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A cargo ship loaded with containers disembarks from the Tianjin Port in China, March 4, 2009. China says the decline in its exports accelerated in February as a slump in global demand worsened, adding to pressure on China to pump up its economy with a massive stimulu
Business   China   Economy   Exports   Photos		  The New York Times 
China's Exports Rise 46%
Wed 10 Mar 2010
BEIJING —China announced Wednesday that its exports climbed 46 percent in February from a year earlier. Economists said the data signaled a rebound in consumer demand from the United States and... (photo: AP / Andy Wong)
The Dalai Lama delivers his annual address from exile in India marking the 51st anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in Dharamsla, India, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
Buddhism   China   Independence   Photos   Tibet		  BBC News 
China seeks to annihilate Tibet's Buddhism - Dalai Lama
Wed 10 Mar 2010
Tibet's spiritual leader has said China is trying to "annihilate Buddhism", as the region marks the anniversary of a failed revolt against China in 1959. The Dalai Lama's comments come as... (photo: AP / Ashwini Bhatia)
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wave to the press ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday. Biden was to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in part to ease their doubts about the latest U.S. peace efforts.  Zeenews  Wed 10 Mar 2010
Israel apologizes for embarrassing Biden
Ramallah (West Bank): Israel apologized Wednesday for disrupting the visit of Vice President Joe Biden with its announcement of 1,600 new homes in disputed east Jerusalem, but made clear it had no... (photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill)
Israel   Jerusalem   Palestinians   Photos   US
Iraqi Kurds voted on Saturday in elections expected to keep Kurdistan President  The Star  Wed 10 Mar 2010
First Iraq vote results expected by Thursday - U.N.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Preliminary results of Iraq's parliamentary election, a vote seen as a litmus test of its young democracy, are likely to be released by Thursday, a United Nations official said on... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
Election   Government   Iraq   Photos   UN
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The Ettal Monastery in Ettal, southern Germany, Friday, March 5, 2010 where a press conference was held about various child abuse cases in Ettal, . BBC News Wed 10 Mar 2010
Vatican forced to defend itself over abuse cases
As accusations of historic sexual abuse by Roman Catholics emerge in another European country, the Vatican has insisted it has dealt with "the very serious... (photo: AP / Christof Stache)
Germany   Austria   Netherlands   Photos   Vatican
Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, grand sheik of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's pre-eminent theological institute, waves to Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas, not in picture, at the Azhar headquarters, in Cairo, Egypt Independent online (SA) Wed 10 Mar 2010
 Head of al-Azhar dies
Cairo - Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, died of a heart attack on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Death   Education   Egypt   Islam   Photos
In this photo taken Wednesday, March 3, 2010, military personnel march amongst residents in Lhasa, western China's Tibet region. The Times Wed 10 Mar 2010
Hundreds held in pre-emptive Tibet crackdown
Hundreds of Tibetans have been rounded up in Lhasa and armed paramilitaries are patrolling the streets in the run-up to the anniversary of a bloody riot in 2008. The... (photo: AP / David Wivell)
Buddhism   China   Photos   Protests   Tibet
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates walks through the village of Now Zad with Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, during a visit to at a forward operating base in Afghanistan, March 9, 2010. San Fransisco Chronicle Wed 10 Mar 2010
Taliban's gone, but Afghan town still deserted
(03-10) 04:00 PST Now Zad, Afghanistan -- This southern Afghan city has been touted as a symbol of the progress U.S. troops have made in recent weeks. But when Defense... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen)
Afghanistan   Photos   Taliban   US
Canadian wrinkly potatoes, with red mojo. The fish dishes along with the meats are often accompanied by wrinkly potatoes (papas arrugadas). This is a typical Canadian dish which simply refers to the way the cooked potatoes look. Canada Dot Com Wed 10 Mar 2010
What's Cooking
SCHOOL IN KITCHEN FOR MARCH BREAK Cooking classes for kids are available at area Zehrs Great Food and Real Canadian Superstores during the March school break next week.... (photo: Creative Commons / Edub)
Cooking   Food   Health   Kids   Photos
Indonesian National Police Spokesperson Maj. Gen. Edward Aritonang shows a picture of the three militants killed in Tuesday's raid from left to right, the most wanted Indonesian terror suspects Dulmatin, Ridwan, and Hassan during a press conference at the National Police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Indonesian counterterror authorities won international praise on Wednesday for killing Dulmatin, a top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadly 2002 Bali bombings. BBC News Wed 10 Mar 2010
'Bali bomber' Dulmatin confirmed dead in Indonesia raid
Indonesia has confirmed that police have killed Dulmatin, the last main suspect of the 2002 Bali bombings. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's announcement came a day... (photo: AP / Tatan Syuflana)
Bali   Indonesia   Photos   Police   Terrorism
Members of the detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party read state-run newspapers carrying military government's announcement on election laws at the party's headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, March. 9, 2010. Myanmar's ruling junta will appoint the commission that will have final say over the country's first elections in two decades, state-run newspapers announced Tuesday as the country's military rulers began unveiling the laws that will govern this year's balloting. Deccan Herald Wed 10 Mar 2010
Myanmar election law bars Aung San Suu Kyi from polls
Yangon, March 10 (DPA) Myanmar's new election laws have barred opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and more than 2,000 other political prisoners from contesting polls... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win)
Democracy   Election   Myanmar   Photos   Yangon


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