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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The US News.com http://www.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/10/id/b8de8e630faf3631/ en-us Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:34:55 -0500 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:34:55 -0500 30 AMMAN - Security forces killed 37 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents claimed, as the UN Security Council prepared to discuss Damascus later in the day ahead of a possible vote next wee http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203019705/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:55:40 -0500 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203019705/cs/1/ BAGHDAD - In the deadliest attack in nearly two weeks at least 28 people were killed and around 50 injured Friday in a car bomb blast in Zafraniyah district of east Baghdad near a funeral procession o http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203019697/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:40:11 -0500 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203019697/cs/1/ SEOUL - The United States and South Korea are to hold annual military exercises on the Korean peninsula soon, the first since the recent change of leadership in North Korea. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203019605/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:34:46 -0500 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203019605/cs/1/ JACKSONVILLE, Florida - Republican presidential frontrunners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich sparred repeatedly in a livewire debate Thursday, five days ahead of the high-stakes Florida primary voting w http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203018469/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:52:13 -0500 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203018469/cs/1/ WASHINGTON - Faced with a budget cut of nearly $500 billion over 10 years, the United States has decided to trim its ground troops but will create a "cutting-edge force" for tactical operations to pro http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203019345/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:24:07 -0500 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203019345/cs/1/ The country that has long been known to abuse its powers and privileges in the United Nations is now leading a campaign to reform the same organization. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203007495/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:24:45 -0500 (Op-ed Ramzy Baroud) http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203007495/cs/1/ Former World No 1 Rafael Nadal, who has coped with a painful knee injury to storm into the Australian Open finals, is relieved to have entered the final stage of the Grand Slam tournament 'injury-free http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203035881/cs/1/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:10:33 -0500 ANI http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203035881/cs/1/ Twitter users across the world have threatened to go on a one-day boycott after the micro blogging website announced that it could remove tweets in certain countries which have "different ideas about http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203035880/cs/1/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:10:28 -0500 ANI http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203035880/cs/1/ Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh), Jan.28 (ANI):Fourteen test tube babies were born using the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedure to seven childless mothers in Bulandshahr. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203035879/cs/1/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:10:20 -0500 ANI http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203035879/cs/1/ World No.1 Novak Djokovic has said he has the mental edge over Rafael Nadal to carry him to the Australian Open crown. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203035875/cs/1/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:10:09 -0500 ANI http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203035875/cs/1/ Europe needs to build a better firewall and work towards a stronger commitment of financial resources to curb the debt crisis, said US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203035233/cs/1/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:50:03 -0500 IANS http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203035233/cs/1/ Australian captain Michael Clarke today said that his team has sent out a message to the superpowers of world cricket with their 4-0 Test series demolition of India. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203034653/cs/1/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:40:30 -0500 ANI http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203034653/cs/1/ Iran will restart talks with a team of the United Nation's nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in a bid to allay their suspicions of a covert weapons programme. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032443/cs/1/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:10:04 -0500 ANI http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032443/cs/1/ India dropped a place to the third spot in International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings after their humiliating 0-4 whitewash by Australia in the Border Gavaskar Trophy that concluded here Saturd http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203031260/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:30:04 -0500 IANS http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203031260/cs/1/ The UN has launched a tree plantation campaign in Pakistan's flood-hit areas and plans to plant 200,000 trees in 400 villages. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203029260/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:00:01 -0500 IANS http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203029260/cs/1/ Iran's parliament is to discuss a bill Sunday that seeks to halt its oil exports to the European Union (EU). http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026360/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:20:01 -0500 IANS http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026360/cs/1/ Italy must do more to protect women from violence and urgently address the underlying structural causes of gender inequality and discrimination, an independent United Nations human rights expert warne http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026353/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:17:22 -0500 U.N. - Europe http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026353/cs/1/ The head of the United Nations office dedicated to disaster risk reduction wrapped up her visit to the Philippines today by comparing the damage caused by Typhoon Sendong to that of major tsunamis suc http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026352/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:15:50 -0500 U.N. - Top Stories http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026352/cs/1/ Uruguayan national football team manager scar Tabrez, known as El Maestro (The Teacher), will help promote education and sports programmes for vulnerable children in his native country, the United Nat http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026351/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:15:45 -0500 U.N. - Top Stories http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026351/cs/1/ The United Nations and the United States Government initiative for AIDS relief (PEPFAR) welcomed today the launch of two programmes by business leaders to end new HIV infections in children by 2015. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026350/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:15:42 -0500 U.N. - Top Stories http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026350/cs/1/ A United Nations human rights expert urged Ivorian authorities today to ensure a secure and peaceful environment for political participation following the violent clashes between the supporters and op http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026349/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:15:38 -0500 U.N. - Top Stories http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026349/cs/1/ An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged Brazilian authorities to suspend evictions from the Pinheirinho settlement in So Paulo and find durable solutions with residents. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026348/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:15:30 -0500 U.N. - Top Stories http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026348/cs/1/ The United Nations today honoured the memory of the more than 1.5 million boys and girls who perished in the Holocaust, with top officials stressing the need to speak out against intolerance and to pr http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026346/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:15:07 -0500 U.N. - Top Stories http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026346/cs/1/ The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) appealed today for $1.28 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to children in over 25 countries this year, with nearly one-third of the total amount ea http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026345/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:15:04 -0500 U.N. - Top Stories http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026345/cs/1/ International ratings agency Fitch has downgraded its sovereign credit ratings of Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Spain and Slovenia. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203024117/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203024117/cs/1/ U.S. military leaders say they have begun preparations for a new, leaner military as Washington prepares to make cuts in the defense budget. Washington wants to reassure its allies, though, that it wi http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203022313/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:15:14 -0500 VoA - News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203022313/cs/1/ The UN Children's Fund (Unicef) Friday appealed for $1.28 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to children in over 25 countries this year. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203019711/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:20:10 -0500 IANS http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203019711/cs/1/ The UN Friday organised a memorial ceremony to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, with a particular focus on child victims. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203019709/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:20:06 -0500 IANS http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203019709/cs/1/ World No.1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia cruised into the men's singles final of the Australian Open here Friday, defeating Britain's Andy Murray to set up a third consecutive grand slam final against Raf http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203017332/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:10:08 -0500 IANS http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203017332/cs/1/ More than 35 pounds (15 kg) of cocaine was sent in a bag that turned up at the UN headquarters in New York, CNN reported. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203014369/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203014369/cs/1/ David Beckham has revealed that the red card given to him during the 1998 World Cup and the reaction that followed still haunts him. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203010833/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:00:01 -0500 ANI http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203010833/cs/1/ Hindus want Europe to do something concrete to improve the plight of stateless Roma (Gypsies), who suffer rejection day after day. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203010819/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:10:17 -0500 ANI http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203010819/cs/1/ A new study, which uses genetic analysis to study the earliest human migrations, suggests that when modern humans first migrated out of Africa over sixty thousand years ago, they settled in Arabia on http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203010068/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:50:02 -0500 ANI http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203010068/cs/1/ Annual financial damage to the world economy from drug money equals $2 trillion, Russia's Federal Drug Control Service head Viktor Ivanov said. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203007527/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:40:09 -0500 IANS http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203007527/cs/1/ International talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is set to become godmother to singer Beyonce Knowles's daughter Blue Ivy Carter. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203007512/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:40:05 -0500 IANS http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203007512/cs/1/ India, Brazil, Germany and Japan, collectively known as the G-4 group of countries, have made a joint bid for the expansion of the UN Security Council in both the permanent and non-permanent categorie http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203007503/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:30:09 -0500 IANS http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203007503/cs/1/ The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commended Myanmar's economic reform efforts, saying that the nation has the potential to become the next economic bright spot in Asia. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203007376/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:30:07 -0500 IANS http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203007376/cs/1/ The UN has launched a new online database to showcase successful strategies that businesses and communities are using to adapt to climate change while simultaneously increasing their profits and using http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203005653/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203005653/cs/1/ Former World No.1 Rafael Nadal has reckoned that he is confident for the Australian Open final after having defeated 'the greatest (player) in history', Roger Federer in the semi-final clash. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203004846/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:00:08 -0500 ANI http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203004846/cs/1/ Former World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation Light-Welterweight Champion Amir Khan is still awaiting the fate of his rematch against current champion Lamont Peterson. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203002461/cs/1/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:10:14 -0500 ANI http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203002461/cs/1/ Jen Clinihens, VCU Brandcenter team leader, strikes the gavel to close the day Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. Her team won an international business ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033057/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:47:28 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033057/ A memorial made up of boots, a helmet, and gun sit on the steps of Soldiers' Memorial in downtown St. Louis on Friday night, Jan. 27, 2012. Photo by Emily Rasinski, ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033438/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:39:31 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033438/ A downtown parade to honor Iraq war veterans will begin at noon today. The Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales and St. Louis police and fire departments are scheduled to join 83 floats in the parade, ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033439/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:39:15 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033439/ The Washington Post WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is rushing to send a large floating base for commando teams to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, al Qaeda in Yemen and Somali pirates, ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033460/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:38:31 -0500 Star-Telegram http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033460/ BEIJING -; A young man posts his photo with a leaflet demanding freedom for Tibet and telling Chinese police, come and get me. Protesters rise up to defend him, and demonstrations break out in two ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033440/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:38:06 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033440/ TOKYO -; The foreign ministers of Japan and Russia have agreed to strengthen economic and security cooperation but made no progress on resolving a long-standing territorial dispute over islands off ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033441/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:38:04 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033441/ CANBERRA, Australia -; A clash between protesters and Australian police that forced bodyguards to rush Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of an event appears to have been set off by information ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033442/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:38:01 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033442/ JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The "CSI" shows are a big hit. "Dancing with the Stars," too. And hamburgers! What a treat. Football, though? That's still a mystery, a demolition ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033039/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:30:53 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033039/ BAGHDAD - Iraq expects to start oil exports from a new Gulf terminal in 10 days after delaying its ceremonial inauguration to finish pipeline connections and testing, Iraqi oil sources ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033437/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:28:48 -0500 Khaleej Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033437/ A traditional building long known in the Sharjah architectural landscape as Souq Al Majarrah now boasts of more than 5,000 exquisite Islamic artifacts from all over the Islamic world, arranged ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033021/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:28:44 -0500 Khaleej Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033021/ TEHRAN: A raft of Western economic sanctions on Iran over its controversial nuclear programme are increasingly stifling the lives of ordinary Iranians, hit by rising inflation and growing ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032507/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:15:21 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032507/ DAKAR: Riots erupted in Dakar Friday night, leaving a policeman dead, as angry protesters took to the streets after a court cleared President Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a highly disputed third ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032506/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:15:18 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032506/ DAMASCUS: Syrian forces intensified their crackdown on Friday, with activists reporting 120 people killed in two days, as European and Arab nations pressed the UN Security Council to call on ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032505/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:15:16 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032505/ CARACAS: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday he wants to "shake hands" with his US counterpart, Barack Obama, and have "good relations" with Washington if the two ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032504/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:15:13 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032504/ Arizona governor Jan Brewer has picked dates in April and June for the special elections to choose a replacement for Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords.Ms Brewer set the primary election ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033455/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:05:20 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033455/ Senegal's highest court has ruled the country's increasingly frail, 85-year-old president Abdoulaye Wade could run for a third term in next month's election, a deep blow to the ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033456/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:05:16 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033456/ Clare Fischer, a Grammy-winning composer who wrote scores for television and movies and worked with legendary musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie, has died. He was 83.Family spokeswoman Claris ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033457/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:05:13 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033457/ A clash between protesters and Australian police that forced bodyguards to rush prime minister Julia Gillard out of an event appears to have been set off by information released by one of Ms ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033458/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:05:09 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033458/ A former close ally of Bolivian president Evo Morales has been convicted of corruption for taking bribes while running the state-run YPFB oil company and sentenced to 12 years in prison.The court ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033459/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:05:06 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033459/ The Vatican has rewritten its 2010 anti-money laundering law after European inspectors found that it did not fully meet their tough standards to combat the financing of terrorism.The new law ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033126/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:05:02 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033126/ Once extremely common in New York, the nine-spotted became rare over the last 40 years and was even thought to be extinct, said Leslie Allee, a Cornell entomologist. Allee and another Cornell ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032495/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:55:19 -0500 USA Today http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032495/ ) Online activists Anonymous are targeting the European Parliament and supporters of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which critics say would curtail freedom of expression and ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033208/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:53:09 -0500 CNet http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033208/ Shabab rebels, and later captured the border town of Beledweyne from them. "At this stage there is no rush for us to withdraw," Mr. Meles said, until African Union troops arrive to ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033054/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:47:12 -0500 New York Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033054/ "Shoah," the epic French documentary about the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime, was broadcast on Turkish television to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033055/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:47:11 -0500 New York Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033055/ More than a thousand convicts have stitched their mouths closed to protest prison conditions, a prison official said Friday. The protest, set off by a raid of a jail in the capital, Bishkek, ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033056/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:47:09 -0500 New York Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033056/ Erin Brockovich, who was famously depicted by Julia Roberts in a movie about the activist's work, believes more research needs to be done on environmental factors that may have caused the ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033452/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:46:51 -0500 News.com.au http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033452/ The students, from Liberty Middle School in Orlando, were suspended and charged with felonies for beating the teenager, when she boarded the bus to begin her first day at school."These seven ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033451/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:46:48 -0500 News.com.au http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033451/ (AP) TOKYO - A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rattled Yamanashi prefecture in central Japan on Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033454/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:35:54 -0500 CBS News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033454/ Republican insiders are rising up to cut Newt Gingrich down to size, testament to the GOP establishment's fear that the mercurial candidate could lead the party to disaster this fall. The ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033462/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:33:30 -0500 ABC News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033462/ Remember Greece? It's been two years since a financial crisis erupted in the birthplace of drama, and the final act is still unfinished. A second week of talks in Athens ended Friday with no ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033463/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:33:27 -0500 ABC News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033463/ Off '; ascObj.innerHTML = ascntrlStr; } } userPref.autoStart = userPref.getAutoStart(); addOnload(userPref.renderAutoStartControls()); baseURL = 'http://a.abcnews.com/assets'; ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033464/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:33:23 -0500 ABC News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033464/ Facebook could file papers for its IPO , or initial public offering of company stock, as early as next Wednesday. This according to the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed people familiar with the ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033465/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:33:17 -0500 ABC News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033465/ A mudder. A what? A mudder. The definition: A person who actually pays to crawl through, be encrusted in and sometimes flip into mud. A tough mudder is a person who does it over ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033466/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:33:11 -0500 ABC News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033466/ ABC News’ Erin Brady reports: For an actress known for her eccentric dress and androgynous look — Tilda Swinton is warm and charming in person.  At 5’11 she arrived ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033467/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:33:06 -0500 ABC News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033467/ Romania have thrashed Turkmenistan 4-0 in their first international of the year, a friendly in Turkey on Friday. Romania have thrashed Turkmenistan 4-0 in their first international of the year, a ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033443/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:28:27 -0500 soccerway http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033443/ When last we left tenor James Valenti, it was March 2010 and he was singing the male lead in Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme" with the Minnesota Opera. The Twin Cities had become ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033024/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:25:03 -0500 Pioneer Press http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033024/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon's decision announced Friday to take two heavy armor brigades out of Europe in 2013 and 2014 will not necessarily force NATO allies to shoulder more of the load ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033450/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:19:49 -0500 News and Sentinel http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033450/ Emphasizes Family as Fundamental for Individuals, StatesVATICAN CITY, JAN. 11, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI's traditional address to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Vatican ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033037/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:13:54 -0500 EWTN http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033037/ LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033444/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:03:59 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033444/ UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The Security Council began closed-door negotiations Friday on a new Arab-European draft resolution aimed at resolving the crisis in Syria, but Russia's envoy said he ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033446/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:03:53 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033446/ MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Miguel Nazar Haro, who led Mexico's domestic spy agency and was accused of being behind the disappearances of alleged leftist guerrillas in the 1970s, has died at age ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033448/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:03:51 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033448/ Sarkozy also announced a faster-track exit for France, the fourth-largest contributor of troops in Afghanistan ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032494/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:02:14 -0500 USA Today http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032494/ Panetta told CBS's "60 Minutes," in a profile to be broadcast on Sunday, that Shakil Afridi helped provide intelligence for the raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Afridi ran a ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032493/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:48:51 -0500 USA Today http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032493/ White, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2003, died peacefully at his Boston home surrounded by his family, spokesman and friend George Regan said. "He was a man who built Boston ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032491/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:34:44 -0500 USA Today http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032491/ >Editor's note: A team dedicated to finding, recovering and identifying every missing US service member opens its doors to CNN International. Watch "World's Untold Story" Friday January 27 at ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032515/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:27:47 -0500 CNN http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203032515/ The Central Election Commission on Friday barred Grigory A. Yavlinsky, founder of the liberal opposition party Yabloko, from competing in the March 4 presidential election. Mr Yavlinsky, left, ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033020/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:05:03 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033020/ The leader of a militant Islamist sect has rejected offers for a negotiated peace and promised to kidnap government officials' family members and bomb schools, according to an Internet audio ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033016/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:04:47 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203033016/ PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Eugene Police Officer Dan Baker drove a blue SUV and set off sirens to clear cars in front of him at traffic lights. He pulled over motorists - though it's unclear if he ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203027852/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:00:47 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203027852/ CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his government will ignore future decisions by a World Bank-affiliated arbitration body.Venezuela formally began its withdrawal ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026684/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:58:50 -0500 WHP CBS 21 http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026684/ Download There was more violence in Baghdad on Friday, as a suicide bomber detonated a car filled with explosives near a funeral procession in a Shia area. At least 30 people were killed. The ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203027846/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:55:49 -0500 The World http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203027846/ A portrait of the late Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc., is seen at the Macworld iWorld expo Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in San Francisco. Apple's phenomenal success comes from a deep understanding, ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026629/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:54:24 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026629/ Bonds have to be the most maddening investment category right now. Returns are so puny that they’re a provocation to anyone living on investment income, and yet every time the stock ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026630/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:54:02 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203026630/ DAKAR, Senegal -; Police in Senegal fired tear gas in a square where hundreds have been protesting the constitutional court's decision to allow President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third term ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203027799/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:50:44 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203027799/ DAKAR, Senegal -; Senegal's president can run for a third term in next month's election, the constitutional court ruled Friday, after security forces were put on alert to prevent ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203027800/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:50:40 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203027800/ Egyptian protesters sit in front of graffiti showing protesters chat slogans and the on the right side the face of Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the head of Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203027801/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:50:33 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203027801/ FILE - In this Thursday, March 25, 2010 file photo, the Jewish neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev in east Jerusalem is seen behind a section of Israel's separation barrier. Two Palestinian officials ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203027802/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:50:28 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203027802/ A woman in the ball gown passes a police woman during protest against the rightist fraternity WKR-Ball in downtown Vienna, Austria, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. About 3,000 guests are expected at the ball ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203027803/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:50:25 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203027803/