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 High winds hit Fiji
Indianapolis News.Net
A powerful cyclone has hit Fiji creating fears of mass evacuations.
 Israel told it must make urgent peace concessions
Indianapolis News.Net
The Israeli prime minister was strongly rebuked on Friday by the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who angrily questioned him on Israel's refusal to back down on settlement expansion.
 Pakistani helicopters rout Taliban
Indianapolis News.Net
Helicopter gunships belonging to Pakistan have pounded Taliban hideouts in the north-western tribal district, killing at least 13 militants.
 Invasion hoax sends Georgia into a panic
Indianapolis News.Net
Georgia’s president, Mikheil Saakashvili, has complimented a local television channel that sparked panic by broadcasting a drama which implied that the country was being invaded.
 British House of Lords to go
Indianapolis News.Net
In a plan being devised by the UK government, the country’s House of Lords could be abolished.
House Starts Process For Health Care Fix
Washington Times
Jennifer Haberkorn Two House Democrats voted Monday against the first procedural move to pass President Obama's health care overhaul through reconciliation. The procedural vote passed the House Bu...
18 Injured In Bus-train Collision In Houston
New York Post
A commuter bus collided with a light rail train in downtown Houston Monday afternoon, injuring at least 18 people. At least four people were taken from the train on stretchers. The extent of the injur...
Ex-senator's Mistress: 'i'm No Gold-digger'
New Zealand Herald
Shrink Four years, one love-child, and thousands of column inches after their chance encounter at a New York hotel, former US Senator John Edwards' mistress, Rielle Hunter, has broken her silence abou...
U.s. Criticism Of Israel Ignites Firestorm
USA Today
Israel last week has ignited a firestorm in Congress and among powerful pro-Israel interest groups who say the criticism of America's top Mideast ally was misplaced.
Group: Web Helps Cyber-hate Proliferate
CNN
Internet's unregulated nature has aided proliferation of cyber-hate, report says Number of hate-affiliated Web pages jumped 20 percent in past year Personal blogs, mainstream social-networking sites a...
Toyota: Data Refutes Runaway Prius Story
CBS News
In Full: Prius Driver's 9-1-1 Call Listen to the 9-1-1 call of the Prius driver whose car sped out of control on a San Diego highway before coming to a stop.
Pilots Who Overshot Airport May Fly Again
CBS News
Wayward Pilots: We Were Working on Laptops (AP) Two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot the Minneapolis airport have agreed not to fight the revocations of their licenses but could fly again. Un...
Another Awesome Martian Avalanche
CBS News
ice. Some of that dry ice sits at the tops of cliffs, and when it thaws it dislodges the material there. The rock and debris on Mars then does the same thing it would do on Earth: it falls. Fast. And...
Incoming Drexel President Has Ambitious Plans
Philadelphia Daily News
John A. Fry and his wife, Cara, accept congratulations from Drexel student Stephanie Boyle. Among his goals: more living space on campus, closer ties to Penn, a better gateway to Center City and an ex...
Polanco Leaves Game With Injury
Philadelphia Daily News
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Placido Polanco lost the pop up in the sun and found the back of the pitcher's mound instead. And immediately after falling to the ground, he was concerned. "When it first hap...
Dodd Announces Plan For Finance Regulation
Washington Times
By Jim Kuhnhenn ASSOCIATED PRESS A new Democratic bill in the Senate to tame U.S. financial markets would give the government new powers to break up firms that threaten the economy and would force th...
Bbc Interruption Amid Media 'clampdown'
RadioFreeEurope
The BBC's local-language service in Kyrgyzstan experienced an unexplained interruption today, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported, sparking concerns the U.K.-funded broadcaster might share the fate of ot...
Tatars Bid Farewell To Prominent Intellectual
RadioFreeEurope
KAZAN, Tatarstan -- Tatarstan's political, scientific, and cultural elite gathered today in Kazan to honor veteran public figure Mansur Khasanov, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.Khasanov died o...
Russian Skinheads Guilty Of Murder In Racial Attacks
RadioFreeEurope
Eleven skinheads in St. Petersburg have been found guilty of hate crimes, including murder, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.The members of the group were found by a jury to have stabbed several Moldo...
Iran Said To Ban Activities Of Largest Reformist Party
RadioFreeEurope
TEHRAN (Reuters) -- Iran's judiciary has banned the activities of a leading reformist party, the semiofficial ISNA news agency quoted an official as saying, in a further attempt to end the reform move...
Russia Rewards Vancouver Medalists But Warns Officials
RadioFreeEurope
MOSCOW (Reuters) -- Russia's newest Olympic medalists have received state medals, while sports officials were given a fresh warning they could be sacked after the country's worst-ever showing at a Win...
German Priest Suspended In Abuse Case Close To Pope
International Herald Tribune
The priest, Peter Hullermann, was suspended after church officials acknowledged in a statement on Friday that he had continued working with children even after being forbidden in 2008. His supervisor,...
Rielle Hunter Calls Racy Gq Photos Of Her 'repulsive'
New York Post
John Edwards' baby mama Rielle Hunter is so upset with the racy photos of her in the new issue of GQ magazine that she deemed them "repulsive."Speaking on ABC's "The View" this morning, co-host Barbar...
Kremlin Sweeps Regional Elections
International Herald Tribune
MOSCOW — The pro-Kremlin party, United Russia, has again dominated regional elections, according to preliminary results released Monday, though opposition parties have made slight gains in a vot...
‘marry A Nice Jewish Boy Instead’
Jerusalem Post
Far-right activist Baruch Marzel has sent top international model Bar Refaeli a strongly worded letter urging her not to marry long-term non-Jewish boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio.Marzel, formerly of the ...
Us Sends Fbi To Probe Consular Slayings In Mexico
Channel News Asia
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico: Faced with a brazen challenge from drug cartels, US FBI agents have joined a Mexican probe into attacks on US consular staff and their families that left three dead in this bord...
Uncertainty Over Tiger's Return Continues
New Zealand Herald
Tiger Woods' comeback date to golf is still not known. A PGA Tour teleconference this morning was tipped to announce Woods' return date to the Tour but it was, instead, about continuation of a sponso...
Fcc: High-speed Internet For All Of U.s.
CNN
The plan aims to get 90 percent of Americans on high-speed connections by 2020 The government plans to put one "ultra-high-speed" connection in every community The FCC says faster Internet c...
Study: Ed May Indicate Heart, Death Risk
CNN
American Heart Association that men with cardiovascular disease, also known as heart disease, and ED were twice as likely to die from all causes than men who did not have erectile dysfunction. And tho...
Continental Cuts Back On Free Food
CNN
Food-for-purchase program to be instituted on most domestic routes in U.S. and Canada Free food also will be cut on some leisure routes to Latin America and the Caribbean Intercontinental economy-clas...
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People Leave Unique Trail Of Germs
Reuters
(Reuters) - People leave more than fingerprints when they touch stuff -- they also deposit a tell-tale trail of germs that could help investigators solve crimes, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
Obama: Health Bill Will Help Medicare
CBS News
Health Care Reform Lacks Votes Erica Hill spoke with Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer about the lack of votes needed to pass health care reform despite the White House's optimistic deadline.
Rielle Hunter: Pictures In Gq Are "repulsive"
CBS News
NEW YORK (CBS) Rielle Hunter may not regret breaking her silence, but the GQ photo shoot which shows her pantless is breaking her heart. Hunter reportedly "cried for two hours" after she saw the pictu...
Bin Laden Son Calls For Release Of Kin
CBS News
Osama Hops on Global Warming Bandwagon (AP) A letter purportedly from one of Osama bin Laden's sons is calling on Iran's supreme leader to release members of his family believed to be under house arre...
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