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Spitzer Doc In Tribeca Film Festival Lineup
New York Post
A documentary about the rise and fall of Eliot Spitzer will be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival.The festival unveiled part of its lineup Wednesday.The work-in-progress film about the former New York... Eu Parliament Demands Schalit’s Release
Jerusalem Post
The European parliament on Thursday called, by a large majority, for the immediate release of IDF soldier Gilad Schalit, who has been held captive by Hamas in Gaza since June 2005.The move came just o... Women In Black Protest In Violence-hit Nigeria State
Channel News Asia
JOS, Nigeria: Dressed in black and wielding wooden crosses, thousands of women marched in a Nigerian city on Thursday to express grief at a new bout of sectarian carnage and anger at the failure to st... Us Slams Rights Abuses In China, North Korea And Iran
Channel News Asia
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday accused China and Iran of worsening human rights abuses as it raised the alarm about growing anti-Semitism worldwide and discrimination of Muslims in Europe. ... Vatican Criticizes Condom Machines In Rome School
USA Today
But the Keplero high school vowed Thursday to go ahead with its experiment, billed as the first in the capital. While it's a relative novelty for Italy, schools in several other European countries hav... Ohio State Shooter Left Note, Tells Woman 'sorry'
USA Today
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) An Ohio State janitor who shot two supervisors in a campus maintenance shop before killing himself left behind a brief handwritten note directed to a woman named Donna that ... Post-katrina Death Ruled No Homicide
CNN
(CNN) -- After reviewing the case of a woman who died at New Orleans, Louisiana's Memorial Hospital in the days after Hurricane Katrina, coroner Frank Minyard said Thursday that he cannot classify her... Liverpool Sunk By Late Lille Goal
BBC
Liverpool face an uphill task to progress from the last 16 of the Europa League after Eden Hazard's goal gave a lively Lille side a first-leg lead.After the hosts' bright opening, it took a superb dou... Will High-speed Rail Improve Transport?
BBC
Ministers have revealed plans for a new high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham with a possible future extension to northern England and Scotland. Will this improve transport links in the U... Ny Ag Picks Former State Top Judge For Governor Probe
Reuters
(Reuters) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said he chose a former top state judge to oversee probes into whether Governor David Paterson wrongly accepted World Series baseball tick... Tiger Coming Back In 2 Weeks? Rumors Swirl
CBS News
E-Mails Mocked Cops over Woods Crash (CBS/ AP) Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, who was reportedly hired by Tiger Woods as a PR consultant, told CBS News that he can neither confirm n... Obama Donates Nobel Prize Money To 10 Charities
CBS News
The White House has announced that President Obama has donated the $1.4 million given to him in conjunction with the Nobel Peace Prize to ten charities, including the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund and the U... Gop Attempt To Force Eric Massa Probe Fails
CBS News
House Republican Leader John Boehner Thursday offered a privileged resolution ordering the House ethics committee to investigate what members of the House leadership (as well as their staff) knew abou... Nhtsa And The Auto Industry: Too Friendly?
CBS News
Strange Bedfellows at Toyota Critics in Congress say that Toyota pulled strings at NHTSA with the help of two former insiders. Sharyl Attkisson reports that two keys members of Toyota's team used to i... Shootout In Yemen Linked To South Jersey Man
Philadelphia Daily News
BUENA BOROUGH - An FBI investigation into the case of an alleged al-Qaida member, accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen, has shocked residents of this tiny western Atlantic Cou... Pro Football Hall Of Famer Merlin Olsen Dies At 69
Philadelphia Daily News
This Jan. 31, 1982, handout provided by NFL Photos, shows Merlin Olsen at the NFL Pro Bowl in Honolulu, Hawaii. Olsen, a Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor, died Wednesday night, M... Villanova's Reynolds: From Short-timer To All-timer
Philadelphia Daily News
The best estimate is that Scottie Reynolds needs four more games to become Villanova's career scoring leader. Reynolds likes that plan only because it would mean the Wildcats were advancing in the pos... Obama Pledges To Boost U.s. Exports
Washington Times
Joseph Weber President Obama on Thursday ordered an all-out effort by the U.S. government to increase exports to create more jobs amid record-high unemployment. "This morning, I signed an executiv... Imports, Exports Dip; Crude Oil Plunges
Washington Times
David M. Dickson The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly declined in January as both exports and imports fell, while the volume of imported crude oil dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade. ... House Leaders Call Pro-life Group's Bluff
Washington Times
Jennifer Haberkorn A top House Democrat said Thursday that leaders may not have to change the Senate health care bill's abortion-related provisions to meet the demands of 12 members who have threaten... Three Bosnian Muslims Indicted For Wartime Killings
RadioFreeEurope
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's war crimes prosecutor today indicted three former Bosnian Muslim soldiers over the killing of more than 20 Croat civilians and prisoners of war during the Muslim-Croat co... Video Increases Public Mistrust Of Moscow’s Police
International Herald Tribune
MOSCOW—Stanislav Sutyagin was driving with a friend on Moscow’s busy ring highway last week when the traffic police stopped him and several other drivers and ordered them to block the road... Concerns On Iran In U.s. Rights Report
International Herald Tribune
Iran , the State Department said on Thursday that the human rights situation there had “degenerated” since the disputed presidential election last year. In a toughly worded analysis, the ... 'law & Order' Cop: Choking Claim Is Pure Fiction
New York Post
"Law & Order" TV cop Richard Belzer said an Apple employee's claim that he choked her in an Upper West Side computer store was like a story line from his show -- pure fiction."The sad part of it w... Nj Man Accused Of Raping, Beating 5 Daugthers
New York Post
PATERSON, N.J. — A New Jersey man with apocalyptic visions is accused of years of terrorizing his family, raping his five daughters and impregnating three, beating his children with wooden board... Egypt: U.n. Slams Abuse Of Emergency Law
IPS
NEW YORK, Mar 11, 2010 (IPS) - Despite diplomatic maneuvering designed to block any review of its human rights record, a United Nations special rapporteur has told the U.N. Human Rights Council that p... Iraq Pm In Tight Contest With Ex-premier For Poll Lead
Channel News Asia
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was in a tight contest to keep his job as he vied with ex-premier Iyad Allawi, initial election results from four of the country's 18 provinces showed Thur... Ukraine President Boosts Power With New Government
Channel News Asia
KIEV: Ukraine's new President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday tightened his grip on power as one of his closest allies became prime minister and his party formed a government coalition. The new coalitio... Strong Aftershocks Hit Chile
New Zealand Herald
A series of strong aftershocks from last month's devastating quake rocked Chile overnight, prompting warnings to coastal residents to move to higher ground in case of a tsunami. The strongest aftersh... Police: U.s. Troops Kill Iraqi Reporter And Husband
USA Today
He says U.S. troops open fire on Aseel al-Obeidi and her husband's car but gave no further details. He spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. German Schools Angry Over Church Abuse Scandal
USA Today
MUNICH (AP) German educators sharply criticized Catholic church officials for their handling of a spiraling child abuse scandal even as more alledged victims came forward Thursday, including a ... Report: 12-year-olds Abusing Inhalants
CNN
Washington (CNN) -- When their kids turn 12, parents are concerned about peers pressuring them to smoke cigarettes, drink and use drugs, but it turns out 12-year-olds are doing something else: getting... House Gop Adopts Earmark Ban
CNN
Washington (CNN) -- House Republicans agreed Thursday to adopt a ban on congressional earmarks in spending bills for next year, upping the ante with Democrats in the political battle over fiscal respo... Bacterial Meningitis Kills Oklahoma Girl
CNN
(CNN) -- An Oklahoma elementary school student has died of bacterial meningitis, officials said Thursday, and two other students are hospitalized with the illness.
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