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CNN

White House Defends Pre-September 11 Plans
Voice of America - 40 minutes ago
The White House is sharply disputing testimony from a former counter-terrorism official who says the Bush administration did not consider terrorism an urgent threat before the 2001 attacks on the United States.
How will White House fare in 9-11 investigation? Kalamazoo Gazette
9/11 Commissioners Reserve Judgment On Bush KIROtv.com
Center For American Progress - Christian Science Monitor - Working for Change - CNN - and 1091 related »

The Scotsman

Gadhafi gets meeting with Blair
The Globe and Mail - 6 hours ago
Tripoli, Libya British Prime Minister Tony Blair strolled through a Libyan honour guard Thursday, then was whisked off for a meeting with Col. Moammar Gadhafi that marks a major step back into the international mainstream for the North African state.
Blair Makes Historic Visit To Libya Cybercast News Service
Blair goes for hands-on approach Reuters
The Times, UK (subscription) - International Herald Tribune - FOX News - Washington Post - and 503 related »

European Union Hits Microsoft with Fine, Curbs
Miami Herald - and 1816 related »

Microsoft No-Comments On Next-Gen Console Plans
Extreme Tech - and 65 related »

Kobe's Lawyers Want Sex Details Included in Trial
FOX News - and 795 related »

Judge Orders Brown To Pay Child Support Or Go To Jail
Milwaukee Channel.com - and 354 related »

Hospitals Could Pay Price to Mend Medicare
TheStreet.com - and 509 related »


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CNN International

Crude bomb found under French railway line after threat
New Zealand Herald - 10 minutes ago
A crude explosive device was found buried under the track of a railway line 145km east of Paris yesterday, 12 days after a mysterious terrorist group renewed its threat to attack the French rail network.
Shadowy Group Suspends French Rail Bomb Threat Reuters
Group Suspends Train Bomb Threats in France FOX News
Voice of America - Capital News 9 - Melbourne Herald Sun - Bloomberg - and 434 related »

CNN

Palestinians Support Women, Children As Suicide Bombers
Cybercast News Service - 5 minutes ago
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Palestinian society is willing to accept terror attacks carried out by women and children because they see themselves as "one person" in the struggle against Israel, a prominent Palestinian human rights expert said ...
Palestinian Would-Be Suicide Bomber Is Nabbed in the Nick of Time ABC News
Palestinian teen stopped with vest bomb CNN
Christian Broadcasting Network - Independent Online - Boston Herald - The West Australian - and 356 related »

Middle East Online

Gaza "martyr" artists brace for boom in business
Reuters - 1 hour ago
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinians fear a frenzy of violence after Israel's assassination of Hamas's leader but in impoverished Gaza some are bracing for a boom in business -- artists who create posters of "martyrs" killed by Israeli troops.
A View of a Kill TIME
World Summary Financial Times
Forbes - Jerusalem Post - Melbourne Herald Sun - Voice of America - and 3478 related »

U.S. »

Houston Chronicle

Democrat Kerry reaches out to black press
MLive.com - 50 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) John Kerry celebrated his status as the leader of the Democratic Party on Thursday with shows of unity from former rivals, former presidents and others who are putting aside their differences to help him cast President ...
Democrat leaders unite for Kerry swissinfo
Bush Call Kerry a Tax Raiser in TV Ad Miami Herald
GOPUSA - WTVM - Washington Post - USA Today - and 289 related »

Texas refineries alerted to election-time threat
Houston Chronicle - 5 minutes ago
The FBI issued an advisory Wednesday in response to intelligence it received that oil refineries in Texas may be targeted for terrorist attacks.
FBI Warns Texas Oil Industry of Possible Attack Reuters
BP Texas City maintains high security after FBI warning Forbes
News 8 Austin - USA Today - Dallas Morning News (subscription) - KTVO - and 92 related »

Stocks Rise, Large Cap Techs Lead Gains
Reuters - 25 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks rose sharply on Thursday, led by large cap technology issues like Intel and Microsoft, as investors rushed to buy shares after they hit year lows earlier this week.
Bargain Hunters Return FOX News
US stocks jump, blue-chips up from year lows Forbes
Sify - MSN Money - and 16 related »

Business »

TechNewsWorld

European Union Hits Microsoft with Fine, Curbs
Miami Herald - 45 minutes ago
Mar. 25 - Yesterday's ruling by the European Union that slapped a $613 million fine on Microsoft Corp., and imposed strict controls on how it markets its Windows-based software, opens ...
Chris Barton: Two steps ahead of Mr Plod New Zealand Herald
The record-setting antitrust fine imposed by the Washington Post
Computerwire.info (subscription) - International Herald Tribune - TechNewsWorld - WinInformant.com - and 1816 related »

BBC News

Shell, Libya in Oil and Gas Partnership
Reuters - 1 hour ago
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell seized on warmer ties between Libya and the West to sign an industrial partnership with the oil-rich country on Thursday, 20 years after the company stopped work there.
Shell confirms new Libya agreement Ireland Online
ANALYSIS-Libya seen saving best prizes for the US Forbes
Guardian - Financial Times - Bloomberg - ShortNews.com - and 125 related »

BBC News

Apple's Saucy Mini
Motley Fool - 25 minutes ago
Rumors of the runaway success of the tiny brethren of the Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPod are justified today. Apple said that it will have to delay its launch of the iPod mini overseas due to the "much stronger than expected ...
Apple Moves iPod mini Worldwide Availability to July Apple Hot News
Mini Ipod Delayed The Scotsman
Seattle Post Intelligencer - CNET News.com - Reuters - Globetechnology.com - and 54 related »

Sci/Tech »

BBC News

Microsoft No-Comments On Next-Gen Console Plans
Extreme Tech - 55 minutes ago
In a humbling example of how a rumor can develop a life of its own, Microsoft bucked the conventional wisdom by avoiding the subject of its next-generation console at the opening of the Game Developers Conference. Instead, as mentioned already, Microsoft ...
Microsoft unveils XNA for developers ElectricNews.net
MS reveals XNA for game dev Digit Magazine
Geek.com - New York Times - BBC News - PC Pro - and 65 related »

Borneo Bulletin

NASA discovers salty sea on Mars
Borneo Bulletin - 6 hours ago
This microscopic mosaic image of the rock named 'Last Chance,' taken by the Mars Opportunity Rover and released by NASA, Tuesday March 23, 2004, shows textures that scientists say provides evidence sediments forming the rock were laid down by flowing ...
Analysis: Mars water discoveries loom huge United Press International
Traces of long-lost 'salty sea' found on Mars USA Today
Houston Chronicle - New York Times - Washington Post - CNN - and 618 related »

VNUNet.com

BPI threatens legal action over P2P
VNUNet.com - 10 minutes ago
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is threatening to take legal action against a small hardcore of file sharers "offering hundreds and often thousands of files over the internet", out of the seven million people in the UK it ...
BPI gets heavy with file-swappers in IM campaign NetImperative
UK filesharers face court action Daily Variety (subscription)
The Times, UK (subscription) - Revolution Magazine - PC Pro - p2pnet.net - and 66 related »

Sports »

CNN International

Kobe's Lawyers Want Sex Details Included in Trial
FOX News - 2 hours ago
EAGLE, Colo. Kobe Bryant (search)arrived at court Thursday for a second day of a closed-door hearing where his attorneys are fighting to bring details of his accuser's sex life into trial and to exclude some evidence concerning the NBA superstar.
Acquaintances of Bryant's accuser expected to testify San Jose Mercury News
UPI NewsTrack Sports Washington Times
Voice of America - Reuters - San Francisco Chronicle - Newark Star Ledger - and 795 related »

Indiana Pacers Team Report - March 25
Sports Network - 3 hours ago
(Sports Network) - Ron Artest had 20 points and eight rebounds to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 103-99 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday at Conseco Fieldhouse.
With O'Neal out, Pacers activate Brezec, sit Bender Indianapolis Star
Pacers' O'Neal to miss game with bone bruise to left knee USA Today
Reuters - San Francisco Chronicle - FOX Sports - ESPN - and 415 related »

CNN International

Olympic Torch Lighted, Amid Rush to Finish Athens Venues
New York Times - 10 minutes ago
OLYMPIA, Greece, March 25 Using the rays of the sun shining on a mirror, the Olympic torch was set aflame today in this ancient Greek city where the Games were born nearly 3,000 years ago.
Olympic flame lit in Athens CBC News
Olympic torch embarks on world tour The Times, UK (subscription)
Voice of America - Washington Times - Sports Network - IAfrica South African News - and 440 related »

Entertainment »

MTV

Judge Orders Brown To Pay Child Support Or Go To Jail
Milwaukee Channel.com - 3 hours ago
BOSTON -- A Massachusetts family court judge orders singer Bobby Brown to pay up or face lockup in a child support case.
Singer jailed for support failure The Age
Singer Bobby Brown Jailed Over Child Support Reuters
Boston Herald - MTV - WABC-TV - FOX News - and 354 related »

Capital News 9

Aretha Frankiln leaves hospital
Capital News 9 - 3 hours ago
Singer Aretha Franklin got out of the hospital just in time for her birthday. The Queen of Soul turns 62 years old today.
Aretha released from hospital This is London
Aretha Franklin Released From Hospital ShortNews.com
Entertainment Weekly (subscription) - Reuters - Rolling Stone - BBC News - and 388 related »

Toronto Star

Kevin Smith, uncensored
The Globe and Mail - 8 hours ago
Before he was a film director, when he was just a college dropout working as a Quick Stop clerk in New Jersey, Kevin Smith had a life-changing experience while having sex. At a crucial juncture, he saw this look of pure dread in his ...
Tyler 'comfortable' with Affleck love scenes Ireland Online
Kevin Smith can't seem to leave New Jersey Seattle Times
Toronto Star - Chicago Tribune (subscription) - The Journal News.com - Seattle Post Intelligencer - and 61 related »

Health »

Hospitals Could Pay Price to Mend Medicare
TheStreet.com - 5 hours ago
Seeking a cure for its own financial woes, Medicare may pull the knife on hospitals in an effort to save itself. Otherwise, the tax-funded health insurance program -- forced to cover massive crowds of aging baby boomers -- could wind up bankrupt in just ...
Medicare costs law rebounds to hurt President The Times, UK (subscription)
Bankruptcy Countdown Washington Post
Bangor Daily News - Charleston Post Courier (subscription) - Boston Globe - Motley Fool - and 509 related »

Politics engulfs Medicare shortfall
Baltimore Sun - 9 hours ago
WASHINGTON - Democrats moved swiftly yesterday to try turning Medicare's grim financial forecast to their political advantage, blaming Bush administration initiatives to expand the role of private health insurers in the program and ...
Medicare ace says figures held back Fort Worth Star Telegram
Medicare Official Cites Cost Warning Washington Post
FOX News - Reuters - Chicago Sun Times - Los Angeles Times (subscription) - and 205 related »

Houston Chronicle

Study finds today's children safer
Detroit Free Press - 9 hours ago
Despite the Columbine case and Amber alerts that drive up parents' fears, today's children are safer and less likely to be victims of violence than their parents were, according to a new report.
American children less likely to be victims of violence than their parents were Medical News Today
Baby Steps Made In Well-Being of Children, Data Show Washington Post
Reuters - Miami Herald - USA Today - Houston Chronicle - and 83 related »

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Seattle Post Intelligencer

China Demands That Japan Free Island Activists
Reuters - 35 minutes ago
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - China denounced Japan's detention of Chinese activists who landed on a disputed island, saying the arrests violated its sovereignty and demanding the immediate release of the seven men ...
Japan detains 7 Chinese; China protests Seattle Post Intelligencer
Japan told to release Chinese unconditionally China Daily
Radio Australia - Voice of America - Australian Financial Review (subscription) - ITAR-TASS - and 124 related »

BBC News

Iraq soldiers row hits Australia
BBC News - 15 minutes ago
The Australian government has reacted angrily to a pledge by the opposition to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq by Christmas.
US enters row over Iraq troops The West Australian
PM plans US trip with eye on poll Melbourne Herald Sun
The Australian - NEWS.com.au - The Age - ABC Online - and 207 related »

Radio Netherlands

UN debate on Iraq occupation seen possible, Spanish official says
Boston Globe - 7 hours ago
MADRID, Spain (AP) The incoming prime minister's push for a UN vote on the occupation in Iraq, which may allow him to keep Spanish troops in the country, got a boost during a series of meetings with ...
New PM resists US, Britain New Zealand Herald
Spanish PM and Powell agree to keep dialog open despite Iraq differences (19:30 PST) Hi Pakistan
HUMAN EVENTS - Radio Netherlands - New York Times - Chicago Tribune (subscription) - and 445 related »

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