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Japan confirms Cold War-era 'secret' pacts with US (AP)
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:35am EST
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AP - A Japanese government-appointed panel on Tuesday confirmed the existence of once-secret Cold War-era pacts between Japan and the U.S. on nuclear arms and other issues, ending decades of official denial by Tokyo.
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Brazil slaps trade sanctions on US
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:31am EST
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Brazil is backed by the WTO as it slaps trade sanctions against US imports in retaliation for illegal subsidies to cotton farmers. -
Northrop and EADS exit tanker bid
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:31am EST
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Northrop Grumman and EADS pull out of bidding for a $35bn US Air Force air-to-air refuelling tanker contract.
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Iran's Ahmadinejad plans Afghan visit on Wednesday (Reuters)
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:29am EST
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Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to travel to Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, a day after the United States accused the Islamic state of a "double game" in its neighbor. -
Nigeria urged to end impunity after village massacre (Reuters)
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:26am EST
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Reuters - U.S.-based Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged Nigeria to prosecute those behind what it called a massacre of at least 200 Christian villagers and end a cycle of impunity which has allowed instability to persist.
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Biden sees "moment of opportunity" in Mideast (AP)
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:23am EST
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AP - U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden says there is a "moment of opportunity" for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Nigeria: Calls for inquiry into religious violence (AP)
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:23am EST
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AP - The U.S. government and an international human rights group called Tuesday for Nigeria to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the deaths of more than 200 unarmed people in renewed violence between Christians and Muslims.
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Military plane, jumbo jet drag EADS into debt (AFP)
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:23am EST
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AFP - European aerospace giant EADS said on Tuesday it plunged into the red last year as it put aside big provisions to cover cost over-runs on its A400M military transport project and A380 superjumbo jet.
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'Insurance for all' plan for dogs
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:20am EST
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Every dog owner in the UK would have to take out insurance under government proposals to crack down on dangerous breeds. -
Biden in Israel for peace drive
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:13am EST
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US Vice-President Joe Biden is to meet Israeli leaders as part of a new initiative to revive the Middle East peace process. -
'Disruptive' Indian MPs suspended
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:10am EST
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Seven Indian MPs are suspended for disorderly behaviour over a bill to reserve a third of seats in parliament for women.
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Cyprus police confirm body is ex-leader's corpse (AP)
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:10am EST
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AP - A body discovered in a Nicosia cemetery is the stolen corpse of Cyprus' ex-president Tassos Papadopoulos, police said Tuesday.
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U.S., South Korea begin war games, angering North Korea
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Pyongyang criticizes the annual exercises as 'adventurous saber-rattling.' The drills, known as Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, will last 11 days and involve tens of thousands of troops.
U.S. and South Korean armed forces on Monday began their annual military joint exercises, prompting North Korea to chastise the war games as "a foolish act of banging their heads on a rock."
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Runaway Prius hits 90 mph before stopping with aid of CHP
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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A stuck accelerator takes Prius to 90 mph on I-8 before an officer helps out.
The driver of a Toyota Prius who called 911 on Monday to report his accelerator was stuck finally got the car stopped after about 20 minutes with the help of the California Highway Patrol, officers said.
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The site where Chinese laborers were interred, their graves later forgotten, gets a memorial
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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Transit agency builds a memorial at Evergreen Cemetery and will rebury remains that were excavated during Gold Line Eastside Extension.
Lillian Chung Wong, 98, remembers visiting the potter's field outside Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights when she was a child to pay her respects to her grandfather, a railroad worker.
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Northrop Grumman drops bid for aerial refueling tanker contract
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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The Century City company says the odds are stacked against a potential bid for the $35-billion Air Force contract because the revised specifications favor its rival, Boeing.
Northrop Grumman Corp. said Monday that it was dropping out of the race for a $35-billion Pentagon contract to build 179 aerial refueling tankers, leaving its rival Boeing Co. as the sole bidder for one of the largest military contracts in U.S. history.
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Obama adds fire to healthcare debate
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:00am EST
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The president makes an impassioned plea to voters to call legislators and demand they do 'the right thing' and pass a bill rather than focus on the political repercussions.
In an impassioned rally that evoked his campaign, President Obama left what he called the Washington "echo chamber" Monday and urged voters to knock on doors and make phone calls to embolden members of Congress to pass heathcare legislation.
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Paisley jnr picked to fight seat
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 2:47am EST
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Ian Paisley jnr will contest his father's North Antrim seat in the general election after being selected by his party.
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9th US missionary freed in Haiti, returns home (AP)
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 2:06am EST
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AP - A U.S. missionary held for more than a month in Haiti on kidnapping charges flew back to the United States after being released from prison, while the leader of her Baptist group remained in custody.
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Letter on Muslim radical roils GOP Senate race
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 2:05am EST
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Website posts text contradicting Tom Campbell's claim of writing on behalf of donor Sami Al-Arian before 9/11.
Terrorism and the Middle East are continuing to roil the Republican Senate contest after a letter written by former congressman Tom Campbell emerged that appeared to contradict statements Campbell and his aides had made about his dealings with a radical Muslim professor.
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Israel wants to develop nuclear energy (AP)
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 1:52am EST
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AP - Israel wants to develop nuclear energy.
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Plea as grass fires stretch crews
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 1:38am EST
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Fire crews have been called to more than 100 grass fires in Wales over four days with a warning lives are being put at risk. -
Burma refugees 'face starvation'
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:56am EST
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Bangladesh's government is ignoring the plight of thousands of starving Burmese refugees, a US medical charity warns.
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Oscar Winners Try to Keep Whale Off Sushi Plates
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:52am EST by By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
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Activist documentarians orchestrated a sting operation at a restaurant that officials say served illegal whale meat.
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Supreme Court Roundup: Justices to Hear Case of Protest at Marine Funeral
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:42am EST by By ADAM LIPTAK
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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether the father of a fallen Marine may sue protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church who picketed the funeral.
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Experts Urge Keeping Two Terror Trial Options
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:37am EST by By CHARLIE SAVAGE and SCOTT SHANE
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Former national security officials say eliminating civilian trials for foreign terrorism suspects would tie the government’s hands.
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Google’s Computer Might Betters Translation Tool
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:22am EST by By MIGUEL HELFT
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The company’s network pushes the limits of translation technology and has become a favored source for millions.
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In Capital of Chile, Damage Is Inside and Often Invisible
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:21am EST by By GINGER THOMPSON
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Santiago’s high-rises and tree-lined boulevards appear mostly unscathed, but many people in the city still do not know if their lives will ever be the same.
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Solar Industry Learns Lessons in Spanish Sun
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:20am EST by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
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A national commitment to solar power transformed one community but big subsidies led to unsustainable growth.
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Paper review
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:15am EST
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Bush in Tory appeal over NI deal
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:53pm EST
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Ex-US President George W Bush asks David Cameron to try to get the UUP to back devolution of justice and policing.
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In Jury Selection for Hate Crime, a Struggle to Find Tolerance
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:50pm EST by By MANNY FERNANDEZ
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Prospective jurors in the case of the 2008 killing of a 37-year-old Ecuadorean in Patchogue, N.Y., have brought up issues about the treatment of immigrants in Suffolk County.
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Sauri Journal: Shower of Aid Brings Flood of Progress
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:49pm EST by By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
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Bombarding a Kenyan town with health care, education and job training seems to be lifting people out of poverty, but can the results be magnified?
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Public Pension Funds Are Adding Risk to Raise Returns
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:49pm EST by By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH
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Even as big companies are moving their pension funds out of stocks, state governments are chasing higher returns for their plans by making riskier investments.
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Throwing arm
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:44pm EST
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Wheel delight
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:44pm EST
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Millennium attraction marks its 10th birthday
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Doctor in Drug Inquiry Says He Treated Rodriguez
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:40pm EST by By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and KATIE THOMAS
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Anthony Galea, who is under investigation in Canada for possibly smuggling drugs into the United States, said he treated Alex Rodriguez for an inflamed hip last season.
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Nascar’s Call for Aggressiveness Is Met by a Crash
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:20pm EST by By VIV BERNSTEIN
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One result of Nascar’s focus on aggressive driving came when Carl Edwards deliberately hit Brad Keselowski on Sunday.
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Facebook murder prompts questions
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 10:56pm EST
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The family of a teenager raped and murdered by a convicted sex offender questions how closely he was monitored by police.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce grows into a political force
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 10:42pm EST
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A swelling tide of money could put the business group in a better position to sway elections.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is building a large-scale grass-roots political operation that has begun to rival those of the major political parties, funded by record-setting amounts of money raised from corporations and wealthy individuals.
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Canadian jury dismissed in Air India perjury trial (Reuters)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 10:28pm EST
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Reuters - A Canadian judge on Monday dismissed a jury as it was about to hear the perjury trial of Inderjit Singh Reyat, who is accused of lying in court about an Air India bomb plot 25 years ago, saying he feared the panel may have been tainted. -
Lawyers in Mexico church sex abuse case resign (AP)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 9:55pm EST
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AP - A Mexican lawyer said Monday he has resigned from handling the case of a woman and her sons who claim the males were sexually abused as boys by the founder of a conservative Roman Catholic religious order.
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Nigerian massacre victims buried in mass grave
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 9:34pm EST
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Survivors say Christian villagers were trapped in nets and hacked to death by Muslim herdsman in attacks with ethnic and religious overtones. Death estimates vary wildly, from 200 to 500.
Reporting from Ratsat, Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, and Lagos, Nigeria -- The victims of Sunday's sectarian massacres were buried in mass graves in central Nigeria on Monday as survivors told horrific stories of Christian villagers being trapped in nets and hacked to death by Muslim herdsmen.
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Man charged with leading student visa fraud operation
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 8:46pm EST
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Foreigners in the U.S. on student visas allegedly hired Eamonn Daniel Higgins to attend classes, write papers and take exams for them, authorities say.
Eamonn Daniel Higgins spent seven years in college.
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Automatic 'yes' votes allow time for back-room dealing at City Hall
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 8:37pm EST
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Thanks to voting software, City Council members can hold meetings, give interviews, even grab a smoke while deciding the day's issues.
Los Angeles City Council members have figured out how to be in two places at once.
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Kidnapped, smuggled and worse
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 8:35pm EST
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A Mexican mother wanted only a better life for her daughter, 4, but the trip north took a terrible turn.
The smuggler threatened to kill 4-year-old Nayli if he didn't receive $11,500 from her parents -- immediately.
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Housing market confidence 'grows'
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:56pm EST
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The housing market in Scotland saw rising confidence last month, says the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. -
US rapper jailed over gun on bus
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:33pm EST
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Rapper Lil Wayne is sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to possessing a gun, discovered on his tour bus in 2007. -
Lords in science investment call
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:29pm EST
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Former Labour and Conservative science ministers challenge the next UK government to maintain investment in science.
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Indonesian president in Australia for historic address (AFP)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:27pm EST
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AFP - Indonesia's president was handed Australia's highest civilian honour on Tuesday as he arrived for a historic visit expected to help bury tensions and fight people-smuggling and extremism.
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Lender putting www.sex.com on auction block (Reuters)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:26pm EST
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Reuters - Sex.com, often touted as one of the most valuable Internet domain names, is due to head to the auction block next week.
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Superweed predator to be released
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:25pm EST
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A plant-eating predator that preys on aggressive superweed Japanese knotweed is to be given a trial release in England. -
Superweed predator to be released
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:25pm EST
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A plant-eating predator from Japan that could fight the spread of an aggressive superweed is given the go-ahead for a trial release in England.
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Survivors shiver in Turkey after quake kills 51 (AP)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:15pm EST
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AP - Hundreds of earthquake survivors huddled in aid tents and around bonfires Monday in eastern Turkey, seeking relief from the winter cold after a strong temblor knocked down stone and mud-brick houses in five villages, killing 51 people.
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Survivors shiver in Turkey after quake kills 51 (AP)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:15pm EST
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AP - Hundreds of earthquake survivors huddled in aid tents and around bonfires Monday in eastern Turkey, seeking relief from the winter cold after a strong temblor knocked down stone and mud-brick houses in five villages, killing 51 people.
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U.S. government knows of no al Qaida arrest in Pakistan (McClatchy Newspapers)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:11pm EST
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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Despite numerous news reports that Pakistan has arrested an American al Qaida operative in the port city of Karachi, the U.S. government is unaware that anyone affiliated with the terrorist network, American or otherwise, has been captured in Pakistan recently, U.S. officials said Monday.
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Northrop Grumman drops out of competition for fuel tanker contract
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:11pm EST
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The Century City company says the odds are stacked against a potential bid for the $35-billion Air Force contract because the revised specifications favor its rival, Boeing.
After fighting for nearly a decade to win one the largest military contracts in U.S. history, Northrop Grumman Corp. announced Monday that it was dropping out of the competition to replace the aging Air Force fleet of Eisenhower-era aerial refueling tankers.
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Northrop Grumman drops out of competition for fuel tanker contract
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:11pm EST
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The Century City company says the odds are stacked against a potential bid for the $35-billion Air Force contract because the revised specifications favor its rival, Boeing.
After fighting for nearly a decade to win one the largest military contracts in U.S. history, Northrop Grumman Corp. announced Monday that it was dropping out of the competition to replace the aging Air Force fleet of Eisenhower-era aerial refueling tankers.
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House price rises 'to ease off'
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:07pm EST
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Further rises in house prices may be held back by more properties coming onto the market, surveyors have said. -
House price rises 'to ease off'
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:07pm EST
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Further rises in house prices may be held back by more properties coming onto the market, surveyors have said. -
Illegal cord blood sample warning
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:06pm EST
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Parents, hospitals and private firms are being warned over risky and illegal collections of umbilical cord blood. -
Illegal cord blood sample warning
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:06pm EST
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Parents, hospitals and private firms are being warned over risky and illegal collections of umbilical cord blood.
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Kidnapped, smuggled and worse
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:06pm EST
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A Mexican mother wanted only a better life for her daughter, 4, but the trip north took a terrible turn.
The smuggler threatened to kill 4-year-old Nayli if he didn't receive $11,500 from her parents -- immediately.
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Kidnapped, smuggled and worse
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:06pm EST
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A Mexican mother wanted only a better life for her daughter, 4, but the trip north took a terrible turn.
The smuggler threatened to kill 4-year-old Nayli if he didn't receive $11,500 from her parents -- immediately.
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Call to scrap 50% student target
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:03pm EST
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Targets for getting young people into higher education should be scrapped and top-up fees raised, say graduate recruiters. -
Call to scrap 50% student target
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:03pm EST
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Targets for getting young people into higher education should be scrapped and top-up fees raised, say graduate recruiters. -
Retail sales rebound in February
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:02pm EST
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Retail sales bounced back in February after a tough January on the High Street, the latest figures show.
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Real Hurt Lockers in Iraq: Life is no movie (AP)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:02pm EST
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AP - American bomb disposal experts in Iraq say few people understood what they did.
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Toyota rejects electronics fears
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:57pm EST
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Toyota rejects claims that faulty electronics could be behind its worldwide recall of more than eight million cars. -
Tory review urges science boost
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:47pm EST
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A Tory-backed report urges incentives for schools and tax breaks for researchers to raise the profile of science.
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Obama adds fire to healthcare debate
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:34pm EST
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The president takes off his coat and urges voters to call legislators and demand they do 'the right thing' and pass a bill rather than focus on the political repercussions.
In an impassioned rally that evoked his campaign, President Obama left what he called the Washington "echo chamber" Monday and urged voters to knock on doors and make phone calls to embolden members of Congress to pass heathcare legislation.
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Obama adds fire to healthcare debate
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:34pm EST
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The president takes off his coat and urges voters to call legislators and demand they do 'the right thing' and pass a bill rather than focus on the political repercussions.
In an impassioned rally that evoked his campaign, President Obama left what he called the Washington "echo chamber" Monday and urged voters to knock on doors and make phone calls to embolden members of Congress to pass heathcare legislation.
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Cameron rebuts Ashcroft criticism
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:09pm EST
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David Cameron rejects claims he has mishandled the Lord Ashcroft tax row, saying he had clearly acted to settle the matter. -
Cameron rebuts Ashcroft criticism
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:09pm EST
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David Cameron rejects claims he has mishandled the Lord Ashcroft tax row, saying he had clearly acted to settle the matter.
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Iraqi parties both claim to be ahead in election (AP)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:07pm EST
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AP - The Iraqi prime minister's coalition and its main secular rival both claimed to be ahead in the vote count Monday, a day after historic parliamentary elections that the top U.S. commander said would let all but 50,000 American troops come home by the end of summer.
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Haiti frees US missionary; group leader still held (AP)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:05pm EST
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AP - One of two Baptist missionaries still held on kidnapping charges in Haiti was released Monday, but the U.S. group's leader remained in custody.
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Togo security blocks opposition headquarters (AP)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:01pm EST
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AP - Anti-riot police sealed off the sandy alleyways leading to the headquarters of Togo's largest opposition party on Monday, stranding the country's opposition leader outside for more than an hour in a tense standoff following a contentious election.
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Hundreds slaughtered in Nigeria religious violence (AP)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:50pm EST
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AP - The killers showed no mercy: They didn't spare women and children, or even a 4-day-old baby, from their machetes. On Monday, Nigerian women wailed in the streets as a dump truck carried dozens of bodies past burned-out homes toward a mass grave.
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US denies W Bank building breach
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:45pm EST
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The US says Israel's authorisation of new building in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank does not violate a moratorium. -
US denies W Bank building breach
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:45pm EST
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The US says Israel's authorisation of new building in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank does not violate a moratorium.
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Machete attacks on Christian villages kill 500-plus in Nigeria (AFP)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:45pm EST
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AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Washington led calls for restraint on Monday after the slaughter of more than 500 Christians in Nigeria, as survivors told how the killers chopped down their victims.
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Why Divisions in Northern Ireland Are Reopening (Time.com)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:40pm EST
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Time.com - The province should soon have new powers over its own police service, but old divisions are reappearing and rising violence threatens the whole idea of power sharing -
Israelis and Palestinians: Agreeing to Talk, and to Fail (Time.com)
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:40pm EST
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Time.com - Neither side believes indirect talks being initiated by the U.S. will bring peace, but each will try to use their failure to its own advantage
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Ex-judge backs Venables anonymity
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:32pm EST
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Jon Venables could be murdered by vigilantes if his new identity is revealed, the judge who originally granted his anonymity warns. -
Ex-judge backs Venables anonymity
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:32pm EST
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Jon Venables could be murdered by vigilantes if his new identity is revealed, the judge who originally granted his anonymity warns. -
Deal agreed in Royal Mail dispute
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:29pm EST
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A deal is reached in the long-running dispute at Royal Mail over modernising the postal service which led to strikes last year. -
Deal agreed in Royal Mail dispute
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:29pm EST
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A deal is reached in the long-running dispute at Royal Mail over modernising the postal service which led to strikes last year.
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Ethnic Violence in Nigeria Has Killed 500, Officials Say
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:22pm EST by By ADAM NOSSITER
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The victims were Christians killed by Muslim herdsmen this weekend, apparently in reprisal for similar attacks on Muslims in January.
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Ethnic Violence in Nigeria Has Killed 500, Officials Say
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:22pm EST by By ADAM NOSSITER
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The victims were Christians killed by Muslim herdsmen this weekend, apparently in reprisal for similar attacks on Muslims in January.
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Husband is charged over car blast
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:15pm EST
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The husband of a woman injured in a car explosion in Kent is charged with two counts of attempted murder. -
Husband is charged over car blast
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:15pm EST
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The husband of a woman injured in a car explosion in Kent is charged with two counts of attempted murder.
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As Ballots Are Tallied in Iraq, U.S. Calls Vote a Milestone
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:07pm EST by By STEVEN LEE MYERS and MARC SANTORA
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The government reported a 62 percent turnout rate, as the American military commander in Iraq praised the Iraqi military for its handling of the election.
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As Ballots Are Tallied in Iraq, U.S. Calls Vote a Milestone
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:07pm EST by By STEVEN LEE MYERS and MARC SANTORA
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The government reported a 62 percent turnout rate, as the American military commander in Iraq praised the Iraqi military for its handling of the election.
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UUP to vote against justice deal
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:05pm EST
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The Ulster Unionist executive endorses the party's decision to vote against the devolution of policing and justice powers to Northern Ireland. -
UUP to vote against justice deal
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:05pm EST
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The Ulster Unionist executive endorses the party's decision to vote against the devolution of policing and justice powers to Northern Ireland.
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For Iran, Enriching Uranium Only Gets Easier
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:00pm EST by By WILLIAM J. BROAD
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Making the leap from reactor-grade nuclear fuel to bomb-grade is like the rich getting richer: really fast.
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For Iran, Enriching Uranium Only Gets Easier
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 5:00pm EST by By WILLIAM J. BROAD
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Making the leap from reactor-grade nuclear fuel to bomb-grade is like the rich getting richer: really fast.
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Wigan dent Liverpool's Euro hopes
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 4:59pm EST
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Liverpool's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League suffer a setback as struggling Wigan beat Rafa Benitez's side 1-0. -
Wigan dent Liverpool's Euro hopes
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 4:59pm EST
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Liverpool's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League suffer a setback as struggling Wigan beat Rafa Benitez's side 1-0.
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Obama Warns Democrats of Urgency of Health Bill
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 4:58pm EST by By HELENE COOPER
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In an appearance that harked back to his 2008 campaign, President Obama made an emotional pitch for public support.