Iceland votes on Icesave repayment

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• Iceland votes on Icesave repayment
• Car bomb rocks Shi'ite holy city before Iraq poll
• Iceland votes on Icesave repayment
• Six killed in Arizona bus crash
• Afghan Drug Trade Complicates U.S. Task in Marjah (Time.com)
• Rangers skipper insists title race far from over (AFP)
• US envoy urges Japan to stick to deadline for base row (AFP)
• U.S. repudiates U.N. council remarks on Mideast clash
• Brown challenged on Iraq evidence
• Six killed in Arizona bus crash
• Police confident of UK boy rescue
• 'Brownwash': PM under fire over Iraq war defence (AFP)
• Singapore operator says no contact with hijacked ship (AFP)
• Britain's Labor, and its leader, slowly rebound in polls as economy picks up
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• Japan says it won't comply with bluefin tuna ban
• Brown challenged on Iraq evidence
• Malaysia Muslim mag sorry for offending Christians (AP)
• Iceland braces for consequences of Icesave vote (AP)
• China wants yuan in SDR in 2015: report (Reuters)

Iceland votes on Icesave repayment Posted: 05 Mar 2010 10:35 PM PST People in Iceland are going to the polls in a referendum on plans to repay debts owed to the UK and the Netherlands following the Icesave bank collapse.

Car bomb rocks Shi'ite holy city before Iraq poll Posted: 05 Mar 2010 11:04 PM PST NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in Iraq's holy city of Najaf on Saturday, a day before a national election, killing at least one person in an area popular with Shi'ite pilgrims, police said.

Iceland votes on Icesave repayment Posted: 05 Mar 2010 10:35 PM PST People in Iceland are going to the polls in a referendum on plans to repay debts owed to the UK and the Netherlands following the Icesave bank collapse.

Six killed in Arizona bus crash Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:15 AM PST At least six people have been killed and several others seriously injured in a bus crash near Phoenix, Arizona.

Afghan Drug Trade Complicates U.S. Task in Marjah (Time.com) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:25 PM PST Time.com - The Afghan town's opium crop has long fueled the Taliban insurgency, but barring farmers from harvesting their poppies could lose the hearts-and-minds battle

Rangers skipper insists title race far from over (AFP) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 10:18 PM PST AFP - Runaway league leaders Rangers have the chance to pile the pressure on rivals Celtic by moving 13 points clear at the top of the table if they win at home to St Mirren on Saturday.

US envoy urges Japan to stick to deadline for base row (AFP) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 10:22 PM PST AFP - A senior US envoy has warned that ties with Japan could be "affected in many fields" if Tokyo missed a May deadline for solving a dispute over an American military base, Japanese lawmakers said Saturday.

U.S. repudiates U.N. council remarks on Mideast clash Posted: 05 Mar 2010 10:29 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.S. official denied on Friday that Washington had consented to a U.N. Security Council statement to reporters voicing concern about the fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinians.

Brown challenged on Iraq evidence Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:38 PM PST Two former heads of the armed forces have challenged Gordon Brown's evidence to the Iraq war inquiry.

Six killed in Arizona bus crash Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:15 AM PST At least six people have been killed and several others seriously injured in a bus crash near Phoenix, Arizona.

Police confident of UK boy rescue Posted: 04 Mar 2010 11:37 PM PST Police in Pakistan have said they are confident that a British boy kidnapped at gunpoint will be returned to his family.

'Brownwash': PM under fire over Iraq war defence (AFP) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:57 PM PST AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown came under fire Saturday for the way he defended his role in the 2003 Iraq invasion, with some commentators saying he had slipped off the hook.

Singapore operator says no contact with hijacked ship (AFP) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:45 PM PST AFP - The Singapore-based operator of a chemical tanker hijacked by pirates off the coast of Madagascar said Saturday it was trying to make contact with the vessel.

Britain's Labor, and its leader, slowly rebound in polls as economy picks up Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:00 PM PST LONDON -- Only a few months ago, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown seemed a figure living out a Shakespearean tragedy. An ill-tempered Caesar surrounded by disloyal aides, an out-of-touch King Lear about to lose his throne. But Brown may not yet be ready to make his curtain call.

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Japan says it won't comply with bluefin tuna ban Posted: 05 Mar 2010 03:52 PM PST TOKYO -- Japan and the United States keep rubbing each other the wrong way.

Brown challenged on Iraq evidence Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:38 PM PST Two former heads of the armed forces have challenged Gordon Brown's evidence to the Iraq war inquiry.

Malaysia Muslim mag sorry for offending Christians (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 10:10 PM PST AP - A Malaysian magazine apologized Saturday for upsetting Christians after it published an article researched by two Muslims who pretended to be Roman Catholics and took Communion in a church.

Iceland braces for consequences of Icesave vote (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:25 PM PST AP - Amid allegations of bullying and profiteering by bigger nations, angry Icelanders are expected to deliver a resounding slap down this weekend to plans to use taxpayer money to pay off the tiny island nation's international debts.

China wants yuan in SDR in 2015: report (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:20 PM PST Reuters - China is pushing for the yuan to be added to the basket of currencies that comprise the IMF's special drawing rights, aiming for its inclusion in 2015, Japanese daily Sankei Shimbun said on Saturday.

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