Stance by China to Limit Google Is Risk by Beijing
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
BEIJING - This is a nation that builds dams, high-speed rail lines and skyscrapers with abandon. In newly muscular China, sheer force is not just an art, but a bedrock principle of its seemingly unstoppable rise to global prominence.
China limits Google search Los Angeles Times
Israeli official: Construction in East Jerusalem years away
CNN International - 38 minutes ago
By the CNN Wire Staff Israel's deputy PM: Will take two years to implement plans to expand E. Jerusalem settlements (CNN) -- Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor said Tuesday his government would take two years to implement plans to expand the ...
Britons queued at Ben Gurion airport as Israeli officials cloned passports
The Guardian - 2 hours ago
A British Airways flight takes off from Israel's Ben Gurion airport. Photograph: Jim Hollander/EPA Passing through Israel's Ben Gurion airport, a few miles east of Tel Aviv, is a unique experience no first-time visitor is likely to forget.
UN: Clashes on Rise in South Sudan as Polls Near
Voice of America - - 8 hours ago
A UN official says incidents of inter-tribal violence have escalated in South Sudan before key elections, killing 450 and displacing nearly 60000 since the beginning of this year.
ICC prosecutor: Sudan poll like vote under Hitler Washington Post
US and Mexico pledge more nonmilitary aid in battle against drug cartels
Washington Post - - 55 minutes ago
MEXICO CITY -- Faced with soaring drug violence that Mexico's military has failed to stem, US and Mexican officials said Tuesday that they will seek to bolster nonmilitary spending on police and courts and look for ways to help ravaged ...
US pledges more help in Mexico drug war Los Angeles Times
France likely to drop carbon tax under pressure
Xinhua - 3 hours ago
PARIS, March 23 (Xinhua) -- French Prime Minister Francois Fillon implied Tuesday that carbon tax that expected to take effect by July would face an end due to the unfair pressure it would bring to French companies.
France Abandons Plan for Carbon Tax New York Times
Man Stabs to Death Eight Students in China School
Wall Street Journal - - 4 hours ago
SHANGHAI—A former community doctor allegedly stabbed to death eight children and injured five others at an elementary school in east China's Fujian province, authorities said, as China grapples with a rise in high-profile criminal ...
8 children stabbed to death at Chinese school The Associated Press
8 school children stabbed to death Daily Times
Ex-Nazi Guilty in Wartime Murders
New York Times - - 8 hours ago
Heinrich Boere, number six on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most-wanted Nazis, was given the maximum sentence of life in prison by a German court on Tuesday for the 1944 killings of three Dutch civilians.
Nazi war criminal convicted in murders Catholic Online
Thailand government extends special security powers
BBC News - 14 hours ago
Special security powers have been extended for another week in Thailand, where thousands of anti-government protesters are encamped in the capital.
UN Group Rejects Shark Protections
New York Times - - 3 hours ago
PARIS - Delegates to a United Nations conference on endangered species voted down three of four proposals to protect sharks on Tuesday, handing another victory to Japan, China and countries opposed to the involvement of the international ...
Protections for sharks used in Chinese soup voted down MiamiHerald.com
Sharks lose fight at UN meeting The Associated Press
Kinnock: 'repulsive' trio hit Labour poll hopes
Times Online - - 4 hours ago
Lord Kinnock vented his anger yesterday towards three former Cabinet ministers who, he fears, will damage Labour's election prospects with their “repulsive” efforts to sell influence.
Putin Unveils $441M Small Business Plan
The Moscow Times - - 7 hours ago
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rolled out a new, 13 billion ruble ($441 million) plan to support small business owners in a speech Tuesday, only to be intercepted by a Moscow region entrepreneur who asked for more.
US noncommittal on Pakistan's nuclear desires
The Associated Press - - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is being noncommittal about how it will respond to Pakistan's desire to be recognized a nuclear weapons power and forge an atomic energy deal as the two countries prepare for high-level strategic talks this week.
Pakistan Pushes For Fundamental Change in Ties to US Voice of America
David Cameron attacks Labour 'lies' over free perks for elderly
Telegraph.co.uk - - 7 hours ago
David Cameron has accused Labour for telling “lies” about his policies as part of a plot to frighten off pensioners from voting Conservative.
David Cameron's wife is pregnant BBC News
North Koreans fear another famine amid economic crisis
Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago
Women who fled to China describe acute shortages and anger after a disastrous currency revaluation. As an ailing Kim Jong Il tries to secure his son's ascension, some people are beginning to speak out.
Violent storm hits Western Australia
Press TV - 33 minutes ago
Severe thunderstorms have struck the Western Australian city of Perth, causing flooding, landslides and wind damage which amount to tens of millions of dollars.
Turkish envoy won't return if US labels Armenian deaths 'genocide'
Washington Post - - 5 hours ago
ANKARA, TURKEY -- Turkey will not send its recalled ambassador back to Washington until the Obama administration and Congress make clear they will not judge Turkish history, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Tuesday.
Spain's Government Seeking to Block Genocide Bill Asbarez News
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