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Biden holds Palestinian talks after condemning Israel

March 10, 2010 22:21:00

The US vice-president is holding talks with Palestinian leaders after condemning the building of 1,600 new homes for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem.[MORE]

Tags: world-politics, israel, palestinian-territories, united-states

Tiger reports set tongues wagging

March 10, 2010 18:17:00

Media reports that Tiger Woods is working with his swing coach Hank Haney have leading golfers talking of a possible return to action for the world number one.[MORE]

Tags: sport, golf, united-states

EU targets traders in response to Greek crisis

March 10, 2010 16:00:00

The EU is considering a ban on the sort of complex financial instruments that may have contributed to Greece's economic crisis.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, banking, business-regulation, government-and-politics, world-politics, international-financial-crisis, money-and-monetary-policy, greece, united-states

No jail for kisser who triggered airport scare

March 10, 2010 15:20:00

A man who held up 16,000 passengers by breaching airport security to kiss his girlfriend has avoided a jail sentence. [MORE]

Tags: offbeat, courts-and-trials, travel-and-tourism, terrorism, united-states

'Jihad Jane' charged for recruiting terrorists

March 10, 2010 14:02:00

An American woman known as "Jihad Jane" has been charged with recruiting jihadist fighters via the internet and conspiring to kill an unnamed person in Sweden.[MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, ireland, sweden, united-states

Fawcett omission from Oscar tribute no accident

March 10, 2010 11:02:00

Academy admits Farrah Fawcett's omission from the Oscar In Memoriam tribute was no accident.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, academy-awards-oscars, united-states

Cindy Crawford blackmailer jailed

March 10, 2010 11:00:00

A man has been sentenced to two years in jail after trying to extort $US100,000 from Cindy Crawford.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, courts-and-trials, germany, united-states

Lindsay Lohan sues over 'milkaholic' ad

March 10, 2010 10:00:00

Lindsay Lohan has filed a $US100 million ($110 million) lawsuit claiming a television ad for the Wall Street firm E-trade, which aired during the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics, was modelled after her.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, courts-and-trials, actors, united-states

Hemsworth in talks for Arabian Nights

March 10, 2010 09:33:00

After starring alongside girlfriend Miley Cyrus in The Last Song, rising Aussie star Liam Hemsworth is reportedly in negotiations to be cast in Arabian Nights.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, actors, australia, united-states

Letterman extortionist pleads guilty

March 10, 2010 09:13:00

A television producer has pleaded guilty to trying to extort $US2 million ($2.18 million) from US talk show host David Letterman.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, television, courts-and-trials, united-states

No return to Port-au-Prince slums, says president

March 10, 2010 09:00:00

Haiti's president says the Caribbean country's crowded capital of Port-au-Prince cannot be rebuilt as it was before January's devastating earthquake.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, earthquake, government-and-politics, world-politics, person, obama-barack, haiti, united-states

Wall Street rises on anniversary of bear market low

March 10, 2010 08:22:00

It is one year today since US stocks fell to their lowest level in more than 12 years, amid Wall Street's worst point in the global financial crisis.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, finance-markets, stockmarket, futures-markets, currency-markets, money-and-monetary-policy, australia, united-kingdom, united-states, european-union

No more knobbly knees for Nadal

March 10, 2010 07:18:00

Former world number one Rafael Nadal, who retired injured during his Australian Open quarter-final in January, says he is fit for this week's Indian Wells tournament in California.[MORE]

Tags: sport, tennis, spain, united-states

Get ready for more war movies

March 10, 2010 07:08:00

The Hurt Locker's Oscars win signals the appetite of audiences for war movies is changing.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, unrest-conflict-and-war, event, academy-awards-oscars, iraq, united-states

Highway patrolman rescues runaway Prius's driver

March 9, 2010 22:12:00

In the US, a highway patrol officer had to rescue a man when the accelerator pedal in his Toyota Prius became stuck at speeds of more than 145 kilometres an hour.[MORE]

Tags: industry, accidents, road-accidents, road-transport, united-states

Company denies chemical causes frog sex change

March 9, 2010 18:09:00

The developer of the herbicide atrazine has dismissed new research which shows it can wreak havoc with the sexual organs of frogs. [MORE]

Tags: science-and-technology, animals, amphibians, australia, united-states

Avatar plagiarism case dismissed

March 9, 2010 14:00:00

A Beijing court has thrown out a case filed against Avatar director James Cameron by a Chinese man who claimed the idea for the sci-fi epic had come from a novel he published online.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, courts-and-trials, china, united-states

Final Hughes script may see big screen

March 9, 2010 11:30:00

John Hughes' film career may not yet be over despite his sudden death in August.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, united-states

Oldest woman in America dies age 114

March 9, 2010 11:14:00

Mary Josephine Ray, the oldest woman in the United States and the second oldest woman in the world, has died at age 114 at a nursing home in the state of New Hampshire.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, aged-care, health, united-states

Rapper Lil Wayne jailed

March 9, 2010 10:45:00

Diminutive rapper Lil Wayne has been sentenced to one year in jail after pleading guilty to a gun possession charge.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, music, prisons-and-punishment, united-states

US eases internet sanctions on Iran

March 9, 2010 09:13:00

The US Treasury department has eased sanctions on Iran, Cuba and Sudan to help further the use of web services and support opposition groups. [MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, information-and-communication, internet, cuba, iran, sudan, united-states

Oscar ceremony most-watched in five years

March 9, 2010 08:50:00

More than 41 million US viewers tuned in to watch yesterday's Oscar broadcast - the biggest audience for the Academy Awards in five years, according to Nielsen Media.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, television, academy-awards-oscars, united-states

Haiti frees US missionary held over kidnapping

March 9, 2010 08:33:00

A court in Haiti has freed a United States missionary jailed for weeks on charges of kidnapping children in the chaos that followed the country's January 12 earthquake, witnesses say.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, earthquake, law-crime-and-justice, crime, haiti, united-states

Palestinians, Israelis agree to talks

March 9, 2010 07:09:00

The United States says Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to indirect peace talks.[MORE]

Tags: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, israel, palestinian-territories, united-states