Reuters - NATO troops secured a hostile
strip of north Kosovo on Tuesday after Serb riots forced the
pullout of U.N. personnel in the most serious challenge to the
state since it split from Serbia last month.
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NATO holds line in tense north Kosovo after riots (Reuters)
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 7:10pm EDT
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Sri Lanka make most of inexperienced attack (AFP)
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 7:09pm EDT
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AFP - Malinda Warnapura and Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene warmed-up for the first Test against West Indies later this week when they took advantage of an inexperienced Guyana Cricket Board President's Select XI attack on Monday.
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Militants add week for Austrian hostages (AP)
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 6:35pm EDT
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AP - The Islamist militant group that kidnapped two Austrians last month in Tunisia is extending the deadline for the meeting of its demands by a week, according to a statement posted on militant Web sites Monday.
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Female suicide bomber kills 43 in Iraq (AP)
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 6:21pm EDT
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AP - A female suicide bomber struck Shiite worshippers in the holy city of Karbala on Monday, an official and a witness said, killing at least 43 people and leaving pools of blood on the street leading to one of Iraq's most revered mosques.
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China vows to hold onto Tibet (AP)
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 5:49pm EDT
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AP - China vowed Monday to defend its sovereignty in Tibet as Chinese troops set up checkpoints and mobilized to quell an uprising. A deadline for protesters in the Tibetan capital to turn themselves in passed without any apparent surrenders or arrests.
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Comoros army reports operations against rebel forces (AFP)
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 5:41pm EDT
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AFP - The Comoran army conducted two operations in Anjouan island, killing "dozens" of rebel forces, ahead of a planned African Union-led military invasion, the army chief said Monday.
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Please, please me: Mills gets $48.6 M (AP)
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 5:25pm EDT
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AP - Money may not buy her love, but Paul McCartney's ex sure has a lot more of it now.
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Peacekeepers battle Serbs in Kosovo (AP)
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 4:44pm EDT
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AP - Serb demonstrators attacked international peacekeepers with rocks, grenades and Molotov cocktails Monday, setting off the worst violence in Kosovo since it declared independence from Serbia last month.
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Mexico left picks anti-gov't party chief (AP)
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 2:43pm EDT
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AP - A former Mexico City mayor who favors a hard line against President Felipe Calderon's government will be the new head of the country's main leftist party, according to preliminary returns released Monday. -
Musharraf foes convene new parliament (AP)
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 2:28pm EDT
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AP - Lawmakers wearing lapel pins with pictures of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto vowed a new dawn for democracy Monday as Pakistan's parliament convened for the first time since opponents of the president swept to victory in last month's elections.
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Bill Brown, grandfather of Australian cricket, dies at 95 (AFP)
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 1:30pm EDT
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AFP - Bill Brown, considered the grandfather of Australian cricket, had died at 95, media reported late Monday.