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Friday, March 12, 2010
Asia Pacific

Suicide bombs kill 39, wound 95 in Pakistani city

Pakistani army soldiers cordon off the area of bombing in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday.
By Associated Press
LAHORE, Pakistan — A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each...
Europe

Hung Parliament possible as UK polls tighten

By Associated Press
LONDON — The latest buzz word in the clubby world of British politics is "hung Parliament." It doesn’t mean the current Parliament would be hanged,...
Europe

Brown, Sarkozy slam US ‘protectionism’ over plane

By Associated Press
LONDON — The French and British leaders have accused the United States of protectionism over a contract to build a...
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Europe

Dalai Lama doc wins Havel award at film festival

By Associated Press
PRAGUE — A documentary by two Tibetan filmmakers tracing a year in the life of the Dalai Lama has won the Vaclav Havel award for its contribution to the...
Europe

Austrian govt finds mass graves of Nazi victims

By Associated Press
VIENNA — Austrian government officials say they have identified at least two mass graves of Nazi victims on property used by the army. Interior Ministry...
Africa

Mandela’s ex-wife denies criticizing iconic leader

By Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife denied Friday that she had sharply criticized the anti-apartheid icon in a British newspaper interview,...
Middle East

Friend: Suspected US al-Qaida member grew radical

This 2002 photo provided by Roman Castro shows Sharif Mobley, 26, at a barbecue in Buena, N.J.
By Associated Press
BUENA, N.J. — Sharif Mobley had strong Muslim views as early as high school....
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Americas

Gastroenteritis strikes cruise ship in Brazil

By Associated Press
SAO PAULO — Health officials said Friday that nearly 50 passengers aboard an international cruise ship were stricken with vomiting and diarrhea. It was...
Middle East

Iraqi PM starts laying groundwork for new government

By Associated Press
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi prime minister’s bloc said Friday it has started laying the groundwork to form a coalition government, signaling growing confidence...
Middle East

Israel seals off West Bank to prevent unrest

By Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Israel has sealed off the West Bank for 48 hours, preventing Palestinians from entering Israel because of fears of unrest. There have been...
Europe

Bishop: Pope dismayed at clerical abuse scandal

In this photo released by Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, left, meets Archbishop Robert Zollitsch during an audience in his private library at the Vatican, Friday, March 12, 2010.
By Associated Press
VATICAN CITY — Germany’s top bishop briefed Pope Benedict XVI on the spiraling cases of clerical sex abuse...
Asia Pacific

Japan arrests whaling activist for boarding ship

apan Coast Guardsmen hold a blue sheet to cover Pete Bethune, shown only a part of his body at right inside the sheet, New Zealand captain of the Sea Shepherd vessel Ady Gil, following his arrest aboard the Shonan Maru No. 2 at Harumi pier in Tokyo, Japan
By Associated Press
TOKYO — Japan’s coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New...
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
Americas

Biggest aftershock hits Chile on inauguration day

People react after a tsunami alert in Talcahuano, Chile, today. Several aftershocks from last Feb. 27 earthquake rocked the country as President Sebastian Pinera was sworn into office.
By Associated Press
SANTIAGO, Chile — A series of strong aftershocks from last month’s devastating quake rocked Chile today...
Middle East

Gates: Gulf allies understand Iran sanctions next

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visits Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
By Associated Press
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said...
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Around the World

Success of lone gunmen may shift al-Qaida strategy

This December 2009 file photo released by the U.S. Marshal’s Service shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — On Christmas Day, a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight...
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