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CNN.com - WORLD/Middle East
Israel to investigate timing of settlement announcement
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set up a team to investigate why officials announced new settlement construction in disputed territory while U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was visiting the country....
Israel extends West Bank closure
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has extended the closure of the West Bank, initially scheduled to end Saturday night, for three more days, Israeli officials said Saturday....
Iran arrests 30 accused of U.S.-backed cyber war
Iran has arrested 30 people for waging what it called an organized, U.S.-backed cyber war against the nation, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported Saturday....
PM's group leads in early Iraq election results
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's alliance led partial preliminary election results Saturday in Baghdad, where the most parliamentary seats are up for grabs, according to the electoral commission....
State Department criticizes Iran for persecuting religious minorities
The State Department condemned Iran's persecution of religious minorities on Friday following the Iranian authorities' detention of Baha'is and Christians in recent months....
Clinton: Israeli settlement announcement insulting
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that Israel's announcement of new settlement construction in disputed territory in East Jerusalem was "insulting" to the United States....
NYT > N.Y. / Region
Intense Wind and Rain Blast the New York Region
A nor’easter was blamed for three deaths and left hundreds of thousands without power in New Jersey, metropolitan New York and Connecticut. ...
Do Riders Think Some Cabbies Cheat Them? Are Cabs Yellow?
Passengers were not shocked by officials’ report that thousands of drivers gouged millions of dollars by setting taxi meters at too high a rate. ...
Lottery Numbers for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
March 13, 2010 ...
New York Prisoner Who Posed as Another to Escape Is Captured
Freddie Thompson, who escaped during a court appearance on Staten Island, was back in custody after about 56 hours of freedom. ...
Open & Shut: Chronicle of a Changing City
An online connection opens allowing the elderly to connect with a Queens senior center while an Afghan-style rug business is put on ice. ...
The Long Story of the Building at 104-106 Bowery
Dan Barry revisits the history of the Bowery and looks for a flophouse’s last resident, the subject of a past column. ...
WSJ.com: What's News US
China's Wen Warns of 'Double Dip' Recession
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao warned other countries not to pressure China over its exchange-rate policy, and argued strongly that the yuan isn't undervalued. ...
Tens of thousands of protesters flowed into Bangkok, setting up what organizers say will be several days of protests to force Thailand's army-backed government to call fresh elections. ...
New York Times Brings Another Family Member Into the Fold
Another member of the family that controls New York Times has been brought in to help run the business, this time on the digital side of the Times newspaper. ...
Dodd Bill to Toughen Stance on Banks
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd is finalizing a bill to rework financial market rules that is expected to be tougher against banks than previously expected. ...
Questions Raised on Prius Incident
An investigation of the Toyota Prius that was involved in a dramatic incident on a California highway last week found a particular pattern of wear on the car's brakes that raises questions about the driver's version of the event. ...
The bank's scramble to stay alive exposed the murky but crucial role that short-term lending, done in a corner of Wall Street known as the repo market, plays in the financial world. ...
UK news, breaking UK news, latest UK news, latest UK politics news
George Cross for bomb disposal hero Olaf Schmid
A bomb disposal expert, hailed by his commanding officer as "the most courageous man" he had ever met, is to receive a posthumous George Cross....
Police set to probe claims against Gurkha charity
British police are examining allegations of corruption and intimidation in a charity set up to look after former Gurkha soldiers, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal....
Plans for abolition of House of Lords to be unveiled
Plans to abolish the House of Lords and replace it with a 300-strong, wholly elected second chamber are to be unveiled by ministers in a key political move ahead of the general election....
Telegraph View: Why is Hull spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on giant toads?...
Elton John's lover committed suicide after struggling to come to terms with sexuality
Sir Elton John has disclosed that a former lover threw himself to his death under a passing lorry because he could not reconcile his homosexuality with his Christian beliefs....
Budget 2010: Labour to put off spending cuts until after the general election
Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling are to put off crucial decisions on cutting billions of pounds of public spending until after the general election....
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AFRICA)
Marine life trade tops Cites agenda
Ban on export of sharks and tuna likely to be most contentious issue at Doha conference....
Civilians killed in Somali fighting
Renewed heavy fighting in Somali capital claims at least 20 civilian lives....
Nigerians demand to see president
Activists demand cabinet be sacked and President Umaru Yar'Adua appear in public....
Sudan and Jem talks set to begin
Jem official says talks in Qatar will be "tough" and urges postponement of elections....
Massacre leaves Nigerians on edge
Gunfire sends villagers running for cover two days after attack leaves 500 dead....
Somali Shabab 'ready to fight' US
Al-Shabab says unafraid of US role in Somali government's offensive against them....
Wangjianshuo's blog
I have a mixed feeling toward the electronic power towers. It is obviously not pleasant to get close to it, but it is not completely lack of artistic feeling. I don't know how many of you feel the same as myself - I have to admit that I enjoy watching and shooting...
In busy days, we rush to metro, anxiously wait for trains, and leave trains without looking back. That is our life. From time to time, we may want to spend some time to look at the world using a different angle. This time, I tried to --- Look up! Above our head, there...
Yifan started to build parking lots for his cars with glass balls. Look at this, it is getting big! Photo taken by Jian Shuo Wang P.S. When Yifan was sleeping (gradema was with him), I got out for a cup of coffee with my Moleskine notebook. ...
People Started to Wait at Red Lights
Taken at Guangyuan Road, and Gongcheng Road Taken at Guangyuan Road, and Gongcheng Road, at 8:50 AM, rush hours Look at this photo. That is a normal day in rush hours in the morning. People started to wait for the looong red lights to cross the pedestrian. That was something very new...
Baggage Check in Shanghai Metro
The expo is coming. Everything is tighten up. About few months ago, Shanghai started to check baggage at the entrance of major metro stations. The rule of whether a bag should be checked is not consistent. I am wearing my black back bag all the time I enter metro. Most of...
I took metro to attend an important dinner tonight. I walked over the pedestrian viaduct at the Chengdu Elevated Highway, and the Yan'an Elevated highway - the theoretically central point of the transportation system of Shanghai. If you have some ideas of the Shanghai's elevated highway system, it is basically a...
The Mindanao Examiner
NPA rebels kill miner; abduct 2 villagers in Mindanao
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Mar. 14, 2010) – Communist insurgents killed a gold mine worker and abducted his two brothers in a raid on a village in the southern Filipino province of Compostela Valley, security officials said on Sunday.Officials said the New People’s Army insurgents shot and...
Solder, Rebel Killed In Davao Clashes
A member of the Philippine Army’s Task Force Davao manning a checkpoint reacts on the presence of journalists Saturday, March 13, 2010 in the village of Toril in Davao City in Mindanao. The soldier warned journalists not to take photographs at the checkpoint for a still unknown reason. Communist...
Gibo is No. 2 in latest survey!
MANILA, Philippines - Senator Manuel “Manny” Villar of the Nacionalista Party (NP) remains on top but Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential candidate Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro Jr has now jumped to second place after having overtaken Senator Benigno "Noynoy” Aquino III of the Liberal Party (LP) in the latest survey conducted nationwide by an...
Peace deal unlikely under President Arroyo, says MILF
A Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighter peeks through the sight of a .50-caliber machine gun Friday, March 12, 2010 at a rebel outpost in the southern Philippines. The MILF, which is negotiating peace with Manila, says it is unlikely to sign a peace deal with President Gloria Arroyo who...
Fisherman casts net in Mindanao's Rio Grande River
A fisherman casts his net Wednesday, March 10, 2010 in Rio Grande de Mindanao River that cuts through the province of Maguindanao in the southern Philippines. General elections are set in may this year with many politicians seeking public office promise to address poverty problems in the restive, but...
Maguindanao Farmer Passes Near Military Checkpoint
A young Muslim farmer covers his face as he and his family pass Wednesday, March 10, 2010 near a military checkpoint in Shariff Aguak town in the southern Filipino province of Maguindanao where 57 people, including at least 31 journalists were brutally killed in November last year after gunmen...
The Mike Abundo Effect
Google Buzz: FriendFeed in Gmail
Google Buzz strikes me as a lightweight clone of FriendFeed integrated into Gmail....
Filipina-German Cosplayer Jessica Ouano
Alodia Gosiengfiao isn't the only Filipina cosplayer rising to international fame. Joining Alodia on the cover of an international cosplay photobook is Filipina-German cosplayer Jessica Ouano....
Otacool 2 Cover Cosplayers Revealed
When top otaku culture blogger Danny Choo needed cosplayers for his upcoming photobook, Otacool 2: Worldwide Cosplayers, he didn't seek them out in the traditional way....
As I watched Apple CEO Steve Jobs reveal the iPad yesterday, I felt like I was watching a parody straight out of College Humor. He used words like "magical" and "revolutionary" to announce something that, stripped of such hyperbole, looks patently ridiculous: a giant iPhone....
Alodia to Serve at Ozine Maid Cafe
The Ozine Maid Cafe features a special guest maid: Filipina cosplay queen Alodia Gosiengfiao....
Philippine Online Video Site Holds Auditions
Wanna be Web-famous in the Philippines? Manila-based online video production company Flippish is looking for new talent....
FT.com - Pakistan
Fresh Lahore suicide blasts kill 53
Two suicide bombers attacked military vehicles in the Pakistani city, killing at least 53 people and wounding almost nearly 100, officials say...
Gunmen attack US aid agency in Pakistan
Suspected Islamist militants have attacked the office of a US-based Christian aid agency in Pakistan with a bomb and gunfire, killing 5 people, police say...
US doubts Islamabad's will to pursue militants
The Obama administration publicly praises Islamabad for increasing co-operation but doubts remain about the nature of the shift...
Suicide bomb in Lahore targets police unit
A suicide car bomb attack on a police intelligence unit in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has killed at least 13 and injured 90...
Taliban commander killed in US airstrike
Pakistan officials believe a deputy commander of the country's Taliban movement with links to al Qaeda has been killed in an airstrike by Pakistani helicopter gunships...
US forces aim to wrest back Kandahar
US forces are planning a new offensive to wrest control of Kandahar, a senior official says, on the same day as attacks in central Kabul kill 17 people, including nine Indians...
WSJ.com: What's News Asia
Earthquake Rocks Central Japan
A strong earthquake hit central Japan, rattling buildings in the crowded capital Tokyo....
Tens of thousands of protesters flowed into Bangkok, setting up what organizers say will be several days of protests to force Thailand's army-backed government to call fresh elections....
Work and Play: Sports Venture Eyes India
Sports-marketing giant IMG Worldwide and Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries have set up a joint venture to build a professional sports business in India....
A Chinese minister warned Google it "will have to bear the consequences" if it stops censoring its Chinese search site....
Richard Li's group sent envoys to Beijing to probe why municipal authorities there are planning to bar the companies from making future land purchases in the city....
To Beat Pacquiao, Make Him Whiff
Opponents who have given Manny Pacquiao trouble are those who can avoid his buzzsaw of punches. Now comes Joshua Clottey, a defensive master....
OhmyNews International :: KOREA
More than policy is needed to raise birthrates
Korean women are forced to choose between a family and a career; the only way to raise birthrates is to make women feel they can do both, according to Willem Adema, an economist with the OECD.......
The European Dream: 2 Children
In the first story of OhmyNews' year-long series "Reporting the European Dream," a team of reporters, citizens, and experts arrive in Paris to examine the high birthrate in that country, and what Korea can learn from it......
Happy 10th Birthday to OhmyNews
Web-research pioneer and OhmyNews columnist Ronda Hauben wishes the organization a happy 10th anniversary, and tells how some of her stories for the Web site helped to change her world......
Korea's HIV/AIDS Policies, Empty Promises
In January, both the Republic of Korea and the United States lifted travel bans on HIV-positive people. But does it mean the same thing in both countries? Michael Solis suggests not......
[Opinion] America Can Be Asias Copilot
As Washington's hesitates, Pyongyang's nuclear ambition mushrooms, according to Lee Byong-Chol. He asks why Mr. Obama and his foreign policy team find it so hard to achieve North Korea's denuclearization......
Korea's "Comfort Women" Rally at 900th Protest
Bundled up against a temperature of 3F, survivors of Japanese military sexual slavery, also known as the "comfort women," gathered on Jan. 13 for their 900th weekly protest......
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AMERICAS)
US ex-convicts go green for work
Programme gives ex-prisoners second chance by offering jobs in environmental projects....
US rebukes Israel over housing plan
Hillary Clinton says Israel is putting US ties at risk over new settlements in West Bank....
Post-9/11 workers reach claims deal
Thousands offered $657.5m settlement for health problems suffered at 'Ground Zero'....
New Chile president vows to rebuild
Sworn in amid strong aftershocks, Sebastian Pinera pledges "huge leap forward"....
US: Europe biased against Muslims
US annual human rights report says Muslims are discriminated against in Europe....
Rich list signals shift in fortunes
Mexican tycoon tops Forbes magazine's annual list of world's wealthiest people....
The Japan Times: All Stories
Ticket sales sluggish with Asashoryu gone
OSAKA — Things just got really lonely at the top. After perennial troublemaker Asashoryu quit sumo following allegations he attacked a man outside a Tokyo nightspot, Hakuho remains as the sole yokozuna and hot favorite to cart home the Emperor's Cup at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament getting under...
Real gains from tobacco tax hike
The March 7 cartoon above Readers in Council reminded me how unfair life is. I smoked for 36 years — a habit that could give me lung cancer or a number of other diseases. I recently heard from a nonsmoking friend from junior high school that he has lung cancer....
Paramedics thought Tiger had been assaulted
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) The ambulance crew that responded after Tiger Woods crashed his SUV would not allow his wife to ride with him to the hospital because they suspected domestic violence, documents released Friday by the Florida Highway Patrol show. But a police officer who responded said he didn't...
DPJ's Kobayashi grilled over funds
SAPPORO (Kyodo) Prosecutors questioned ruling Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Chiyomi Kobayashi on a voluntary basis Saturday in connection with a fund scandal involving her election campaign, sources said. During the questioning, which lasted about four hours at a Tokyo hotel, the House of Representatives member said she did...
Dazzling, difficult debut is anything but a throwaway
If you live in Japan for many years, you see a lot of people come and go. The expat crowd is notoriously transitory, and no subset is more ubiquitously "temporary" than English teachers. Wave after wave of JET teachers come for a year or two, have their bite-sized exotic experience,...
Henin felled by Dulko in 2nd round
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) Second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki rallied for a win in her first tournament in a month. However, former champion Justine Henin's comeback hit a roadblock. Henin, playing her third tournament since ending a 19-month retirement, trailed 4-1, in the third set Friday and lost to Gisela Dulko...
GMA News.tv
For Teodoro, charter change is a minefield
The three previous presidents have not been able to do it, but presidential candidate Gibo Teodoro thinks he can, despite the dangers....
DOE to Arroyo: Declare power crisis in Mindanao
Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes has asked President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to declare a power crisis in Mindanao, the Philippines" second largest island, in connection with the worsening power shortage there, a GMA Flash Report said Sunday night....
Govt seeks SC help in chief justice issue
The government has asked the Supreme Court to compel the Judicial and Bar Council to submit its shortlist of nominees for the chief justice position to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo....
Arroyo to honor PMA batch 2010 graduates Monday
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will honor this year's Philippine Military Academy Class 2010 as she leads their commencement exercises in Baguio City Monday....
CPP defends "permit-to-campaign" from CHR
The communist movement sees no wrong in implementing its "permit-to-campaign" policy in areas considered as bailiwicks of its armed wing, the New People"s Army (NPA)....
Smartmatic completes delivery of poll machines
The consortium that will help the government automate the May 10 elections has beaten the February 28 deadline to deliver the more than 82,000 machines that will be used in the important political exercise....
The Bull Runner
Pinay In Action is a race that carries a whole lot of meaning for me: As a woman, I fully support this race led by Sen. Pia Cayetano as it’s all about women power! It promotes women rights, health, and empowerment and includes females with women-specific type of cancers as its...
“Huwwwaaaaat?!” That was my reaction as I viewed the numbers on the scale the evening we arrived from Hong Kong a few days after the marathon. I had gained a whopping 6 pounds in 4 days. Even my husband was shocked as he noted that I didn’t indulge so much during...
iamNinoy Runners Group with Mizuno Run Club @ Alabang
The iamninoy runners group together with Mizuno and coach Patrick Joson invite you to join the running clinic on Mar. 13, 2010, Saturday, 6 AM. Meeting place is in the parking area of St. James the Great Parish in Ayala Alabang Village, Muntinlupa. Unfortunately, I can’t make it as I...
2nd Bull Circle with Coach Jim Saret
Our 2nd Bull Circle packed the corner of R.O.X. again last March 10 as over 150 runners arrived for Coach Jim Saret’s talk on “Getting the Body Marathon Ready.” – One leg up! Coach Jim teaches runners some balance exercises - – We were honored to have one armed super runner...
Hubby and I didn’t register for Unilab’s Run United for Wellness, but the kids did. My, how the tables have turned! - My little runners - TBR Jr. was well-prepared for this one. The night before, we broke the good news to him: Since the race was only 500m, we would...
REMINDER: BULL CIRCLE TOM @ ROX
THE NEXT BULL CIRCLE (running talk) is TOMORROW! We’re lucky to have booked Coach Jim Saret, my favorite speaker, for tomorrow’s Bull Circle. He’s usually flying all over the world with the Smart Gilas RP National Basketball team, but he made the time for us to talk about enhancing our running...
Market Manila
Pigskin (Crackling) Experiments a la Marketman…
Mrs. MM was watching a program with Heston Blumenthal on his quest to make the PERFECT peking duck recipe, part of which entailed recreating superb duck skin, but in his version, the skin was cooked separately from the duck. It was a fascinating program, and I was glad to...
A proper dim sum meal is something I would never attempt to make from scratch and serve in a home setting. Too mabusisi or cumbersome, I would think. So it doesn't surprise me that the only dim sum meals I have enjoyed have been at restaurants in Chinatown(s)...
With a large display window virtually "screaming" several positive quotes about the chocolates on offer, how could we not stop and check this out? I had NEVER heard of Thomas Haas Chocolates before, probably because I have never managed to visit the beautiful city of Vancouver despite several scheduled...
The Upper House. The opposite end of the economic spectrum from these previous posts here and here on "value" meals in Hong Kong, but you can't say we don't get around... An invitation to view this stunning new hotel on the upper floors of one of the buildings at...
The crunch of romaine, the "squeak" of haricots verts, sweet tomatoes, protein rich eggs, carbohydrates from the new potatoes, more protein from the tuna and anchovy fillets, salty olives and a shallot vinaigrette make this one of my favorite salads of all time. I can easily consume two dinner...
FT.com - Afghanistan
British troops to depart Helmand town
Control of Musa Qala, the scene of heavy fighting in 2006, will be handed to US forces in a move that will allow soldiers to be redeployed to the centre of the province...
Iran discloses Afghan role in guerrilla leader's capture
Iran's president acknowledges for the first time that Afghan and Pakistani intelligence helped his government to hunt down the leader of an ethnic opposition movement...
Brown draws fresh ire over military cash
The UK prime minister faces fresh criticism over military spending after the Conservatives attack his pledge to buy vehicles for troops in Afghanistan falls short of previous commitments...
Tough road ahead for Afghanistan transfer
America and its allies face a 'daunting' task in Afghanistan and 'it is much too early' to predict how it will turn out, says Richard Holbrooke, the US special representative to the region....
Focus in Marjah turns to building government
The initial phase of the military offensive in southern Afghanistan to wrest Marjah from insurgent control has largely ended and the more daunting task of building a credible government has begun, according to senior US and Afghan officials...
Germans agree to boost Afghan troop mission
The Berlin government secured broad parliamentary backing to raise its level of troops in Afghanistan from 4,500 to up to 5,350, although cross-party consensus over the mission looked shaky...
WSJ.com: What's News Europe
Greece's efforts to clean up its finances have negated the need for bailout from the European Union, the French finance minister said....
Sex Scandal Finds Pope's Diocese
Pope Benedict XVI's former archdiocese disclosed that a priest known as a sex abuser was returned to pastoral work while Benedict was presiding archbishop....
British Airways Crew to Strike
The union representing British Airways cabin crew announced that strikes will take place later this month after the U.K. airline and union leaders failed to reach a last-minute deal on changes to working practices....
Audi Case Set Template for Toyota's Troubles
The Audi sudden-acceleration scare of the 1980s helped set the template for the high-stakes auto-safety scandal Toyota faces today....
Pink Floyd Wins Downloads Suit
Britain's High Court has ordered record company EMI to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band's original albums....
EU Advances Draft Rules for Hedge Funds
Brussels Beat: European officials rebuffed criticism from U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner that suggested a draft law aimed at regulating hedge funds would discriminate against U.S. fund managers and banks....
OhmyNews International :: Asia - Pacific
Happy 10th Birthday to OhmyNews
Web-research pioneer and OhmyNews columnist Ronda Hauben wishes the organization a happy 10th anniversary, and tells how some of her stories for the Web site helped to change her world......
Mixing Gods, Devils, and Geishas
David Michael Weber reports on his Setsubun holiday. Setsubun (Feb 3rd) is a spring ritual where Japanese drive bad luck, in the form of Oni (devils), out of their homes with a handful of tossed beans.......
Korea's HIV/AIDS Policies, Empty Promises
In January, both the Republic of Korea and the United States lifted travel bans on HIV-positive people. But does it mean the same thing in both countries? Michael Solis suggests not......
Jay Hauben describes the link between the Internet and China and between the Internet and journalism.......
[Opinion] America Can Be Asias Copilot
As Washington's hesitates, Pyongyang's nuclear ambition mushrooms, according to Lee Byong-Chol. He asks why Mr. Obama and his foreign policy team find it so hard to achieve North Korea's denuclearization......
Korea's "Comfort Women" Rally at 900th Protest
Bundled up against a temperature of 3F, survivors of Japanese military sexual slavery, also known as the "comfort women," gathered on Jan. 13 for their 900th weekly protest......
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (ASIA-PACIFIC)
Thousands gather for Bangkok rally
Red-shirted supporters of deposed PM converge on Thai capital to demand the government's ouster....
Wen Jiabao rejects calls for yuan appreciation and blames US for worsening ties....
Thailand's flourishing ivory trade
Despite strict laws, the country remains a major transit for ivory smuggled from Africa....
Suu Kyi condemns Myanmar poll law
Opposition leader "surprised but undaunted" by "unjust" rules to keep her out of polls....
China backlash at US rights report
China accuses US of using human rights as a political tool to attack other countries....
Japan arrests anti-whaling activist
Protester could face three years in jail following arrest by Japanese coast guard....