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Israeli leader urges calm over row with Washington (AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem Sunday, March 14, 2010. Netanyahu is urging calm following another stern rebuke from Washington over plans to build 1,600 apartments in contested east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool)AP - Israel's prime minister tried to play down a serious diplomatic dispute with the United States on Sunday, urging calm after another stern rebuke from Washington over plans to build 1,600 new apartments for Jews in contested east Jerusalem.




Taliban: Kandahar bombings a 'warning' to NATO (AP)

A former member of Taliban look at weapons during a ceremony to hand them over  to the Afghan government in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 14, 2010. Thirty Taliban militants joined the peace process Sunday and delivered their weapons and ammunition to the Regional Peace and Reconciliation Commission-Western Afghanistan in Herat province.(AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)AP - Deadly bomb attacks in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar were a warning to NATO's top general that the Taliban are ready for a coming offensive in their heartland, the insurgents said Sunday.




At least 3 snowmobilers dead in Canadian avalanche (AP)

Royal Canadian Mounted Police direct traffic at the staging area for avalanche search & rescue operations near Revelstoke, B.C. on Saturday March 13, 2010. Rescuers were scouring  Boulder Mountain in the Rocky Mountains near Revelstoke, B.C. into the darkness Saturday night after an avalanche struck a large gathering of snowmobilers, killing at least one person and leaving an unknown number missing. Up to 200 people were on the mountain at the time for the annual Big Iron Shoot Out. (AP Photo//David Rooney - The Revelstoke Current via The Canadian Press)AP - An avalanche struck an informal snowmobile rally in Canada's Rocky Mountains, killing at least three people and leaving an unknown number missing at an annual gathering best known for its party atmosphere and stunt riding.




Iraqi PM picks up oil-rich province in vote count (AP)

An electoral worker carries a ballot box at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 14, 2010. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election's all-important battleground of Baghdad, pulling away from its two closest rivals in the latest indication that Iraqi people want a moderate government instead of Shiite religious hard-liners leading the postwar nation. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Early results released by Iraq's electoral commission Sunday showed the prime minister's political coalition ahead in oil-rich Basra province, strengthening his lead in the country's parliamentary elections.




US looks to Shanghai Expo to help ease distrust (AP)

In this computer graphic released by BRC Imagination Arts, an introductory theater shows the 'Spirit of America,' a video of classic American landscapes,  welcomes in Chinese by ordinary Americans and celebrities and messages from Clinton and President Barack Obama at the U.S. pavilion site of the Shanghai 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/BRC Imagination Arts)AP - For millions of Chinese, the USA pavilion's show at the Shanghai World Expo will be the closest they'll ever come to an experience of America. What they'll get — apart from long waits — is a warm welcome and a dose of Hollywood-style entertainment.




Calling for New Election, Anti-Government Protesters Swarm Bangkok (Time.com)
Time.com - Tens of thousands of demonstrators surged the Thai capital on Sunday, pushing Thailand towards a tense political standoff

France set to punish Sarkozy in regional vote (AFP)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy watches as first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy casts her vote at a Paris polling station during French regional elections. France voted in regional polls forecast to punish Sarkozy's ruling party, the last ballot-box test of his popularity ahead of the 2012 presidential election.(AFP/Pool/Eric Feferberg)AFP - France voted Sunday in regional polls forecast to punish Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling party, the last ballot-box test of his popularity ahead of the 2012 presidential election.




Egypt cancels unveiling of restored synagogue (AP)

FILE -  In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, an Egyptian antiquities worker performs restoration work on the Ben Maimon Synagogue in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt has canceled the inauguration of a restored synagogue citing the Israeli oppression of Muslims in the occupied territories as well as excesses by Jews during an earlier ceremony at the synagogue. Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities spent seven months restoring the synagogue in Cairo's ancient Jewish quarter and had been set to unveil it to the press Sunday, a week after its rededication in a private ceremony. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)AP - Egypt canceled the inauguration of a restored synagogue on Sunday citing objections to Israel's treatment of Muslims in the occupied territories as well as alleged excesses during an earlier ceremony.




Venezuela's Chavez: Internet should be regulated (AP)

In this image released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, checks a Chinese-made military plane during a ceremony at a military base in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Saturday, March. 13, 2010. Venezuela received its first shipment of six Chinese-made military planes, and Chavez said his government aims to buy 40 in all. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet on Saturday while demanding authorities crack down on a critical news Web site that he accused of spreading false information.




Egypt scraps synagogue ceremony after 'provocative' acts (AFP)

Egypt cancelled the formal opening Sunday of a renovated 19th-century synagogue in Cairo to protest what antiquities chief Zahi Hawass, seen here in 2009, said were AFP - Egypt cancelled the formal opening Sunday of a renovated 19th-century synagogue in Cairo to protest what antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said were "provocative" Jewish and Israeli action.




Turkey's army chief denies mass resignations: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Turkey's military chief denied reports that top commanders had threatened to resign en masse after more than 30 officers were arrested last month on charges of planning a coup in 2003, Milliyet said on Sunday.

Budget fails to boost Conservatives (Reuters)
Reuters - A federal budget last week did little to boost the fortunes the Conservatives, who still only have a slight lead in public support, according to a poll released on Thursday.

Miracle baby elephant makes public debut (AFP)

A baby elephant nick-named Mr Shuffles (pictured) which was thought to have died in the womb made its first public appearance at Sydney's Taronga Zoo on Sunday, amid predictions it will make a full recovery from its arduous birth.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - A baby elephant thought to have died in the womb made its first public appearance at Sydney's Taronga Zoo on Sunday, amid predictions it will make a full recovery from its arduous birth.




Burmese refugees face starvation in Bangladesh (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _Thousands of Burmese Muslim refugees at an unofficial refugee camp in Bangladesh are facing starvation and acute malnutrition as the government continues to block international humanitarian aid, according to Physicians for Human Rights, a humanitarian watchdog group.

Korea OLEV concept vehicle sees the future, and it's magnets (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - There once was a time when horseless carriages were jeered on city streets. Suh Nam-pyo, president of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), invokes that image as he introduces another technological breakthrough: a motor vehicle that consumes no fuel, gets electrical charges while in motion without plugging in -- and then goes “anywhere.”

Giving Afghans (and More) a Vote in Britain's Election (Time.com)
Time.com - As part of a new project, U.K. residents are allowing people in developingcountries to tell them how to vote in parliamentary elections. The aim: togive poorer countries a say in elections that could end up impacting them

Arab Americans Organize to Get Counted in Census (OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 11 (New America Media) - A coalition of Arab-American cultural organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area have launched a grassroots organizing campaign designed to send a clear message to Washington: that they, along with every other Arab in America, are in fact Arab, and not white.

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Augur et fulgente decorus arcu Phoebus acceptusque novem Camenis, qui salutari levat arte fessos corporis artus, si Palatinas videt aequos aras remque Romanam Latiumque felix alterum in lustrum meliusque semper prorogat aevom, quaeque Aventinum tenet Algidumque, quindecim Diana preces virorum curat et votis puerorum amicas adplicat auris.

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