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| Clashes in Pakistan protests | |
| Police in the Pakistani city of Karachi have used sticks to beat up protesters outside the high court, as lawyers begin an anti-government protest march. | |
| Date: 12 March 2009 - Added by: paul | |
| Views: 757 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Pakistan activists launch their long march for justice - 12 Mar 09 | |
| Pakistani lawyers and political activists have begun an anti-government four-day protest march in the city of Karachi. | |
| Date: 12 March 2009 - Added by: paul | |
| Views: 750 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Shoe-throwing journalist jailed | |
| An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at then-US President George Bush in a protest against US involvement in Iraq has been sentenced to three years in prison. | |
| Date: 12 March 2009 - Added by: paul | |
| Views: 738 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 4 | |
| Obama pick 'too critical of Israel' - 11 Mar 09 | |
| US President Barack Obama's choice for a top intelligence post has been described as the "wrong guy for the job" who has made statements against Israel that are "way over the top". That is the view of New York Democratic Senator, Charles Schumer, about Charles Freeman. Freeman had been Obama's pick to head the US National Intelligence Council. The Council oversees US spy agencies. Freeman has now withdrawn. It is the latest embarrassment for a president struggling to staff his new administration. Al Jazeera's Shihab Rattansi reports. | |
| Date: 11 March 2009 - Added by: paul | |
| Views: 764 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 5 | |
| Iran may accept Turkey as mediator in ties with US | |
| Problems between Iran and the US cannot be solved overnight, but the two have adopted a new stance based on good will. The comment came from Turkish President Abdullah Gül, who is visiting the Iranian capital Tehran. | |
| Date: 11 March 2009 - Added by: paul | |
| Views: 800 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 4.34 | |
| Onion: First Female Dictator Hailed As Step Forward For Women | |
| Amivi Gama's violent rise to power in East Timor has proved that women are just as capable as men when it comes to brutality and oppression. | |
| Date: 10 March 2009 - Added by: paul | |
| Views: 791 - Votes: 8 - Rating: 4.5 | |
| Onion: Kim Jong Il Announces Plan To Bring Moon To North Korea | |
| From Onion News Network International: North Korea's space program will capture the moon and bring it home, a feat no Western nation could accomplish. | |
| Date: 10 March 2009 - Added by: paul | |
| Views: 739 - Votes: 8 - Rating: 3.25 | |
| Putin song banned from Eurovision | |
| The organizers of the Eurovision contest have informed the participants from Georgia that the lyrics of their song do not comply with the rules of the competition. | |
| Date: 10 March 2009 - Added by: paul | |
| Views: 727 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| China Slowdown - China | |
| March 2009 | |
| Date: 09 March 2009 - Added by: paul | |
| Views: 715 - Votes: 5 - Rating: 5 | |
| Obama Ends Funding Ban for Stem Cell Research | |
| President Barack Obama ended a ban on federal funding of stem cell research. Obama's decision is a sharp reversal of the policies enacted by President George W. Bush. (March 9) | |
| Date: 09 March 2009 - Added by: paul | |
| Views: 774 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |