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Many quake survivors pin hopes on new president (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 04:10 PM PST

People stand next to a fishing boat that ran aground in Dichato, Chile, Thursday, March 4, 2010. A tsunami, caused by an earthquake, hit Chile's coastal central region on Feb. 27. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)AP - Chile's earthquake and tsunami smashed this pretty little tourist town into splinters, leaving immense piles of wreckage and an awful stench. Rooting through the remains Thursday, Dichato's residents said they are pinning their hopes for renewal on the new president, a conservative billionaire who takes office next week.


Iraq early voting shattered by deadly blasts (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PST

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene where a blast killed seven people in the Hurriya neighborhood about 500 yards (meters) from a polling station, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 4, 2010. A string of blasts across the capital killed 17 people Thursday, authorities said, ratcheting up fear in an already tense city as many Iraqis cast early ballots ahead of Sunday's nationwide parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A string of deadly blasts shattered an early round of voting in Iraq Thursday, killing 17 people and highlighting the fragile nature of the country's security gains ahead of crucial parliamentary elections this Sunday.


1,000 trapped on ferry stuck in Baltic Sea ice (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 03:45 PM PST

In this handout photo released by the Swedish Coast Guard, a cargo ship is seen trapped in ice in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Sweden's sea rescue service says four passenger ferries with more than 1,000 people on board are trapped in ice in the Baltic Sea.  The Swedish Maritime Administration says that there are 1,133 passengers and crew on the four ships, which have been stuck for hours just off the Swedish coast. (AP Photo / Swedish Coast Guard via Scanpix)      (AP Photo/ HO / Scanpix )AP - Dozens of ships including a passenger ferry with nearly 1,000 people on board were trapped Friday in heavy pack ice in the Baltic Sea off Sweden's east coast, officials said.


North Korean who shopped for dictators goes public (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PST

Former highly decorated North Korean colonel Kim Jong Ryul gestures at a news conference in Vienna, on Thursday, March 4, 2010, on the occasion of the presentation of the book 'Im Dienst des Diktators' ('At the Dictator's Service') by Ingrid Steiner-Gashi and Dardan Gashi.  The highly decorated North Korean colonel who spent two decades going on European shopping sprees for his country's rulers has revealed how the late dictator Kim Il Sung lived in luxury and pampered himself with expensive cars and delicacies as the hungry masses outside his opulent palaces struggled to survive.  (AP Photo/Hans Punz)AP - A North Korean colonel who spent two decades going on European shopping sprees for his country's rulers said Thursday the late dictator Kim Il Sung lived in luxury while many people struggled to survive in his impoverished communist nation.


Campaign styles reflect the choices in Iraq vote (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 12:39 PM PST

A supporter of former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, seen in poster worn on head, attends his campaign rally in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March. 3, 2010. Iraq's national election is scheduled for March 7. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)AP - There were no politicians kissing babies at the campaign rally, but it came close.


A 'Drunkards' Strike' Shuts Down Bolivia (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 09:10 AM PST

Time.com - After a series of horrendous fatalities, Evo Morales imposes a zero-tolerance DUI law for bus drivers, provoking a nationwide strike

Around 50 ships stuck in Baltic Sea ice: maritime authorities (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 04:23 PM PST

A handout photo released by the Swedish Coast Guard shows a large cargo ship stuck in the ice in the Baltic Sea. Around 50 ships, including large ferries carrying thousands, were stuck in the ice in the Baltic Sea Thursday and many were not likely to be freed for hours, Swedish maritime authorities said.(AFP/SCANPIX/HO)AFP - Around 50 ships, including large ferries carrying thousands, were stuck in the ice in the Baltic Sea Thursday and many were not likely to be freed for hours, Swedish maritime authorities said.


Coins from Alexander the Great found in Syria (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PST

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA on Tuesday, March 2, 2010, Hellenistic coins dating back to the era of Alexander the Great are seen after they were discovered in northern Syria, the head of the archaeological excavation department in the Aleppo province said Thursday, March 4, 2010. More than 250 Hellenistic coins were discovered by a Syrian man two weeks ago in the Manbej area as he was digging a plot of land he owns to build a house on it, said Youssef Kanjo, head of the archaeological excavation department in Aleppo. (AP Photo/SANA)AP - More than 250 silver coins dating back to the time of Alexander the Great were unearthed in northern Syria, a Syrian archaeologist said Thursday.


Mexican official fired for painting teen's bottom (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 04:47 PM PST

AP - A mayor in central Mexico says he has fired one of his town officials for spray-painting the buttocks of a teenage boy as punishment for graffiti tagging.

Bring more Darfur rebels into talks: US (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 03:02 PM PST

Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) militants in Jebel Marra in 2005. The United States called Thursday for all Darfur rebel groups to play a role in talks on a peace agreement and said that people in the war-torn region needed to see concrete improvements in security.(AFP/File/Salah Omar)AFP - The United States called Thursday for all Darfur rebel groups to play a role in talks on a peace agreement and said that people in the war-torn region needed to see concrete improvements in security.


Turkey pulls envoy after U.S. vote on "genocide" label (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 04:51 PM PST

People upset over Armenia's warming diplomatic relations with Turkey, protest in front of the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California in 2009. Obama pledged during his election campaign that he would recognize the killings as genocide, but disappointed Armenian-American supporters when he refrained from using the term in his message last year to commemorate the killings.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevork Djansezian)Reuters - A congressional panel voted on Thursday to label as "genocide" the World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces, prompting Turkey to recall its ambassador from Washington.


Canada details plans to slay deficit once recovery entrenched (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 01:43 PM PST

Reuters - Closing the stimulus tap and cutting spending sharply after the economy recovers will rein in Canada's record budget deficit, the government said on Thursday.

Mystery as lock of Napoleon's hair found in Sydney (AFP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 12:05 AM PST

A clipping of hair apparently taken from Napoleon Bonaparte on his deathbed. The clippings have been found in Sydney's Town Hall after the 130-year-old building cleaned out its vaults, officials said on March 4, 2010.(AFP/City of Sydney/Ho)AFP - A few clippings of hair apparently taken from Napoleon Bonaparte on his deathbed have been found in Sydney's Town Hall after the 130-year-old building cleaned out its vaults.


House panel approves Armenian genocide resolution (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 01:57 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday narrowly approved an Armenian genocide resolution over last-minute objections by the Obama administration.

Turkey recalls ambassador after US resolution on 'Armenian genocide' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 04:15 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Turkey has recalled its ambassador to Washington after the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives today passed a resolution that described the mass murders of Armenians during World War I as the “Armenian genocide.”

Chile Earthquake: Government Needs to Build Social Trust (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 09:10 AM PST

Soldiers walks past damaged houses in Tubul, Chile, Thursday, March 4, 2010. A tsunami, caused by an earthquake, hit Chile's coastal central region on Feb. 27. (AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez)Time.com - Chile's legacy of military dictatorship and its new pride in its economic development may have tripped up its response to the earthquake catastrophe


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