| Centrist Labor joins new Israeli government (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 04:41 PM PDT  AP - Israel's Labor Party voted Tuesday to join the incoming government of Benjamin Netanyahu, lending a moderate voice to a coalition dominated by hard liners and easing concerns of a head-on confrontation with Washington over Mideast peacemaking.
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| British code crackers reunite, with pride unbroken (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 12:25 PM PDT  AP - During World War II, the best brains in Britain cracked Germany's encrypted secrets but never broke their own code of silence.
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| France to compensate nuclear test victims (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 12:44 PM PDT  AP - The French government offered for the first time Tuesday to compensate victims of nuclear tests in Algeria and the South Pacific, bowing to decades of pressure by people sickened by radiation and seeking to soothe France's conscience. "It's time for our country to be at peace with itself, at peace thanks to a system of compensation and reparations," French Defense Minister Herve Morin said in presenting a draft law on the payouts.
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| SAfrica peace conference postponed over Dalai Lama (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 01:19 PM PDT  AP - Organizers shelved a peace conference meant to show how sports can bring people and nations together because South Africa's government fearing trouble with China won't allow the Dalai Lama to attend.
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| Afghan TV station falls under government crackdown (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 10:39 AM PDT  AP - The manager of an Afghan television network who refused to censor images of women dancing in short skirts and plunging necklines was arrested in what appeared to be a new sign of the government's struggle to define the role of Islam in a country once led by extremists.
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| Govt apologises for submarine deaths (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 04:47 PM PDT  AFP - The government apologised Tuesday to the families of two sailors killed in an explosion aboard a nuclear submarine, after a coroner blamed "systemic failures" for the blast.
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| US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,260 (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 04:49 PM PDT  AP - As of Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at least 4,260 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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| WHO issues pessimistic global tuberculosis report (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 04:35 PM PDT AP - The number of people infected with both tuberculosis and HIV is twice what researchers previously thought, top health officials said Tuesday. |
| South Africa to host Indian Premier League (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 03:57 PM PDT  AFP - South Africa will host the Indian Premier League (IPL) during April and May, it was confirmed at a press conference here on Tuesday.
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| YouTube confirms website blocked in China (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:29 PM PDT  AFP - YouTube confirmed Tuesday its website was being blocked in China, although the California firm offered no explanation for why Chinese authorities were barring access to the popular video-sharing service.
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| Obama calls Rudd a partner for 'years to come' (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 03:32 PM PDT  AFP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he hoped to partner with Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for "years to come," after forging a "meeting of the minds" in their first White House talks.
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