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• Chechen militant claims Moscow subway blasts (AP)
• Donors pledge $9.9 billion for Haiti (AP)
• European bishops urge victims to go to the police (AP)
• UN official expects no climate deal until 2011 (AP)
• Swiss to decide on Polanski after Calif. ruling (AP)
• China Tiger Deaths Spark Inquiry, Calls for Animal Rights (Time.com)
• Iceland's erupting volcano forms new craters (Reuters)
• Al-Sadr asks backers for input on future Iraq PM (AP)
• Alleged neo-Nazis register for Peruvian elections (AP)
• England and Man Utd await Rooney injury scan (AFP)
• Obama offers support, condolences to SKorea over sunken ship (AFP)
• Bank of Canada: High inflation may be temporary (Reuters)
• Qantas superjumbo damages tires on Sydney landing (AP)
• Pakistani general: Al Qaida-Taliban haven to be cleared by June (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Chile earthquake takes heavy toll on historical sites (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Iraq Election: Media Call Allawi Win, Deadlock Remains (Time.com)
• Burma: In Opting for Poll Boycott, Suu Kyi’s Party Goes for Broke (OneWorld.net)

Chechen militant claims Moscow subway blasts (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 02:28 PM PDT AP - A Chechen militant claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks on the Moscow subway in an Internet message posted Wednesday, hours after two more suicide bombers struck southern Russia in brazen defiance of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Donors pledge $9.9 billion for Haiti (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 02:56 PM PDT AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says donors went "far beyond expectations" and pledged $9.9 billion over more than three years to rebuild earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

European bishops urge victims to go to the police (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 02:29 PM PDT AP - Swiss bishops urge victims of clerical abuse to file criminal complaints and are considering creating a national registry for pedophile priests. Danish bishops launch an investigation into decades-old claims. Austria's senior bishop celebrates a Holy Week Mass of repentance.

UN official expects no climate deal until 2011 (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 02:30 PM PDT AP - A new legal agreement committing nations around the world to curb greenhouse gas emissions is unlikely to be completed before the end of 2011, two years later than originally envisioned, the top U.N. climate official said Wednesday.

Swiss to decide on Polanski after Calif. ruling (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 01:59 PM PDT AP - Switzerland's decision on extraditing Roman Polanski will be made after a California court rules whether he can be sentenced in absentia in a 33-year-old sex case, a Swiss official said Wednesday.

China Tiger Deaths Spark Inquiry, Calls for Animal Rights (Time.com) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 03:50 PM PDT Time.com - It is an irony not lost on the Chinese that the Year of the Tiger has not been good for the big cats. Back-to-back tragedies have spurred calls for greater legal protections for animals

Iceland's erupting volcano forms new craters (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 03:47 PM PDT Reuters - A volcano blasting steam and ash into the atmosphere in the south of Iceland formed new craters spewing lava on Wednesday, Icelandic radio said.

Al-Sadr asks backers for input on future Iraq PM (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 03:16 PM PDT AP - Iraq's political disarray deepened Wednesday when a potential kingmaker withheld his support from both big election winners and said he would ask his supporters to make the choice in a referendum.

Alleged neo-Nazis register for Peruvian elections (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 02:46 PM PDT AP - An organization led by a man who criticizes Jews and sometimes wears a Nazi-style brown-shirt uniform has been allowed to register for elections in Peru.

England and Man Utd await Rooney injury scan (AFP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 02:24 PM PDT AFP - England and Manchester United were waiting anxiously Wednesday for news of a scan on key striker Wayne Rooney's ankle injury, just 10 weeks before the World Cup in South Africa kicks off.

Obama offers support, condolences to SKorea over sunken ship (AFP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:00 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama called South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Wednesday to offer "support and condolences" following the sinking of a South Korean navy ship, the White House said.

Bank of Canada: High inflation may be temporary (Reuters) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 04:00 PM PDT Reuters - The Bank of Canada on Wednesday emphasized the temporary nature of February's high inflation, a figure that has raised market expectations of an interest rate increase.

Qantas superjumbo damages tires on Sydney landing (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 03:03 PM PDT AP - A Qantas A380 superjumbo jet damaged two tires on landing in Sydney after a flight from Singapore, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.

Pakistani general: Al Qaida-Taliban haven to be cleared by June (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 02:13 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Pakistani army has launched a military operation to clear insurgents from North Waziristan — long a haven for al Qaida and the Afghan Taliban — and hopes to wind up offensive actions in all its tribal areas by June, according to the Pakistani general who's in charge of the special paramilitary force for the area.

Chile earthquake takes heavy toll on historical sites (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 10:51 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - When the massive magnitude-8.8 quake that rocked Chile on Feb. 27 reduced dozens of the country’s oldest historical sites to rubble, Oscar Acuña wasted no time before dispatching teams of architects and archaeologists to assess the damage. In the capital, Santiago, the quake damaged a handful of churches and buildings in the historic districts. But in the traditional towns nearest the epicenter none was spared.

Iraq Election: Media Call Allawi Win, Deadlock Remains (Time.com) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 03:50 PM PDT Time.com - Iyad Allawi has accused Iran of meddling in Iraq's election, as Shi'ite rivals maneuver to deny him the premiership. An inconclusive outcome could leave Iraq politically adrift

Burma: In Opting for Poll Boycott, Suu Kyi’s Party Goes for Broke (OneWorld.net) Posted: 31 Mar 2010 10:43 AM PDT OneWorld.net - BANGKOK, Mar 31, 2010 (IPS) - If Burma's military regime goes ahead with its promised general election this year, some 27.2 million voters will be deprived of the chance to cast a ballot for the political party that has come to symbolise democratic hope in that oppressed nation.

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