Pakistan suicide bomber kills eight: police

Pakistani Political Crisis Jeopardizes U.S. Regional Strategy

Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari may become a figurehead

Pakistan to Raise Funds Abroad Amid Political Strife

Pakistan kidnappers set new US hostage deadline

Pakistan Stocks Rise Most in 9 Months as Gilani Restores Judges

India welcomes end to political turmoil in Pakistan
Sorry, India, it ain't over yet.

‘Sharia to be enforced in other areas after Swat’

Pakistan militants hit NATO supply convoy

Pakistan suicide bomber kills 14: police

U.S. Weighs Taliban Strike Into Pakistan

Afghanistan wants larger role in terror fight

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American Tower says to buy India's Xcel Telecom

Indian Sugar Producers May Boost Sales to Cool Prices

Kalimantan Gold in India talks on Indonesian coal
JAKARTA, March 16 (Reuters) - Canadian mining firm Kalimantan Gold Corp. is in talks with an Indian power plant on equity participation and a supply deal in a coal project in Indonesia's East Kalimantan...

Steel Authority of India Yet to Renegotiate Coking Coal Prices

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China sends ship to disputed waters

Suez Environnement: Acquires Water Supply JV In Tianjin, China

Taiwan: Time not right for reducing China tensions

China rejects Coke bid to buy juice maker

China Tightens Grip as Tibet Revolt Hits 50-Year Mark

Bomb lobbed at police station in China's west

China labour leader freed after 7 years in jail

DPRK premier arrives in Beijing for China visit

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Philippines - The looming power shortage


Chavez: Russia jets welcome, but no Venezuela base

Venezuela's Chavez says Russian planes can use base

Pentagon mocks Russian moves in Latin America
Nervous laughter, if there's anyone with a brain there.

Once Solid, Brazil's Big Food Companies Now Wobbling

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Morocco accuses Iran of cultural infiltration

Kadhafi hands over Niger's ex-prisoners to Tanja

Libya eyes more property in west

Cash-strapped U.N. to halt West Africa aid flights

Somalia: Unknown Gunmen Kidnap UN Aid Workers
Aid workers kidnapped, freed in Somalia

Egyptians tell of 'days of terror' in pirate hands

GULF OF ADEN: Danes, Turks deter pirates off Yemen.

Vietnamese cargo rescued from pirates

Arab League will not arrest Sudan's president

Ghana: Women Lose Their Farms to Biofuel Production

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Zimbabwe land grabs start again

Zimbabwe moves to repossess unused mining claims

Zimbabwe Closes in on Record
Inflation, that is.

Inside Zimbabwe: A world undone by neglect and madness

Denmark hints at normalising ties with Zimbabwe

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DR Congo majority boycotts opening of parliament

Congo media group seeks journalist's release

Kenya set to sign trade agreement with DRC

Congo-Kinshasa: Recruits Executed for Trying To Flee

Foreign Policy: There Is No Congo

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Gravity satellite launch delayed

European group pushes RFID project for enterprises

United Nations panel discusses extraterrestrial war and peace
Covering the important things.

Geek Replaces Lost Finger With 2GB USB Finger

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Zimbabwe cholera cases at over 91,000

Dollars from dirt: Economy spurs home garden boom


Drought grips Texas cattle country

Central Valley Farmers Reeling From Drought Crisis

Drought, Desal Plant Woes Force More Groundwater Pumping - Tampa

Explorers On Global Warming Expedition Stranded in North Pole by Cold Weather

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Mt. Redoubt volcano in Alaska placed back on Orange alert
Saturday...

Tanzania: U.S. Scientists Respond to Save Oldonyo L'engai Villagers - Arusha —
American scientists will assist Ngaresero village dwellers to live in harmony with Oldonyo L'engai Mountain, an active volcano. Villagers will be taught protection methods.
You don't live in harmony with a volcano. You get away from it.

Magnitude 4.5 - CATAMARCA, ARGENTINA
5.3 degrees earthquake shakes center of Argentina


New Madrid fault system may be shutting down
The same day:
Magnitude 1.8 - SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
Magnitude 1.1 - TENNESSEE

Volunteers prepare for anticipated eruption | The Jakarta Post

An early warning system for tsunami developed

Magnitude 5.0 - TONGA
Earthquake hits ocean between Philippines and Indonesia

Magnitude 6.3 - KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
Strong earthquake strikes islands off eastern Indonesia
Magnitude 5.0 - KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
Magnitude 5.2 - KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
Magnitude 5.1 - KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA

Magnitude 4.9 - NORTH OF ASCENSION ISLAND

Magnitude 4.2 - GULF OF CALIFORNIA

Magnitude 4.7 - REYKJANES RIDGE

Magnitude 4.8 - NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION

Magnitude 4.0 - NORTHERN ALASKA

Magnitude 4.2 - OFF THE COAST OF OREGON

Magnitude 5.0 - MARIANA ISLANDS REGION


Magnitude 2.7 - OKLAHOMA CITY URBAN AREA, OKLAHOMA
Magnitude 2.5 - OKLAHOMA CITY URBAN AREA, OKLAHOMA
Pair of Earthquakes Reported In Oklahoma City

Magnitude 3.8 - NEVADA
Earthquake Rattles Northeastern Nevada, No Immediate Report of Injuries

Geologists say event at Redoubt was an eruption
Sunday...

Hawaii's Volcanic fumes

Magnitude 4.9 - PAKISTAN

Magnitude 5.0 - KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
Magnitude 5.5 - KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA

Magnitude 4.4 - NEAR THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA
Second earthquake in a fortnight rattles Melbourne

Magnitude 5.2 - SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS

Magnitude 2.4 - OKLAHOMA

Magnitude 2.5 - ALABAMA

Undersea volcano erupts off Tonga coast
Deep sea volcano erupts off coast -AWESOME pictures.

Alert level lowered for Alaska volcano
Wednesday. I don't know what they're thinking, either.

Alert level lowered for Alaska volcano