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  • More quakes hit Chile as new president takes over (AP)
    11.03.2010, 21:01:17
    People react after a tsunami alert in Talcahuano, Chile, Thursday, March 11, 2010. Several aftershocks from last Feb. 27 earthquake rocked the country as President Sebastian Pinera was sworn into office. Pinera urged coastal residents to move to higher ground.(AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) AP - A series of strong aftershocks from last month's devastating quake rocked Chile on Thursday as a new president was sworn into office and immediately urged coastal residents to move to higher ground in case of a tsunami.
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  • Greece hit by strikes, clashes over austerity plan (AP)
    11.03.2010, 20:59:48
    A riot police officer tries try to avoid a petrol bomb, during clashes in central Athens, Thursday, March 11, 2010. Savage street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens as more than 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government's austerity measures. Hundreds of masked and hooded youths punched and kicked motorcycle police, knocking several off their bikes, as riot police fired volleys of tear has and stun grenades to disperse the rioters. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) AP - Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing, masked youths broke out during a demonstration Thursday in central Athens by tens of thousands of striking workers protesting austerity measures that the Greek government has said it has no choice but to implement.
  • Early Iraq results: PM battling secular challenger (AP)
    11.03.2010, 18:53:39
    Electoral workers sort through ballots cast in the national election in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Iraqi and UN officials say the first results from this week's parliamentary elections will likely be released on Thursday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) AP - Partial vote results in Iraq's historic election released Thursday showed a tight contest between the nation's prime minister and a secular challenger during a chaotic count that was marred by accusations of fraud.
  • High school near Vatican installs condom machines (AP)
    11.03.2010, 21:02:05
    Students make their way to Keplero's high school in Rome, Thursday, March 11, 2010. The high school has incurred the ire of the Catholic Church after its decision to install condom-vending machines for students. Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the pope's vicar for Rome, has criticized the decision as trivializing sex, while the Italian bishops' newspaper said Thursday, March 11, 2010 that sex was being reduced to 'mere physical exercise.' The Keplero high school said it would go ahead with its plan to install six vending machines as part of its efforts to educate students in sexuality and HIV protection. The Vatican opposes artificial contraception. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) AP - The decision by a Rome high school to install condom vending machines has set off a storm in Italy, with the Catholic Church charging the move will encourage young people to have sex and Rome's mayor saying it sends the wrong message.
  • Biden steers past spat over Israel settlement plan (AP)
    11.03.2010, 17:54:53
    U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, speaks at Tel Aviv Univeristy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 11, 2010. Biden attempted to soothe tensions with Israel on Thursday in an effusive speech extolling the countries' close relationship, signaling the U.S. wants to move beyond an embarrassing diplomatic spat over settlements that tarnished his three-day visit. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) AP - Vice President Joe Biden attempted to soothe tensions with Israel on Thursday in a speech extolling the countries' close relationship, signaling the U.S. wants to move beyond an embarrassing diplomatic spat over settlements that tarnished his three-day visit.
  • German Clergy Abuse Scandal Reaches the Pope's Family (Time.com)
    11.03.2010, 20:00:00
    Time.com - The Vatican faces a growing scandal as allegations have emerged that priestssexually and physically abused students in a choir run by the pope'sbrother, Georg Ratzinger
  • Turkey recalls envoy to Sweden over Armenia vote (Reuters)
    11.03.2010, 21:26:56
    Reuters - Turkey recalled its ambassador to Sweden on Thursday and canceled an upcoming summit between the countries after the Swedish parliament branded the World War One killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces genocide.
  • 2 Israeli soldiers indicted for Gaza war conduct (AP)
    11.03.2010, 20:57:22
    AP - The Israeli military said Thursday it indicted two soldiers who forced a Palestinian boy to open bags suspected of being booby-trapped with explosives during last year's military offensive in Gaza.
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