World News
 Iran offers to exchange uranium with the West
The Tokyo News.Net
The head of the Iranian atomic energy agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, has told local television the country will make concessions to the West by exchanging Tehran's low-grade uranium for highly enriched uranium that it needs for its medical research  Australian soldiers identified from WWI
The Tokyo News.Net
The Australian government has announced it has identified the remains of 75 Australian soldiers who fought in the 1916 Battle of Fromelles in France. Medical Pot Lights Up D.c. Debate
Washington Times
By Shaun Waterman THE WASHINGTON TIMES Medical marijuana is coming to the District of Columbia - but still with too many restrictions for some pot advocates. Now that Congress has lifted its decad... Cbo Feels Crush Of Health Care Requests
Washington Times
Stephen Dinan President Obama's agenda has so overloaded Congress that its legislative gatekeepers - the analysts who score each bill and the auditors who weed out waste and fraud - can't keep up. ... Kucinich Drops Opposition To Health Bill
Washington Times
Jennifer Haberkorn President Obama and Democratic leaders won key endorsements for their health care overhaul plan Wednesday from an outspoken opponent and Catholic nuns who bucked other Catholic gro... Mubarak's Health Fuels Anxiety Over Succession
Washington Times
CAIRO | Ten days after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak underwent surgery in Germany, there is growing uncertainty over his health and increased talk about who will eventually succeed him. On Tuesd... 5 Americans Charged With Terrorism
Washington Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan | A Pakistani court Wednesday charged five young Americans with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Pakista... Taliban Retaliates To Counter U.s. In Afghanistan
Washington Times
MARJAH, Afghanistan | A month after losing control of its southern base in Marjah, the Taliban has begun to fight back, launching a campaign of assassination and intimidation to frighten people from s... Detroit Set To Close Schools
Washington Times
By DETROIT (AP) | Doors are expected to shut on more than a quarter of Detroit's 172 public schools in June as the district fights through steadily declining enrollment and a budget deficit of more t... Mcchrystal: Goal Is To Capture Bin Laden Alive
Washington Times
WASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that it remains the goal of U.S. troops to capture Osama bin Laden alive and "bring him to justice." The comment by Gen. Stan... Iraqi Leader Al-maliki Reclaims Vote Lead
Washington Times
By Rebecca Santana ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD — The man who has led Iraq for the past four years is battling for his political survival just as U.S. troops are getting ready to pack up and go hom... Americans' Arrests Reveal New Face Of Jihad
Washington Times
By Eileen Sullivan ASSOCIATED PRESS One was a drywall contractor and father, another a petite woman who cared for the elderly, another a U.S. military officer. The most alarming thing about a string ... Bernanke Lobbies To Keep Control Of Banking Oversight
Washington Times
By Jeannine Aversa and Jim Kuhnhenn ASSOCIATED PRESS Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke urged Congress on Wednesday to let the Fed keep all of its banking oversight, arguing that information gl... Breast Cancer Gets Iced
New York Post
A method of freezing away cancerous breast tumors by using super-cold gas could be the next step in developing a cure, a study suggests. The procedure involves inserting several needle-like probes int... Disputed Picasso On Block
New York Post
This would end anyone's blue period. A once-disputed Picasso masterpiece set to hit the auction block this summer is expected to sell for up to $60 million -- which would be a world record for the art... Tod's Ceo Doubles His Stake In Saks
New York Post
An Italian luxury tycoon has extended his shopping spree at Saks, doubling down on the retailer's shares over the past month. Diego Della Valle, CEO of Tod's, the Italian maker of pricey shoes and han... North Korea Is Said To Have Executed Finance Chief
International Herald Tribune
North Korea has executed its top financial official as its government struggled to contain a chaos triggered by its botched attempt to arrest inflation through a radical currency devaluation, news rep... For Ben And The Fed, Good News Equals Trouble
New York Post
month, so here it goes. As you've no doubt already heard, the Fed did nothing at its meeting Tuesday, which was about what everyone expected. It didn't raise interest rates, and, of course, it can't l... Shai Simon Gets 20 Years For Hit-and-run
Jerusalem Post
The Tel Aviv District Court on Thursday sentenced Shai Simon to 20 years behind bars for killing Meital Aharonson and seriously injuring Mali Yazdi in a Tel Aviv hit-and-run in October 2008. Shalom Ye... Alleged Al Qaeda Operative Dead?
CNN
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suspected al Qaeda member believed to have played a key role in a deadly December attack on CIA employees in Afghanistan appears to have been killed, a U.S. counterterro... Clinton In Russia For Nuke, Mideast Talks
CNN
Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Russia on Thursday to jump-start talks on two diplomatic fronts: a new nuclear treaty between the countries and the stalled M... Alex Chilton Of The 'box Tops' Dies
CNN
Guitarist known for his work with bands the Box Tops and Big Star Chilton was having heart problems and died in an emergency room in New Orleans Chilton was to perform at the South by Southwest music ... Research Monkey Deaths Spark Debate
C News
SPARKS, Nevada - Workers at a Nevada research lab were checking on a primate room when they came across a ghastly sight: Thirty dead monkeys were essentially cooked alive after someone left the heater... Pakistani Court Charges U.s. Terror Suspects
C News
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Pakistani court charged five young Americans on Wednesday with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Paki... Religious Violence Rages In Nigeria
C News
LAGOS, Nigeria - Attackers killed 12 people Wednesday morning in a small Christian village in central Nigeria, officials said, cutting out most of the victims' tongues in the latest violence in a regi... Web Inventor Calls For Open Data
BBC
Countries should be judged on their willingness to open up public data to their citizens, the inventor of the world wide web has told the BBC.He said "openness of data and the neutrality of the n... U.s. Tells China Yuan Issue Is Of "real Concern"
Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States kept up pressure on China on Thursday to let the yuan climb as Beijing disclosed it was sounding out exporters on whether they could cope with a stronger exchange... Greece May Seek Imf Help
Reuters
(Reuters) - Greece may seek financial aid from the International Monetary Fund next month because it is growing increasingly pessimistic about the prospect of help from the European Union, Dow Jones N... Australia Urges Access To China Trial Of Rio Staff
Reuters
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia urged China on Thursday to allow its diplomats full access to the trial of four Rio Tinto staff charged with commercial spying in a case that could hurt political and ec... Complaints Over Fixed Toyotas Jump To 105
CBS News
Toyota Defect Disputed Toyota engineers are questioning the validity of a Calif. man's claims to have lost control of his Prius as it unintentionally accelerated to over 90 mph on a freeway. Dean Reyn... Biden Lay's Irish Pm's Mother To "rest"
CBS News
Ireland Prime Minister Brian Cowen speaks as President Barack Obama and vice president Joe Biden smile during a St. Patrick's Day reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 17,... The Rundown - March 18
RadioFreeEurope
About This Page "The Rundown" is a comprehensive, hand-picked daily review of the most important international news and opinion on RFE/RL's broadcast region. Qaeda Thug Killed: Report
New York Post
A key al Qaeda figure, Hussein al-Yemeni, involved in a recent attack on the CIA in Afghanistan, apparently has been killed in Pakistan, a U.S. counterterrorism official said yesterday. Hussein al-Yem... Aging Cancer Cells To Death
New York Post
Scientists said yesterday they've discovered a molecular pathway that forces cancer cells to grow old and die. A study in mice showed that blocking a gene in this pathway called Skp2 triggered the agi... Everyday Terror At 'intifada' Hs
New York Post
"You don't see parents," she said. "Three or four times a week, there are cops here, if not more." It may be the worst record in the city. So how did this happen? Two and a half years ago, the hijab-w...
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