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• 321 civilians killed in 2009 massacre in Congo (AP)
• Israeli soldiers leave Gaza after fierce clash (AP)
• Landmarks, cities worldwide unplug for Earth Hour (AP)
• Arab League chief urges closer ties with Iran (AP)
• US troop deaths double in Afghanistan (AP)
• New Media Shaking Up Italy's Media Landscape (Time.com)
• No 'special relationship' between Britain and US: MPs (AFP)
• At least 5 dead in Peru mudslide from heavy rain (AP)
• Libya and EU patch up Schengen visa dispute (Reuters)
• Meyer on third gold as Aussies win Madison crown (AFP)
• Maliki's forces detain, investigate winning Sunni candidates (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Pakistan's Chief Justice Takes on its Political Class (Time.com)

321 civilians killed in 2009 massacre in Congo (AP) Posted: 27 Mar 2010 04:28 PM PDT AP - A human rights group says at least 321 civilians were killed by the Lord's Resistance Army in Congo in a previously unreported massacre in late 2009.

Israeli soldiers leave Gaza after fierce clash (AP) Posted: 27 Mar 2010 04:49 PM PDT AP - Israel withdrew its troops from the Gaza Strip Saturday after some of the fiercest gunbattles with Palestinian militants in the Hamas-run territory since last year's military offensive.

Landmarks, cities worldwide unplug for Earth Hour (AP) Posted: 27 Mar 2010 04:44 PM PDT AP - Europe's best known landmarks — including the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben and Rome's Colosseum — fell dark Saturday, following Sydney's Opera House and Beijing's Forbidden City in joining a global climate change protest, as lights were switched off across the world to mark the Earth Hour event.

Arab League chief urges closer ties with Iran (AP) Posted: 27 Mar 2010 02:12 PM PDT AP - The head of the Arab League urged the 22-nation bloc on Saturday to engage Iran directly over concerns about its growing influence in the region and its disputed nuclear program.

US troop deaths double in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 27 Mar 2010 04:49 PM PDT AP - The number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan has roughly doubled in the first three months of 2010 compared to the same period last year as Washington has added tens of thousands of additional soldiers to reverse the Taliban's momentum.

New Media Shaking Up Italy's Media Landscape (Time.com) Posted: 27 Mar 2010 02:30 PM PDT Time.com - Italians are increasingly turning to the Internet to challenge thetraditional media outlets long dominated by Prime Minister SilvioBerlusconi's government

No 'special relationship' between Britain and US: MPs (AFP) Posted: 27 Mar 2010 05:03 PM PDT AFP - Talk of a "special relationship" between Britain and the United States should be dropped, a House of Commons committee said Sunday, adding the Iraq war carried important lessons for Anglo-US ties.

At least 5 dead in Peru mudslide from heavy rain (AP) Posted: 27 Mar 2010 03:03 PM PDT AP - Peruvian police say five people have been killed by a mudslide set off by heavy rains in a remote community of wildcat miners in the southeastern Andes.

Libya and EU patch up Schengen visa dispute (Reuters) Posted: 27 Mar 2010 03:36 PM PDT Reuters - Libya lifted a visa ban on citizens of 25 European countries on Saturday after EU president Spain said a Swiss-instigated visa blacklist against 188 Libyans in those countries had been scrapped.

Meyer on third gold as Aussies win Madison crown (AFP) Posted: 27 Mar 2010 04:13 PM PDT AFP - Australian Cameron Meyer claimed his third gold of the world track cycling championships when he teamed up with Leigh Howard to win the men's Madison crown on Saturday.

Maliki's forces detain, investigate winning Sunni candidates (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 27 Mar 2010 02:54 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq_At least four Sunni Muslim candidates who appear to have won parliamentary seats on the winning ticket of secular leader Ayad Allawi have become targets of investigation by security forces reporting to the narrowly defeated Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, according to interviews Saturday with relatives, Iraqi security forces and the U.S. military.

Pakistan's Chief Justice Takes on its Political Class (Time.com) Posted: 27 Mar 2010 02:30 PM PDT Time.com - Iftikhar Chaudhry is making life difficult for Pakistan's political leaders in a battle whose outcome could have have profound implications for the country's fledgling democracy

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