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• Development bank forgives $479 million Haiti debt (AP)
• Presidents Bush, Clinton visit devastated Haiti (AP)
• German diocese say 6 accused over abuse (AP)
• UN: Polluted water killing, sickening millions (AP)
• Saudi woman blasts clerics in TV contest poem (AP)
• Ireland: Why the Pope's Apology May Not Be Enough (Time.com)
• Documents of Auschwitz death camp doctors found (AP)
• Darfur peacekeeping chief expects smooth elections (AP)
• Sudan threatens to expel international election observers (AFP)
• China media accuse Google of violating promises (AP)
• Canada watchdog says cable firms should pay for TV (Reuters)
• Power cut, roofs collapse in major Australia storm (AP)
• Detainee abused at Guantanamo ordered freed (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Haiti races to house post-quake homeless before the rainy season (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Stakes Rise as U.S. and Russia Stall Over Nukes (Time.com)
• CHINA: State Media Pushing for a Global Voice (OneWorld.net)

Development bank forgives $479 million Haiti debt (AP) Posted: 22 Mar 2010 02:46 PM PDT AP - The Inter-American Development Bank said Monday it has agreed to forgive $479 million in debts owed by quake-ravaged Haiti.

Presidents Bush, Clinton visit devastated Haiti (AP) Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:39 PM PDT AP - Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton clasped hands with residents of one of Haiti's massive tent cities Monday on a tour of its quake-devastated capital — a visit intended to remind donors of the immense needs facing the recovery effort.

German diocese say 6 accused over abuse (AP) Posted: 22 Mar 2010 11:27 AM PDT AP - Four priests and two nuns in the Regensburg diocese are under investigation for sexual abuse allegations, the diocese said Monday, as a wider picture began to emerge of incidents decades ago in the pope's native Bavaria.

UN: Polluted water killing, sickening millions (AP) Posted: 22 Mar 2010 09:30 AM PDT AP - More people die from polluted water every year than from all forms of violence, including war, the U.N. said in a report Monday that highlights the need for clean drinking water.

Saudi woman blasts clerics in TV contest poem (AP) Posted: 22 Mar 2010 12:27 PM PDT AP - It was a startling voice of protest at a startling venue. Covered head-to-toe in black, a Saudi woman lashed out at hard-line Muslim clerics' harsh religious edicts in verse on live TV at a popular Arabic version of "American Idol."

Ireland: Why the Pope's Apology May Not Be Enough (Time.com) Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:20 PM PDT Time.com - Although Benedict berated Ireland's bishops over their 'mistakes' in the sex-abuse scandal, victims' groups say he dodged the Church's own responsibility

Documents of Auschwitz death camp doctors found (AP) Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:31 PM PDT AP - Food coupons for some of the notorious Nazi doctors at the Auschwitz death camp — including perhaps the sadistic Dr. Joseph Mengele — have been found in the attic of a nearby house, where they had lain unseen for decades.

Darfur peacekeeping chief expects smooth elections (AP) Posted: 22 Mar 2010 01:10 PM PDT AP - The head of the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur said Monday he expects Sudan's national elections next month to go smoothly in the region, despite fears of violence and calls for the poll's delay.

Sudan threatens to expel international election observers (AFP) Posted: 22 Mar 2010 01:07 PM PDT AFP - Sudan threatened Monday to expel foreign observers after rejecting their call to delay the country's first multi-party polls in 24 years over concerns about the way they are being organised.

China media accuse Google of violating promises (AP) Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:46 PM PDT AP - Reacting quickly to Google Inc.'s decision to stop censoring the Internet for China by shifting its search engine off the mainland, China is accusing the company of violating written promises.

Canada watchdog says cable firms should pay for TV (Reuters) Posted: 22 Mar 2010 03:31 PM PDT Reuters - Canada's broadcast regulator threw its weight on Monday behind the idea of cable and satellite operators paying private television networks for their signals, as in the United States, but stopped short of imposing such a system immediately.

Power cut, roofs collapse in major Australia storm (AP) Posted: 22 Mar 2010 03:22 PM PDT AP - A major storm has caused widespread flooding, collapsed roofs and power cuts to 150,000 customers in the western Australian city of Perth.

Detainee abused at Guantanamo ordered freed (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:22 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - A federal judge on Monday ordered the Pentagon to release a long-held Mauritanian captive held at Guantanamo Bay who was once considered such a high-value detainee that former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld designated him for "special interrogation techniques."

Haiti races to house post-quake homeless before the rainy season (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 21 Mar 2010 02:00 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - When Aleksandre Radosavcec landed in Haiti just two weeks after the Jan. 12 earthquake, he immediately headed to ground zero. As a longtime disaster relief specialist with Danish People's Aid (DPA), he knew the drill for such emergencies. Within days he'd set up a small office, rented a cellar for living space, and begun to assess what needed to be done, especially before Haiti's rainy season begins in April.

Stakes Rise as U.S. and Russia Stall Over Nukes (Time.com) Posted: 22 Mar 2010 04:20 PM PDT Time.com - With an NPT review conference looming, Washington and Moscow will struggle to strengthen rules against others going nuclear if they can't agree to limit their own arsenals

CHINA: State Media Pushing for a Global Voice (OneWorld.net) Posted: 22 Mar 2010 08:12 AM PDT OneWorld.net - BEIJING, Mar 22 2010 (IPS) - Expanded overseas bureaus, more Chinese and foreign-language editorial products reaching global audiences and now, a reformatting of the country’s most widely read English-language newspaper. These are signs of the expansion of China's state media, one that President Hu Jintao has described as an "increasingly fierce struggle in the domain of news and opinion".

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