UN chief Ban Ki-moon pays an emotional tribute at a memorial service to the 101 UN staff who died in the Haiti earthquake.

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Gates Ambles Through a Former Taliban Village
New York Times
NOW ZAD, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates took a stroll on Tuesday through a village market in this former Taliban sanctuary in Helmand Province, but the lone street of shops was so sleepy that it looked as if ...
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US Vice-President Joe Biden condemns Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes for ultra-Orthodox Jews in East Jerusalem.

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Biden pledges US commitment to Israeli security
Los Angeles Times
But the vice president also condemns Israel's announcement of new construction in East Jerusalem, saying it 'undermines the trust we need right now' as peace talks are set to begin. By Paul Richter Reporting from Jerusalem - Vice President Joe Biden on ...
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Ravaged Nigerian Village Haunted by Horror
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DOGO NA HAWA, Nigeria — Nightmare images haunt this dusty sun-baked village, fresh memories of tall young men emerging from darkness to slash the unarmed with long knives in a frenzy of ethnic and religious hatred. ...
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Two goals from Cameron Jerome inspire Birmingham to a battling win against bottom-club Portsmouth at Fratton Park.

Nicklas Bendtner silences his recent critics with a hat-trick as Arsenal see off Porto in emphatic fashion to reach the Champions League quarter-finals.

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Nouri al-Maliki and Ayad Allawi both claim victory in Iraq elections
Times Online
The two front-runners in Iraq's national election both claimed victory yesterday after the authorities postponed announcing the result. The electoral alliances led by the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his predecessor Ayad Allawi are neck and neck ...
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Stormont votes to take over Northern Ireland policing powers
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The cap fits: Stormont is now expected to take control of policing and justice powers in Northern Ireland, in a deal that secures £800m for the assembly and 1200 extra police officers. Photograph: Rex Features A 15-year search for a political ...
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Turkey's Ambassador Not Returning to US Yet
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Photo: AP Turkey says its US ambassador will not return to Washington until Congress clarifies its stand on a "genocide" resolution discussing mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks more than 90 years ago. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ...
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Seven held in Ireland over Swedish cartoonist 'plot'
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DUBLIN — Irish police arrested seven Muslims suspected of conspiracy to murder Tuesday over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who drew the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog, they said. The four men and three women were arrested in the ...
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A US TV producer pleads guilty to attempting to blackmail US chat show host David Letterman over his affairs.

The US apologises for comments made after Libya's Col Gaddafi called for a holy war against Switzerland.

A new medal to honour the courage of ordinary people who helped others escape the Nazis has been given to two men at Downing Street by Gordon Brown.

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New wrinkle in Joe Biden agenda: 1600 units in Israeli settlement
Christian Science Monitor
As US Vice President Joe Biden prepares to meet Palestinians tomorrow, the Interior Ministry announced 1600 new housing units in an Israeli settlement today. The move could disrupt a newly agreed restart of Israeli-Palestinian talks. ...
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Gates Sees Obama War Plan Gains, Risks in Afghan Combat Zone
BusinessWeek
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates heard from front-line participants in the Afghan war today, pinning awards for bravery on US soldiers and Marines and shaking hands with farmers selling goods in a revived market. ...
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Kilmarnock host Rangers and St Mirren face Motherwell in the Scottish Premier League, while it's a busy night in the Scottish Football League.

Arsenal take on Porto for a place in the Champions League quarter-finals and, in the Premier League, Portsmouth host Birmingham and Sunderland play Bolton.

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Iran maneuvering Israel in a show of nuclear strength
Ha'aretz
The central mystery in the Middle East nowadays has little to do with the hit on a Hamas agent in Dubai but with Iran's actions. On February 14, in the presence of IAEA inspectors, Iran moved nearly all its stockpile of ...
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Some Iraq Results Coming Wednesday
New York Times
BAGHDAD — Iraq's electoral commission said Tuesday that it would announce partial results of parliamentary elections on Wednesday, providing an incomplete picture of the vote that will nevertheless provide the broad outlines of the ...
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