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China, India give qualified nod to climate deal (AP)
date: 2010 03 10
AP - China joined India on Tuesday in giving qualified approval to the Copenhagen climate accord calling for voluntary limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
Israel, Syria pursue nuclear-powered Mideast (AP)
date: 2010 03 10
AP - Is the Middle East about to go officially nuclear?
Ex-spy chief: US misled allies over detainees (AP)
date: 2010 03 10AP - United States intelligence agencies misled key allies, including Britain, about its mistreatment of suspected terrorists, the former head of the country's domestic spy agency, MI5, said Tuesday.Shots ring out near site of Christian-Muslim massacres (AP)
date: 2010 03 10
AP - Automatic weapons fire punctuated by screams erupted after dark Tuesday in a Nigerian city located near villages where massacres just two days ago left more than 200 people dead.
Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan (AP)
date: 2010 03 10
AP - Vice President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday — a disagreement that tarnished a high-profile visit that had been aimed at repairing ties with the Jewish state and kickstarting Mideast peace talks.
Israel: Did the Alleged Mossad Hit in Dubai Really Help? (Time.com)
date: 2010 03 09Time.com - While all the signs point to Mossad as the perpetrator and the Israelis are hardly denying it, the killing of a top Hamas operative may have caused the Israelis problems on other frontsPope's brother: I ignored physical abuse reports (AP)
date: 2010 03 10
AP - The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also said he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir but did nothing about it.
US military: 2 soldiers die in Iraq in accident (AP)
date: 2010 03 10
AP - The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in a vehicle accident in Iraq.
Suspected mastermind of '94 attack on Jews decries 'lies' (AP)
date: 2010 03 10AP - An Iranian accused of masterminding the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center that killed 85 people dismissed the allegations as "lies" on Tuesday and said he won't appear before an Argentine court.Britain gives one million pounds to S.Africa for condoms (AFP)
date: 2010 03 10
AFP - Britain announced Tuesday one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world's worst-affected country ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
US 'JihadJane' recruited for Europe, SAsia attacks: charges (AFP)
date: 2010 03 10
AFP - US authorities charged Tuesday an American woman known as "JihadJane" with recruiting jihadist fighters to plan deadly attacks in Europe and South Asia.
Canadian jury dismissed in Air India perjury trial (Reuters)
date: 2010 03 09Reuters - A Canadian judge on Monday dismissed a jury as it was about to hear the perjury trial of Inderjit Singh Reyat, who is accused of lying in court about an Air India bomb plot 25 years ago, saying he feared the panel may have been tainted.'Miracle' birth of baby elephant, says zoo (AFP)
date: 2010 03 10
AFP - A baby elephant believed to have died during labour was born alive at an Australian zoo on Wednesday, amazing its keepers and defying expert opinion that such an outcome would take a "miracle".
Israel rebuffs Biden by announcing new settlement construction (McClatchy Newspapers)
date: 2010 03 10
McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — Hours after the arrival Tuesday of Vice President Joe Biden to help launch indirect Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Israel announced the construction of 1,600 homes in a settlement block in mostly Arab East Jerusalem, an open rebuff that led Biden to issue a sharply worded condemnation.