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Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from elections (AP) — 2010-03-10

AP - A new election law issued by Myanmar's ruling military bars pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from joining a political party and thus from running in upcoming elections, state-run newspapers said Wednesday.

Israel, Syria pursue nuclear-powered Mideast (AP) — 2010-03-10

AP - Is the Middle East about to go officially nuclear?

Ex-spy chief: US misled allies over detainees (AP) — 2010-03-09
AP - United States intelligence agencies misled key allies, including Britain, about its mistreatment of suspected terrorists, the former head of the country's domestic spy agency, MI5, said Tuesday.
 

Suspect: Charges in Argentine bomb case are 'lies' (AP) — 2010-03-10
AP - An Iranian accused of masterminding the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center that killed 85 people dismissed the allegations as "lies" on Tuesday and said he won't appear before an Argentine court.
 

China, India give qualified nod to climate deal (AP) — 2010-03-09

AP - China joined India on Tuesday in giving qualified approval to the Copenhagen climate accord calling for voluntary limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

Israel: Did the Alleged Mossad Hit in Dubai Really Help? (Time.com) — 2010-03-09
Time.com - While all the signs point to Mossad as the perpetrator and the Israelis are hardly denying it, the killing of a top Hamas operative may have caused the Israelis problems on other fronts
 

UK's Miliband urges push for Afghan peace deal (Reuters) — 2010-03-10

Reuters - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Afghans on Wednesday to push energetically for a peace settlement with Taliban insurgents and said Afghanistan's neighbors must support such an agreement.

Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan (AP) — 2010-03-10

AP - Vice President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday — a disagreement that tarnished a high-profile visit that had been aimed at repairing ties with the Jewish state and kickstarting Mideast peace talks.

US-born capo, drug lord's brother fight for cartel (AP) — 2010-03-10

AP - Authorities say a U.S.-born hitman is fighting the brother of a deceased drug lord for control of the Beltran-Leyva cartel, marking what may be the first time an American has risen to the very top ranks of Mexican gangs.

Christians flee after Nigeria's massacre (AFP) — 2010-03-10

AFP - Fresh gunfire has sent Christian villagers in Nigeria fleeing as a senior official accused the country's military chiefs of having ignored warnings about last weekend's massacre.

Bali bombing suspect confirmed dead in police raid (AP) — 2010-03-10
AP - Indonesia's president says a top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the 2002 Bali bombings has been identified as the man shot dead by police in a raid on the island of Java.
 

Air Canada learns that hockey trumps flying (Reuters) — 2010-03-10
Reuters - Canada's largest airline has learned it sometimes has to take a back seat to the country's biggest sporting passion, ice hockey, the head of Air Canada said on Tuesday.
 

'Miracle' birth of baby elephant, says zoo (AFP) — 2010-03-10

AFP - A baby elephant believed to have died during labour was born alive at an Australian zoo on Wednesday, amazing its keepers and defying expert opinion that such an outcome would take a "miracle".

Israel rebuffs Biden by announcing new settlement construction (McClatchy Newspapers) — 2010-03-09

McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — Hours after the arrival Tuesday of Vice President Joe Biden to help launch indirect Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Israel announced the construction of 1,600 homes in a settlement block in mostly Arab East Jerusalem, an open rebuff that led Biden to issue a sharply worded condemnation.

Japan's Hatoyama tries to shift more power to the politicians (The Christian Science Monitor) — 2010-03-09
The Christian Science Monitor - For decades, Japan's weekly political calendar was fixed. Before the cabinet met on Tuesdays, the top civil servants from each ministry would meet on Mondays. If the bureaucrats had not already set government policy, the wags said, the ministers would have nothing to rubber stamp.