East: Cornell 78, Temple 65: Cornell Rolls to Upset Temple

East: Cornell 78, Temple 65: Cornell Rolls to Upset Temple


East: Cornell 78, Temple 65: Cornell Rolls to Upset Temple

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 12:30 PM PDT

Playing with confidence offensively, No. 12 Cornell turned its first-round N.C.A.A. tournament game with No. 5 Temple on its head with efficient, fast-moving play.


Killer of Malcolm X Granted Parole

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 12:49 PM PDT

After 16 failed attempts, Thomas Hagan, the man who admitted shooting Malcolm X as he lay bleeding, has been given his freedom by the state.


Mexican police ask spirits to guard them in drug war

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 12:34 PM PDT

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Police running scared from drug gangs in one of Mexico's deadliest cities are using bizarre rituals involving animal sacrifice and spirit tattoos to seek protection from raging violence on the U.S. border.


Obama pushes healthcare plan

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 12:24 PM PDT

US president warns that if reforms are not passed insurance industry 'will run wild'.


Catholic abuse scandal goes global

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 09:38 AM PDT

The Roman Catholic Church's crisis over sex abuse charges has gone global, with allegations spreading through half a dozen countries on two continents. Opinions: GOV'T MUST STEP IN l CRITICISM UNFAIR l


Drug criminals block roads in Mexico

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 11:44 AM PDT

Five presumed drug gang members and one soldier were killed in shootouts Thursday and Friday after criminals blocked thoroughfares in two northern Mexico states to prevent military reinforcements from arriving, authorities said.


Adviser to Americans Jailed in Haiti Is Arrested

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 11:20 AM PDT

Dominican officials said that they arrested Jorge Torres Puello, who faces charges in the U.S. and El Salvador.


Pound falls on 'recession risk'

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 11:45 AM PDT

The pound drops against the dollar and the euro after a Bank of England policymaker said the UK could fall back into recession.


Eide: Taliban Arrests Ended Talks

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 11:49 AM PDT

Former U.N. envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide accused Pakistan of undermining negotiations with the Taliban by arresting senior Taliban officials.


Abuse claims in Pope's ex-diocese

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 11:25 AM PDT

Pope Benedict's former Munich diocese is facing many new allegations of child sex abuse by priests, a church official says.


Colombia rights activist killed

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 11:20 AM PDT

The killing of a Colombian human rights activist sparks calls for an urgent investigation into his death.


Slovak patriotism law sent back

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 11:40 AM PDT

The president of Slovakia vetoes a controversial law on patriotism approved recently by the country's parliament.


Russia-U.S. tensions remain during Clinton visit with Putin

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 11:18 AM PDT

MOSCOW -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin greeted Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday with a volley of complaints about trade, while another top Russian official voiced caution about the Obama administration's campaign for tough sanctions on Iran.


Record levels of drug-resistant tuberculosis reported

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 11:17 AM PDT

Drug-resistant tuberculosis cases in much of the former Soviet Union are three to six times higher than in the rest of the world, according to a report released this week by the World Health Organization.



BA strike talks break down

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 11:53 AM PDT

Three-day strike begins overnight after union rejects reduced offer from management.


Putin says Russia could sign up to Iran sanctions: RIA

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 11:43 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday that Russia could sign up to a sanctions resolution on Iran, Russian news agencies quoted a senior Putin aide as saying.


Sierra Leone mine accident denied

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 12:49 PM PDT

Officials in Sierra Leone deny reports of an accident at a gold mine where many people are alleged to have been killed.


Church in trouble

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 10:52 AM PDT

Sex abuse scandals involving the Catholic Church


Egypt appoints senior Sunni figure

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 10:31 AM PDT

Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed al-Tayeb named as head of Al-Azhar Islamic institution.


At least 200 killed as Sierra Leone mine collapses

Posted: 19 Mar 2010 12:27 PM PDT

FREETOWN (Reuters) - At least 200 people were killed when a trench collapsed at an unofficial gold mine in Sierra Leone, the West African country's Ministry of Mineral Resources said on Friday.


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