Wednesday, March 10, 2010

FEATURES


by Lucile Malandain

WASHINGTON -President Barack Obama appears near a compromise to allow military tribunals to move forward for the alleged September 11 plotters in exchange for a deal to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

by Andrew Taylor

WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders announced Wednesday that they will ban the much-criticized practice of using annual spending bills to direct pet projects to for-profit companies that often return the favor with campaign contributions.

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People suspected of involvement in sectarian violence arrested by the police and military personnel are confined at the Jos police headquarters at the Dogo Nahawa village in Jos south, Plateau State.”


by Aminu Abubakar

JOS, Nigeria-Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday denounced the "atrocious" bloodshed in Nigeria after a massacre of Christian villagers, as police said 49 people would be charged over the killings.

by Joseph Krauss

RAMALLAH, West Bank-Vice President Joe Biden told Palestinian leaders on Wednesday that Washington will hold accountable any side that hurts peace prospects, pointedly citing Israel's settlement expansion plans.

BUSINESS

by P. Parameswaran

WASHINGTON-The United States will expose "troublesome" foreign trade barriers in a strategy to prize open markets for doubling American exports to create jobs, a top trade official said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON-The US Defense Department on Tuesday defended its bidding practices as fair after Europe and some US lawmakers charged that contract rules threw a major military deal to Boeing.

METRO

by Lucile Malandain

WASHINGTON-The US Supreme Court took a fresh look Tuesday at the right to bear arms in a case that could pave the way for tight controls on handgun ownership to be relaxed in cities across the United States.

by Deborah Pasmantier

WASHINGTON-Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Tuesday told lawmakers probing deadly Toyota defects that he may urge all automakers in the US market to install a safety feature to prevent sudden spikes in speed.

WORLD

by Claire Rosemberg

TALCA, Chile-Three strong aftershocks on Friday spread new fears among Chileans traumatized by a huge quake and tsunami, while visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon pledged 10 million dollars in emergency aid.

by Christophe Schmidt

WASHINGTON -With new indirect Middle East peace talks on the horizon in the coming days, the Obama administration is under pressure to bring the Palestinians and the Israelis closer to an elusive accord.

AFRICA

by Aminu Abubakar

JOS, Nigeria-UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Washington led calls for restraint on Monday after the slaughter of more than 500 Christians in Nigeria, as survivors told how the killers chopped down their victims.

by Laurence Boutreux

LOME-The Togolese government on Monday banned a march planned by opposition parties to protest the result of the country's presidential election, won by incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe.

SPORTS
Bolt, Williams win Sportsman, Sportswoman awards for 2009

ABU DHABI-Usain Bolt and Serena Williams won the 2010 Laureus sportsman and sportswoman awards on Wednesday at a ceremony in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi.

POLITICS

WASHINGTON-The White House denied Tuesday that Democrats could pay the heavy price of losing their House of Representatives majority in return for passing President Barack Obama's health reform bill.

EDUCATION
Serena to build more schools in Africa

NAIROBI -Tennis star and number one ranked female tennis player Serena Williams said on Wednesday she planned to help to build one new school every year in parts of Africa where education is beyond the reach of most children.

EDITORIAL

WASHINGTON -"Victory at Last," proclaims the magazine cover. Elections in Iraq, seven years after the US invasion, could belatedly prove former president George W. Bush right, Newsweek magazine suggests in its latest issue.

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