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Yahoo! News: World News

UN: 3 killed in quake collapse in northern Haiti (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:53 PM PDT

AP - A small earthquake struck northern Haiti early Sunday, collapsing an apartment building and killing at least three people, a U.N. spokesman said.

Frustrations await Bush, Clinton visit to Haiti (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:39 PM PDT

A girl walks at a homeless earthquake survivors camp during heavy rains in Port-au-Prince, Friday, March 19, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands and leaving more than a million people living in makeshift camps. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - One restored a Haitian president to power; the other flew him back out again. Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are visiting Haiti on Monday, reminding the country of its tumultuous recent past just as frustration over an uneven earthquake relief effort is bringing politics back to the surface.

Israel: No building restrictions in east Jerusalem (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 03:55 PM PDT

U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell, left, meets with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 21, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Sunday that Israel would not restrict construction in east Jerusalem, a step the U.S. has requested, sticking to a tough position hours before he sets off on his first trip to Washington since a diplomatic row erupted between the two allies. (AP Photo/Menahem Kahana, Pool)AP - Israel will not restrict construction in east Jerusalem, Israel's prime minister said Sunday hours before he left for Washington, despite a clear U.S. demand that building there must stop and a crisis in relations between the two longtime allies.

French left beats Sarkozy's party in regional vote (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 03:19 PM PDT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, centre left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave the polling station after casting their votes for the second round of the regional elections, in Paris, Sunday, March 21, 2010. President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party was bracing for a massive setback Sunday as frustrated French voters cast ballots in regional run-off elections likely to favor the opposition left and to set the stage for the 2012 presidential race. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - The long-flailing French left made a big-time comeback Sunday, crushing Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives in regional elections colored by voters' economic worries — and informally kicking off the 2012 presidential race.

Iceland fears 2nd, even larger volcanic eruption (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:09 PM PDT

In this aerial photo, showing molten lava as it vents from a rupture near the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland, as a volcano erupts early Sunday March 21, 2010. some hundreds of people have been evacuated from a small village in southern Iceland on Sunday after a volcanic eruption which shot ash and molten lava into the air, the first major eruption here in nearly 200 years. (AP Photo/Ragnar Axelsson )AP - A volcano in southern Iceland has erupted for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a volatile volcano nearby.

The Trouble with North Sinai: Egypt's "Mexico" Problem (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 03:50 PM PDT

Time.com - After a story about Bedouins stirred controversy, a TIME reporter is invited back to a restive region to get more "balanced" information. She receives quite the reception

Weisz, Rylance win acting prizes at Olivier awards (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:59 PM PDT

British actor Jude Law arrives for the Laurence Olivier Awards 2010, at an hotel in central London, Sunday, March 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - Rachel Weisz added a stage accolade to Hollywood stardom Sunday, winning the best-actress prize at London's Laurence Olivier theater awards for her role in "A Streetcar Named Desire."

Recount calls add to Iraq's political tension (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:09 PM PDT

Iraqis chant anti-Baathist slogans at a protest in Najaf, south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 21, 2010. Hundreds of residents protested outside the local government office demanding a manual recount of the election votes, carrying banners that said 'No to stealing our votes.' (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - Iraq's president on Sunday demanded a recount in this month's historic parliamentary elections, intensifying the political conflict over the not-yet-completed tally and increasing the chances that the vote will be a long, chaotic test of the nascent democracy.

Mexico: Bystanders, not gunmen, killed in shootout (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Police stand next to a trailer truck that was stolen and then used as a barricade by gunmen on the outskirts of the city of Monterrey, Mexico, Thursday March 18, 2010. Local authorities say suspected cartel gunmen stole vehicles and used them to blockade two roads leading out of Monterrey during the last two days in an apparent attempt to impede police or military patrols.(AP Photo)AP - Officials say two men killed in a shootout between soldiers and gunmen outside a prestigious university in northern Mexico are now known to have been graduate students, not suspected drug traffickers.

Darfur donor conference falls short of expectations (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 03:18 PM PDT

Former Sudanese president Abdulrahman Siwar al-Dhab (L) and Qatari state minister Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Mahmud arrive to at the opening session of an aid conference for Darfur in Cairo. International donors at a conference in Cairo on Sunday pledged 850 million dollars for the reconstruction of war-ravaged Darfur, way short of the two billion dollars organisers had been expecting.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)AFP - International donors at a conference in Cairo on Sunday pledged 850 million dollars for the reconstruction of war-ravaged Darfur, way short of the two billion dollars organisers had been expecting.

Taiwan 'compensated' over flaw in French-made jets (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:26 PM PDT

A fully armed French-made Mirage fighter jet patrols the sky above Hsinchu, Taiwan. Taiwan's air force said Sunday that it had received more than three million dollars' worth of parts and maintenance service because of a flaw in the island's French-made Mirage fighter fleet.(AFP/File/Tao-Chuan Yeh)AFP - Taiwan's air force said Sunday that it had received more than three million dollars' worth of parts and maintenance service because of a flaw in the island's French-made Mirage fighter fleet.

Taiwan president stops over in Guam (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:16 PM PDT

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, pictured in February 2010, on Sunday left for the US territory of Guam for a stopover on his way to six Asia-Pacific allies in a week-long visit that may irk China.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)AFP - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on Sunday left for the US territory of Guam for a stopover on his way to six Asia-Pacific allies in a week-long visit that may irk China.

Maliki call for a recount in Iraq is rejected (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 01:54 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq _Iraq's electoral commission on Sunday rejected demands from Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki and President Jalal Talabani for a manual recount of ballots, saying there was no justification for further delaying results of the March 7 parliamentary polls.

In Morocco, a Crackdown on Christian Aid Workers (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 02:50 PM PDT

Time.com - In recent weeks, the Moroccan government has raided Christian-run orphanagesand deported Christian aid workers -- a surprise move in a liberal Muslimcountry

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