 The Scotsman: International
Boris Berezovsky wins libel case over Litvinenko poisoning
EXILED Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky yesterday won his British libel case against a Kremlin-owned broadcaster that aired allegations he masterminded the murder of a former K
10 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm
Lost Boys star Corey Haim dies at 38 after years of heavy drug abuse
ACTOR Corey Haim, a 1980s teenage heart-throb for his roles in the films Lucas and The Lost Boys, died yesterday from an apparent drug overdose, aged 38.
10 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm
France rocked by claims that both Sarkozy and Bruni are having affairs
THE Elysée Palace was maintaining a stony silence last night more than two days after rumours erupted that French president Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni are both havin
10 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm
Biden reprimands Israel as settler move rocks peace bid
US VICE-PRESIDENT Joe Biden took the usual step of publicly reprimanding Israel yesterday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it undermined his peace efforts.
10 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm
German Catholic authorities launch abuse investigations
CATHOLIC authorities in Germany announced two major abuse investigations yesterday ? one into the renowned choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI's brother and another into w
10 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm
Defiant Ashton calls for unity to rebuild European influence
EUROPE'S foreign policy chief Baroness Catherine Ashton told MEPs yesterday the EU must do more to defend its interests and values as power seeps from the West to econom
10 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm
Investigation after police use drivers as human shield
RUSSIAN traffic police are under investigation for ordering motorists to park their cars across a highway ? and remain inside ? to block a fleeing criminal suspect, prosecuto
10 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm
Hope for Tasmanian devil from cancer-immune colony
AUSTRALIAN scientists have discovered a genetically distinct colony of Tasmanian devils that may save the species from being wiped out by a contagious cancer that has ravaged
10 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm
Swedish cartoonist defiant over drawing of Muhammad
THE Swedish cartoonist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog said yesterday he had no regrets and believed the suspects in an alleged plot
10 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm
Move over Bill Gates, richest man is a Mexican
A MEXICAN billionaire was today ranked as the richest person in the world, the first time the title has been held by a non-American for 16 years.
10 Mar 2010 at 6:00pm
BBC World
Pinera sworn in as new quake hits
Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 6.9-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country.
11 Mar 2010 at 4:22pm
Turkey and Sweden in genocide row
Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament votes to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in WWI.
11 Mar 2010 at 4:26pm
Web censure 'curbs human rights'
Freedom of expression on the web has been curtailed in 2009, the US state department says in its annual human rights report.
11 Mar 2010 at 1:50pm
Iraq results point to tight race
First results from Iraq's election suggest a tight contest may be developing between PM Nouri Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi.
11 Mar 2010 at 2:38pm
Russians jailed over race murder
Nine members of a Russian white supremacist group are jailed for up to 22 years in connection with the killing of an African man.
11 Mar 2010 at 5:01pm
Biden tries to ease Mid-East row
US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.
11 Mar 2010 at 2:36pm
Extradition over Auschwitz theft
A Stockholm court rules a Swedish man can be extradited to Poland for trial over the theft of a sign from Auschwitz.
11 Mar 2010 at 11:26am
Nigeria women protest at killings
Hundreds of Nigerian women protest over last Sunday's violence near Jos, where many women and children were massacred.
11 Mar 2010 at 12:53pm
Thalidomide effect mystery solved
The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.
11 Mar 2010 at 1:45pm
US school prom axed as lesbian student asks to bring girlfriend
A student at a high school in Mississippi says the school board cancelled her school's prom rather than let her attend it with her lesbian girlfriend
11 Mar 2010 at 12:56pm
People's Daily Online
Pakistan to help Afghanistan toward stability
Pakistan will extend help to achieve peace and stability in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday.
Addressing a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Gilani vowed to boost bilateral trade between the two neighboring countries.
Karzai, who is on two-day visit to Pakistan, highlighted the need of joint strategy to eliminate terrorism after talks with Gilani.
He said India is a friend of Afghanistan but Pakistan is a brother country and no one ...
11 Mar 2010 at 8:31pm
Pakistan, Afghanistan to boost connectivity, cooperation
Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday agreed in a joint communique to boost communications network, bilateral trade and enhance cooperation in education, agriculture and energy sector.
The officials of two sides signed the Memoranda of Understanding in Islamabad on strengthening bilateral ties and enhancing interaction in diverse fields.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai witnessed the signing ceremony as Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Me ...
11 Mar 2010 at 8:30pm
Philippine president declares state of calamity in south
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday declared state of calamity in the southern Philippines.
But Arroyo's spokesperson, Ricardo Saludo, has ruled out any price cap on oil prices.
Saludo said the President is expected to sign the draft proclamation on Friday before it would be released.
The government was banking on Arroyo to declare a state of calamity to help solve the worsening power situation on the island, which has been hit by brownouts lasting eight to 10 hour ...
11 Mar 2010 at 8:30pm
Thousands in S Philippines flee as troops attack Abu Sayyaf gunmen
Thousands of terrified Philippine civilians fled on Thursday as Philippine security forces staged an assault on Al-Qaeda linked Abu Sayyaf gunmen in volatile south Philippines.
More than 6,000 residents have abandoned their homes in Siasi township in Sulu for fear of their safety due to government troops offensive, said Philippine Marine Ground Commander Rustico Guerrero.
Guerrero said they were conducting dialogue with local officials as to how to help civilians affected by their operatio ...
11 Mar 2010 at 8:29pm
Karzai against proxy wars in Afghanistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday said his country does not want to become a battleground for proxy wars between India, Pakistan, Iran and the United States.
Addressing a joint press briefing with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, he said, "We in Afghanistan are fully aware and recognize that without Pakistan and without its cooperation with Afghanistan, Afghanistan cannot be stable or peaceful."
"It is also, I believe, recognized in Pakistan that without a stable and peac ...
11 Mar 2010 at 8:28pm
Indonesian military, police hold joint counterterrorist training
Indonesia's military force and the police jointly held a counterterrorist military drill at the National Monument compound in Jakarta on Thursday, the Jakarta Post reported.
Both Indonesian Military chief Gen. Djoko Santoso and National Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri attended the event, which involved various units from many armed forces, including the Army's Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad), the National Police's Mobile Brigade, the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus), the Navy's ...
11 Mar 2010 at 8:28pm
Kim Jong Il inspects Huichon industrial establishments
Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), inspected the industrial establishments in Huichon City, the official news agency KCNA reported on Thursday.
Kim said the pioneer of cutting-edge technology in the present era of knowledge-based economy is the victor in the future, adding that it is important for all sectors and units to dynamically accelerate modernization based on the latest science and technology.
He stressed that if the DPRK is full of cuttin ...
11 Mar 2010 at 8:27pm
Military unit on WMD participating in S Korea-U.S. military drills
General Walter Sharp, the top U.S. military commander in Seoul, said an army unit formed to counter weapons of mass destruction (WMD) that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) might possess is participating the annual military drills between South Korea and U.S. militaries, local media reported Thursday.
The commander said South Korea and the United States share responsibilities for dealing with the DPRK's WMDs and will closely cooperate on locating, securing and eliminating the w ...
11 Mar 2010 at 8:26pm
Ukraine's parliament appoints defense minister, foreign minister
The Ukraine's parliament appointed Mykhailo Yezhel as new defense minister and Kostyantyn Hryshchenko as new foreign minister on Thursday.
The decision was supported by 239 lawmakers in the 450-member assembly after Ukraine's parliament approved Mykola Azarov as prime minister on Thursday.
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11 Mar 2010 at 8:24pm
Ukrainian parliament terminates Tymoshenko gov't powers
The Ukrainian parliament has terminated the powers of the Yulia Tymoshenko government on Thursday.
The decision was supported by 238 lawmakers in the 450-member assembly after Ukraine's parliament approved Mykola Azarov as prime minister on Thursday.
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11 Mar 2010 at 8:24pm
Guardian Unlimited World
Israel plans for more settler homes revealed as talks collapse
NGO list shows how plans stand after latest settlement announcement brought Palestinian peace talks to halt Israeli authorities are considering plans for at least another 8,000 homes in settlements in East Jerusalem, it emerged today, despite the latest collapse in proposed peace talks with the Palestinians. US vice-president Joe Biden, who earlier condemned Israel for approving plans to build hundreds of new settler homes, took a more conciliat...
by Rory McCarthy
11 Mar 2010 at 1:22pm
Chile rocked by biggest aftershock
Tremor of magnitude 7.2 strikes just minutes before inauguration of Sebastián Pińera as president The largest aftershock since Chile's devastating earthquake 12 days ago rocked the country today, minutes before the inauguration of Sebastián Pińera as president. The 7.2-magnitude aftershock was stronger than the 12 January quake that devastated the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. It happened along the same fault zone as Chile's 8.8-magnitude qua...
11 Mar 2010 at 10:47am
Maliki leads early Iraqi election results
Prime minister's coalition ahead in southern Shia provinces as electoral commission releases first preliminary results Early results from Iraq's election show a coalition headed by the prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, leading in two southern Shia provinces. The first preliminary results to be released by the electoral commission showed Maliki leading in Najaf and Babil provinces, south of Baghdad. Results from the rest of the country are still b...
by Martin Chulov
11 Mar 2010 at 9:32am
Ex-Bosnian president mistreated in UK
Chairman of joint presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina says Ejup Ganic, arrested in London after extradition request from Serbia, was denied access to medicine The British government should apologise to a former Bosnian president for his "mistreatment" in prison, the chairman of the joint presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina said today. Ejup Ganic, who served as vice-president and president of Bosnia and Herzegovina after the break from the former Yugos...
by Adam Gabbatt
11 Mar 2010 at 11:57am
Greek protesters clash with police
? Violence erupts in Athens over swingeing spending cuts
? General strike disrupts public and transport services
? In pictures: Greek strike protests turn violent Greek police fired teargas to disperse protesters throwing rocks and firebombs outside parliament today as more than 20,000 people marched through Athens to protest against new austerity measures to tackle the country's debt. A strike by public and private sector workers brought the coun...
by Matthew Weaver
11 Mar 2010 at 8:57am
Investigate Burma war crimes, says UN
Special rapporteur on human rights details 'pattern of gross abuses' as junta unveils restrictive electoral laws A senior UN official has called for Burma's military rulers to be investigated over allegations of crimes against humanity and war crimes perpetrated against Burmese civilians, in a move that will sharply increase pressure on the isolated regime ahead of controversial national elections due later this year. In a draft report to the UN...
by Simon Tisdall
11 Mar 2010 at 1:02pm
Walking the Great Himalayan Trail
Travellers can now walk the entire length of Nepal on the Great Himalayan Trail. Ed Douglas's images capture remote districts and well-trodden peaks Ed Douglas
by Ed Douglas
11 Mar 2010 at 1:00am
Japan protests bluefish tuna trade ban
Governments indicate support for complete international ban to allow species to recover from years of over-fishing Japanese tuna brokers protested today after the EU decided to support a worldwide trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna. EU governments indicated they would back a complete international ban to allow the bluefin to recover from years of over-fishing. The protest came ahead of a meeting this weekend of Cites ? the Convention on Internat...
by Adam Gabbatt
11 Mar 2010 at 1:23pm
Chávez revolution running out of energy
President's popularity plunges ahead of elections as drought leads to blackouts and electricity rationing An energy crisis has battered Venezuela's economy and President Hugo Chávez's popularity, prompting severe rationing to avert nationwide blackouts and paralysis. One of the worst droughts in decades has crippled the hydroelectric plants that supply most of Venezuela's power, plunging cities into darkness and forcing industries to go slow and...
by Rory Carroll
11 Mar 2010 at 11:18am
Liz Cheney accused of McCarthyism
Keep America Safe group draws backlash after dubbing lawyers who defended terrorist suspects 'al-Qaida seven' Not long after the Twin Towers fell, Dick Cheney declared the death of more than two centuries of American tradition. "It will be necessary for us to be a nation of men, and not laws," he said. The then vice-president did his best to follow through by riding roughshod over the constitution and international laws by promoting torture, ind...
by Chris McGreal
11 Mar 2010 at 12:25pm
Toronto Globe and Mail: International
K'Naan releasing Haiti charity song
Somali-Canadian rapper reworks Wavin' Flag to support relief effort
by Guy Dixon
11 Mar 2010 at 2:59pm
Dutch man tried to fire nurse who wouldn’t provide sex
Campaign to fight demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care
11 Mar 2010 at 12:51pm
Iraqi PM battling secular challenger in early vote tallies
Nouri al-Maliki leads in Shiite south; winner would guide country through withdrawal of U.S. troops
by Lara Jakes
11 Mar 2010 at 12:41pm
Zimbabwe back to brink of food crisis
According to the Red Cross, as many as a fourth of the country’s population are in need of food aid
11 Mar 2010 at 12:10pm
Canadian beaten in wheelchair in Australia recovering
Mother of 35-year-old attacked by youths in Sydney says her is improving following surgery
11 Mar 2010 at 9:36am
Aftershocks rock Chile as Pinera sworn in
New president urges coastline residents to move to higher ground following five strong aftershocks
by Michael Warren
11 Mar 2010 at 9:17am
Al-Qaeda encourages smaller-scale attacks
Lesson learned from failed Christmas Day bombing: Mass casualties not needed to rattle politicians, security agencies
by Lolita C. Baldor
11 Mar 2010 at 8:59am
Court says Swede charged in Auschwitz case can be extradited
Former neo-Nazi leader arrested in theft of sign from former death camp
11 Mar 2010 at 8:17am
Mississippi school cancels prom after demand to allow same-sex date
Teenage girl says board is retaliating after American Civil Liberties Union got involved in challenging district policy that requires that dates be of the opposite sex
11 Mar 2010 at 7:38am
Thousands flee after weekend slaughter in Nigeria
Residents accuse police, military of failing to provide security to villages where attacks took place
11 Mar 2010 at 6:31am
The New York Times
Aftershock Measuring 6.9 Shakes Chile During Inauguration
An earthquake hit central Chile on Thursday as the inaugural ceremonies for the new president were under way.
by By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO and JACK HEALY
11 Mar 2010 at 2:01pm
Opponents File Challenges as Maliki Is Said to Hold Early Edge in Iraq Vote
Protests by opponents of the prime minister appeared to delay the announcement of the preliminary results and could undermine public
acceptance of the outcome.
by By ANTHONY SHADID and TIM ARANGO
11 Mar 2010 at 3:29pm
Unease in Mideast as Biden Ends Israel Trip
Uncertainty over talks with the Palestinians seems to have grown during the vice president?s visit.
by By ETHAN BRONNER
11 Mar 2010 at 1:59pm
A West Bank Honor Reveals a Divide
Palestinian students dedicated a public square to the memory of Dalal Mughrabi, who in 1978 helped carry out the deadliest terrorist attack in Israel?s history.
by By ISABEL KERSHNER
11 Mar 2010 at 1:55pm
Israel Charges 2 Soldiers in Gaza War Case
Two Israeli soldiers were charged with instructing a Palestinian boy to open several bags they suspected were booby-trapped during Israel?s 2009 military campaign in Gaza.
by By ISABEL KERSHNER
11 Mar 2010 at 3:10pm
Concerns on Iran in U.S. Rights Report
The State Department said in an annual report that the human rights situation in Iran had ?degenerated? since the disputed election last year.
by By BRIAN KNOWLTON and NAZILA FATHI
11 Mar 2010 at 3:23pm
Bullying Flap Shakes Japan?s Royals
The bullying of the 8-year-old daughter of Princess Masako has put the princess?s history of depression into the glare of Japan?s tabloid press.
by By MARTIN FACKLER
11 Mar 2010 at 11:50am
Patchwork Retirement Plan Adds to Greece?s Debt Woes
Greece?s retirement plan, which lets 14 percent of its work force retire early, has become divisive in Europe.
by By LANDON THOMAS Jr.
11 Mar 2010 at 3:30pm
The E.U. and U.S. Quarrel Over Hedge Funds
The European Union rebutted criticism by the U.S. of its plans to tighten the rules on hedge funds.
by By JAMES KANTER
11 Mar 2010 at 2:10pm
Chile?s New President Enters a Changed Political Landscape
The aftermath of the earthquake may give the country?s new right-wing government a chance to entomb the ghosts of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
by By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
11 Mar 2010 at 12:05am
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