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Deep split over an economic fix as ministers meet (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 03:27 PM PDT AP - The leaders of the world's most powerful economies are deeply split over how to fight a downturn that is intensifying around the globe, with no nation in a position of strength as finance ministers gather to talk about the crisis.

Switzerland breaks with tradition on tax evasion (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 01:34 PM PDT AP - Switzerland's days as a safe haven for the world's tax evaders are numbered.

Belfast chooses peace in face of renewed terror (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 12:52 PM PDT AP - When Irish Republican Army dissidents gunned down their first British security forces in more than a decade, they hoped to provoke a steely security crackdown and tit-for-tat attacks that would drag Belfast back into the bad old days.

Japan protests NKorea's rocket launch plan (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 10:58 AM PDT AP - An angry Japan hinted Friday it could down an incoming North Korean rocket, but analysts dismissed the talk as bluster and said the communist country will go ahead with a planned April launch with little fear of the consequences.

Oil soaks Australian beaches after spill (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 12:48 PM PDT AP - Authorities declared a disaster zone Friday along a stretch of some of Australia's most popular beaches after tons of fuel oil that leaked from a cargo ship blackened the creamy white sand for miles.

German Massacre Raises Issue of Gun Control in Europe (Time.com) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 05:15 PM PDT Time.com - Despite stringent gun laws, Europeans are more highly armed than they think. Experts say better measures are needed to keep legally owned guns out of the hands of people who've lost their sanity

Italy reports release of aid workers in Sudan (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 05:11 PM PDT AP - The Italian foreign ministry said Friday that three foreign aid workers being held hostage in Darfur had been released but representatives for their aid organization could not confirm that they had been freed.

Argentine veterans return to Falklands for race (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 04:09 PM PDT AP - Three Argentine veterans who fought in the 1982 Falklands War against Great Britain are making their first trip back to the islands this weekend to run a marathon.

Foreign hostages freed in Darfur after two-day ordeal (AFP) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 04:10 PM PDT AFP - Three foreign aid workers, who had been taken hostage in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur, were freed on Friday after two days in captivity, medical charity Doctors Without Borders said.

China 'worried' about US Treasury holdings (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 05:01 PM PDT AP - China's premier didn't say it in so many words, but the implied warning to Washington was blunt:

Aussie beaches a 'disaster zone' after toxic spill (AFP) Posted: 13 Mar 2009 06:08 AM PDT AFP - Dozens of popular tourist beaches on Australia's northeast coast were on Friday declared a disaster zone, with their once-pristine sands fouled by a massive oil and chemical slick.

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