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Serena Williams: OSCARS 3rd Best Day of My Life

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:18:44 +0000

Serena Williams: OSCARS 3rd Best Day of My Life
The tennis world is descending upon Southern California this week, but not everyone is there to compete for the Indian Wells title. Among them, Serena and Venus Williams who are continuing there boycott of the popular Masters event.

New releases, now playing and special screenings

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:19:42 +0000

New releases, now playing and special screenings
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG, 108 mins) See review, this issue. Opens wide.

Increased passenger traffic at airport

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:25:52 +0000

Increased passenger traffic at airport
Malta International Airport registered a 6.3 per cent increase in passenger traffic in February this year, the third consecutive increase in traffic recorded.

Protection For Women Is Paramount To End Impunity

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:25:15 +0000

Protection For Women Is Paramount To End Impunity
New York — Today, 8 March 2010 marks the celebration of International Women’s Day. On this occasion, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) – a global network of more than 2,500 organizations in 150 countries advocating for a fair, effective and independent International Criminal Court (ICC) – calls on governments to promote justice for women by ratifying the Rome Statute and …

US citizen a key player in alleged Italian telecom fraud

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:35:40 +0000

US citizen a key player in alleged Italian telecom fraud
An apparently well-connected Soviet-born U.S. citizen has emerged as a key player in a massive Italian telecom fraud, according to court documents and published reports.

Iran warns Italy over journalist’s detention-report

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:18:23 +0000

Iran warns Italy over journalist’s detention-report
TEHRAN, March 6 (Reuters) – Iran warned Italy on Saturday it may retaliate in kind over Rome’s detention of an Iranian journalist, state broadcaster IRIB reported.

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Mithradates Poisoned Mom, Wed Sis, Blitzed Rome: Lewis Lapham

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:21:48 +0000

Mithradates Poisoned Mom, Wed Sis, Blitzed Rome: Lewis Lapham
March 5 (Bloomberg) — A comet lit up the sky at the conception of Mithradates in 135 B.C., heralding the birth of a great savior-king.

Crash traps driver fleeing police

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:38:37 +0000

Crash traps driver fleeing police
Firefighters had to free a South Bend man from his car early Saturday after he flipped it several times while fleeing police in LaGrange and Noble counties, authorities said.

Leak of sex claims ’shameful’

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:24:47 +0000

Leak of sex claims ’shameful’
Rome, Italy (CNN) — Reports that an Italian government official accused of financial corruption allegedly used a Vatican choir singer to arrange gay liaisons for him are “shameful,” the off…

Church needs to ‘clean up’

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:19:50 +0000

Church needs to ‘clean up’
ROME – THE Catholic Church should clean up its act following multiple child abuse scandals by punishing abusers and compensating victims, an influential cardinal said in an interview published on Saturday. ‘That’s enough. We have to seriously clean up the church,’ Cardinal Walter Kasper, a top adviser to Pope Benedict XVI, told Italian daily La Repubblica.