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This image provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows Colleen LaRose, an American woman from Pennsylvania indicted Tuesday March 9, 2010 and accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas. 'Jihad Jane' new face of terror in US Wed 10 Mar 2010
WASHINGTON: The "war on terrorism" just got a little more complicated with the indictment of an average white American female dubbed "Jihad Jane" on charges of plotting... (photo: AP / SITE Intelligence Group) The Times of India
Islam   Photos   Sweden   Terrorism   US
 Wide-view of the Security Council meeting considering the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Sudan, at UN Headquarters in New York. cg1 Will Japan preside over Iran sanctions at UNSC? Wed 10 Mar 2010
As Japan prepares to assume the president of the U.N. Security Council in April, debate is already under way in various arenas regarding sanctions against Iran over its... (photo: UN/Eskinder Debebe) Daily Yomiuri
Iran   Japan   Nuclear   Photos   UN
Pope Benedict XVI follows his brother Rev. Georg Ratzinger inside Regensburg's Alte Kapelle, or Old Chapel, where the pontiff blessed the chapel's new organ, in Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006 German Catholic sex abuse scandals draw link to pope Wed 10 Mar 2010
PARIS (Reuters) - In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says that if anyone leads innocent children to sin, "it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around... (photo: AP / Maurizio Brambatti, pool) The Star
Abuse   Church   Germany   Photos   Society
Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. is seen Thursday, April 16, 2009. INTERVIEW - Court ruling will not affect Italy ops - Google Wed 10 Mar 2010
ROME (Reuters) - A senior Google Inc. executive dismissed any impact on the company's Italian business from a court ruling on a cyber-bullying case, as the company... (photo: AP / Paul Sakuma) The Star
Business   Google   Internet   Italy   Photos
Nairobi (pronounced /naɪˈroʊbi/) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi Province. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is surrounded by several expanding villa suburbs.[2 Sun won't stop global warming if dims as in 1600s Wed 10 Mar 2010
OSLO (Reuters) - A dimming of the sun to match conditions in the "Little Ice Age" of the 17th century would only slightly slow global warming, a study indicated on... (photo: Creative Commons / Optigan13) The Star
Climate   Environment   Global Warming   Photos   Science
Perito Moreno Glacier Patagonia Argentina. Glacier ice is the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth, and is second only to oceans as the largest reservoir of total water. Glaciers cover vast areas of the polar regions and are found in mountain ranges of every continent except Australia. World's top scientists to review climate panel Wed 10 Mar 2010
SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — The world's biggest scientific guns are being called in to mop up after a trickle of unsettling errors in the... (photo: Creative Commons / Luca Galuzzi) The Guardian
Climate   Global Warming   Photos   Science   UN
New Slovenian euro coins are seen in Ljubljana, in this, Dec. 15, 2006 photo. The euro will be Slovenia's currency as of Jan. 1, 2007. The tiny alpine country is becoming the 13th nation using the single European currency, a switch Prime Minister Janez Jansa called the "biggest national achievement" since this former Yugoslav country joined the European Union in 2004. Euro, pound slip on debt worries Wed 10 Mar 2010
London: Concerns over Europe's fiscal problems hit the euro and sterling Wednesday, while world stocks hovered near their recent six-week highs, though they were still up... (photo: AP / Denis Sarkic) Gulf News
Currency   Europe   Financial Crisis   Photos   UK
Bank of America ATMs Bank of America to Stop Overdraft Fees on Debit Cards Wed 10 Mar 2010
Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It's a step that may become a common move ahead of... (photo: Creative Commons / The Consumerist) Pravda RU
America   Bank   Economy   Photos   Ukraine
In this July 4, 2008 file photo, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is seen with her husband waiting for Ingrid Betancourt's arrival at Villacoublay air base, outside Paris. The title of her new album _ her third _ is revealing: "Comme si de rien n'etait" (As If Nothing Had Happened). It comes out in numerous European countries July 11, sandwiched between the G-8 summit in Japan and a July 13 summit of world leaders in Paris. Rumours fly over Sarkozy and Bruni Wed 10 Mar 2010
Paris gossips were trying to sort out fact from fiction as the blogosphere raised tantalising questions about the glamorous pop 'n' politics marriage of President Nicolas... (photo: AP / Michel Euler, file) The Guardian
Bruni   Fact   Photos   Rumours   Sarkozy
Joseph R. Biden (mi), Vice President, USA, on his arrival in Munich. Biden: Palestinians deserve 'viable' state Wed 10 Mar 2010
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Vice President Joe Biden's displeasure over an Israeli plan to enlarge an east Jerusalem settlement was on display Wednesday as he warned against... (photo: Creative Commons / BotMultichillT) Houston Chronicle
Photos   President   Bank   Israeli   Palestinians
 Russian exile Boris Berezovsky, a close friend of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko who was poisoned by Polonium 2-10, speaks to the media in a news conference in London, Wednesday, July 18, 2007. Berezovsky claims he was advised, three weeks ago Tycoon Wins Libel Suit in Ex-Spy's Murder Case Wed 10 Mar 2010
Boris A. Berezovsky, a self-exiled Russian tycoon, won a libel suit in London on Wednesday against a Russian satellite broadcaster that had linked him to the murder in... (photo: AP/Sang Tan) The New York Times
Justice   Media   Photos   Russia   UK
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, right, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meet in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. NATO confirms restoration of ties with Kosovo force Wed 10 Mar 2010
Pristina - The NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo (KFOR) and the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) resolved their disagreement and have restored relations, days after KSF... (photo: AP / Sergei Karpukhin, pool) m&c
Kosovo   Nato   Photos   Pristina   Restoration
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 in New York. Wall Street is finishing a tumultuous month on a high note as investors load up on technology and financial shares on the last day of the quarter. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Wall Street Shares Try to Push Higher Wed 10 Mar 2010
Shares on Wall Street edged higher Wednesday after the government said businesses trimmed their inventories again in January. The Commerce Department said that wholesale... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer) The New York Times
Economy   Jobs   Market   Photos   US
Google Google to Digitize Old Books From Rome, Florence Wed 10 Mar 2010
ROME March 10, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press Google says it will scan up to 1 million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence, including works by astronomer... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) ABC News
Books   Florence   Google   Photos   Rome
This May 31, 2007 file photo, shows a view of the LHC (large hadron collider) in its tunnel at CERN (European particle physics laboratory) near Geneva, Switzerland. Cern's giant collider aims for world record Wed 10 Mar 2010
Scientists in Geneva expect to generate beams of particles with three times more energy than previously achieved... (photo: AP / Keystone, Martial Trezzini) The Guardian
Energy   Geneva   Photos   Science   Scientists
Shell Gasoline Station Shell says it is no longer selling gasoline to Iran, as US seeks to tighten sanctions Wed 10 Mar 2010
AMSTERDAM - Royal Dutch Shell Plc said Wednesday it has stopped selling gasoline to Iran, the latest company to cease business with a country that is increasingly... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) Star Tribune
Business   Commodities   Gasoline   Photos   Shell
An electoral worker sorts through ballots cast in the national election in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Democracy alone is not the answer Wed 10 Mar 2010
There is no doubt that the people of Iraq were remarkable in participating by the millions in the second national election since the US occupied the oil-rich country in... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Gulf News
Democracy   Elections   Iraq   Photos   Politics
Concorde 212 on display at the Barbados Concorde Experience museum, Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI/TBPB). British Airways, cabin crew union still talking Wed 10 Mar 2010
(AP) - LONDON - British Airways and a union representing cabin crew are pressing on with talks in an effort to avert a strike. The negotiations about pay, job security... (photo: GFDL / Phil13) Syracuse
Airways   British   Photos   Transport   Travel
An african immigrant rests inside a red cross tent after arriving in a small wooden fishing boat  East Sudan, a first step for Eritrea’s Europe-bound migrants Wed 10 Mar 2010
FEATURE 03/11/2010 SHEGERAB — Fleeing a military regime, thousands of young Eritreans stream into neighboring east Sudan, the first stage of their long migration to... (photo: AP / Arturo Rodriguez) The Daily Tribune
Eritrea   Europe   Military   Photos   Sudan
 Ukraine´s President Viktor Yushchenko, right and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych talk prior to a session of the presidential Security and Defense Council in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, April 5 , 2007. Yushchenko warned Thursday that officials failing Ukrainian President Swims Between Two Waters Wed 10 Mar 2010
On March 9 Ukraine celebrated the 196th anniversary of the birthday of the nation’s greatest poet Taras Shevchenko. President Viktor Yanukovych visited the place of the... (photo: AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov) Pravda RU
Anniversary   Celebrated   Nation   Photos   Yushchenko