Obama appeals to Iranian people in Internet video (AP)

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• Obama appeals to Iranian people in Internet video (AP)
• Yachting Team NZ draw first blood over Italians (AFP)
• Obama reaches out to Iranians in New Year message
• 'Red Shirts' take to streets to win over Thai capital
• Japan marks 15th anniversary of subway gas attacks
• Supposed 'ETA terrorists' are just holidaymakers:report
• Zuma in S.African shantytown, vows improvements
• BA cabin crew strike begins
• North Korea parliament to meet, Kim and cadres in focus
• Sarkozy's party braces for electoral wipeout (AP)
• NKorean loggers in Russia making defection bids (AP)
• 'Red Shirts' take to streets to win over Thai capital (AFP)
• North Korea parliament to meet, Kim and cadres in focus
• Obama urges health reform support
• SA students riot over rapper bail
• India seeks Mumbai plotter
• Obama urges health reform support
• SA students riot over rapper bail
• India seeks Mumbai plotter
• Thai protesters begin capital march

Obama appeals to Iranian people in Internet video (AP) Posted: 19 Mar 2010 10:50 PM PDT AP - In a fresh appeal directly to the Iranian people, President Barack Obama says in an online video that the United States wants more educational and cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.

Yachting Team NZ draw first blood over Italians (AFP) Posted: 19 Mar 2010 10:33 PM PDT AFP - Team New Zealand took the early honours in the final of the Louis Vuitton Trophy yachting regatta on Saturday, winning the opening race against Italians Mascalzone Latino by 12 seconds.

Obama reaches out to Iranians in New Year message Posted: 19 Mar 2010 09:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON -US President Barack Obama Saturday pledged to ensure Iranians access to the Internet "without fear of censorship" in a Nowruz, New Year message targeted at the country's civilian population. Read more...

'Red Shirts' take to streets to win over Thai capital Posted: 19 Mar 2010 09:14 PM PDT BANGKOK -Thousands of red-clad Thai protesters began to snake across Bangkok on Saturday in a festive travelling rally aimed at winning over the city's residents to their flagging anti-government campaign. Read more...

Japan marks 15th anniversary of subway gas attacks Posted: 19 Mar 2010 08:41 PM PDT TOKYO -Japan on Saturday marked the 15th anniversary of the deadly 1995 Tokyo subway nerve gas attacks, with families of victims leaving flowers at the scene of some of the deaths. Read more...

Supposed 'ETA terrorists' are just holidaymakers:report Posted: 19 Mar 2010 07:24 PM PDT MADRID -Five people identified as ETA suspects in a surveillance video released in France and Spain are in fact firemen from Spain's Catalonia region who were on holiday, Spanish media said Saturday. Read more...

Zuma in S.African shantytown, vows improvements Posted: 19 Mar 2010 07:00 PM PDT JOHANNESBURG -President Jacob Zuma visited a shantytown outside Johannesburg and vowed to improve public services to defuse anger that has erupted into protests ahead of the World Cup. Read more...

BA cabin crew strike begins Posted: 19 Mar 2010 10:20 PM PDT Three-day strike under way after union rejects reduced offer from management.

North Korea parliament to meet, Kim and cadres in focus Posted: 19 Mar 2010 10:25 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's rubber stamp parliament will meet in April for an annual session where the secretive and isolated state typically reveals changes to its ruling elite and spending priorities for the coming year.

Sarkozy's party braces for electoral wipeout (AP) Posted: 19 Mar 2010 10:08 PM PDT AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy's party braced for a potential electoral wipeout in Sunday's final round of regional elections, which an alliance of the rival left hopes will give it a national sweep and a staging ground for 2012 presidential voting.

NKorean loggers in Russia making defection bids (AP) Posted: 19 Mar 2010 10:15 PM PDT AP - The North Korean's note, scrawled in pen, was simple: "I want to go to South Korea. Why? To find freedom. Freedom of religion, freedom of life."

'Red Shirts' take to streets to win over Thai capital (AFP) Posted: 19 Mar 2010 10:12 PM PDT AFP - Thousands of red-clad Thai protesters began to snake across Bangkok on Saturday in a festive travelling rally aimed at winning over the city's residents to their flagging anti-government campaign.

North Korea parliament to meet, Kim and cadres in focus Posted: 19 Mar 2010 09:46 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's rubber stamp parliament will meet in April for an annual session where the secretive and isolated state typically reveals changes to its ruling elite and spending priorities for the coming year.

Obama urges health reform support Posted: 19 Mar 2010 09:31 PM PDT US President Obama has made another impassioned bid for support for his health care reforms ahead of Sunday's congressional vote.

SA students riot over rapper bail Posted: 19 Mar 2010 09:32 PM PDT Students in South Africa have clashed with police outside a Soweto courthouse where a musician accused of killing four school pupils in a car race was freed on bail.

India seeks Mumbai plotter Posted: 19 Mar 2010 02:15 PM PDT David Headley pleaded guilty to 12 charges including planning to attack the Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

Obama urges health reform support Posted: 19 Mar 2010 09:31 PM PDT US President Obama has made another impassioned bid for support for his health care reforms ahead of Sunday's congressional vote.

SA students riot over rapper bail Posted: 19 Mar 2010 09:32 PM PDT Students in South Africa have clashed with police outside a Soweto courthouse where a musician accused of killing four school pupils in a car race was freed on bail.

India seeks Mumbai plotter Posted: 19 Mar 2010 02:15 PM PDT David Headley pleaded guilty to 12 charges including planning to attack the Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

Thai protesters begin capital march Posted: 19 Mar 2010 09:53 PM PDT Opposition activists march through Bangkok as part of campaign to oust the prime minister.

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

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• East: Cornell 78, Temple 65: Cornell Rolls to Upset Temple
• Killer of Malcolm X Granted Parole
• Mexican police ask spirits to guard them in drug war
• Obama pushes healthcare plan
• Catholic abuse scandal goes global
• Drug criminals block roads in Mexico
• Adviser to Americans Jailed in Haiti Is Arrested
• Pound falls on 'recession risk'
• Eide: Taliban Arrests Ended Talks
• Abuse claims in Pope's ex-diocese
• Colombia rights activist killed
• Slovak patriotism law sent back
• Russia-U.S. tensions remain during Clinton visit with Putin
• Record levels of drug-resistant tuberculosis reported
• BA strike talks break down
• Putin says Russia could sign up to Iran sanctions: RIA
• Sierra Leone mine accident denied
• Church in trouble
• Egypt appoints senior Sunni figure
• At least 200 killed as Sierra Leone mine collapses

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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