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Israel to investigate timing of settlement announcement

The Independent of Bangladesh, 5 minutes ago / Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set up a team to investigate why officials announced new settlement construction in disputed territory while U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was visiting the country.

Strong earthquake rocks central Japan

La Crosse Tribune - La Crosse WI, 24 minutes ago / A strong earthquake hit off the eastern coast of central Japan on Sunday, rattling buildings across a broad swath of the country, including the crowded Tokyo capital.

Strong earthquake rocks central Japan

 - The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA

Protesters surge into Bangkok wanting new election

Yankton Press & Dakotan - Yankton SD, 24 minutes ago / Leaders of tens of thousands of protesters who swarmed into Bangkok from Thailand's rural areas Sunday threatened mass street demonstrations if the government didn't respond to their demand for a dissolution of Parliament within 24 hours.

Anti-government ‘Red Shirts’ flood Bangkok

 - Gadsden County Times - Quincy FL

Protesters surge into Bangkok wanting new election

 - Victorville Daily Press - Victorville CA

Afghan gov. wants more troops after 12 explosions

Miami Herald - Miami FL, 23 minutes ago / The governor of Kandahar province demanded more security around Afghanistan's largest southern city Sunday after a series of explosions killed dozens of people in the Taliban heartland - the target of the war's next major offensive by Afghan and international forces.

Afghan gov. wants more troops after 12 explosions

 - Greenwich Time - Greenwich CT

Vatican officials defend pope on abuse

Lawrence Journal-World & 6 News - Lawrence KS, 53 minutes ago / The Vatican on Saturday denounced what it called aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile priests in his German homeland.

Vatican is defending pope on sex abuse scandal

 - Times Leader - Wilkes-Barre PA

Vatican hits pope foes

 - New York Post - New York NY

U.S. Woman Held in Plot Is Released, Family Says

Tuscaloosa News - Tuscaloosa AL, 22 minutes ago / But her relatives said Saturday night that they had learned that the woman, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, had been released.

AP Source: Colo. woman held in terror probe

 - Daily Journal - Park Hills MO

Irish police free 4 in alleged artist murder plot

 - The Alva Review-Courier - Alva OK

Rickshaw bomber wreaks havoc

Tulsa World - Tulsa OK, 1 hour 58 minutes ago / It's the second deadly attack in 24 hours and a sign of trouble in Pakistan.

Twin suicide bombs kill 43

 - Observer-Reporter - Washington PA

Suicide attack in northwest Pakistan kills 13

 - The Mercury News - San Jose CA

Henry Kissinger Is Released From Hospital in South Korea

The New York Times - New York NY, 3 hours 59 minutes ago / Henry Kissinger , the former United States secretary of state, was released from a hospital on Sunday after treatment for stomach pains, said a spokesman for Yonsei University's Severance Hospital in Seoul.

Gang violence kills 24 in Mexico

ITN, 7 minutes ago / A series of shootings killed 24 people on Saturday in a Mexican Pacific coast state plagued by drug gang violence.

Drug violence claims at least 24 lives in W. Mexico

 - Houston Chronicle - Houston TX

Four beheaded among 24 slain in Mexico

 - The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada

Colorado woman questioned in plot to kill cartoonist

Boston.com - Boston MA, 28 minutes ago / A US official, who was not authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity, said earlier yesterday that Paulin-Ramirez had been detained in Ireland in connection with the alleged plot to kill Vilks, whose 2007 sketch depicted the head of the prophet Mohammed on a dog's body, offending many Muslims and provoking terror front Al Qaeda in Iraq to offer a $100,000 bounty for his slaying.

Russia, US close to signing arms reduction pact: Kremlin

Hindustan Times - India, 24 minutes ago / The Russian and US presidents have discussed the negotiations on a new strategic arms reductions treaty and said it was possible to talk about a date for the deal to be signed, the Kremlin said.

'Agreement soon' on nuclear arms reduction treaty

 - The Independent - London - UK

U.S.-Russia nuclear accord 'soon'

 - The Washington Times - Washington DC

Bluefin tuna tops CITES conference agenda in Qatar

The Norman Transcript - Norman OK, 2 hours 22 minutes ago / A contentious battle between Asia and the West over the fate of the Atlantic bluefin tuna prized by sushi lovers overshadowed a United Nations conference that opened Saturday in the Gulf state of Qatar.

Bluefin tuna tops CITES conference agenda in Doha

 - Southeast Missourian - Cape Girardeau MO

Bluefin tuna tops CITES conference agenda in Doha

 - The Mercury News - San Jose CA

Iraq PM uses early lead to pursue new government allies

Observer-Reporter - Washington PA, 1 hour 59 minutes ago / The count for all of Iraq's 18 provinces, including all-important Baghdad, was not expected for days and the outcome of the March 7 parliamentary vote was far from certain.

Iraq vote signals shift from hard-line leaders

 - The Washington Times - Washington DC

Iraq PM picks up steam

 - Kuwait Times

Local missionary says Haitian devastation the worst he's seen

Herald-Standard - Uniontown PA, 2 hours 28 minutes ago / Rubble covered all of the roads and the buildings all around them had crumbled.

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  • Strong earthquake rocks central Japan The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA

    The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA, 1 hour 23 minutes ago/ A strong earthquake hit off the eastern coast of central Japan on Sunday, rattling buildings across a broad swath of the country, including the crowded Tokyo capital.

  • Israeli leader urges calm over row with Washington Boston.com - Boston MA

    Boston.com - Boston MA, 41 minutes ago/ A Palestinian worker is seen on a construction site in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Sholmo, Thursday, March 11, 2010.

  • China PM defends assertive trade, foreign policy The Seattle Times - Seattle WA

    The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, 21 minutes ago/ China vowed Sunday to remain alert to any renewed signs of economic crisis and forcefully defended its currency, trade and more assertive foreign policies as helping global rebalancing, not undermining it.

  • Pacquiao retains welterweight title New York Post - New York NY

    New York Post - New York NY, 1 hour 22 minutes ago/ Joshua Clottey was a stand-in for Floyd Mayweather Jr., who should have been fighting Manny Pacquiao last night.

  • West Virginia wins Big East tourney title The Denver Post - Denver CO

    The Denver Post - Denver CO, 2 hours 14 minutes ago/ Da'Sean Butler's second game-winner in three days gave West Virginia its first Big East championship.

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