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Iraqis rally to cheer end of US forces
Taiwan's News.Net
Tens of thousands of people have attended a mass rally in Iraq to cheer the cessation of US troop movements in the country.
The celebration rally was organized by Iraq's Hezbollah movement to ... Washington police close camp near President
Taiwan's News.Net
Police in Washington have closed down a large camping area containing members of the "Occupy" movement.
The encampment, one of the biggest protest areas in the United States, was only a few ... Putin shows he has his own cheer squad
Taiwan's News.Net
A conspicuous show of support has been made for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Around 140,000 people attended a rally on Saturday in which placards were raised announcing Putin as a man ... Suspected drug lord in Mexican police custody
Taiwan's News.Net
Mexican police have arrested Jose Antonio Torres Marrufo, who is alleged to have masterminded drug exportation and murders.
Marrufo, the supposed head of a Sinaloa drug cartel, has been accused ... Five cops among seven killed in Afghan attack
Taiwan's News.Net
Five policemen and two civilians, including a child, died in a car bomb attack in Afghanistan's Kandahar city Sunday.
"A car bomb (attack) carried out by the enemies and hit Kandahar city at noon ... Former Panamanian Leader Noriega Hospitalized
RadioFreeEurope
Former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega has been hospitalized after suffering a possible stroke. The 77-year-old former dictator is serving a 20-year sentence for the murders of opponents ... Obama Says Israel Has Not Decided To Attack Iran
RadioFreeEurope
U.S. President Barack Obama says he does not think Israel has decided whether to attack Iran over its disputed nuclear program. Speaking on U.S. TV, Obama said the United States was cooperating ... Fire Hits Former Russian Nuclear Research Center
RadioFreeEurope
A fire was reported Sunday at a former nuclear research center in the Russian capital, Moscow. Officials of the emergencies Ministry said there were no open flames and no threat of a radiation ... US, France hint at bolstering Syrian opposition
Jerusalem Post
Western and Arab countries responded with outrage Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have backed an Arab plan urging Syrian President Bashar Assad to ... Wide-eyed Saturday into Super Sunday Shacharis
Jerusalem Post
Please note that by the time you read this report, the game will be over and the champion determined. Due to the seven-hour time difference, there is no way to cover the actual game in time for ... ‘Cold War logic continues in UN’
IOL
';Unfortunately, yesterday in the UN, the Cold War logic continues,'; said Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. ';Russia and China did not vote based on the existing realities ... US protesters vow to return after Occupy DC sweep
Channel News Asia
WASHINGTON: Protesters from the Washington offshoot of Occupy Wall Street on Sunday vowed to return to their camp in the US capital, which was all but dismantled by park police during a weekend ... Imran Khan Warns Of Afghan Civil War
Sky News
Imran Khan, the former Pakistan cricket captain turned politician, says he fears Afghanistan could slide into civil war once Nato forces leave for ... Student takes stands against bullying
USA Today
Seventeen-year-old Jasmine Scruggs told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that she is holding an event later this month to raise awareness that bullying is a problem and to raise money to combat it. ... Greece Agrees to Harsh New Spending Cuts
International Herald Tribune
ATHENS - Pushed against the wall by its foreign lenders, the Greek government agreed on Sunday to drastic new spending cuts but failed to complete an arrangement that would unlock the financing the ... Giants 21, Patriots 17: Super Bowl
International Herald Tribune
INDIANAPOLIS - Four years ago, the Giants were the charming underdogs who took the New England Patriots' perfect season and turned it into a game of what-if.
This season, however, having ... Giants win the Super Bowl
CBS News
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning throws a pass as New England Patriots defensive lineman Gerard Warren rushes during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game, Sunday, Feb. 5, ... 17 dead, 13 rescued after migrant boat capsizes
CBS News
(CBS News) SABANA DE LA MAR, Dominican Republic - Rescuers scouring the white-capped waters off the Dominican Republic's coast have found 17 bodies and 13 survivors from a boat overloaded with ... Giants edge Patriots in stunner
BBC
Eli Manning produced yet another ice-cool performance in the fourth quarter as the New York Giants came from behind to beat the New England Patriots 21-17. The Giants' quarterback, who ... Focus on French Economy Fuels Gains by National Front
International Herald Tribune
ABBEVILLE, France - This small city in northern France has few immigrants and little crime. But in the last local elections here, the candidate of the far-right National Front eliminated the ... Chavez threatens Britain with Falklands pledge
New Zealand Herald
Venezuela's left-wing president has raised the stakes over the Falklands Islands by pledging his armed forces would fight alongside Argentina in any conflict with Britain. The inflammatory promise ... Blind doctor can see again
Jerusalem Post
A retired Kaplan Medical Center pediatrician who became blind last year can see again thanks to a donated cornea transplanted into his right eye by his colleagues in the Rehovot hospital.Dr. ... 10-year sentence is stretched to ‘indefinite’
Jerusalem Post
The supreme rabbinical court of appeals upheld a life sentence handed down to a man who has refused for ten years to give his wife a bill of divorce.Meir Gorodetzki was imprisoned by the Jerusalem ... NGOs petition High Court over air pollution program
Jerusalem Post
Adam Teva V'Din (Israel Union for Environmental Defense) and the Coalition for Public Health submitted a petition to the High Court on Sunday morning to compel the government to confirm the ... KKL-JNF launches ‘social forest’ for Tu Bishvat
Jerusalem Post
In honor of Tu Bishvat, as well as Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund's 110th anniversary, the organization is launching the world's first-ever "social forest."The ... Australian town evacuated amid flood
IOL
Sydney - The east-coast Australian town of St George was deserted on Monday as the river that runs through it reached record levels and floodwaters threatened to overwhelm its ... Obama says no Israel decision on Iran attack
Channel News Asia
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said Sunday he did not think Israel had made a decision on whether to launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear installations, a threat that has ... Obama says he "deserves second term"
Channel News Asia
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said Sunday that he deserved to be re-elected because the US economy is adding jobs and recovering, in stark contrast to the bleak monthly unemployment hikes he ... Reluctant Greeks agree €3.3bn cuts to secure bailout
The Independent
An announcement from Prime Minister Lucas Papademos' office said socialist George Papandreou, Antonis Samaras of conservative New Democracy and Giorgos Karatzaferis of the rightist Popular ... Conservative group funnels money to super PAC
USA Today
FreedomWorks, a non-profit group that does not have to publicly disclose its donors, provided nearly half the money its affiliated super PAC, FreedomWorks For America, collected last year, as it ... Colorado Seeks 'Roadless Rule' for National Forests
International Herald Tribune
DENVER - A road into the piney woods can be fraught with consequences. That was the premise, more than a decade ago, behind a Clinton administration rule that restricted road building on millions of ... Gingrich vows to take fight to "timid" Romney
Reuters
1 of 16. U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks at a news conference after the Nevada caucus in Las Vegas, Nevada February 4, ... As Facebook grows up, it courts Madison Avenue
Reuters
(Reuters) - About a year ago, when it became clear that taking Facebook Inc public was a matter of when not if, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg went out and poached Caroline Everson, then ...
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