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Today’s top world stories 3/29/2010

by xrammyx on Mar.29, 2010, under My World

 

Obama in Afghanistan: First visit as president

President Obama steps off Air Force One at Bagram Air Force Base in Kabul. Obama arrived unannounced in Afghanistan on Sunday. Air Force One landed in darkness at Bagram airfield, and Obama was whisked by helicopter to Hamid Karzai’s palace in Kabul, where he was greeted by the Afghan president and …

Washington Post · March 29, 2010, 1:04 PM (PST)

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Dallas Morning News

‘Terrorists will be destroyed,’ vows Vladimir Putin, after suicide bombers kill 38 on Moscow subway

MOSCOW – Female suicide bombers blew themselves up Monday in twin attacks on Moscow subway stations packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least 38 people and wounding more than 60, officials said. The carnage blamed on rebels from the Caucasus region follows the killings of several high …

Cleveland Plain Dealer · March 29, 2010, 12:42 PM (PST)

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Haiti seeking $3.8 billion to rebuild country

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. says the Haitian government will be seeking around $3.8 billion at a donors conference on Wednesday to start rebuilding the country after January’s devastating earthquake. Helen Clark, head of the U.N. Development Program, said this initial amount would enable the country …

Sacramento Bee · March 29, 2010, 1:04 PM (PST)

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Man accused in Craigslist killing gives DNA sample

(AP) BOSTON – A former Boston University medical student charged with killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist has turned over a DNA sample to prosecutors. Philip Markoff has pleaded not guilty in the April 14 fatal shooting of Julissa Brisman, of New York City, and the armed robbery four days later …

WNYT · March 29, 2010, 12:57 PM (PST)

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Boston Channel

Flood traps 153 in China mine

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, a rescuer is seen at the entrance to the Wangjialing coal mine in China’s Shanxi province on Sunday. ???China has dramatically improved safety even as it rapidly ramped up mining of coal, which fuels about 70 percent of the country’s …

The Spokesman-Review · March 29, 2010, 9:15 AM (PST)

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Big Hollywood

British government to ban ‘legal high’ mephedrone amid media storm over deaths

LONDON (AP) – The British government said Monday it will criminalize mephedrone, after the drug known by party revelers as "meow meow" or "MCAT" was linked to several deaths. Home Secretary Alan Johnson said he would ban the drug after receiving advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of …

Los Angeles Times · March 29, 2010, 12:28 PM (PST)

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Mexico arrests man in Americans’ deaths

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Mexican soldiers have arrested a suspect in the killings of three people linked to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state police said Monday. Police spokesman Enrique Torres said the suspect arrested on Friday was a member of the Barrio Azteca gang. Mr …

Washington Times · March 29, 2010, 12:57 PM (PST)

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Gadhafi: Nigeria should split along ethnic lines

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) – Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi suggested Monday that Nigeria be split along ethnic lines, like Yugoslavia, into several mini-states as a way of resolving violence in Africa’s most populous nation. Gadhafi drew Nigeria’s anger last week by saying the oil-rich nation should be …

WTVF · March 29, 2010, 12:42 PM (PST)

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Associated Press

Rare items from home of UK’s Diana to be auctioned

LONDON – Rare antiques from the ancestral home of Diana, Princess of Wales – including a 12 million pound ($18 million) Rubens portrait from the 17th Century – will be offered for sale this summer, an auction house said Monday. Christie’s auction house said it will sell about 20 million pounds ($30 …

WJLA · March 29, 2010, 12:42 PM (PST)

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Austin 360

Obama offers Medvedev condolences after bombings

The White House says the two leaders spoke Monday and that Obama conveyed the condolences of the United States. The White House is calling the attack an "outrageous terrorist act." Obama told the Russian leader that the United States is ready to cooperate with Russia to bring to justice the …

San Francisco Chronicle · March 29, 2010, 12:42 PM (PST)

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Today’s top world stories 3/28/2010

by xrammyx on Mar.28, 2010, under My World

 

President Obama praises U.S. troops during surprise Afghanistan visit; meets with Karzai

President Obama addresses troops at Bagram Air Base. The two leaders met in Karzai’s heavily fortified presidential palace in Kabul , emerging briefly to walk a red carpet so Obama could review an Afghan honor guard standing at attention. He later thanked U.S. troops for putting their lives on the …

New York Daily News · March 28, 2010, 1:05 PM (PST)

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Colombia’s FARC rebels release captive soldier

VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia – Colombian rebels handed over a 23-year-old soldier to the International Red Cross on Sunday in their first release of a captive in more than a year. Pvt. Josue Calvo had been held since April 2009. He walked out of a loaned Brazilian helicopter emblazoned with the Red …

YAHOO! · March 28, 2010, 1:12 PM (PST)

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Austin American-Statesman

Obama Makes Surprise Visit To Afghanistan

President Barack Obama walks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul Sunday. Jim Watson / AFP/Getty Images President Barack Obama walks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul Sunday …

NPR News · March 28, 2010, 10:49 AM (PST)

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Seattle Times

Family lauds release of Iraqi-American contractor

Issa Salomi’s first call home was to his 27-year-old son Roger. He said memories of the birth of the oldest of his four boys and his son’s childhood sustained him after he was kidnapped in Baghdad in January. A few hours later, the Iraqi-American contractor called his wife of 30 years, Muna, and …

Columbia Missourian · March 28, 2010, 12:43 PM (PST)

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Boston Globe

Pakistani army kills 22 Taliban near Afghan border

PARACHINAR, Pakistan – Pakistani troops repulsed a Taliban attack Sunday on an army base and bombed two militant hide-outs close to the Afghan border, killing 22 insurgents in a region where the army is pressing an offensive, a government official said. The fighting occurred in Orakzai tribal region …

msnbc.com · March 28, 2010, 12:43 PM (PST)

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Rock Hill Herald

Rescuers search Morocco lake for Abu Dhabi sheikh

RABAT/ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Rescuers on Sunday were searching a Moroccan hillside lake for the boss of the world’s largest sovereign fund, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), two days after his plane crashed into it. The aircraft of Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the younger brother of the …

Reuters · March 28, 2010, 10:06 AM (PST)

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Bombs kill 5 near house linked to Sunni election candidate in far western Iraq

BAGHDAD – Several bombs exploded Sunday near a house linked to a prominent Sunni figure who ran in this month’s parliamentary elections in Iraq, killing five people and wounding 26 others, a police official said. The attack adds to fears of postelection violence as the bitter election rivals enter …

Republic · March 28, 2010, 12:36 PM (PST)

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Idaho Statesman

Arab League defers decision on Mideast peace talks

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – Arab leaders failed to agree Sunday whether to back indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, making it unlikely the talks aimed at reviving the stalled peace process will happen any time soon. The Arab League this month endorsed a plan for so-called …

Washington Post · March 28, 2010, 9:30 AM (PST)

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Ledger-Enquirer

Cities worldwide unplug for Earth Hour

LONDON — 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 …

KHOU · March 28, 2010, 11:18 AM (PST)

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