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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Herald Globe.com http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/10/id/b8de8e630faf3631/ en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:18:54 -0500 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:18:54 -0500 30 MALE - A special United Nations envoy and a senior Indian diplomat have landed in the Maldives amid political crisis in the archipelago following a dramatic regime change in the Indian Ocean nation. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203392318/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:22:26 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203392318/cs/1/ YANGON - Less than a month after his release from jail, a Burmese activist monk was taken away by the authorities for questioning early Friday, according to reports. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203391414/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:54:35 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203391414/cs/1/ ISLAMABAD - In a major setback to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan Supreme Court Friday dismissed his appeal against a contempt of court charge, which means that the premier will have to ap http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203392314/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:09:48 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203392314/cs/1/ MADRID - Famous human rights crusader and Spanish judge known for his role in the arrest of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and attempts to get his extradition from London, has been convicted http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203392313/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:54:50 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203392313/cs/1/ KABUL - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has strongly criticized NATO for the air strikes resulting in the death of at least seven children, further aggravating the strained relations between Kabu http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203392308/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:33:35 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203392308/cs/1/ Damascus - At least 25 people were killed Friday when two powerful car bombs targeting security posts ripped through Syria's second largest city of Aleppo even as protests continued in Homs, which has http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203391668/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:04:01 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203391668/cs/1/ The Maldives' ousted president Mohamed Nasheed said Friday that his party would hit the streets and demonstrate in the absence of international support but "we cannot join this government as we believ http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203392306/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:30:14 -0500 IANS http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203392306/cs/1/ Antonio Banderas has revealed that he and Salma Hayek began to hate each other while they toured the world promoting their new movie 'Puss in Boots'. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387757/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:20:57 -0500 ANI http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387757/cs/1/ Australia defeated Sri Lanka on Friday in the fourth Commonwealth Bank one-day international played that WACA ground here by just five runs. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387731/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:20:27 -0500 ANI http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387731/cs/1/ Sex scandals have hit the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) hard in recent months, with reports saying that several faculty and staff members are eying junior students. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387724/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:20:21 -0500 ANI http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387724/cs/1/ The International Dairy Queen (IDQ), part of American business mogul Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, plans to open 1,000 ice cream stores in China, a media report said Friday. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385802/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:20:05 -0500 IANS http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385802/cs/1/ Football's world governing body FIFA has urged the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) to amend its constitution to avoid internal disputes in the future. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385796/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:04 -0500 IANS http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385796/cs/1/ India and the European Union (EU) have agreed to expedite talks for a broad-based trade and investment agreement and hope to conclude the deal soon, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385787/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385787/cs/1/ Shyness, grieving and fetishes are soon to be classified as mental illness by a new international diagnostic manual, according to specialists. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385778/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:10:03 -0500 ANI http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385778/cs/1/ The European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship 2014 will be held in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, Vice-President of the European Union of Gymnastics Rudolf Hediger said here. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203384690/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203384690/cs/1/ Reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Dayron Robles will go head-to-head with reigning world indoor champion Liu Xiang of China in a blockbuster 60-metre hurdles race at the Aviva Grand Pr http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203382491/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:30:01 -0500 IANS http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203382491/cs/1/ German international and Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger will be out of action for an indefinite period due to a torn ligament. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381637/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:00:33 -0500 IANS http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381637/cs/1/ A day after a court ordered the arrest of ousted Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed, UN special envoy Oscar Fernandez-Taranco Friday called for dialogue to resolve the political turmoil. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379444/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:00:31 -0500 IANS http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379444/cs/1/ England wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter has backed beleaguered Kevin Pietersen to regain his form, which earned him reputation of being one of the finest one-days batsman in international cricket. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379427/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:30:20 -0500 ANI http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379427/cs/1/ Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp, who emerged as favourite to succeed Fabio Capello, is interested in taking charge of England for this summer's European Championships, but the Football Associ http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379422/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:30:03 -0500 ANI http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379422/cs/1/ A senior United Nations official today outlined a set of priorities that Member States should tackle ahead of the Sustainable Development Conference (Rio20) in June so that there is a clear framework http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203370491/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:17:25 -0500 U.N. - Economic Development http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203370491/cs/1/ A senior United Nations human rights official has voiced concern over a wave of violence inside prisons in South America, where at least eight inmates have been killed in the past two weeks in four se http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203370490/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:16:13 -0500 U.N. - Americas http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203370490/cs/1/ The Maldives' ousted president Mohamed Nasheed Thursday appealed to the world community to help restore democracy in his country while stating that he was toppled by a small group of police officers. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203358096/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:10:08 -0500 IANS http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203358096/cs/1/ DAMASCUS - An Arab League-UN joint mission to violence-wracked Syria could be in the offing with the League putting forward such a proposal, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203359243/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:36:26 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203359243/cs/1/ LONDON - Prince Harry, the third in line to the British throne, is due to return to the frontline in Afghanistan after he qualified to fly the crack Apache helicopter-gunships. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203359242/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:30:36 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203359242/cs/1/ BEIJING - Speculation was rife, especially in the Chinese social media, that a well-known crime-fighting former police chief may have tried to and failed in getting political asylum in the United Stat http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203359241/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:11 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203359241/cs/1/ BEIJING - Another Tibetan, said to be a monk, has set himself on fire in the troubled southwest Chinese province of Sichuan as thousands defied a security crackdown protesting against Beijing rule, ac http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203359232/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:09:05 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203359232/cs/1/ ISLAMABAD - A US drone targeting a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the Afghanistan border Thursday killed four suspected militants including a key commander of the terrorist group al- http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203358567/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:21:23 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203358567/cs/1/ NEW YORK - After three decades, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thursday granted licences to a consortium of utilities led by a Fortune 500 company Southern Co to build two new nuclear reactors i http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203361069/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:33:36 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203361069/cs/1/ Seagulls rest in snow on the Bosporus in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Weather authorities forecast that the cold snap will continue throughout the country until the weekend as heavy snow ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388116/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:33:50 -0500 Sign on San Diego http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388116/ BANGKOK - World stock markets dropped today after Europe's finance ministers demanded more spending cuts from Greece before clearing a (euro) 130 billion ($170 billion) bailout to stave off the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387115/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:32:52 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387115/ AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year award Friday for an image of a veiled woman holding a wounded relative in her arms after a ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387116/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:32:38 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387116/ SINGAPORE (AFP) - A Singapore judge on Friday allowed the extradition to the United States of four Singaporeans accused of illegally selling US-made radio components to Iran that ended up in Iraqi ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388107/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:28:22 -0500 West Australian http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388107/ quite by chance, when I discovered an original bottle from the Crown Perfumery, the company appointed by Queen Victoria in 1872 to carry the royal crest, nestled under the floorboards at our family ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387111/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:28:14 -0500 The National http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387111/ Taipei, Feb. 10, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan's leading garment makers, including Makalot Industrial Co., Eclat Textile Co., and Tainan Enterprises Co., are ambitious to expand the markets in Asia and ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387711/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:26:19 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387711/ ZAGREB, Croatia -; A former senior Croatian official has pleaded not guilty to charges that he ordered the abduction, torture and killing of Serb civilians during the nation's war in ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388071/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:22:14 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388071/ MOSCOW -; A Russian security agency says a Russian military officer has been convicted of passing missile secrets to the CIA and sentenced to 13 years in prison. The Federal Security Service, ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388072/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:22:11 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388072/ BHUBANESHWAR, India -; Police say Maoist rebels are suspected of triggering a blast that destroyed a police jeep and killed four officers in eastern India. Police officer Avinash Reddy says the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387482/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:22:08 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387482/ ANKARA, Turkey -; The harshest winter in decades has added to the woes of more than 140,000 quake survivors who are braving record low temperatures and heavy snow fall in tents or temporary homes ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388073/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:22:06 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388073/ An Egyptian man passes by a mural and Arabic that reads, "free men will continue the journey, coming back," in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Egypt is refusing to back down in a ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387330/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:22:03 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387330/ TUNIS, Tunisia -; The lawyer representing deposed Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has condemned as illegal efforts to sell the former president's seized properties. In a statement ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388076/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:22:00 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388076/ MOSCOW -; Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has praised Russian scientists who have reached a gigantic freshwater lake in Antarctica hidden under more than two miles of ice. Putin on Friday hailed ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388075/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:21:54 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388075/ LONDON -; Britain's Ministry of Defense hasn't figured out how it will meet a funding shortfall as costs for its largest projects keep soaring, a government spending watchdog said in a ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388074/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:21:52 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388074/ Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, center, poses with EU President Herman Van Rompuy, left, beside EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Friday, Feb. ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388077/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:21:47 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388077/ BELGRADE, Serbia -; A court in Serbia is investigating three guards suspected of helping two dangerous inmates try to escape from a high-security prison - one of whom had been convicted of plotting ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388078/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:21:43 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388078/ GENEVA -; The U.N. refugee agency says at least 11 people have drowned and 34 are missing after a smuggling boat headed for Yemen capsized off the coast of Somalia this week. A spokesman for the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388080/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:21:31 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388080/ Women protesters shouts slogans as they picket the U.S. Embassy in Manila Friday Feb. 10, 2012 in the Philippines to protest the alleged shift of focus in U.S. foreign policy from Iraq and ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388081/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:21:27 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388081/ GENEVA -; Liechtenstein's royal family has indicated it would veto the results of any referendum that removed the prince's power to veto the results of referendums. Pro-democracy ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388082/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:21:22 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388082/ and the new stretch muscles and viscera over those raw nerves. Even when she's conveying disappointment, hurt or longing, Van Etten sounds more assertive and complex these days, aided by the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387074/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:12:58 -0500 NPR http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387074/ Freezing weather has killed dozens of people in central and eastern Europe over the past few days and temperatures are set to drop even further, authorities warned ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388115/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:10:44 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388115/ tuberculosis cases in the European Union (EU) is not meeting international standards, according to new research. The research, published online ahead of print in the European Respiratory Journal, ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387978/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:09:20 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387978/ Quito - Italian police discovered 40kg of cocaine in a diplomatic pouch that Ecuador made available to an theatrical artist, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino told reporters on ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385896/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:03:28 -0500 IOL http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385896/ Russia must confront ';the reality'; of the deadly crackdown in Syria, EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said on Thursday, after Moscow vetoed a UN resolution condemning the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385897/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:03:21 -0500 IOL http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385897/ Firefighters return from an operation on the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island. The ship's captain remains under house ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385899/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:02:51 -0500 IOL http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385899/ Kuala Lumpur - Valentine's Day in Malaysia does not only make lovers' hearts flutter but triggers acrimonious debates on whether the celebration should be stopped in the predominantly ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385900/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:02:42 -0500 IOL http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385900/ Stockholm/Buenos Aires - British Prime Minister David Cameron hit back at Argentina on Thursday over its plans to protest to the United Nations against British ';militarisation'; of the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385901/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:02:31 -0500 IOL http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385901/ A group of US Marines posing in Afghanistan with a Nazi-like flag for a photo that was posted online have been given a warning but escaped punishment, the US military said on ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385902/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:02:23 -0500 IOL http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385902/ A soldier stands guard inside a storage room at a clandestine drug processing laboratory discovered at a ranch in Tlajomulco de Zuniga on the outskirts of ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385903/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:02:15 -0500 IOL http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385903/ Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is setting the stage for his re-election bid by airing plans to overhaul the education system and make the jobless work for benefits, and is expected to ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385905/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:01:31 -0500 IOL http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385905/ As news of the bloodshed in Homs reverberated around the world yesterday, angry scenes erupted outside Syrian embassies and diplomatic ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385885/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:13 -0500 The Herald http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385885/ India's beleaguered government won some relief yesterday when a court threw out a corruption case against one of its top ministers ahead of crucial state elections next ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385886/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:02 -0500 The Herald http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385886/ Heavy weapons fire rang out in the northern Malian town of Kidal yesterday, in a sign that a Tuareg-led rebellion was nearing the most significant target yet in two weeks of ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385888/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:59:52 -0500 The Herald http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385888/ ARULING South African African National Congress appeals panel yesterday upheld a decision to expel its firebrand youth leader Julius Malema for bringing the movement into ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385890/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:59:48 -0500 The Herald http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385890/ ACTOR Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, TV shows and stage productions, died of pancreatic cancer in a Manhattan hospital on Friday, his lawyer said ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385889/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:59:43 -0500 The Herald http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385889/ KENYA'S military has struck al-Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to crush the rebels last ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385891/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:59:41 -0500 The Herald http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385891/ THE number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly football riot rose to eight yesterday, security officials said, as demonstrations continued in the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385892/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:59:36 -0500 The Herald http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385892/ Civilian deaths undermine support in Afghanistan and America for the US-led war, and are one of the biggest causes of friction between President Hamid Karzai and the Nato-led International Security ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385893/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:59:31 -0500 The Herald http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385893/ The solar market rebounded slightly before the Lunar New Year holidays. Many firms in the Greater China region experienced increasing capacity utilization rates due to urgent orders. China media ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388060/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:47:21 -0500 Digitimes http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388060/ DAMASCUS: Explosions rocked Syria's second city of Aleppo as tanks entered the protest hub of Homs on Friday, activists said, ahead of planned protests to denounce Russia's steadfast ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385871/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:43:01 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385871/ DP World , the world's fourth-biggest port operator, has begun talks with banks for a loan to help repay half of a $3bn credit facility that matures in October, a banker familiar with the talks ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387092/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:36:48 -0500 Arabian Business http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387092/ Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cut its forecast for world oil demand growth in 2012 by 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 940,000 ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387093/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:36:28 -0500 Arabian Business http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387093/ TNK-BP is expected to have to pay a record fine of 1.8 billion roubles imposed by the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) for fixing petrol ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388124/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:31:11 -0500 RT http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388124/ The ski courses to be used for the Sochi 2014 Games will soon be broken in, with the World Cup stage set to give the medal hopefuls a chance to try the future Olympic ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387126/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:31:05 -0500 RT http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387126/ SOCHI, February 10 (RIA Novosti) - Sochi's round of the Alpine skiing World Cup should continue after the 2014 Olympics, rather than simply being a test event for the games, the president of ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387113/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:27:11 -0500 RIA Novosti http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387113/ Uganda's Government does not support a politician's decision to reintroduce a bill that originally proposed the death penalty for some homosexual acts, it has said in responding to renewed ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388112/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:26:31 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388112/ A top UN official is meeting with the current and former presidents of the Maldives, trying to end the political stalemate in the Indian Ocean nation.The meetings, with UN assistant ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388113/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:26:29 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388113/ NEW: Violence flares as thousands of people gather for a rally outside the Greek Parliament Prime Minister George Papandreou will address Parliament later Greek trade unions have called a two ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388106/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:25:53 -0500 CNN Money http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388106/ THE death toll from a strong quake this week in the central Philippines rose to 39 today, with dozens of missing feared dead, a disaster official ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388108/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:03:37 -0500 News.com.au http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388108/ Giant snails the size of a man's hand are eating up everything in sight and they're every gardener's worst nightmare. Florida is battling an invasion of the African species, one gross ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388109/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:03:33 -0500 News.com.au http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388109/ MADRID (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets opened lower on Friday, after euro-zone finance ministers held off on approving a fresh tranche of aid for Greece late the prior day. Banks led the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387407/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:01:05 -0500 Market Watch http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387407/ 11.11am: At Syntagma Square, our correspondent Helena Smith finds more people than ever before are saying that Greece should leave the eurozone.That view conflicts with polls that have shown the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387173/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:29 -0500 The Guardian http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387173/ >Are you there? Send us your images or video(CNN) -- Tens of thousands of Syrians took to the streets Friday to protest Russia and its recent veto of a United Nations resolution that would have ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385894/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:05 -0500 CNN http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385894/ BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry said on Friday it will send a senior official to Iran for talks on the country's nuclear program, which has spurred tensions between Tehran and ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388063/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:55:55 -0500 Reuters http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388063/ MALE (Reuters) - The ousted president of the Maldives was walking free on Friday despite an arrest warrant against him as diplomats including a U.N. envoy worked to forestall renewed violence in the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388065/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:55:45 -0500 Reuters http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388065/ BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court jailed a veteran dissident to seven years in jail Friday, his son said, in the latest blow to challengers of the Communist Party's rule before its next ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388066/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:55:39 -0500 Reuters http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388066/ LAGOS (Reuters) - An increasingly violent insurgency by Islamist sect Boko Haram in Nigeria's economically stagnant north has begun pressuring the country's finances by forcing extra ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388068/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:55:33 -0500 Reuters http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388068/ In his 1983 song "Neighborhood Bully," written in defense of Israel, Bob Dylan puts the Middle East conflict into sharp focus with hard-hitting lyrics like ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388062/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:55:33 -0500 Record Net http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388062/ JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Indonesia, the world's top palm oil producer, would study any approach by Iran to trade by barter, it said on Friday, as tightening sanctions hurt Iran's ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388067/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:55:28 -0500 Reuters http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388067/ Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R) listens to the national anthems during a welcoming ceremony for South Africa's Vice President Kgalema Motlanthe inside the Great Hall of the People in ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388069/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:55:20 -0500 Reuters http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388069/ high profile anti-Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) demonstrations in Poland , numerous activist groups called for a similar, united response across all European territories. The call to ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388123/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:53:47 -0500 IBTimes http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388123/ (AP) BRUSSELS - Just hours after Greece gave in to painful new job and spending cuts, European ministers declared Thursday that Athens didn't go far enough and demanded more within a week in ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388110/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:49:50 -0500 CBS News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388110/ the Obama administration’s mandate that religious entities cover contraception into the non-related highway bill that’s currently pending on the Senate floor. The move was intercepted ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388117/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:47:06 -0500 ABC News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388117/ On a normal day, 4 billion shares of stock change hands on the New York Stock Exchange. One in 10 belongs to a single company. It's not McDonald's or IBM, both of which have been on a ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388120/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:47:00 -0500 ABC News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388120/ Off '; ascObj.innerHTML = ascntrlStr; } } userPref.autoStart = userPref.getAutoStart(); baseURL = 'http://a.abcnews.com/assets'; pageId = '15547310'; playlistIds = ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388121/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:46:57 -0500 ABC News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388121/ On music's biggest night of the year, a lot's going to go down. "People bring their A-game to the Grammys," said Yahoo! music critic Paul Grein. "It's the best ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388122/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:46:53 -0500 ABC News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388122/ Arthur Livingston, of Prosperity, S.C., may feel prosperous and alive, but his credit report says, "File not scored because subject is deceased." That's because Livingston's ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388119/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:46:47 -0500 ABC News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388119/ ZAMBIA is expected to benefit from the World Bank's regional integration programme in which the global lending institution has resolved to increase investment from the current US$4.2 billion to ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387100/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:38:33 -0500 All Africa http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387100/ A new World Bank report has disclosed that African countries are losing out on billions of dollars in potential trade earnings every year because of high trade barriers with neighbouring countries. ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387101/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:38:21 -0500 All Africa http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203387101/ William Theophilus Brown, a painter who enjoyed success for more than half-a-century and was closely associated with the San Francisco Bay area’s ';figurative'; movement, has died at ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388085/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:36:28 -0500 IC Wales http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203388085/