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3/10/2010 2:09:22 AM

AP - Israel's new plan to build 1,600 apartments for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday.

3/10/2010 2:05:30 AM

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

3/10/2010 1:27:34 AM

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.

3/10/2010 2:35:37 AM

AP - The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing inside a U.S.-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan that killed two NATO service members.

3/10/2010 2:03:31 AM

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.

3/10/2010 2:38:53 AM

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

3/10/2010 2:48:25 AM

Reuters - Palestinians told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday that Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers challenged Washington's efforts to get indirect peace talks underway.

3/10/2010 2:59:48 AM

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.

3/10/2010 1:39:57 AM

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.

3/10/2010 2:06:42 AM

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.

3/10/2010 1:40:28 AM

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.

3/10/2010 1:51:51 AM

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan.

3/10/2010 2:45:46 AM

US Vice-President Joe Biden meets Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, with discussions dominated by Israeli plans for 1,600 more homes in East Jerusalem.

3/10/2010 1:14:34 AM

Indonesia's president confirms security forces have killed the last main suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings, Dulmatin.

3/10/2010 1:16:14 AM

A court case brought by the family of Rachel Corrie, a US protester killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003, opens in Israel.

3/10/2010 2:34:06 AM

Egypt's top Muslim cleric has died suddenly in Saudi Arabia at the age of 81.

3/9/2010 11:56:40 PM

Top Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan are told they cannot represent their country again.

3/10/2010 1:35:58 AM

England bowler Graham Onions is ruled out of the first Test against Bangladesh with a back injury, while Stuart Broad faces a fitness test.

3/10/2010 2:34:40 AM

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger praises the resolve of Nicklas Bendtner, who put recent media criticism behind him by scoring a hat-trick in the 5-0 Champions League win over Porto.

3/10/2010 12:48:30 AM

Martin Scorsese on awards and leading actor DiCaprio

3/10/2010 2:24:17 AM

German exports fell unexpectedly in January, with analysts saying that the cold weather that month was to blame.

3/10/2010 2:01:07 AM

Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is announced.

3/10/2010 2:19:17 AM

Actress Farrah Fawcett was not in the Oscars memorial segment because she was more known as a TV star, the Academy says.

3/9/2010 1:38:35 PM

A US TV producer pleads guilty to attempting to blackmail US chat show host David Letterman over his affairs.

3/10/2010 2:29:21 AM

South Africa's ANC asks Winnie Mandela to clarify a media report in which she apparently fiercely criticised ex-husband Nelson.

3/10/2010 1:43:03 AM

Granny D, who walked across the US at the age of 89 in support of election campaign finance reform, dies.

3/10/2010 2:23:13 AM

The Dalai Lama accuses China of trying to "annihilate Buddhism", as Tibet marks 51 years since a failed revolt against Beijing.

3/10/2010 2:11:19 AM

The EU's foreign policy chief, Lady Ashton, tells MEPs how she will shape Europe's new diplomatic service, as officials vie for influence.

3/10/2010 2:53:43 AM

Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky wins libel damages over claims he conspired to avoid extradition and get political asylum in Britain.

3/10/2010 2:58:11 AM

Unidentified gunmen attack the office of a Western aid agency, killing six people and wounding several others, the agency and police say.

3/10/2010 2:43:34 AM

More schools in England are being judged as inadequate in Ofsted's new-style inspections, according to figures just released.

3/10/2010 2:31:20 AM

Industrial production in the UK fell unexpectedly in January, dropping by 0.4% form December, official data has shown.

3/10/2010 2:05:27 AM

Taking aim at the U.S., Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that it's the United States that is playing a "double ...

3/10/2010 1:14:43 AM

Public corruption is not exclusive to China, but it is considered a more serious problem here because it could threaten Communistmmunist ...

3/10/2010 1:12:22 AM

Hours after resigning amid allegations of sexually harassing staffers, former House member Eric Massa went on national TV Tuesday ...

3/10/2010 12:43:45 AM

An intelligence official says the government has nearly doubled the number of people on the no-fly list since the attempted Christmas ...

3/9/2010 11:58:45 PM

Karl Rove helped engineer former president George W. Bush's 2000 and 2004 elections and was White House deputy chief of staff ...

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3/9/2010 5:44:58 PM

The Iraqi prime minister's coalition and its main secular rival both claimed to be ahead in the vote count Monday, a day after ...

3/10/2010 2:47:40 AM

A California jury recommended Tuesday that a man who once appeared on "The Dating Game" be executed for the murders of four women and a child.

3/9/2010 6:43:46 PM

A Pennsylvania woman has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, the Justice Department said.

3/10/2010 2:19:38 AM

America's defense chief thanked Afghanistan's soldiers for their service during a tour of a training camp Wednesday as Iran's hardline president arrived in Kabul with a pledge to purge "occupying forces" from the troubled land.

3/10/2010 2:32:26 AM

A-23-year-old American activist stands in front of an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza. The bulldozer drives over her, crushing her to death. These are the facts.

3/9/2010 11:10:24 AM

A gunman apparently angry over a poor evaluation entered an Ohio State University maintenance building today, killing a manager and then himself, police said.

3/10/2010 2:10:26 AM

The archdiocese of Denver, Colorado, is defending its decision not to re-enroll two children in a Catholic school in Boulder next year because their parents are lesbians.

3/9/2010 5:42:49 PM

A New Jersey man who breached security to give his girlfriend a kiss, causing scores of flight delays, pleaded guilty Tuesday to defiant trespass, his lawyer said.