Globe and Mail | Officials Breathe Sigh of Relief as Tsunami Passes New York Times TOKYO â€" The threat of lethal destruction from tsunami waves receded on Sunday after the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center lifted its alarms for the entire Pacific Basin. Evacuations of many coastal areas were canceled after sm » |
Globe and Mail | Chile earthquake kills 78 and triggers tsunami Times Online A massive earthquake has hit the coast of Chile, killing dozens of people, flattening buildings and triggering a tsunami. The 8.8-magnitude quake, the country's largest in 25 years, shook the capital Santiago for a minute and half at 3:34am (6:34am ... Chile devastated by major earthquake Tsunami threatens Hawaiian islands: US agency Chile well prepared |
Economist (blog) | Obama hosts summit to rescue health bill Washington Post WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama launches a last-ditch bid to salvage his st » |
FOXNews (blog) | GOP Expects Little From Obama's Health Forum New York Times WASHINGTON â€" Republican Congressional leaders on Tuesday rejected President Obama's ch » |
National Post | Obama wants power to block excessive insurance rate hikes CNN President Obama is set to unveil his proposal to overhaul health care on Monday morning. Washington (CNN) -- The Obama administration will propose legislation that would » |
Times Online | Officials: Texas plane crash targeted feds msnbc.com Bystanders watch as firefighters battle the blaze at the Echelon building in Austin, after a sm » |
The Guardian | 'Dubai police chief 99% sure Israel behind Hamas killing' Ha'aretz Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan Tamim said he is 99 percent sure Israel was involved in the January killing of a Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh at a Dubai luxury hotel, ... Another bump in the road for British-Israeli relations Hamas sources » |
Globe and Mail | Toyota President To Head Task Force For Global Quality W » |
Channel 4 News | Taliban commander held in Pakistan: US officials Reuters WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban's top military commander was captured in Pakistan, US and Pakistani officials said on Tuesday, but the move may not deal a decisive blow to a group putting up fierce resistance to a NATO offensive. ... Profile: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Mullah Barader, Afghan Taliban No. 2 Captured Secret Joint Raid Captures Taliban's Top Commander |
Globe and Mail | Train Crash Kills 20 Outside BrusselsTrain Crash Kills 20 Outside Brussels Voice of America Photo: AP Rescue workers walk along the wreckage of two commuter trains in Buizingen, Belgium Monday, 15 Feb. 2010 Officials in Belgium say at least 20 people were killed Monday when two rush-hour commuter trains collided head-on outside Brussels. ... 'Twenty dead' after Belgian trains collide in rush-hour Brussels train crash: at least 20 people killed Passenger Trains Collide Head-On in Belgium |
Times Online | Professor's arrest roils Alabama campus after shootings Los Angeles Times Amy Bishop is charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of three fellow biology professors. A Massachusetts police chief discloses that Bishop fat » |
Washington Times | Mixed GOP response to WH health summit invite San Jose Mercury News WASHINGTONâ€"Congressional Republicans sent mixed signals after President Barack Obama ch » |
Sydney Morning Herald | Friends: Bill Clinton keeps 'frenetic pace' CNN "While he eats a lot better than he used to," he still indulges, one friend tells CNN. (CNN) -- Though Bill Clinton has received lots of attention for getting healthy since his 2004 heart surgery -- losing weight, exercising more, improving his diet ... No cure for heart disease, Clinton's case shows Doctor: Clinton Most Likely Recognized Chest Pain as Serious Bill Clinton hospitalized at CUMC |
The Hindu | Iran Declares New Achievement on Enrichment New York Times PARIS â€" Ignoring United States threats of more stringent sanctions, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted on Thursday as saying Iran had produced a first batch of uranium enriched to a level of 20 percent and that ... Clashes reported as Iran marks Revolution Day Ahmadinejad: Iran produces first 20 percent-enriched uranium Iran marks revolution as opposition clashes with police |
Washington Post | In poll, Republicans gaining political ground on Obama Washington Post Republicans have significantly narrowed the gap with Democrats on who is trusted to deal with the country's problems and have sharply reduced several of President Obama's main political advantages, according to a new ... For GOP and Obama, partisan actions follow bipartisan talk |
Ha'aretz | Iran begins enriching higher grade uranium, says state TV The Guardian Iran began enrichment of higher grade uranium today, state TV said, ignoring the threat of further UN sanctions by the US and its » |
Globe and Mail | Search Goes Through The Night For More Explosion Victims Hartford Courant MIDDLETOWN â€" - A devastating explosion that was heard and felt for miles destroyed a power plant Sunday morning as workers purged a natural gas piping system, killing at least five and injuring many ... Marshals Seek Deadly Conn. Gas Plant Blast's Cause 5 workers killed in explosion at Middleton, Conn., power plant 5 dead in blast at Conn. plant |
Telegraph.co.uk | Sarah Palin lashes Obama at first Tea Party convention BBC News Former US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has spoken at the first US Tea Party convention, urging a return to conservate principles. Speaking in Nashville, Mrs Palin c » |
Globe and Mail | Tea party groups aim to form PAC Boston Globe NASHVILLE - Organizers of the National Tea Party Convention said yesterday that participants would form a political action committee aimed at electing up to 20 candidates this f » |
