Brown says UK to maintain triple AAA credit rating (Reuters)

March 10, 2010

Reuters – Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday he believed Britain would maintain its coveted top credit rating and announced a pay freeze for senior civil servants and military officers to help tame a record deficit.

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First Iraq vote results expected by Thursday: U.N. (Reuters)

March 10, 2010

Reuters – Preliminary results of Iraq’s parliamentary election, a vote seen as a litmus test of its young democracy, are likely to be released by Thursday, a United Nations official said Wednesday.

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Palestinians complain to Biden about settlement plan (Reuters)

March 10, 2010

Reuters – Palestinians told U.S.

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Indonesia confirms Bali bomb mastermind killed (AFP)

March 10, 2010

AFP – Indonesia’s president on Wednesday confirmed that a bombmaker believed to be behind the Bali bombings was killed in a Jakarta raid and vowed to keep hunting extremists in a landmark address to Australia’s parliament.

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Behind the scenes, crafting the US no-fly list (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP – It starts with a tip, a scrap of intelligence, a fingerprint lifted from a suspected terrorist’s home.

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Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama’s announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal

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Bomb kills 5 as Gates, Ahmadinejad visit Afghanistan (AFP)

March 10, 2010

AFP – A car bomb killed five people in Afghanistan on Wednesday, as the Iranian president and the defence secretary of Iran’s arch-foe, the United States, paid duelling visits to the war-torn country.

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Iceland opposition toughens on new "Icesave" talks (Reuters)

March 10, 2010

Reuters – Iceland’s opposition turned up the heat on the center-left government on Wednesday to hold out for a tough new “Icesave” debt accord with Britain and the Netherlands, after a referendum rejection of its previous deal.

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Runaway Prius driver: Brakes were ‘almost burned’ (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP – Before he called 911, James Sikes says he reached down with his hand to loosen the “stuck” accelerator on his 2008 Toyota Prius, his other hand on the steering wheel. The pedal didn’t move.

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Osmonds return to stage after death of Marie’s son (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP – Marie Osmond told a Las Vegas Strip audience as she returned to the stage less than two weeks after her son’s apparent suicide that she has relied on her spirituality to cope with his death

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