Thursday - March 11, 2010

 

Tasmanian devil colony shows immunity to cancer

1. ADELAIDE, Australia - Australian scientists said Wednesday that the discovery of a genetically distinct colony of Tasmanian devils may save the species from being wiped out by a contagious cancer that has decimated the population.

 

China space program selects first women astronauts

1. BEIJING - A Chinese proverb says women hold up half the sky. In the future, they'll be doing it from space.

 

Official: Pope brother's apology 'wonderful sign'

1. BERLIN - A top Catholic prelate in Germany says an apology from the pope's brother for abuse of students in the 1960s should be seen as a "wonderful sign" that the church plans to get to the bottom of the allegations.

 

Bali bombing suspect confirmed dead in raid

1. (Updated 12:33 p.m. ) JAKARTA, Indonesia - A top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadliest terrorist attack in Indonesia's history has been killed in a shootout with police at an Internet cafe, the president confirmed Wednesday.

 

Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow

1. WASHINGTON - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.

 

UN report: Much of Somalia's food aid diverted

1. UNITED NATIONS - A Security Council report has found much of the food aid intended for Somalia's poor is diverted to corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local UN workers.

 

Law bars Suu Kyi from taking part in upcoming Myanmar elections

1. (Updated 9:44 a.m.) YANGON, Myanmar - A new election law issued by Myanmar's ruling military has barred pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from joining a political party and thus running in upcoming elections, state-run newspapers said Wednesday.

 

Pope's brother: I ignored physical abuse reports

1. BERLIN - The pope's brother has said in a newspaper interview that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also said he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir but did nothing about it.

 

Gunshots heard in violence-wracked Nigerian town

1. Automatic weapons fire punctuated by screams erupted after dark Tuesday in a Nigerian city located near villages where massacres just two days ago left more than 200 people dead.

 

Officials: Bali bombing mastermind may be dead

1. JAKARTA, Indonesia - One of three terror suspects killed during raids Tuesday near Jakarta may include what authorities said was one of the masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombings, but police were still trying to confirm his identity.

 

Japan confirms Cold War-era 'secret' pacts with US

1. TOKYO - A government-mandated panel has confirmed the existence of once-secret Cold War-era pacts between Japan and US on nuclear arms and other issues, ending decades of official denial by Tokyo.

 

Report: NKorea has medium-range missile division

1. SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has recently created an army division in charge of newly developed intermediate-range missiles capable of striking US forces in Japan and Guam, a South Korean news agency said Tuesday.

 

Not more quakes, just more people in quake zones

1. First the ground shook in Haiti, then Chile and now Turkey. The earthquakes keep coming hard and fast this year, causing people to wonder if something sinister is happening underfoot.

 

Survivors shiver after Turkey quake kills 51

1. OKCULAR, Turkey - 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

1. 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.

 

JFK condolence letters published for 1st time

1. CONCORD, N.H. - Among the 1.5 million condolence letters sent to President John F. Kennedy's widow after his assassination in 1963 were more than two dozen from Jane Dryden, a dogged and dramatic 11-year-old who churned out a letter a week for six months straight.

 

(Update) 6.0 earthquake hits eastern Turkey

1. OKCULAR VILLAGE, Turkey - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 57 people as it knocked down stone or mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages, the government said.

 

Death toll in strong quake in Turkey climbs to 41

1. ANKARA, Turkey- A strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey on Monday, killing at least 41 people and knocking down houses in at least three small villages, the government said.

 

North Korea says it's ready to 'blow up' SKorea

1. SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea's army said Monday it is ready to "blow up" South Korea and the US, hours after the allies kicked off annual military drills that Pyongyang has slammed as a rehearsal for attack.

 

11 dead as strong quake rocks eastern Turkey

1. ANKARA, Turkey - A strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey Monday, killing at least 11 people, an official said.

 

SKorea, US start drills despite NKorea's threat

1. SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea and the US kicked off annual military exercises Monday, a day after North Korea denounced the training as a rehearsal for invasion and threatened to attack the allies.

 

US troops withdrawing en masse from Haiti

1. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - US troops are withdrawing from the shattered capital, leaving many Haitians anxious that the most visible portion of international aid is ending even as the city is still mired in misery and vulnerable to unrest.

 

Pakistan detains American-born al-Qaeda

1. KARACHI, Pakistan - Two Pakistani officers and a government official said Sunday that an American charged with treason for working with al-Qaeda had been captured, a development that could deliver another significant blow in the US-led battle against the terror network.

 

Pope's brother says he would testify in abuse case

1. ROME - The brother of Pope Benedict XVI has told a newspaper he is willing to testify in the sex scandal rocking Germany's Catholic Church, even though he says he knows nothing about the alleged abuse of boys in a choir he later led.

 

Iran launches new cruise missile production line

1. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Sunday launched a new production line of highly accurate, short-range cruise missiles capable of evading radar, state TV reported.

 

25 die as Iraqis defy violence to vote in polls

1. (UPDATED) BAGHDAD - Iraqis voted on Sunday in an election testing the mettle of the country's still-fragile democracy as insurgents killed 25 people across the Iraq, unleashing a barrage of mortars intent on disrupting the historic day.

 

Iran's Ahmadinejad: Sept. 11 attacks a 'big lie'

1. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the official version of the Sept. 11 attacks a "big lie" used by the U.S. as an excuse for the war on terror, state media reported.

 

China says it"s up to the US to improve relations

1. BEIJING - China said on Sunday it is up to the United States to improve relations that soured over US arms sales to Taiwan and a meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama.

 

North Korea airs rare video of leader at rally

1. SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea broadcast a video of leader Kim Jong Il attending a massive rally marking the reopening of a textile factory, a move seen as aimed at demonstrating his commitment to reviving the country's sagging economy.

 

Death toll from China snow storms rises to 30

1. BEIJING - A state news agency said the death toll from freezing weather and snowstorms in China"s far western Xinjiang region since December has climbed to 30.

 

Vatican backs German efforts on sex scandal

1. VATICAN CITY - The Vatican said on Saturday it was backing a German diocese"s efforts to shed light on sexual abuse allegations connected to a renowned boy"s choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI"s brother.

 

Doctors warn of diseases from Chile wreckage

1. CONCEPCION, Chile - Huge piles of wreckage and tons of rotting fish and other debris blanketing the ground are turning the coastal towns shattered by Chile's earthquake and tsunami into nests of infection, doctors warned.

 

China official shows off rare public trait: charm

1. BEIJING - He arrived to the squeals of crushed reporters, who crammed into an entryway of China's Great Hall of the People to see one of the country's potential leaders.

 

 

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