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Women's Bill row: 7 MPs suspended in Rajya Sabha - Times of India
March 9, 2010 CBC.ca | Women's Bill row: 7 MPs suspended in Rajya Sabha Times of India NEW DELHI: Vice President Hamid Ansari on Tuesday suspended seven MPs for disrupting proceedings in the Rajya Sabha over the Women's Reservation Bill. The House was suspended till 2pm. The MPs were suspended for the remainder of the session. ... Seven MPs suspended from Rajya Sabha Yadavs ask PM to defer women's bill, call for all-party meet Women's Bill: Unruly MPs suspended in attempt to allow debate |
Police link sex offender to Amber Dubois case - Los Angeles Times
March 9, 2010 Los Angeles Times | Police link sex offender to Amber Dubois case Los Angeles Times John Albert Gardner III, a sex offender charged last week in the suspected murder of 17-year-old Chelsea King, is being investigated in connection with Amber's death as well. Carrie McGonigle and Maurice Dubois leave the podium Monday after thanking ... Police: Man eyed in 2nd teen murder investigation Suspect in King homicide still a focus of Dubois case Amber DuBois' Family Disagrees on Who Killed Her |
Obama pitches health plan in spirited appearance (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - Stirring memories of his campaign for the White House, President Barack Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage of long-stalled health care changes Monday as Democratic congressional leaders worked behind the scenes on legislation they hope can quickly gain passage.
9th US missionary freed in Haiti, returns home (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - A U.S. missionary held for more than a month in Haiti on kidnapping charges flew back to the United States after being released from prison, while the leader of her Baptist group remained in custody.
Survivors shiver in Turkey after quake kills 51 (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - 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.
Nigeria: Calls for inquiry into religious violence (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - The U.S. government and an international human rights group are calling on Nigeria to properly investigate and prosecute those responsible for slaughtering more than 200 unarmed people in renewed religious violence.
Gates meets with troops in southern Afghanistan (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates got a closer view of the Afghanistan war Tuesday, with a visit to troops fighting the Taliban in the country's rugged south.
Obama still wants US trial for some Gitmo suspects (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - White House aides are increasingly convinced that accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will never face trial in a civilian court and are trying to cut a deal that would still transfer Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects to the U.S., where many would faces criminal charges, a senior administration official said Monday.
Iraqi parties both claim to be ahead in election (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - The Iraqi prime minister's coalition and its main secular rival both claimed to be ahead in the vote count Monday, a day after historic parliamentary elections that the top U.S. commander said would let all but 50,000 American troops come home by the end of summer.
2 of oldest people in US die: in NH 114, Mich. 113 (AP)
March 9, 2010
AP - Two of the oldest people in the world have died on the same day.
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