UN, US host Haiti fund-raiser

UN, US host Haiti fund-raiser
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China safety body says rules ignored in mine flood (AP)
5 soldiers, 25 rebels killed in Pakistan clash (AFP)
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Haiti hopes for $4 billion to rebuild after quake
EU subsidies helped drive over-fishing - report
China uproar over dead babies dumped near river
Australian faces 15-year term in Bali drug case (AP)
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Obama, Sarkozy push for UN sanctions on Iran (AP)
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Posted: 30 Mar 2010 09:19 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS -The United Nations and the United States jointly host a major fund-raiser for Haiti Wednesday seeking 3.8 billion dollars to help the Caribbean nation recover from a devastating earthquake.

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 09:59 PM PDT

AP - Stormy conditions forced the military to suspend the search for 46 sailors missing since a mysterious blast blew apart their navy ship last week, officials said Wednesday, a day after a diver died during the rescue mission.

China safety body says rules ignored in mine flood (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 08:57 PM PDT

AP - Safety rules and danger warnings had been ignored in a rush to open a coal mine in northern China where flooding of the shafts has left 153 workers trapped for nearly three days, a government safety body said Wednesday.

5 soldiers, 25 rebels killed in Pakistan clash (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 10:39 PM PDT

AFP - Up to 100 militants armed with guns and rockets attacked a Pakistani military camp early Wednesday, sparking clashes that killed five soldiers and dozens of fighters, officials said.

Afghanistan world's top cannabis source - U.N.

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 10:44 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Long the world's largest producer of opium, the raw ingredient of heroin, Afghanistan has now become the top supplier of cannabis, with large-scale cultivation in half of its provinces, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

Haiti hopes for $4 billion to rebuild after quake

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 10:44 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Haiti will ask the world on Wednesday for $4 billion to help it rebuild and modernize in the wake of the earthquake that destroyed the Caribbean nation's capital and killed up to 300,000 people.

EU subsidies helped drive over-fishing - report

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 10:44 PM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union fishery sector subsidies worth billions of euros since 2000 have increased the bloc's fleet capacity and fed the decline in fish stocks, a report by campaigners the Pew Environment Group said on Tuesday.

China uproar over dead babies dumped near river

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 10:44 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese officials have sought to contain public outrage after workers at a hospital dumped 21 dead fetuses and infants' bodies near a river bank.

Australian faces 15-year term in Bali drug case (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 10:06 PM PDT

AP - Indonesian prosecutors have charged an Australian man with drug smuggling and are seeking a 15-year prison sentence after a small amount of marijuana was found in his luggage as he arrived on the resort island of Bali.

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Haiti hopes for $4 billion to rebuild after quake

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 10:06 PM PDT

Henry's return to Arsenal sets stage for 'dream tie' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 09:27 PM PDT

AFP - Thierry Henry will make an emotional return to Arsenal for Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final, but the Barcelona striker could be forced to surrender the spotlight at the Emirates Stadium to his team-mate Lionel Messi.

Afghanistan world's top cannabis source: U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 09:32 PM PDT

Reuters - Long the world's largest producer of opium, the raw ingredient of heroin, Afghanistan has now become the top supplier of cannabis, with large-scale cultivation in half of its provinces, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

Putin orders Moscow bombers "scraped from sewers"

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 09:36 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Tuesday said the culprits behind twin suicide bombings that killed 39 people in Moscow's metro must be scraped "from the bottom of the sewers" and exposed.

Afghanistan world's top cannabis source: U.N.

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 09:32 PM PDT

Obama, Sarkozy push for UN sanctions on Iran (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 08:48 PM PDT

AP - With the president of France at his side, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday he hopes to have international sanctions against Iran in place "within weeks," not months, because of its continuing nuclear program. But he acknowledged he still lacks full support at the United Nations.

China blames poor safety for mine disaster (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 08:40 PM PDT

AFP - China's work safety watchdog has blamed lax standards at a coal mine in the north for a huge flood that left 153 workers trapped underground, as hopes faded Wednesday for their rescue.