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A Chinese police officer walks past the Great Hall of the People as the second plenary session of the National People's Congress is held in Beijing, China, Thursday, March 8, 2012.
China   Congress   Parliament   Photos   Wikipedia: National People's Congress		  Asia Times 
China's National People's Congress: not a tea party
Thu 8 Mar 2012
Mar 9, 2012... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to Tea Party members during the Restoring America event, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, in Indianola, Iowa.
Film   Fire   Game   Photos   Wikipedia/Sarah Palin		  my SA 
Jakle: Palin a bit off base in faulting 'Game Change'
Tue 6 Mar 2012
HBO's Sarah Palin movie, "Game Change," hasn't even aired and it's already come under fire by - guess who? - Sarah Palin. John McCain's 2008 running mate reportedly has not seen the film debuting on... (photo: AP / Charlie Neibergall)
In this July 25, 2008 file photo, General Motors Corp. headquarters are shown in Detroit. Cash-desperate GM is said to be interested in Chrysler first for its pile of money. The struggling Chrysler reportedly has about $11 billion available even though its sales have dropped 25 percent during the first nine months of the year.  Turkish Press  Sun 4 Mar 2012
GM-Peugeot tie up sidesteps overcapacity problem
The alliance between car giants General Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroen, announced as a bold move to save jobs and cut costs, leaves aside the thorny issue of overcapacity in Europe, a big concern for... (photo: AP / Paul Sancya)
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New North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang after reviewing a parade of thousands of soldiers and commemorating the 70th birthday of the late Kim Jong Il on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012.  The New York Times  Sun 4 Mar 2012
North Korean Leader Takes a Defiant Stance as He Visits Border
SEOUL, South Korea — The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, visited the heavily armed border with the South and ordered his troops on higher alert, the North’s state-run media said... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder)
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Top Stories more Headlines
Panetta: '101st is one of the units we have to protect' The Leaf Chronicle Sun 4 Mar 2012
Panetta: '101st is one of the units we have to protect'
FORT CAMPBELL, KY. - During Friday's tour of Fort Campbell, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta fielded questions on key aspects of defense policy going forward, including... (photo: USMC / Mark Fayloga)
Defense   Future   Mideast   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Panetta (surname)
World Bank cuts global economic forecasts Turkish Press Sat 3 Mar 2012
World Bank cuts global economic forecasts
The World Bank slashed its global economic growth forecasts and warned that rich nations' debt problems may yet reap a crisis that would eclipse the tumult of 2008.... (photo: WN / Marzena)
Bank   Brazil   Economy   Forecasts   Photos   Wikipedia: World Bank
Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant, center right, is restrained by Philadelphia 76ers' Andre Iguodala (9) to keep him from Evan Turner, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Turkish Press Fri 2 Mar 2012
Thunder storm back to beat Magic
Kevin Durant scored 38 points and Russell Westbrook added 29 as Oklahoma City erased a double-digit fourth-quarter deficit en route to a 105-102 NBA victory over Orlando.... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon)
NBA   Oklahoma   Photos   Sports   Wikipedia: Kevin Durant
Mojtaba Zolnouri, a former top official with Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, left, talks on his mobile phone as the other clerics queue to cast their ballots during the parliamentary elections at Masoumeh shrine in the city of Qom, 78 miles (125 kilometers) south of the Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 2, 2012. The balloting for the 290-member parliament is the first major voting since the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009 and the mass protests and crackdowns that followed.. CNN Fri 2 Mar 2012
What Iran’s election means
Editor's Note: Meir Javedanfar is an Iranian – Israeli Middle East analyst and the co-author of The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and The State of... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili)
Election   Iran   Mideast   Photos   Politics
In this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, thousands of North Koreans gather in Pyongyang, North Korea, at Kim Il Sung Square to hold a mass rally in support for their country's policies and new leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSION The Guardian Fri 2 Mar 2012
North Korea threatens 'merciless sacred war' against south
Pyongyang continues aiming rhetoric against neighbour despite deal with US to suspend nuclear activities The North Korean army resorted to familiar rhetoric, despite... (photo: AP / Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
North Korea   Nuclear   Photos   War   Wikipedia: North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
Serbian President Boris Tadic speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. Al Jazeera Fri 2 Mar 2012
EU grants Serbia candidate status
European Union leaders have endorsed Serbia as a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. Thursday's confirmation of candidate status is seen as a historic step... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo)
Balkans   EU   Photos   Serbia   Wikipedia: Serbia
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, walks off of the stage after speaking at a news conference on the debt ceiling on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2011. The New York Times Thu 1 Mar 2012
A Well-Deserved Defeat for the Religious Right
I was glad to see the Senate defeat the Blunt amendment today, rejecting an attempt by religious conservatives to weaken the separation of church and state. The... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh)
Insurance   Photos   Religion   Roy Blunt   Wikipedia: Roy Blunt


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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, speaks to a group of supporters during a town hall meeting in Winter Park, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/John Raoux) aaeh Romney encourages rivals to fold; no way, they say The Guardian
Six UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan 'would expect comrades to continue' Six UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan 'would expect comrades to continue' The Guardian
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, right, and his predecessor Kofi Annan, meet at a Nairobi hotel, Kenya, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. Ban Ki-Moon is in Nairobi to hold talks to help resolve the month long post election crisis that has killed more than 800 people and forced 300,000 from their homes. He was later scheduled to meet Opposition leader Raila Odinga. Annan urges end to Syria violence, minister defects The Star
Meryl Streep reacts to winning the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role for "Doubt" at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, in Los Angeles. International Women's Day Vogue
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Suresh Kalmadi will remain as Indian Olympic Asoociation's chairman, association sources claimed. Tainted official stays as Indian sport body chief CNN
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Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar gestures during a practice session in the nets ahead of their first cricket test match against Australia in Mohali, India, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. Sachin Tendulkar included in India's Asia Cup squad BBC News
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Rabindra Bharati University Students gather for Pre-Holi at Jorasako Thakurbari in Kolkata on Tuesday 06 March 2012 Play safe this Holi, embrace natural colours The Hindu
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