Big quake shakes Pakistan; no casualties, minor damage Reuters By Saeed Ali Achakzai QUETTA (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.2 shook southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, jolting residents of cities as far apart as New Delhi and Dubai, but doing little damage in the sparsely populated region. ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
Dozens of Iraqis die in bombing in Tikrit Washington Post By Liz Sly BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest killed at least 60 people lining up for jobs in the police force Tuesday in the northern city of Tikrit, underscoring the security challenges that confront Iraq's new government as it ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
Ireland: Backing for Cowen New York Times By JOHN F. BURNS The Irish prime minister, Brian Cowen, won a confidence vote among lawmakers for the governing Fianna Fail party on Tuesday, virtually assuring that he will lead the party into a general election that is expected to take place by the ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
Israeli tank fire kills teen in Gaza Tehran Times Israeli forces have pounded the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabaliya, killing a teenager and wounding another two. The attack occurred on Tuesday when Israeli tanks opened fire on eastern Jabaliya, Press TV reported. Earlier on the day, several Israeli ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
Gay couple speak on B&B victory BBC News The owners of a hotel who refused to allow a gay couple a double room acted unlawfully, a judge has ruled. Peter and Hazelmary Bull, of the Chymorvah Hotel, near Penzance, said as Christians they did not believe unmarried couples should share a room. ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
Southern Sudan Referendum voter turnout in Omaha extremely high Lincoln Journal Star After a long night of tallying expatriates' votes for or against the secession of southern Sudan, Atem Da'Hajhock, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, joyfully hugs a friend at Juba Restaurant on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011. The total votes from the Omaha ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
Mexican police captures drug cartel founder Financial Times By Adam Thomson in Mexico City Mexican authorities have captured a founding member of the powerful “Zetas” drugs cartel and one of the country's most wanted men, a police spokesman said on Tuesday. Flavio Méndez was arrested by federal police in ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
ECOWAS divided over Cote d'Ivoire Nigerian Tribune Facts have emerged that there is a division among the countries that make up the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS), over Ghana's refusal to contribute troops to the ECOWAS standby force for the Cote d'Ivoire military operation. ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
Pirate kidnappings 'record high' BBC News Pirates took a record 1181 hostages in 2010, despite increased patrolling of the seas, a maritime watchdog has said. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said 53 ships were hijacked worldwide - 49 of them off Somalia's coast - and eight sailors were ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
Bomb Explosion Leaves One Dead, 15 Injured In North-West Pakistan RTT News (RTTNews) - At least one person has been killed and more than 15 others injured when a bomb planted in a horse-drawn cart exploded near a school in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar on Wednesday morning, according to local news reports. ... See all stories on this topic »
Americas Best High Schools rankings from U.S. News & World Report rated high schools across the U.S to determine the top 100 high schools in America. education.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/.../high-schools
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Jan 19, 2011
WORLD News, Jan 19, 2011
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