Iraq PM uses early lead to pursue new govt allies
Seizing on an early lead in Iraq's election, the prime minister's political coalition began reaching out to rivals Friday as partial results signaled a tight race that was unlikely to produce a clear-cut winner. |
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Israel seals off West Bank amid growing tension
Israeli forces sealed off the West Bank and massed riot squads around Jerusalem's Old City and Arab neighborhoods during Muslim weekly prayers on Friday. |
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Housing still elusive for Haiti quake victims
With torrential rains expected any day, authorities are not even close to providing the shelter they promised for tens of thousands of Haitians left homeless by January's earthquake. |
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43 dead, 100 hurt in Lahore blasts
Two suicide bombers kill at least 43 people and wound 100 in the Pakistani city of Lahore. |
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Newsweek: Russia tries obstruction as political strategy
Russia's new diplomatic strategy is cheap and counterproductive. But playing the pest is the only way for Moscow to claim relevance. |
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Official's alleged sex diary stirs anger in China
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Cuban hunger striker in hospital after passing out
A Cuban hunger striker was receiving fluids and medical care in a government hospital Friday, a day after passing out at home, and has refused requests by other dissidents and religious leaders to abandon his protest. |
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Clinton slams Israel on housing announcement
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday delivered a stinging rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his government's announcement this week of new Jewish housing in east Jerusalem, calling it "a deeply negative signal" for the Mideast peace process and ties with the U.S. |
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Organizers ax 200-year-old cheese chase
A 200-year-old English race in which competitors chase round cheeses rolling down a hillside has been canceled this year because of overcrowding concerns. |
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Mandela's ex-wife denies interview in UK paper
Nelson Mandela's ex-wife denied Friday that she had given an interview to a British newspaper in which she was quoted sharply criticizing the anti-apartheid icon. |
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Pope under fire for transfer, letter on sex abuse
Germany's sex abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese acknowledged it transferred a suspected pedophile priest while Benedict was in charge and criticism is mounting over a 2001 Vatican directive he penned instructing bishops to keep abuse cases secret. |
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Austrian govt finds mass graves of Nazi victims
At least two mass graves containing dozens of people killed by the Nazis have been found on property used by the Austrian army, government officials said Friday. An army statement suggested some of the remains may be that of U.S. pilots shot down and imprisoned during World War II. |
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Pinera govt projects $30 billion in quake damage
Calling on Chileans to dry their tears and get to work to rebuild the nation, Sebastian Pinera is already setting an example. |
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Idol s top 12 proves a need for voting lesson
So I m thinking maybe it s time people got a refresher course on this whole voting thing: The point of the competition is to vote for the very good singers and send home the ones who aren t as good. |
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Sex jokes smooth out Grey s dating issues
There are a few rules that govern which stories will work and which won't. The ones cut with comedy almost always work better than the stories that are weepy and serious throughout. |
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Leno earns strong ratings in return to late night
After a smashing return, Jay Leno appears headed to a battle with David Letterman for late-night television supremacy. |
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Just do it: The beach bucket list
These 25 quintessential Caribbean beach experiences are guaranteed to make your life list a whole lot livelier. |
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Top 10 spring break destinations
Head out for some no-holds-barred vacationing at these popular spring break hot spots. |
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Travelers vote Lima airport lounge world s best
Airport lounges can ease some of the pain of traveling, and the SUMAQ VIP lounge of Lima's international airport has been voted the world's best for 2010 by independent airport lounge program Priority Pass. |
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Top 10 hotels to celebrate St. Patrick s Day
St. Patrick's Day has become a worldwide phenomenon with festivities that occur not only in the United States and Ireland, but also in the Caribbean, New Zealand and Japan. |
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