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 Gaddafi receives apology from US
Dublin News.Net
The US State Department has apologised over comments made by a State Department official about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
 Letterman blackmailer confesses his crime
Dublin News.Net
A former television producer on the David Letterman show has admitted in a New York court that he tried to extract two million dollars from the famous television compere.
Caps On Verge Of Clincher After Overtime Win
Washington Times
Ted Starkey The Capitals moved a step closer to clinching their third straight Southeast Division title Wednesday night at Verizon Center, as Tomas Fleischmann's goal with 1:40 left in overtime gave ...
Us Woman's Robbery Nets $9
New Zealand Herald
THERMAL, California - They say crime doesn't pay. For one robber in California, it did - but not much. Authorities in Riverside County say a woman with a gun robbed 11 customers at a market and got a...
Ex-toyota Lawyer: Documents Withheld
CNN
Lawyer kept internal documents that he says could be damaging to Toyota Biller says he quit because of what he alleges were "criminal acts" by Toyota He said Toyota settled one lawsuit to av...
Myanmar Bars Suu Kyi From Elections
CNN
Yangon, Myanmar (CNN) -- Myanmar's ruling junta announced Wednesday a new election law that disqualifies pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in upcoming national elections.
Passenger Admits Disrupting Flight
CNN
(CNN) -- A Texas man who became enraged when a flight attendant refused to serve him alcohol and spent part of a flight locked in the lavatory has pleaded guilty to interfering with an airline flight ...
Afghan Criticisms Unfair, Pm Says
BBC
Gordon Brown says the criticism he has received for visiting Afghanistan a day after giving evidence to the Iraq war inquiry is "incredibly unfair".The Conservatives said Saturday's trip was...
Mps Query Non-political Ministers
BBC
The practice of ennobling people from outside Parliament in order to make them ministers should be "exceptional", a cross-party group of MPs has said.The Public Administration Committee (PAS...
Chile's New Leader To Be Sworn In
BBC
Chilean tycoon Sebastian Pinera is due to be sworn in as president of the country, which was recently devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami.Mr Pinera not only faces the challenge of reconstru...
Sony Shows Off Motion Controller
BBC
Sony has unveiled its contender to the market leading Nintendo Wii with its new motion-control video system called PlayStation Move.Details were revealed during the Game Developers Conference in San F...
Millions In Zimbabwe Face Hunger Crisis
Sky News
The Red Cross is facing a shortfall of $23.9m (£15.9m) for its programmes in Zimbabwe, which include home care for those infected by HIV. Hunger is impacting the efforts to provide anti-retroviral t...
Bruni: 'i Had To Marry Sarkozy In A Hurry'
Sky News
download Flash from the Adobe download website. Ms Bruni has faced questions about the marriage from the very beginning. She married the president three months after meeting him, but said it "...
Matt Damon Not Bourne Again In Green Zone
Sky News
It's an action thriller starring Matt Damon and directed by Paul Greengrass, but Damon insists it is definitely not Bourne again. It was Brit Greengrass, of course, who worked with Damon on both The ...
Sarkozy Would Never Cheat On Me: Bruni
The Australian
CARLA Bruni, the singer wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has vouched for the fidelity of her husband after some media outlets reported internet gossip suggesting that their marriage was in di...
Bobcats Run Past Sorry Sixers
Philadelphia Daily News
76ers coach Eddie Jordan insisted tonight that his team was still, unequivocally, with him. A few hours later, Jordan and his players walked off the Wachovia Center court having been completely embar...
Aston Store Robbed At Gunpoint
Philadelphia Daily News
An armed man robbed a Family Dollar store in Aston tonight, making off with an undisclosed sum of cash.The assailant entered the store on the 3400 block of Concord Road around 8:42 p.m., brandishing a...
Arab League Chief Says Mideast Talks Off
RadioFreeEurope
Arab League chief Amr Moussa says Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas had told him he will not enter indirect talks with Israel. No immediate comment was available from Israeli or Palestinian officials...
Karzai Continues Pakistan Visit
RadioFreeEurope
Pakistan -- Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) talking with his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari, during their meeting in Islamabad, 10Mar2010
Putin Due In India
RadioFreeEurope
Rusia - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) during their meeting in Moscow, 07Dec2009
Einstein's Theory Of Relativity On Display
International Herald Tribune
In a room darkened to protect the paper, Israeli students on Tuesday inspected the manuscript of Albert Einstein’s development of the general theory of relativity.
Pink Floyd Dragging Emi Boss To Court
New York Post
Pink Floyd is suing EMI over online royalty payments and the ability to sell single tracks in a bid to make sure the record label doesn't, to borrow a line from the band's song "Money," "grab [its] ca...
Job Cuts, Makeover In Works At Businessweek
New York Post
The staff at Bloomberg BusinessWeek is bracing for a sweeping restructuring that will see many of the magazine's editorial staff reassigned within Bloomberg LP, while around 30 people are slated to ge...
Eu Parliament Backs Goldstone Report
Jerusalem Post
The Foreign Ministry attacked the European Parliament’s endorsement on Wednesday night of the Goldstone Report, which has accused Israel of possible war crimes in Gaza.By a slim majority of just ove...
Switzerland Urged To Rescind Ban On Libyans' Entry
Channel News Asia
NEW YORK: Libya's UN envoy appealed to Switzerland Wednesday to rescind a "blacklist" of 188 Libyans, including leader Moamer Kadhafi, banned from entering Swiss territory over a festering diplomatic ...
No Talks Unless Israeli Settlements Halted: Arab League
Channel News Asia
CAIRO: There should be no Israeli-Palestinian talks, direct or indirect, unless Israel halts plans to build 1,600 settler homes in annexed east Jerusalem, the Arab League said Wednesday. Arab League c...
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