 Geelong Advertiser | Ramos Horta serious but stable in Darwin ABC Online - Mr Ramos Horta is now in a serious but stable condition in Royal Darwin Hospital. (AFP: Monica Napper) The Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) says East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta still has a bullet fragment in his body and is in a serious but stable ... East Timor's President Shot; Australia Sends More Peacekeepers Wounded Ramos-Horta arrives in Australia |
 Seattle Post Intelligencer | • Gates: Iraq Drawdown May Be Delayed Washington Post - JavaScript is required to display this interactive graphic. If it is turned off, please enable JavaScript in your browser preferences. Gates Endorses Pause in Iraq Troop Withdrawals Gates: Pause in Iraq drawdown after July 'makes sense' |
 MSN UK News | Sharia row: Gordon Brown hails Archbishop's 'great integrity' Telegraph.co.uk - By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent Gordon Brown has paid tribute to the "great integrity" and "dedication" of Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, as the embattled Anglican leader prepares to defend himself over his comments on ... Muslim scholar backs beleaguered archbishop Gordon Brown backs archbishop in sharia law row |
 Washington Post | Thieves take $164 mln masterworks in Swiss art heist Reuters - By Katie Reid ZURICH (Reuters) - Masked robbers brandishing handguns stole four paintings by 19th Century masters worth $164 million from a Zurich museum in Switzerland's biggest art theft, police said on Monday. Van Gogh, Monet art goes in $90M heist $163 million in art taken in Zurich robbery |
 Calgary Herald | Senior Taliban figure captured CNN International - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani security forces on Monday shot and wounded a well-known Taliban operative in southwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border, the military said. Pakistani Officials Arrest Top Afghan Taliban Commander Taliban operative caught in Pakistan |
 Boston Globe | South Korean Gate Destroyed in Fire New York Times - Lee Jin-man/AP The collapse of Sungnye Gate, a 600-year-old landmark designated a top national treasure, shocked the country. By CHOE SANG-HUN SEOUL, South Korea - The 600-year-old southern gate to what was once the walled city of Seoul, ... Fire destroys South Korea's best known monument Arson suspected as blaze destroys South Korea's top cultural monument |
 Alalam News Network | Israel sees Hamas gone from Gaza in months Reuters India - By Adam Entous and Rebecca Harrison JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli leaders vowed on Monday to step up their war against Hamas over rocket fire from the Gaza Strip and predicted the Islamist group's government in the territory would fall within months. Israeli minister warns of army offensive against Gaza Israeli calls mount for toppling Hamas in Gaza |
 BBC News | Cremation set for Maharishi Yogi BBC News - Followers of the Indian guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, are preparing to cremate him at a ceremony in the northern India city of Allahabad. Tens of thousands attend Maharishi's funeral Thousands Join Maharishi's Funeral |
 CBC.ca | Kenya Talks Resume With Hopes for a Deal The Associated Press - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A Kenyan government negotiator said Monday the president's party was considering sharing power with the opposition, the first acknowledgment from the government side that such a proposal was on the table. Kenya: Citizens, Leaders Welcome Power Sharing Deal Proposal Kenya's Opposition ODM to Propose Power-Sharing Government |
 Canada.com | Hundreds evacuated from North Sea oil platform after 'dream ... Guardian Unlimited - Safe Scandinavia oil rig in the North Sea. Photograph: AP A 23-year-old woman is expected to appear in court today after reports of a bomb on a North Sea oil rig sparked a full-scale emergency operation involving the army, RAF and police. |
 TV3 News | Aborigines should respond to apology in Parliament: Greens ABC Online - Greens leader Bob Brown has hit out at the Government for refusing to allow Indigenous people to speak in Parliament in response to the Prime Minister's apology tomorrow. Australian Aborigines camp out for apology Hundreds of Aborigines converge on Canberra ahead of new ... |
 Lompoc Record | Bhutto's PPP ahead in Pak election race: surveys Hindu - Washington (PTI): The Pakistan People's Party of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto is the most popular, with the country's two main opposition parties capable of a landslide victory in the key polls on February 18, a report based on recent surveys ... Suicide blast kills Pakistan election candidate Rigging unlikely to save Musharraf's allies - Sharif |
Myanmar Activists Denounce Planned Polls The Associated Press - YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Two of Myanmar's top dissident groups, one led by Buddhist monks, on Monday denounced the military government's plans for a constitutional referendum as an effort to perpetuate the junta's rule. Dissidents line up to fight Myanmar constitution India Presses Myanmar on Democracy as Junta Plans Elections |
 Alalam News Network | Iran's President Decries Western Nuclear Pressure Wall Street Journal - AP TEHRAN, Iran -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Monday that Iran would never give in to Western pressure that it give up its disputed nuclear program and warned that the UN Security Council risked losing credibility if it imposes any more ... Iran sends defiant message to West on revolution day Ahmadinejad scorns West, domestic critics on nuclear drive |
 eFluxMedia | REFILE-S.Lanka says two policemen killed by roadside bomb Reuters - COLOMBO, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Two policemen were killed by a suspected Tamil Tiger roadside bomb in northern Sri Lanka on Monday, while the death toll from weekend fighting rose to 75 rebels and seven soldiers, the military said. Policemen die in Sri Lanka attack Eight killed in clashes N Sri Lanka |
 Citizen | Eyeing energy deals, Russia agrees to write off most of Baghdad's debt International Herald Tribune - AP MOSCOW: Russia agreed Monday to write off most of Iraq's multibillion-dollar debt to Moscow, a gesture that appeared aimed at helping Russian companies win contracts in Iraq. Russia to Write Off Iraqi Debt, Increase Investment (Update2) LUKOIL hopes to tap Iraqi West Qurna in 3-5 yrs |
 Boston Globe | Gates: Pause May Be Needed in Troop Pullouts from Iraq Voice of America - By VOA News US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says there may need to be a "pause" in troop reductions in Iraq once the initial pullouts are complete in July. Gates in Iraq amid deadly attacks Toll in suicide bombing targeting anti-al-Qaida group in Iraq ... |
 BBC Afrique | Mugabe rival rules out alliance BBC News - Zimbabwe's main opposition leader has said he will not join forces with an ex-minister who last week said he would challenge President Robert Mugabe. Zimbabwe: Future Under Zanu PF: Only Darkness Zimbabwe’s Opposition Sure of Victory in General Elections |
 Javno.hr | Diary of an Insurgent In Retreat Washington Post - By Sudarsan Raghavan BAGHDAD, Feb. 9 -- On Nov. 3, US soldiers raided a safe house of the insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq near the northern city of Balad. Al-Qaeda leaders admit: 'We are in crisis Impatience threatens Iraq security gains |
 WXIA-TV | US marine held over Japan rape BBC News - A US marine has been arrested in Okinawa, Japan, on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl. Sgt Tyrone Luther Hadnott, from Camp Courtney base, is alleged to have raped the local girl in a parked car. US Marine accused of rape on Okinawa US Marine arrested over rape in Japan's Okinawa |
