![]() Telegraph.co.uk | UN Chief Blames Israeli Blockade for Suffering in Gaza Voice of America As a result of the blockade, residents have been unable to rebuild the thousands of homes that were destroyed by Israel during the three-week Israeli war on Gaza in 2008 and 2009. Photo: AP UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, centre, visits a destroyed ... Netanyahu to Discuss Core Issues, Is Invited to White House Ban to Gazans: We stand with you Mitchell invites Netanyahu to meet with Obama |
![]() Reuters | Iranian leader accuses US of plotting against Iran BBC News Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has used a televised Iranian New Year address to accuse the US of plotting against the country. He said the US government could not "talk about peace and friendship and at the same time plot and plan ... Iran says US actions contrary to desire for better ties Iranian Supreme Leader: US Actions Don't Match Words Iran's enemies 'planned civil war' |
![]() The Hindu | Iraq's Talabani, Maliki call for vote recount in Iraq's elections Xinhua BAGHDAD, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Kurdish President Jalal Talabani and Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday called on the country's electoral commission to recount the vote of the country's March 7 elections after latest partial ... Iraq's electoral commission rejects request for recount Iraqi Election Commission Rejects Recount Iraq election commission rejects calls for vote recount |
![]() Reuters | Stupak Says Health Care Deal Looming for Abortion Funding FOXNews The leader of a key bloc of House Democrats opposed to abortion said Sunday that he is close to an agreement that would allow him to vote for the health care bill. The leader of a key bloc of House Democrats opposed to abortion said Sunday that he is ... House leaders express confidence they will secure enough votes to pass health bill Barack Obama confident he has votes to pass healthcare bill Democrats claim to have 216 votes |
Zimbio | Iceland prepares for second, more devastating volcanic eruption Times Online Iceland is preparing for an even more powerful and potentially destructive volcano after a small eruption at the weekend shot red-hot molten lava high into the sky. About 500 people were safely evacuated from the land close to the Eyjafjallajokull ... Volcano erupts in Iceland, hundreds flee Hundreds evacuated after volcano erupts in Iceland Volcano erupts in Iceland, hundreds evacuated |
The Guardian | Papal letter fails to quell scandals engulfing Irish Catholic church The Guardian Pope Benedict XVI has been criticised for failing to set out a programme of reforms for the Irish Catholic church. Photograph: Alessandra Tarantino/AP Pope Benedict XVI's pastoral letter to Ireland's Catholics has failed to arrest the scandal engulfing ... Pope apology falls short for victims Anger and disappointment in Ireland as the Pope's letter fails to heal Australian clerical abuse victims want apology |
![]() The Hindu | Thai PM ready to send representatives to talk with protesters Xinhua BANGKOK, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Sunday he is ready to send two senior officials as his representatives to confer with the anti-government protesters on ways to break the deadlock. Speaking during his weekly TV ... Protest winds through Bangkok Thai red shirts reject talks offer Thai protesters target "hearts and minds" of Bangkok |
![]() Los Angeles Times | Israeli troops kill two more Palestinians Times Online Israeli troops killed two Palestinians today, bringing the weekend's total to four, as deepening unrest spread across the West Bank. The soldiers said that the two men had tried to stab one of their comrades with pitchforks at a checkpoint outside ... IDF soldiers kill 2 Palestinians after pitchfork attack Palestinians bury West Bank dead in bloody 24 hours Palestinians shot dead by Israeli troops near Nablus |
![]() The Hindu | Thousands mourn Nepal statesman Girija Koirala BBC News Thousands of mourners have gathered in Kathmandu to pay respect to Nepal's former Prime Minister Giri Prasad Koirala, who died on Saturday aged 86. Mr Koirala was widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of democratic Nepal, and his body was ... Girija Prasad Koirala, 86, Former Leader of Nepal, Is Dead Thousands assemble pay last tribute to Nepali former PM Koirala's death robs Nepali politics of its centre |
![]() The Age | DC antiwar march draws thousands on seventh-anniversary of Iraq invasion Washington Post As the US-led invasion of Iraq reaches its seventh anniversary, thousands of demonstrators marched through downtown Washington to call for the United States to bring its soldiers home from Iraq and Afghanistan and refocus on domestic issues. ... Anti-War Protests in Washington Iraq Inquiry asks to question George Bush's senior officials Making the Iraq war disappear |