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• UN chief sees dangers up-close in Haiti quake camp (AP)
• Culture clash: European art provokes Muslims (AP)
• American, 22, completes solo row across Atlantic (AP)
• At least 2 snowmobilers dead in Canadian avalanche (AP)
• Calling for New Election, Anti-Government Protesters Swarm Bangkok (Time.com)
• Sarkozy suffers setback in regional vote (AFP)
• Iraqi PM holds slim lead in partial election tally (AP)
• Kidnapped French aid workers freed in Darfur (AFP)
• China clears Rio, Australia in failed Chinalco deal: report (Reuters)
• Flaherty: always worried by dollar's volatility (Reuters)
• Miracle baby elephant makes public debut (AFP)
• U.S. consulate employee slain in drug-ridden Mexican city (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Netanyahu faces 'moment of truth' after US slams Israel 'insult' (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Giving Afghans (and More) a Vote in Britain's Election (Time.com)

UN chief sees dangers up-close in Haiti quake camp (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 04:45 PM PDT AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon promised Haitians on Sunday that the world has not forgotten the quake-torn nation as it suffers from a shortage of shelter and growing violence in teeming camps for the homeless.

Culture clash: European art provokes Muslims (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 05:01 PM PDT AP - With the West locked in conflicts across the Muslim world, why would anyone throw fuel on the fire?

American, 22, completes solo row across Atlantic (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - A 22-year-old American rower completed a solo journey across the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday, touching a pier in the coffee-brown waters of Guyana to claim a record as the youngest person to accomplish the feat.

At least 2 snowmobilers dead in Canadian avalanche (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - An avalanche that killed at least two people at an informal snowmobile rally in Canada's Rocky Mountains may have been triggered by three daredevil sledders who apparently unleashed a deadly wall of snow on up to 200 people below, witnesses said Sunday.

Calling for New Election, Anti-Government Protesters Swarm Bangkok (Time.com) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 10:30 AM PDT Time.com - Tens of thousands of demonstrators surged the Thai capital on Sunday, pushing Thailand towards a tense political standoff

Sarkozy suffers setback in regional vote (AFP) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 04:57 PM PDT AFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy suffered a stinging setback in French regional elections on Sunday as projections showed his right-wing party trailing in the first round vote.

Iraqi PM holds slim lead in partial election tally (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 02:28 PM PDT AP - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki edged ahead Sunday in a tight race in the country's parliamentary elections after partial results from all of Iraq's 18 provinces showed his bloc leading in seven — two more than his chief rival.

Kidnapped French aid workers freed in Darfur (AFP) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 03:43 PM PDT AFP - Two French aid workers abducted in the Central African Republic and held for four months were on Sunday freed in Darfur, the Sudanese region gripped by civil war and a wave of kidnappings.

China clears Rio, Australia in failed Chinalco deal: report (Reuters) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 04:00 PM PDT Reuters - China has cleared Rio Tinto and the Australian government of blame for the collapse of a $19.5 billion tie-up between Chinalco and Rio Tinto last June, an Australian newspaper reported from Beijing on Monday.

Flaherty: always worried by dollar's volatility (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2010 07:05 AM PST Reuters - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, asked about the recent rise in the value of the Canadian dollar, said on Friday he is always worried about volatility in the currency.

Miracle baby elephant makes public debut (AFP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 11:25 PM PST AFP - A baby elephant thought to have died in the womb made its first public appearance at Sydney's Taronga Zoo on Sunday, amid predictions it will make a full recovery from its arduous birth.

U.S. consulate employee slain in drug-ridden Mexican city (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 04:09 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Mexican government pledged Sunday to investigate the killings of a U.S. consulate employee and two family members of consulate employees in a rugged, drug-plagued metropolis across from the Texas border city of El Paso.

Netanyahu faces 'moment of truth' after US slams Israel 'insult' (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 02:14 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found himself on the defensive after an unprecedented public assault by US officials over the weekend, as the diplomatic furor over new building in Jerusalem escalated.

Giving Afghans (and More) a Vote in Britain's Election (Time.com) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 10:30 AM PDT Time.com - As part of a new project, U.K. residents are allowing people in developingcountries to tell them how to vote in parliamentary elections. The aim: togive poorer countries a say in elections that could end up impacting them

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