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Ousted Philippine President Joseph Estrada arranges his shirt beside a sculpture of his face at his 15-hectare (37-acre) vacation hideaway in Tanay, east of Manila, Philipines on Thursday Mar. 20, 2008 which was patterned after the Santa Barbara, California, memorial ranch of another actor-turned-president, Ronald Reagan. Estrada made a sentimental trip early this week to the place where he spent the last two of more than six years of detention while on trial for plunder.
Arroyo   Election   Philippines   Photos   President  
 The Daily Tribune 
Erap twits Aquino: I didn’t seek GMA’s pardon
Wed 17 Mar 2010
| By Gerry Baldo | 03/17/2010 | BALAYAN, Batangas —Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) standard bearer former President Joseph Estrada, reacting to Liberal Party (LP) bet Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino’s co... (photo: AP / Aaron Favila)
Uzbek President Islam Karimov gestures during a news conference in Tashkent, Saturday, May 14, 2005. Karimov told a news conference that the protesters' demands were unacceptable and that force had to be used to put down the uprising Friday in the city of Andijan. Scores of civilians were reported killed in the violence, and Karimov said 10 soldiers were killed
Business   Corruption   Photos   Politics   Uzbekistan  
 Asia Times 
Karimov swoops on business leaders
Wed 17 Mar 2010
| By Bruce Pannier | Some of the wealthiest people in Uzbekistan have reportedly been arrested or detained over the past several days, or are being hunted down by Uzbek authorities. | They include the... (photo: AP Photo / Anvar ilyasov)
RIO DE JANEIRO/BRAZIL, 14APR09 - Participants captured during the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 14, 2009  Hartford Courant  Tue 16 Mar 2010
Israeli foreign minister says he boycotted visiting Brazilian president over protocol breach
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's foreign minister confirmed Tuesday that he boycotted meetings with the visiting Brazilian president, claiming he refused to visit the grave of the founder of modern Zio... (photo: Creative Commons)
Brazil   Israel   Jerusalem   Photos   Politics  
Saskia Kovac watches as a 4-D ultrasound image of her 34-week-old developing fetus is displayed on a video monitor Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at Fetal Fotos in Pasadena, Calif.  The Examiner  Tue 16 Mar 2010
Life begins at conception – a case against abortion
| "Mama, where do babies come from?" Bettersmarterkids.com If you like this ... Women's Groups Want CBS to Drop Tim Tebow’s Super Bowl Ad ‘Celebrate Family - Celebrate Life.’ Mother le... (photo: AP / Ric Francis)
Abortion   Atlanta   Health   Photos   US  
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Palestinian women supporters of the Islamic Jihad movement march during a rally against Israel's decision to include two West Bank shrines on a list of national heritage sites, in the Jebaliya refugee camp, north of Gaza City, March 13, 2010. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN) IRINnews Tue 16 Mar 2010
OPT: Why violence against women is widespread
web | GAZA CITY, 16 March 2010 (IRIN) - Nahla*, aged 30, from Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, said she was physically and mentally abused for more than 10 years by h... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Gaza   Israel   Photos   Violence   Women  
A sign indicates the Metropolitan Police headquarters, New Scotland Yard in London's Westminster, Monday Aug. 22, 2005. Two Brazilian government representatives are due to fly into Britain Monday to question investigators following new reports about the killing of the innocent 27-year-old Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes that emerged last week, sparking accusations of a cover up by police. Last night, embattled Scotland Yard Commissioner Sir Ian Blair won the backing of the Prime Minister, despite growing calls for a public inquiry and his resignatio London Evening Standard Tue 16 Mar 2010
Scotland Yard forced to move £4m from crime-fighting to protect VIPs
Scotland Yard has been forced to put an extra £4 million into protecting VIPs including junior members of the royal family. | MPs heard how Met Commissioner Sir Paul Step... (photo: AP / Jane Mingay)
Food   London   News   Photos   UK  
Tiger - Animal - Wildlife DNA India Tue 16 Mar 2010
Decline of tigers a sign that 'world has failed miserably'
| London: The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in Doha, Qatar, has determined that the decline of tigers is a sign of the world'... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Animals   China   Photos   Tigers   Trade  
Internet-technology-people-Dharamshala-open-sources-Dharamshala, India Huffington Post Tue 16 Mar 2010
FBI Uses Fake Facebook Profiles To Spy On Suspects
| WASHINGTON — The Feds are on Facebook. And MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, too. | U.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into pop... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
FBI   Internet   Myspace   Photos   Washington  
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan President Shawn Layden shows off a new PlayStation 3 during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. USA Today Tue 16 Mar 2010
Sony's 'God of War III': An epic video game on multiple levels
Updated  | Comment  | Recommend | | |   By Sony Computer Entertainment America Here comes Kratos: The main character in the video game God of War... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
Epic   Game   Photos   Sony   Video  
A general view of a large billboard on display in London's Leicester Square at the UK Premiere of Michael Jackson's 'This Is It', Tuesday Oct. 27, 2009. The Examiner Tue 16 Mar 2010
Michael Jackson update: A 7-year, $200 million record deal reportedly set to be signed
| Michael Jackson achieved something that every artist dreams of doing, but it was Jackson's destiny to fulfill it - he has the greatest selling album of all time - Thril... (photo: AP / Joel Ryan)
Artist   Dollar   Million   Photos   Time  


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