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Scientists back UN climate panel, but call for changes - 01/26/2010

PARIS, Marlowe Hood- Leading scientists from the besieged UN climate panel are defending its integrity, even as they called for changes in the way data is collected and handled. The...

Italy says Afghan meet should look at Somalia - 01/26/2010

WASHINGTON - Italy's foreign minister called Monday for an upcoming Afghanistan conference in London to also tackle the threat of extremism from Somalia and other countries. During a visit to...

Arab ministers slam US congress satellite decision - 01/25/2010

CAIRO - Arab information ministers on Sunday slammed a US Congress bill passed in December that imposes sanctions on satellite channels deemed hostile to the United States. After a six-hour...

Israel bars Belgian minister from Gaza - 01/25/2010

JERUSALEM - Israel on Sunday barred the Belgian development minister from going to the Gaza Strip, saying his visit would give legitimacy to the Islamist Hamas movement running the territory....

British boy, 7, raises 50,000 pounds in a day for Haiti - 01/25/2010

LONDON - A seven-year-old British boy told Sunday how he raised more than 50,000 pounds (57,000 euros, 80,500 dollars) in a day for survivors of the Haiti earthquake by doing a sponsored bike ride....

Israeli minister warns of new war with Hezbollah - 01/24/2010

JERUSALEM - Israel is heading toward a new war with Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah, a cabinet minister warned Saturday in remarks carried by military radio and the popular Ynet news website....

Tear gas and shots fired at Haiti aid delivery - 01/24/2010

PORT AU PRINCE- UN troops fired warning shots and sprayed tear gas on Haitian quake survivors Saturday after a food delivery to hundreds of them spiraled out of control in the capital Saturday....

US astronaut sends first 'tweet' from space - 01/23/2010

WASHINGTON - An American astronaut sent the first "tweet" from space on Friday after getting a personal Web connection on the International Space Station. Timothy "TJ" Creamer, a NASA flight...

Britain ups terror level in line with US measures: official - 01/23/2010

WASHINGTON - Britain's decision to raise its terror alert level brings it in line with US measures announced "over the last few weeks," the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Friday....

Polanski's wife defends him over child sex - 01/22/2010

PARIS - Filmmaker Roman Polanski's wife defended him in a rare interview published Thursday, saying the 1970s, when he was convicted of having sex with a 13-year-old girl, was a "crazy" age of sexual...
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