World News
 Canadians dead in snowmobile avalanche
Fort Lauderdale News.Net
In Canada, three people are dead while others are still buried under piles of snow, after an avalanche hit a snowmobile competition near Revelstoke, British Columbia.
 Pope weathering paedophile slurs
Fort Lauderdale News.Net
The Vatican has denounced attempts to involve the pope in scandals surrounding paedophile activity within the Catholic Church.
Pakistan Bombs Taliban Positions
RadioFreeEurope
Pakistani fighter jets today killed at least nine suspected Taliban insurgents and bombed a series of Taliban outposts in an offensive near the Afghan border. Local government official for the lower O...
That's A Bargain: $10 Home Sale
New York Post
In the market for some real estate but can't afford New York prices? Well, get thee to Detroit -- where 10 bucks can get you the fixer-upper. Many foreclosed houses are going for as little as $100 -- ...
U.s. Terror Mom Brainwashed 6-year-old Son
New York Post
He was being turned into a baby bomber. The 6-year-old son of a Colorado nursing student who ran off to Europe to join a terrorist murder cell was brainwashed into a hate-filled Islamic fundamentalist...
Lower Credit Scores Cost New Yorkers $1,400 A Year
New York Post
New Yorkers are getting kicked while they are down. The Great Recession has pushed the credit scores of Big Apple denizens down dramatically -- which has pumped up how much we are paying to borrow mon...
Ap: Pentagon Gun Was From Memphis Police
USA Today
WASHINGTON (AP) Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis
Two Arrested In Alleged Mumbai Terror Plot
USA Today
K.P. Raghuvanshi, chief of Mumbai's anti-terrorism squad, said the two Indian men — both residents of the city — had targeted a popular shopping mall, a market and a state-owned gas facili...
Official: Afghan Attacks Well-organized
CNN
Interior Ministry officials claim attacks in Kandahar city were part of organized attack Thirty-five people were killed, dozens wounded in series of explosions U.S, coalition forces have pledged to se...
Prison Officers Stabbed By Inmate
BBC
An inmate has stabbed three prison officers at the high-security Frankland jail in County Durham.Two of the victims, a man and woman, have undergone surgery for their injuries while a second male offi...
England Shrug Off Tigers Revival
BBC
England put themselves in a winning position after day three of the first Test having survived a mini-fightback from Bangladesh in Chittagong.The omens looked bleak for the hosts when Tamim Iqbal fell...
Live Text - Rangers V Dundee Utd
BBC
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Coal Power Station Plan Under Way
BBC
The first stage of a planning process to build a coal-fired power station in Ayrshire is to get under way on Monday.Ayrshire Power wants to build a power station with experimental carbon capture and s...
Us Bank Regulation Bill Expected
BBC
A new bill to tighten regulation of US banks is due to be unveiled on Monday, but it is unclear if it will succeed in gaining Senate support.The legislation is being presented by Democratic Senator Ch...
Afghan Governor Calls For Help After Attacks
Sky News
The Governor of Kandahar is calling for help from Nato and the Afghan army after what appears to be the biggest coordinated attack since the start of the Taliban insurgency.
Three Dead, More Missing In Canada Avalanche
Sky News
Canadian Avalanche Centre based in Revelstoke has had a warning for the last three weeks expressing extreme caution in the backcountry." "A fresh snowfall overnight exacerbated that warning, and I kn...
Plane Evacuated After Bomb Alert
IOL
Brussels - A Boeing plane of airline Ryanair was evacuated on Sunday morning at the Charleroi airport south of Brussels due to a bomb alert. The Belgian news agency Belga and the online edition of ...
Strong Quake Hits Japan
IOL
Tokyo - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 jolted northern Japan on Sunday, seismologists said, shaking buildings in the capital Tokyo 240km (150 miles) away. There were no imm...
A Radical Way To Boost Organ Donation
IOL
By Aron Heller Jerusalem - Israel is launching a potentially trailblazing experiment in organ donation: Sign a donor card, and you and your family move up in line for a transplant if one is needed....
Strong Earthquake Rocks Central Japan
CBS News
Ground Shakers Learn about what triggers an earthquake and get details on some of the world's worst. (CBS/AP) A strong earthquake hit off the eastern coast of central Japan on Sunday, rattling buildin...
Three Charged After Killing, Chase In Norristown
Philadelphia Daily News
Standing at the door of his Norristown home, 48-year-old Stanford Jackson saw his nephew being robbed at gunpoint Thursday night. "Call the cops," Jackson told his mother inside, according ...
Us Mom: Daughter Held In Ireland 'lost Her Mind'
Philadelphia Daily News
LEADVILLE, Colo. - Before her daughter disappeared last fall, Christine Mott recalls that the 31-year-old who had been held in connection with an alleged assassination plot announced she had converted...
At 5,000 Feet, Meteorologists Stalk Storms
Philadelphia Daily News
Studying how Mother Nature gave birth to monster storms, Jessica Williams monitors one of the dropsondes over the Pacific, where winds reared and steered the Phila. region's record snows.
My Word: Photo Finish
Jerusalem Post
It now seems likely that, following the bum rap and controversy, Tunick himself will shoot down the idea. Why anyone would want his posterior on display for posterity is beyond me. But if consenti...
Enough Crying Over Herod’s Stones
Jerusalem Post
Auto-Emancipation , a half-century before the Holocaust, physician Leo Pinsker, having witnessed the pogroms in 1870s Odessa, identified the lack of desire for nationhood as something akin to a diseas...
Israel Captures Senior Hamas Militant In West Bank
Channel News Asia
JERUSALEM : A top Hamas commander in the West Bank has been arrested by the Israeli security services after more than a decade on the run, an Israeli military spokesman announced on Sunday. Maher Uda,...
Russia-us Nuclear Treaty Ready Soon: Kremlin
Channel News Asia
MOSCOW : US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev have agreed that Washington and Moscow are close to reaching agreement on a new nuclear disarmament treaty, the Kremlin s...
British Pair Challenge Dubai 'kiss' Sentence
The Independent
A British pair will appear in court in Dubai today accused of kissing in public. Ayman Najafi, 24, will appear in court alongside a 25-year-old female British tourist to appeal against a one-...
'agreement Soon' On Nuclear Arms Reduction Treaty
The Independent
President Barack Obama had what the White House described as an "encouraging" phone conversation with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as the two countries sought to work out the remainin...
Chavez Calls For Curbs On Internet
The Independent
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the internet while demanding authorities crack down on a critical news website that he accused of spreading false information. In a t...
Thousands Of Protesters Converge In Bangkok
The Independent
Tens of thousands of protesters converged in Bangkok on today and gave Thailand's military-backed government an ultimatum: call elections in 24 hours or face crippling demonstrations across the capi...
Three Killed In Canadian Avalanche
The Independent
An avalanche struck a rally of up to 200 snowmobilers in Canada's Rocky Mountains, killing at least three people and leaving an unknown number missing, police said. Rescuers were still scouri...
Briton Found Dead In Ski Resort
The Independent
A 24-year-old British man was found dead in a ski resort, the Foreign Office said today. Police believe Paul Rea wandered off and got lost in freezing temperatures after becoming separated fr...
Strong Earthquake Rocks Central Japan
The Independent
A strong earthquake hit off the eastern coast of central Japan today, rattling buildings across a broad swath of the country, including the crowded Tokyo capital. There were no immediate repo...
French Complain At Sarko 'dwarf' Jibe By David Cameron
The Independent
David Cameron has become embroiled in an embarrassing row with Nicolas Sarkozy after it emerged that the French have complained about a series of jibes at their leader's lack of height. French offici...
Taliban Kill At Least 30 In Kandahar
The Independent
A squad of Taliban suicide bombers have killed at least 30 civilians and police in the Afghan city of Kandahar in attacks on buildings including a newly fortified prison and the police chief's compoun...
Fake Invasion Report Sparks Panic
CNN
That invasion was triggered after Georgian troops attacked pro-Russian separatists in the breakaway republic of South Ossetia. In the fighting that ensued, each side offered conflicting figures on how...
Live - Bahrain Grand Prix
BBC
BBC Sport's Sarah Holt in Bahrain: "Breakfast in Bahrain was served with a helping of double world champion Emerson Fittipaldi. The 1972 and 1974 winner was a guest of Renault and TW Steel and sp...
Wenger Points To Arsenal Desire
BBC
Manager Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal's dramatic 2-1 victory against Hull reflects his side's growing belief that they can win the title.Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner struck in the third minute of ...
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