
Councilwoman Letitia James has filed a personal injury suit against an itinerant laborer after she allegedly injured herself walking into his legally parked truck.The Democratic lawmaker, who makes $1... Jamaica: The Other Side Of Paradise
IPS
NEGRIL, Mar 16, 2010 (IPS) - It's just before midnight, and the music pulsates through the massive speakers perched under the ceiling, scantily clad girls in their five-inch heels moving closer to the... Politics: Sahel Leaders Meet On Al Qaeda Threat
IPS
WASHINGTON, Mar 16, 2010 (IPS) - Representatives from seven North African and Sahelian states convened in Algiers on Tuesday to discuss the growing threat of al Qaeda's North African affiliate in the ... Iraq Pm And Main Rival Projected To Tie On Seat Count
Channel News Asia
BAGHDAD: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his main rival Iyad Allawi were projected on Wednesday to win the same number of seats in Iraq's parliament in a dramatic tightening of the country's electio... Haiti Launches Ambitious Reconstruction Plan
Channel News Asia
PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti unveiled the first draft Tuesday of a grand reconstruction plan, saying US$11.5 billion would be needed to help the country rebuild after January's devastating earthquake. P... Fbi: No Evidence Mexico Hit Men Targeted Americans
USA Today
FBI said Tuesday as it cast doubt on fears that the slaying of three people with ties to the U.S. consulate shows that Mexican drug cartels have launched an offensive against U.S. government employees... Crackdown Clips Wings Of Drug Runners
USA Today
Álvarez was at the Culiacán airport looking over one of the most curious air forces ever assembled: scores of planes confiscated from drug runners resting wing-to-wing on the tarmac. Paterson's Potential Eroded Over 2 Years
USA Today
N.Y. Gov. David Paterson attends the grand opening of The Palm Bar and Grille at John F. Kennedy International Airport March 5 in New York City. The embattled governor is being investigated by the sta... China Denies Arrested Lawyer Was Tortured
The Independent
Britain yesterday pressed China about the whereabouts of a human rights lawyer who vanished more than a year ago. The intervention by the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, came after Beijing confirm... Military Trial For Ex-army Chief Who Took On President
The Independent
The former army chief who incurred the wrath of Sri Lanka's President by challenging him in a bitterly fought election has been brought before a secret court martial and charged with breaking military... Thai Protests Turn Bloody In Show Of Defiance
The Independent
Thai protesters seeking a change of government turned to shock tactics yesterday, pouring gallons of their own blood into a glistening puddle at the gate of the Prime Minister's office. The dramatic ... Iran 'falls Behind' In Bid To Build Nuclear Bomb
The Independent
Iran's suspected drive to acquire nuclear weapons appears to have slipped back slightly, and Tehran is unlikely to have a bomb during 2010, America's top commander for the region told Congress yesterd... Charles Moore: Making History Through The Lens
The Independent
These days most great events are immortalised by photographs. Far fewer are the cases where the photographer is a driving force in the history he records. Such however was Charles Moore, whose unforge... Thousands Pay Tribute To Latvia's Fallen Nazi Troops
The Independent
They turned out in their hundreds despite the snow: grizzled old men in overcoats and thick anoraks. Nearly all of them were in their late eighties and many hobbled on walking sticks. Watched by more ... Khodorkovsky To Putin: You Owe Me Answers
The Independent
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the jailed former head of Russia's biggest oil company, has thrown down the gauntlet to Vladimir Putin, the man many believe personally ordered his arrest. From behind bars, the... Violence Erupts Across East Jerusalem
The Independent
Fifteen policemen and at least 40 Palestinians were injured yesterday in clashes between stone-throwing protesters and armed Israeli security forces in Arab East Jerusalem. The violence, the most wid... French Boss Kidnaps Herself To Keep Her Job
The Independent
The chief of all French chefs, Christine Pujol, has kidnapped herself. In recent months French workers have frequently taken their bosses hostage in an attempt to save their jobs. Ms Pujol, the boss o... Kidnap Boy's Family Deny Paying Ransom
The Independent
The family of a five-year-old British boy kidnapped in Pakistan yesterday denied that a ransom was paid to secure his release from an armed gang. There was jubilation in Sahil Saeed's home town of Ol... Benefit Repayments 'must Improve'
BBC
Benefit claimants owe an "immense" £1.85bn in overpayments but the government is recovering less than £300m a year, MPs say.The public accounts committee is urging the Department... Sales Drop 'worst For 11 Years'
BBC
Retailers have suffered their worst February for more than a decade, the latest sales figures have revealed.The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) KPMG Retail Sales Monitor showed like-for-like sales la... New Photos Of British Student Missing In Us
Sky News
Jonathan Dorey, 22, from Guernsey, was last seen leaving the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) campus in Richmond city on March 2. The geography student had his mountain bike, a rucksack and his... Bin Laden Won't Be Caught Alive: Holder
The Australian
During a heated exchange with Republican congressmen, Mr Holder predicted that ``we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden'' rather than to the US public enemy No.1 in captivi... Us Suspect In Mumbai Plot Set To Plead
The Australian
THE charismatic Chicago man accused of scouting out the deadly 2008 Mumbai siege and a plot to kill a Danish cartoonist plans to plead guilty to terrorism charges, his lawyer said. Top Poet's Lament On Beckham's Achilles
The Australian
DAVID Beckham's World Cup-wrecking injury might have drawn the sympathy of much of the nation last Sunday, but Britain's Poet Laureate today elevated his ruptured Achilles tendon to the stuf... Chile Puts Price Tag On Earthquake
IOL
Santiago - The earthquake and tsunami that struck Chile last month killed 700 people and caused damages of nearly $30-billion, according to the government. And the ground hasn't stopped shaking. A ... Winfrey Ready For Defamation Case
IOL
Philadelphia - Talk show host and media magnate Oprah Winfrey is expected to spend two weeks defending herself at trial in a defamation case linked to the sex-abuse scandal at her school for girls in ... Jogger 'did Not Hear Plane'
IOL
By Russ Bynum and Dorie Turner Hilton Head Island, South Carolina - Robert Gary Jones was a pharmaceutical salesman on a business trip, looking forward to getting home to celebrate his daughter's t...
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