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Breaking News Tue, 9 Mar 2010
Residents walk past a burnt car in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. More than 200 people, most of them Christians, were slaughtered on Sunday in central Nigeria, according to residents, aid groups and journalists. The local government gave a figure more than twice that amount, but offered no casualty list or other information to substantiate it.
Nigeria   Photos   Religious   Violence   Woman  
 ABC News 
Nigeria Urged to Investigate Religious Violence
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press Writer | JOS, Nigeria March 9, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press | A woman cries during a funeral for victims in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the... ... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
This is an image taken from TV showing a mass grave for victims in the town of Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, about three miles (five kilometers) south of the city of Jos, Monday, March 8, 2010
Dealth   Muslims   Nigeria   Photos   Violence  
 Al Jazeera 
Nigerians bury massacre victims
| Nigerians are burying victims of a massacre of predominantly Christian villagers near the central city of Jos, blamed on a Muslim group. | The burials in mass graves using mechanical excav... (photo: AP / APTN)
Andal Ampatuan Jr., the principal suspect in last year's massacre of 57 journalists and members of a rival's family, leaves his cell escorted by National Bureau of Investigations agents Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 in Manila, Philippines.  Inquirer 
Militiaman surfaces to tag Ampatuans in Nov. 23 massacre
| MANILA, Philippines—A man claiming to be among the gunmen who killed 57 people, including 32 media workers, in Maguindanao, has surfaced to boost the accusations against members of the Ampatuan clan... (photo: AP / Pat Roque)
Court   Killing   Massacre   Philippines   Photos  
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates walks with Maj. Wayne Don, Advisor for the Mongolian Expeditionary Task Force, and Mongolian Lt. Col. Javkhlanbayar, senior representative of the contingent, at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 8, 2010.  The New York Times 
Gates Praises Troops in Southern Afghanistan
| Filed at 3:02 a.m. ET | FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit Tuesday that its heavy losses have helped the U.S. begin... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen)
Afghanistan   Defense   Photos   Troops   US  
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In this June 10, 2008 file photo, rapper Lil' Wayne makes an appearance on MTV's "Total Request Live" show at MTV Studios in Times Square in New York. National Post
Lil Wayne sentenced to one year in jail
 ReutersMarch 9, 2010 12:00 AM   | After whirlwind goodbyes to fans, diminutive U.S. rapper Lil Wayne was sentenced to one year in jail yesterday after he pleaded guil... (photo: AP / Peter Kramer)
Crime   Jail   New York   Photos   Singer  
Vice President Joseph Biden, center, enters a car upon his arrival to Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 8, 2010. Biden arrived to Israel Monday, the first leg of a five-day tour of the Middle East. Biden's trip is the highest-level visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories yet by an Obama administration official. Al Jazeera
Fresh Middle East talks hit a wall
| Israel's move to expand illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank has threatened to sabotage newly agreed indirect talks with the Palestinian Authority before they ... (photo: AP / Baz Ratner)
Israel   Palestine   Peace   Photos   US  
President George W. Bush addresses the United States Chamber of Commerce Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, in Washington, D.C. The President spoke on the state of the economy and thanked the Chamber and its members for "efforts to support the spirit of free enterprise, and to advance the interests of business, large and small, across our great country." BBC News
Ex-President Bush in Tory phone plea on NI devolution
| Ex-US president George W Bush has asked David Cameron to try to get the Ulster Unionists to back devolution of justice and policing in Northern Ireland. | The NI Assemb... (photo: White House / Eric Draper)
Bush   Photos   Politics   US   Ulster  
File - Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki talking with people in Baghdad The Independent
Coalition led by Maliki ahead in poll
| Early estimates from a range of Iraqi parties yesterday predicted a coalition led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki would take the lead in the parliamentary election, t... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
Election   Iraq   Mideast   Peace   Photos  
North America Europe
- AS HE HEADS TO DALLAS --> Clottey on Roach KO claims: I have
- US firm to put IIM-L students on biz network
- US woman indicted for planning attacks in Europe, South Asia
- Researchers back cancer-fighting properties of papaya
Barack Obama shoots on the White House basketball court .jpg
Greek PM not looking for aid in meeting with Obama
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- Arrests over theft of Cyprus ex-leader's corpse
- UST keeps overall title
- Dollar gains as ratings agencies warn on Europe
- US woman indicted for planning attacks in Europe, South Asia
Turkish survivors warm themselves around a fire after they spent the night in tents in Yalnizcam village in the eastern province of Elazig, Turkey, Tuesday, March 9, 2010,one day after a strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey eaarly Monday, killing at least 57 people and knocking down houses in at least six small villages, the government said.
Survivors struggle to pick up pieces after Turkey temblor
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Asia Middle East
- Korea unveils the 'future of transport' - the Online
- Honeymoon in Maldives for Rahul
- Changing China From Within
- Lilia sells food in the streets but hasn't heard of micr
local resident patronize a sidewalk vendor selling different kinds of deepfried delights - Philippines
Lilia sells food in the streets but hasn't heard of microfinance
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- A third of world's jailed journalists in Iran - CPJ
- Yemen offers talks with separatists as unrest flares
- Visiting Biden condemns new Israel settlement plan
- Dubai Police official denies media reports about arresting s
Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos concedes defeat in a brief speech at his campaign headquarters in Nicosia, Cyprus, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. Papadopoulos was eliminated Sunday from Cyprus' presidential runoff in a major surprise after a cliffhanger election that saw three candidates neck-and-neck until the last minute. Communist party leader Demetris Christofias, 61, and 59-year-old former Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides of the right-wing DISY party will now vie for the five-year presidency in next Sunday's runoff
Ex-president's body stolen for ransom, Cyprus says
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Latin America Africa
- Authorities crack down on finch-fighting rings
- Demand for Lithium Is Poised to Take Off
- A carnival of Brazilian flavours
- Trade war looms as Brazil raises tariffs on wide range of US
A cane cutter works in Batatais, Brazil, in this Aug. 28, 2007 file photo. Booming Brazil is in overdrive with test drilling at a potentially mammoth offshore oil field, trucks jamming ports to offload soy shipments for China, biofuel production galore and plenty of cash for mega-infrastructure projects ranging from bridges to dams
EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports
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- Half of Food Aid to Somalia Is Diverted, Report Says
- Senegalese filmmaker, festival founder Mahama Johnson Traore
- Nigerian Christian villagers flee threats of fresh attacks b
- Kenyan-flagged ship hijacked off Somalia
President Hosni Mubarak attends a joint press cEgyptian onference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (tmg1)
What will it Take for Change to Come to Egypt?
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Australia Caribbean
- Our beautiful boy is still in front of our eyes: Gurshan'
- Demand for Lithium Is Poised to Take Off
- Guilty of bad English
- Dubai's police chief accuses Mossad of 'vast falsifi
Whale shark
Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks
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- Britain makes fresh protests to US over stance on Falklands
- IFC to aid Haiti firms with $35 mln aid program
- Clinton says elections key to Haiti stability
- Clinton says elections key to Haiti stability
Haiti's President Rene Preval attends a Food for Life Summit in Managua, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. The Summit's host, Nicaragua's President Ortega, said the Central American region needs to finance farming, ensure basic food supplies, and form a production and marketing alliance to promote local farm goods to confront the worldwide food crisis as a gro
Haiti looking to reschedule election
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