World News
 Iran offers to exchange uranium with the West
Liberia News.Net
The head of the Iranian atomic energy agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, has told local television the country will make concessions to the West by exchanging Tehran's low-grade uranium for highly enriched uranium that it needs for its medical research Fess Parker, Star Of 'davy Crockett,' Dies At 85
New York Post
Actor Fess Parker, who mesmerized children in the mid-1950s portraying frontiersman Davy Crockett on television and then won a new audience in the 1960s as Daniel Boone, died Thursday at 85, the Los A... Raids Aim To Find Killers Of 3 In Mexico
International Herald Tribune
MEXICO CITY — Some 200 American law enforcement agents cracked down Thursday morning on a notorious gang in El Paso, Tex., in an attempt to determine whether its heavily armed members were behin... 'kassam Rockets – Goldstone’s Fault'
Jerusalem Post
a Kassam rocket fell in Nativ Haasara earlier, killing a Thai worker, Ayalon told the Jerusalem Post that he immediately visited the attacked kibbutz to assure them that the government will do the ... Un Wildlife Body Rejects Bluefin Trade Ban
Channel News Asia
DOHA: Lobbied aggressively by Japan, delegates at a UN wildlife trade meeting on Thursday massively rejected a ban on cross-border commerce in Atlantic bluefin tuna, a sushi mainstay. The controversia... Jailed For Nazi Sign Theft
New Zealand Herald
A Polish court has convicted three men for stealing the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the former Auschwitz death camp, the BBC is reporting today. The three were given jail sentences ranging... 'daniel Boone' Star Fess Parker Dies
CNN
Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Fess Parker, best known for playing Daniel Boone in a 1960s television series, died Thursday at his home near Santa Barbara, California, his publicist said. He was 85. U.s. Man Pleads Guilty In Mumbai Attack
CNN
David Headley pleaded guilty Thursday to a dozen federal terrorism charges Headly, 49, admitted that he participated in planning terrorist attacks in India The Mumbai attacks in November 2008 left mor... U.s. Launches Inquiry In Mexico Killings
CNN
Washington (CNN) -- More than 200 federal, state and local law enforcement personnel have been assigned to an operation intended to find who was responsible for Saturday's fatal shootings of three peo... Island Searched For 'barefoot Burglar'
CNN
Seattle, Washington (CNN) -- Using helicopters and search dogs, police scoured an island off Washington state Thursday for an unlikely fugitive: an 18-year-old suspected of stealing airplanes who is k... Safety Changes After Blast Report
BBC
The UK government has announced measures to boost safety following a factory blast in Glasgow which killed nine people more than five years ago.The changes were announced after the government publishe... Us Man Admits Mumbai Attacks Role
BBC
A US citizen has pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai.David Headley, at his trial in Chicago, also admitted plotting to attack a Danish newspaper that p... Obama Delays Australia Visit Until June
The Australian
BARACK Obama has cancelled his planned trip to Indonesia and Australia next week after a political debacle at home over health reform has forced him to remain in Washington. No Brakes Applied In Ny Prius Crash: Nhtsa
Reuters
(Reuters) - U.S. investigators looking into the claim of a runaway Toyota Motor Corp Prius in New York last week said on Thursday no brakes had been applied before the vehicle hit a wall. Obama, Clinton Fundraiser Admits $292 Million Fraud
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former political fundraiser for leading Democratic Party politicians, including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, pleaded guilty on Thursday to defrauding three major banks out ... Mark Sanford To Pay $74k In Ethics Fines
CBS News
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, seen in this July 1, 2009, file photo, has agreed to pay $74,000 to settle charges that his travel and campaign spending violated state ethics laws. Cloak Of Invisibility Breakthrough
CBS News
Scientists Say Invisibility Cloak Possible (AP) From Grimm's fairy tales to Harry Potter, the cloak of invisibility has played a major role in fiction. Now scientists have taken a small but important ... Wife Awarded $9m From "the Other Woman"
CBS News
(AP) A jury has awarded a North Carolina woman $9 million from her husband's lover after ruling the other woman ruined their marriage. The News & Record of Greensboro reports the jury ruled this we... Jesse James Apologizes To Bullock, Kids
CBS News
Sandra Bullock Marriage on Rocks? (CBS) Jesse James released a statement Thursday apologizing to his wife, Sandra Bullock, and his three children after facing allegations of infidelity. "The vast m... Interboro Teens Death Probed
Philadelphia Daily News
Authorities in Delaware County are investigating the death of an 18-year-old male student from Interboro High School who was found hanged Wednesday night in an old mill in Chester city. Capt. Stephen... Man Killed In Upper Darby Bar
Philadelphia Daily News
A 24-year-old Philadelphia man was shot and killed early today inside an Upper Darby bar that has been the site of a series of violent incidents, police said. Tyrik Richardson, 24, was found in the b... D.a. To Host Town Hall In S. Philly Tonight
Philadelphia Daily News
District Attorney Seth Williams is set to hold a Community Town Meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. tonight at South Philadelphia's Vare Recreation Center, 26th Street near Morris. "My motto for toni... Iraqi Pm Keeps Lead In Election Vote Count
Washington Times
By BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi prime minister's coalition has kept an edge of almost 40,000 votes ahead of his secular rival in the latest release of preliminary results from the March 7 parliamentary elect... Obama Delays Trip To Lobby On Health Care
Washington Times
Kara Rowland President Obama has postponed his trip to Indonesia and Australia until June so that he can help shepherd through Democrats' massive health care overhaul this weekend, White House press ... Communists In Russia's Perm Protest Price Hikes
RadioFreeEurope
PERM -- At least 100 protesters picketed the local Duma today in the Russian city of Perm to demand cuts in utility fees, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. The protest was organized by Communist Party... Bloggers In Bashkortostan Charged With Extremism
RadioFreeEurope
Five bloggers in Bashkortostan have been charged with extremist activities, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports. Investigator Azat Vakhitov told journalists that bloggers Nikolai Shvetsov, 59, Serg... Sc Gov Mark Sanford To Pay $74k In Ethics Fine
New York Post
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has agreed to pay $74,000 to settle charges that his travel and campaign spending violated state ethics laws. The Republican governor is accused... West Africa: Stopping The Polio Virus
IPS
OUAGADOUGOU, Mar 18, 2010 (IPS) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners hope to eliminate the circulation of the polio virus in West Africa as soon as June by launching the first round ... Climate Change-brazil: The Threat Posed By Livestock
IPS
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 18, 2010 (IPS) - The livestock industry has less economic clout than the oil industry, but ranchers say it has better arguments to defend itself from accusations regarding its shar...
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