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Thursday, 11 March 2010

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Nigeria protesters demand to see ailing president

March 10, 2010 09:48 pm

Reported by: UNBconncet

ABUJA, MAR 10 (AP/UNB) - Hundreds of protesters in Nigeria's capital are demanding to see the ailing president, who has not appeared publicly since returning from hospital treatment abroad last month.Protesters thronge...

4.8 magnitude earthquake shakes northern Kosovo

March 10, 2010 09:46 pm

Reported by: UNBconncet

MITROVICA, MAR 10 (AP/UNB) - Serbian seismologists say an earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale has shaken northern Kosovo, causing brief power outages in some places. There were no immediate reports of damage...

UN: 90 Rwandan rebels killed in eastern Congo

March 10, 2010 09:45 pm

Reported by: UNBconncet

KINSHASA, MAR 10 (AP/UNB) - A United Nations official says 90 Rwandan rebels have been killed in restive eastern Congo.Spokesman Madnodje Mounoubai said Wednesday that Hutu rebels from neighboring Rwanda were killed du...

Sarkozy to take tanker fight to Obama

March 10, 2010 08:35 pm

Reported by: UNBconncet

PARIS, Mar 10 (AP/UNB) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will raise concerns that the U.S. Air Force's $35 billion tanker contract is anticompetitive when he visits President Barack Obama later this month, a spokesma...

Taliban talks likely on Karzai agenda in Pakistan

March 10, 2010 08:31 pm

Reported by: UNBconncet

ISLAMABAD, Mar 10 (AP/UNB) - What role Pakistan plays in any peace effort aimed at the Taliban is likely to rank high on the agenda during Afghan President Hamid Karzai's two-day visit to Islamabad that started Wednes...

Aid group attacked in northwest Pakistan; 6 dead

March 10, 2010 06:49 pm

Reported by: UNBconnect

ISLAMABAD, Mar 10 (AP/UNB) - Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of a Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six employees and wounding...

First Iraqi vote results likely on Thursday

March 10, 2010 06:40 pm

Reported by: UNBconnect

BAGHDAD, Mar 10 (AP/UNB) - Iraqi and UN officials say the first results from this week's parliamentary elections will likely be released on Thursday.Iraqi election officials said they had hoped to have some initial re...

Italian union calls general strike for Friday

March 10, 2010 06:38 pm

Reported by: UNBconnect

ROME, Mar 10 (AP/UNB) - Italy's main labor confederation has called a four-hour general strike that will include transport workers.Trains, planes, ferries and local bus, subway and tram service are expected to be affe...

Israel allows UN bomb squad into Gaza

March 10, 2010 06:32 pm

Reported by: UNBconnect

JERUSALEM, Mar 10 (AP/UNB) - Israel has allowed a U.N. bomb disposal unit into the Gaza Strip to defuse unexploded munitions left over from last year's fighting.The Israeli military says the sappers entered Gaza on We...

Iran leader: US playing `game' in Afghanistan

March 10, 2010 05:26 pm

Reported by: UNBconnect

KABUL, Mar 10(AP/UNB) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it's the United States that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan, fighting terrorists that it helped to create.At a press conference in the Afgh...