Aid Agencies Struggle to Help Indonesian Quake Victims Voice of America
Aid agencies are struggling to get assistance to the thousands of victims of the recent 8.7 magnitude earthquake in northern Indonesia.
Rescue efforts continue in Indonesia CBC News
UN: Indonesia Quake Claimed over 500 Lives Sofia News Agency
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Mugabe Predicts Win in Zimbabwe Elections ABC News
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe greets supporters of his ZANU-PF party, Wednesday, March 30, 2005 during his last election rally in Harare before the start of parliamentary elections on Thursday.
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US Offers Hand to Kyrgyzstan Leadership ABC News
US Ambassador in Kyrgyzstan Stephen Young, left, shakes hands with Omurbek Tekebayev, speaker of the Parliament during their meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, March 30, 2005.
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Jewish Settlers Urged to Give Up Weapons Guardian
Jewish settlers should hand over their weapons before the planned Gaza withdrawal this summer to prevent any chance of bloody confrontations with Israeli troops over the dismantling of settlements, a settler leader said Wednesday. Ultranationalist lawmaker Effie Eitam also said troops should be barred from carrying firearms at the time of the withdrawal.
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Pope gets feeding tube Catholic World News
Doctors have installed a "nasal-gastric" tube to provide Pope John Paul II with nourishment, the Vatican has disclosed.
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Iraq MPs regroup to break impasse BBC News
Iraqi lawmakers have regrouped in a further effort to break the deadlock over the appointment of a president and a speaker of parliament.
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Pro-Syrian Lebanese Premier Postpones His Expected Resignation New York Times
Opposition parties gained ground on Tuesday in their struggle to push aside the country's pro-Syrian government, with both the prime minister and the chief of the country's powerful military intelligence agency signaling their intention to quit. Prime Minister Omar Karami, who resigned last month and had spent the intervening weeks trying to form a new government, postponed an expected announcement today that he would quit. Mr. Karami, who led a pro-Syrian government until public demonstrations forced him out, lost all hope of persuading the opposition to join him in a new government, his spokesman, Osman Majzoub, said.
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Iran Leader Takes Reporters to Nuke Plant ABC News
Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, right, listens to an official during his visit to the Natanz uranium enrichment facilities, some 200 miles (322 km) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 30, 2005.
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Sudan says UN resolution bad for Darfur security San Diego Union Tribune
Sudan said on Wednesday a UN resolution imposing sanctions on those responsible for violence in troubled Darfur would make it harder to disarm combatants and would endanger lives in the remote region.
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US soldier testifies shooting of injured Iraqi "honourable" Aljazeera.com
A US Army tank company commander, on trial for shooting an unarmed, wounded Iraqi man, told a military court Wednesday that he shot the man "to put him out of his misery" and said the killing was "honourable.
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Marburg Outbreak Breeds Fear in Angola Hospitals Reuters.uk
Amid fears the deadly Marburg virus may reach Angola's capital, staff at state hospitals in tatters after a ruinous civil war said on Wednesday the government must do more to protect them.
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Charles and Camilla select music BBC News
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles have chosen a young Russian contralto to perform at a church blessing, after their civil wedding.
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US Court to Hear New Schiavo Appeal Voice of America
A US federal appeals court has agreed to hear an emergency appeal by the parents of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo to have her feeding tube re-attached.
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Earth has suffered irreversible damage: study CTV
Humans are damaging Earth at such an unprecedented rate that the strain on the planet may not yield to future generations, according to a landmark international study.
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Red Lake chair defends son Native Times
The leader of the Red Lake tribe issued a statement following the news that his son was arrested in connection with the mass shooting at the reservation’s high school.
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38 freed as not 'enemy combatants' International Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON The Pentagon has announced that military tribunals have determined that 38 of 558 detainees at Guantánamo Bay were not "enemy combatants" and ordered them released without compensation from the navy base in Cuba.
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Top soldier in Iraq okayed illegal methods, ACLU says Globe and Mail
The former top US military chief in Iraq authorized the use of illegal techniques during interrogations, the American Civil Liberties Union said yesterday.
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Older workers get a new tool to fight age discrimination Christian Science Monitor
A Supreme Court ruling Wednesday opens the door to lawsuits regarding age bias that may be unintentional. Older workers don't necessarily have to prove an employer intentionally favored younger employees in order to sue under a federal age discrimination law. In an important ruling expanding the scope of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the US Supreme Court on Wednesday said workplace policies that disadvantage older workers - even if not directly caused by age bias - can be a form of illegal age discrimination.
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Va. Man Accused in Bush Plot Granted Exam ABC News
Judge Rules Va. Man Accused of Plotting to Kill President Bush Can Have Independent Medical Exam. By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press Writer.
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Bush Chides Lawmakers Over Social Security ABC News
President Bush, sits down with Kathleen Banowetz of Ely, Iowa, as he takes his Social Security reform crusade to Cedar Rapids, making his first stop of the day at the Spring House Family Restaurant for a radio interview with conservative talk show host ...
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One dead in I-80 Vallejo collision San Jose Mercury News
One person died this morning in a wreck in the fast lane of Interstate 80 in Vallejo, a CHP officer said. Someone called 911 at 7:48 am to report a vehicle pinned against the center divider by a big rig, CHP Officer Julianne Burke said.
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Bush Panel to Say Dissenting Views on Intel Needed Reuters
A presidential commission will propose changes to ensure dissenting views within the nation's spy agencies are reviewed and will fault prewar intelligence estimates for ...
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Court has again refused to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case CBC News
A federal appeals court has again refused to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case after her parents asked for a new hearing on whether to reconnect her feeding tube, raising their fading hopes of keeping the severely brain-damaged woman alive. It was not clear what effect reconnecting Terri Schiavo's feeding tube would have on her, as she approached her 13th day without nourishment. The Schindlers visited their daughter Wednesday morning at her hospice and urged their supporters to keep trying. "I was pleasantly surprised by what I saw," Bob Schindler said. "So she's still fighting, and we'll keep fighting."
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WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court has rejected another emergency request seeking to reinsert Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.

Zimbabweans cast votes amid election controversy CBC New Brunswick
Zimbabweans have begun casting ballots in a parliamentary election that President Robert Mugabe hopes will cement his ruling party's 25-year hold on the country.
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NZ ready to give more assistance to Indonesian quake-hit areas Xinhua
The New Zealand government is funding aid to the Indonesian earthquake-hit areas and said further help was ready when a full picture of disaster unfolded.
Workers Rush Food to Quake-Stricken Island ABC News
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IG for UN cites how oil probe blocked Washington Times
UN inspector-general Dileep Nair yesterday accused the second-ranking official at the United Nations of impeding his efforts to take his concerns about the Iraqi oil-for-food program to the Security Council.
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Iran, EU to resume talks on Iran's nuclear program Xinhua
Iran and the European Union (EU) will resume negotiations on Iran's nuclear program on April 10, Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said on Wednesday.
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Akayev gets security guarantee Xinhua
In Kyrgyzstan, the new leadership has promised to guarantee the safety of President Askar Akayev, if he returns to the country.
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American kidnapped with Romanian journalists CNN
An American citizen was kidnapped along with the three Romanian journalists abducted Monday in Iraq, the US State Department said Wednesday.
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US officer says he killed Iraqi to `put him out of his misery' Kansas City Star
His voice steady, US Army Capt. Roger Maynulet explained to his court-martial jury Wednesday how he raised his rifle and centered the crosshairs of his scope on ...
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Hariri killing: UNSC seeks independent probe Hindu
The UN Security Council is moving towards establishment of an independent international investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister, Rafik al-Hariri, with the United States and France circulating ...
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Abbas Orders Crackdown After Attack San Francisco Chronicle
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas ordered a crackdown on Ramallah militants early Thursday after a group of gunmen fired at his compound while he was inside, security officials said.
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Lebanon PM fails to form cabinet Financial Times
Omar Karameh, Lebanon's prime minister designate, informed President Emile Lahoud yesterday that he had been unable to form a cabinet but stopped short of formally submitting his resignation.
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US Avoids Political Fight Among Iraqis Washington Post
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Seal of the Hunter Winston-Salem Journal
Thousands of sealers have begun the world's largest seal hunt on the ice floes off eastern Canada, one expected to bring poor coastal communities millions of dollars but condemned by animal-rights activists as barbaric.
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China offers Taipei incentives Boston Globe
Beijing proposed economic sweeteners for Taiwan last night in a meeting with the island's opposition Nationalist Party, which once ruled all of China, to soften the blow of a law that mandates war.
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7, 9 to show royal wedding live Daily Telegraph
THE Seven and Nine networks will broadcast live the church blessing of Prince Charles of Wales' marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles.
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US Experts Heading for Angola to Help Stop Marburg Spread Daily News Central
The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is working closely with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other international partners to assist the Ministry of Health in Angola with the investigation and response to the Marburg virus outbreak.
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Spain risks US anger by selling arms to Chavez Independent
Spain's socialist Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, has been forced to defend a decision to sell arms worth €1.3bn (£900m) to the left-wing Venezuelan President, Hugo ...
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High Court Rejects New Schiavo Request ABC News
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Scout leader faces prison Washington Times
A longtime leader of the Boy Scouts of America pleaded guilty to a federal charge of distributing child pornography on the Internet here yesterday.
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Bewildered Tribe Looks Warily Inward New York Times
RED LAKE, Minn., March 30 - As federal agents tried to decide whether any more students should face criminal charges in an attack that left 10 people dead and spattered the halls of Red Lake High School with blood and spent ammunition, people on this ...
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Big waste of time Los Angeles Daily News
Enduring commutes far worse than most Americans, Southern Californians spend at least 120 hours a year driving to their jobs -- and that's equal to three full weeks at their workplaces ...
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Age bias claim filing is easier Detroit Free Press
A controversial Supreme Court decision makes it easier for older workers to file age discrimination cases against employers but also makes it less likely the plaintiffs would win in court.
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Senate backs embryonic stem-cell research 35-2 Berkshire Eagle
A bill smoothing the way for scientists to conduct medical research using human embryonic stem cells won overwhelming approval from the state Senate yesterday, but faces a more contentious ...
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Captain Pleas Guilty KTVA
The captain of the Selendang Ayu, MAKES A PLEA in federal court this afternoon. IF YOULL RECALL LAST DECEMBER THE FREIGHTER SPLIT IN HALF AND STARTED SPILLING ITS OIL JUST OFF UNALASKA.
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TEEN SLAIN FOR DENYING KISS New York Post
A 15-year-old girl was shot dead after refusing a man's demand for a kiss, authorities said.
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Possible Cause of Deadly Refinery Blast Identified Los Angeles Times (subscription)
Investigators said it appeared likely some sort of spark combined with hydrocarbon liquid and vapor to set off the fiery refinery explosion that killed 15 people and injured more than 100 others in Texas City last week.
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