World News Center
Women's Bill row: 7 MPs suspended in Rajya Sabha - Times of India
March 9, 2010 CBC.ca | Women's Bill row: 7 MPs suspended in Rajya Sabha Times of India NEW DELHI: Vice President Hamid Ansari on Tuesday suspended seven MPs for disrupting proceedings in the Rajya Sabha over the Women's Reservation Bill. The House was suspended till 2pm. The MPs were suspended for the remainder of the session. ... PM calls Ansari, regrets Rajya Sabha fracas Govt looks for consensus, may amend women's bill Rajya Sabha adjourned over women's reservation issue |
Obama pitches health plan in spirited appearance (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - Stirring memories of his campaign for the White House, President Barack Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage of long-stalled health care changes Monday as Democratic congressional leaders worked behind the scenes on legislation they hope can quickly gain passage.
Haiti frees US missionary; group leader still held (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - One of two Baptist missionaries still held on kidnapping charges in Haiti was released and flew to Miami on Monday, but the U.S. group's leader remained in custody.
Survivors shiver in Turkey after quake kills 51 (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - Hundreds of earthquake survivors huddled in aid tents and around bonfires Monday in eastern Turkey, seeking relief from the winter cold after a strong temblor knocked down stone and mud-brick houses in five villages, killing 51 people.
Hundreds slaughtered in Nigeria religious violence (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - The killers showed no mercy: They didn't spare women and children, or even a 4-day-old baby, from their machetes. On Monday, Nigerian women wailed in the streets as a dump truck carried dozens of bodies past burned-out homes toward a mass grave.
Gates meets with troops in southern Afghanistan (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates got a closer view of the Afghanistan war Tuesday, with a visit to troops fighting the Taliban in the country's rugged south.
Obama still wants US trial for some Gitmo suspects (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - White House aides are increasingly convinced that accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will never face trial in a civilian court and are trying to cut a deal that would still transfer Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects to the U.S., where many would faces criminal charges, a senior administration official said Monday.
Iraqi parties both claim to be ahead in election (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - The Iraqi prime minister's coalition and its main secular rival both claimed to be ahead in the vote count Monday, a day after historic parliamentary elections that the top U.S. commander said would let all but 50,000 American troops come home by the end of summer.
2 of oldest people in US die: in NH 114, Mich. 113 (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - Two of the oldest people in the world have died on the same day.
Oscar's big question: How did David slay Goliath? (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - For Hollywood pundits, industry folk and Oscar fans still paying attention on Monday, a major question remained: How did David slay Goliath?
Pages: 1 2 3 4
