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China delivers Venezuela jets for anti-drugs fight

CARACAS, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — Venezuela on Saturday tested six training and light attack jets bought from China for defense and anti-drugs flights in a deal that dodges an embargo banning sales of U.S. weapons parts to oil exporter Venezuela. ...  > full story

Afghanistan eases ban on news coverage of raids

KABUL, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — Afghanistan rowed back on Saturday from a total ban on media broadcasts of "disturbing" images from insurgent attacks or live pictures of security operations. ...  > full story

Sweden, Turkey jointly denounce genocide vote

SAARISELKA, Finland, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — The foreign ministers of Turkey and Sweden condemned on Saturday a vote in the Swedish parliament that defined the early 20th-century killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. ...  > full story

Irish police release three over cartoonist plot

DUBLIN, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — Irish police have released three of the seven people arrested on Tuesday in connection with an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist over a drawing depicting the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog. ...  > full story

French navy hands over suspected pirates to Somalia

BOSSASO, Somalia, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — French navy officers handed over 22 suspected Somali pirates to semi-autonomous Puntland's authorities and they will be arraigned in local courts, officials said on Saturday. ...  > full story

Google "99.9 pct" sure to shut China search engine: report

SHANGHAI, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday. ...  > full story

Netanyahu's position is "perilous": U.S. official

WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political standing is "perilous" because of divisions within his coalition over efforts to pursue peace with the Palestinians, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. ...  > full story

Second U.S. woman probed in plot to kill Swede: report

WASHINGTON, Mar. 12, 2010 (Reuters) — Authorities in Ireland are investigating whether a second American woman was involved in a suspected international plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist for mocking the Prophet Mohammad, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. ...  > full story

"Insulted" by Israel, U.S. scrambles to save talks

JERUSALEM, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — Israel's relationship with the United States, a defining feature of the troubled Middle East, was under severe strain as diplomats scrambled on Saturday to save newborn U.S.-brokered peace talks with the Palestinians. ...  > full story

Pope backed sex abuse priest transfer when archbishop

BERLIN, Mar. 12, 2010 (Reuters) — Pope Benedict was involved in a decision to move a priest suspected of child abuse to his diocese for therapy when he was an archbishop in 1980, his former diocese in southern Germany said on Friday. ...  > full story

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Sarkozy faces heavy loss in French regional poll

PARIS, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces a regional vote on Sunday that opinion polls suggest will result in a heavy loss for his center-right UMP party in the last ballot box test before he comes up for re-election in 2012. ...  > full story

Lebanese Druze leader makes Syrian overture

BEIRUT, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said a televised interview Saturday comments he made about Syria's president Bashar al-Assad in 2007 had been "inappropriate" and "came at a moment of anger." ...  > full story

South Sudan's presidential challenger launches Juba campaign

JUBA, Sudan, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — Lam Akol, the sole challenger to south Sudan's incumbent president Salva Kiir, launched his campaign in the region's capital Saturday, promising an end to corruption if he wins April's election. ...  > full story

Chinese fishing boat, 7 crew hijacked off Cameroon

YAOUNDE, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — A Chinese fishing vessel with seven fishermen aboard was hijacked off the coast of Cameroon in the latest attack in the waters of West Africa's Gulf of Guinea, the Chinese embassy in Cameroon said on Saturday. ...  > full story

Politics

Obama, Medvedev happy on arms pact, signing seen near

MOSCOW, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and President Barack Obama are satisfied with the "high level of consensus" on a new pact to cut nuclear arms and it is now possible to talk of a firm date for signing a treaty, the Kremlin said on Saturday. ...  > full story

Obama says he will push for education overhaul

WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — President Barack Obama, already battling for healthcare reform, jobs and financial regulation, said on Saturday he was also about to push forward on a major overhaul of U.S. education. ...  > full story

Clinton says U.N. needs more women in top jobs

UNITED NATIONS, Mar. 12, 2010 (Reuters) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday the United Nations needs more women in top positions as it strives to raise the profile of women's issues and fights gender-based violence. ...  > full story

Clinton Moscow talks to cover START, Iran, Mideast

WASHINGTON, Mar. 12, 2010 (Reuters) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Moscow next week for a meeting of the quartet of Middle East mediators and talks with Russian officials about arms control and Iran's nuclear program. ...  > full story

Business

France's Lagarde not expecting decision on Greece

NEW YORK, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Saturday that she does not expect Euro zone finance ministers to make any decision on financial help for Greece when they meet next week. ...  > full story

Uranium major Niger urged to review contracts

NIAMEY, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — The new junta ruling in Niger, one of the world's biggest uranium producers, should review and possibly renegotiate dozens of resource exploitation contracts, civil rights groups said on Saturday. ...  > full story

Greeks back austerity measures, oppose unrest: poll

ATHENS, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — Most Greeks think draconian austerity measures announced by the government earlier this month were along the right lines and many feel labor unions should not oppose them too aggressively, a poll showed. ...  > full story

Swisscom CEO says Fastweb victim of fraud: report

ZURICH, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — The chief executive of Swisscom AG said Fastweb was a victim of fraud, a Swiss paper reported on Saturday, the second time the CEO has come out in defense of his company's subsidiary. ...  > full story

Science

Calcium may help you live longer: study

NEW YORK, Mar. 12, 2010 (Reuters Health) — Getting a bit more calcium in your diet could help you live longer, new research suggests. ...  > full story

Glenn Close has genes mapped

CHICAGO, Mar. 11, 2010 (Reuters) — Archbishop Desmond Tutu has done it. So has genome pioneer Craig Venter. ...  > full story

Scientists find "mother" of all skin cells

LONDON, Mar. 11, 2010 (Reuters) — Scientists have found the "mother," or origin, of all skin cells and say their discovery could dramatically improve skin treatments for victims of serious wounds and burns. ...  > full story

"Personal" study shows gene maps can spot disease

WASHINGTON, Mar. 11, 2010 (Reuters) — Two studies published on Wednesday show it is possible to sequence the entire gene maps of families with inherited diseases and pinpoint the offending bit of DNA. ...  > full story

Entertainment

Public Enemy's Chuck D still fighting the power

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 12, 2010 (Billboard) — At the end of "Pirate Radio" -- the 2009 feature film about a '60s illegal rock 'n' roll radio station in Europe's North Sea -- an array of albums is displayed: iconic symbols of musical independence that bucked the status quo. Among the albums on display is Public Enemy's 1990 treatise, "Fear of a Black Planet." ...  > full story

Woods crash ambulance crew cited domestic violence

MIAMI, Mar. 12, 2010 (Reuters) — The ambulance crew that took golfer Tiger Woods from the scene of his fateful car crash last year did not let his wife ride with him because they said the incident was a case of domestic violence, according to Florida police records cited by a local newspaper on Friday. ...  > full story

Ex-Gov. Blagojevich fights back on new "Apprentice"

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 12, 2010 (Reuters) — Rod Blagojevich has already lost one job. Now the disgraced former governor of Illinois is hoping to avoid the words "You're fired!" as he fights for his favorite charity, and his reputation, on the TV show "Celebrity Apprentice". ...  > full story

Phil Spector's lawyers file appeal in murder case

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 12, 2010 (Reuters) — Lawyers for music producer Phil Spector have appealed his conviction for killing a Hollywood actress, claiming the trial judge made several errors including introducing new evidence at his second trial. ...  > full story

Sports

Chambers, Ennis enjoy golden day for Britain

DOHA, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — Dwain Chambers claimed his first global sprint title and Jessica Ennis posted the fourth-best pentathlon score of all-time on a golden day for Britain at the world indoor championships on Saturday. ...  > full story

Riesch wins women's slalom World Cup

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — Double Olympic gold medalist Maria Riesch added another title to her growing collection when she won the slalom World Cup in her home town on Saturday. ...  > full story

Agassi and Navratilova in comic mode at Haiti fund raiser

INDIAN WELLS, California, Mar. 13, 2010 (Reuters) — Former tennis greats Andre Agassi and Martina Navratilova stole the limelight with their wit while playing in exhibition matches on Friday to raise money for victims of the Haiti earthquake. ...  > full story

Federer targets record fourth title at Indian Wells

INDIAN WELLS, California, Mar. 12, 2010 (Reuters) — Back to full fitness after suffering from a lung infection last month, Roger Federer said Friday he is ready to challenge for a record fourth title at the Indian Wells ATP tournament. ...  > full story
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