Provides the latest RSS feeds for World News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page St Louis Star.com http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/2411cd3571b4f088/ en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:32:59 -0500 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:32:59 -0500 30 Afghanistan has praised Pakistan's offer to help mediate with the Taliban. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611132/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:55:04 -0500 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611132/cs/1/ U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has met lkeaders in Saudi Arabia and the UAE to garner support for increasing sanctions against Iran. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611176/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:14:58 -0500 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611176/cs/1/ The U.S. State Department has scolded Israel for only recognizing Jewish holy sites. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611131/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:15:11 -0500 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611131/cs/1/ The UK newspaper The Telegraph has revealed allegations contained in a new book that the CIA engaged in a mind control experiment in a village in France. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611134/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:12:42 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611134/cs/1/ Sebastian Pinera has been sworn in as Chile's new president as the country still shakes from aftershocks following February's massive earthquake. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611182/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:25:43 -0500 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611182/cs/1/ With official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local affairs. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610743/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:41:11 -0500 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610743/cs/1/ A state legislator in New York wants salt banned from pre-packaged and restaurant food. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611130/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:56:42 -0500 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611130/cs/1/ Police officers rescued an Indian businessman a day after he was kidnapped by four unidentified gunmen in the Philippines, a provincial police chief said Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611202/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:40:07 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611202/cs/1/ Rapper Lonnie Rashid Lynn, better known as Common, has fuelled rumours that he will marry Serena Williams by going public with his love for the tennis champion. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611201/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611201/cs/1/ The US has praised the Indian government for its human rights record, but expressed concern over reported extra-judicial killings of people in custody, disappearances, and torture and rape by police and other security forces. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611186/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611186/cs/1/ Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan says her social life has been wrecked by the 'aggressive' paparazzi of Los Angeles and as a result, she now ends up clubbing at home. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611183/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:30:01 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611183/cs/1/ An 89-year-old British woman travels 14 miles to reach a post office located opposite her home as there is no pedestrian crossing on the main road, a media report Friday said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611181/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611181/cs/1/ Four people, including a senior Muslim cleric, were killed in a drive-by shooting in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, police said Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611179/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611179/cs/1/ Fresh air has now been bottled by Britain's National Trust so that it can be given to stressed city workers, a media report said Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611177/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:20:01 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611177/cs/1/ Prince Philip, known for his gaffe-prone remarks, asked a sea cadet whether she works at a strip club, a media report said Friday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611173/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611173/cs/1/ Princess Diana died as an attempt to scare her to leave her lover Dodi Fayed went terribly wrong, a lawyer has said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611172/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:01 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611172/cs/1/ Argentine police are investigating a spectacular assault on a Buenos Aires bank amid the trial of those accused of pulling off the 2006 heist dubbed the 'robbery of the century'. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611150/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611150/cs/1/ There has been a 26 percent increase in Indians holidaying in Australia's Victoria state in the year ending December 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008, reveals a survey that comes in the backdrop of a string of attacks on Indian students in this country. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611147/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611147/cs/1/ The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) has opened in Dhaka with a display of art works by 27 renowned Bangladeshi artists. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611145/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611145/cs/1/ Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras has said that it discovered oil at a block in eastern Colombia. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611142/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611142/cs/1/ Canada, home to the biggest Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, Thursday urged Sri Lanka to lift the state of emergency imposed during the onslaught on the Tamil Tigers. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611141/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611141/cs/1/ Canada's SNC-Lavalin company, that was at the centre of a headline-grabbing bribery scandal in Kerala, is now under scanner at home for allegedly overcharging in government building maintenance. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611140/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:50:04 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611140/cs/1/ The wife of US Senate Majority Leader Harry http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611138/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611138/cs/1/ Juventus, Standard Liege and SV Hamburg were the only sides to record clear wins in their first leg matches of the round of 16 in the Europa League Thursday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611128/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611128/cs/1/ Twelve strong earthquakes shook Chile Thursday, including some just minutes before the start of the inaugural ceremony of incoming President Sebastian Pinera. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611127/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611127/cs/1/ US President Barack Obama has donated the $1.4 million that came with winning the Nobel Peace Prize to charity, the White House said Thursday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611126/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611126/cs/1/ The Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) has launched a plan to boost hotel occupancy rate in the emirate by 10 percent in 2010, WAM news agency reported. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611123/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611123/cs/1/ Israeli military prosecutors indicted two Israeli soldiers Thursday for allegedly ordering a Palestinian child to open bags suspected of containing explosives, during Israel's Gaza Strip offensive last year, a military statement said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611124/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611124/cs/1/ UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday called on UN members to offer more protections for women who are victims of violence and other crimes. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611122/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611122/cs/1/ The Brazilian economy contracted for the first time in 17 years in 2009, falling by 0.2 per cent, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) said Thursday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611118/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:30:03 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611118/cs/1/ Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger gifted a photographer a $100 coffee voucher after he saved her from getting a parking fine. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611115/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611115/cs/1/ The Oscar-winning 'Shutter Island' director Martin Scorsese has been named the best living director in a new US magazine poll. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611116/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611116/cs/1/ 'Twilight' star Kristen Stewart was banned from 'groping' Dakota Fanning during their onscreen kiss for new movie 'The Runaways' because her co-star was just 15 when they shot the steamy scene. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611112/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611112/cs/1/ 'High School Musical' star Ashley Tisdale and her boyfriend appeared to be a happy-go lucky couple as they took a romantic stroll to her parents' house together. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611113/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611113/cs/1/ Singer Mark Owen has apologised after admitting he cheated on his partner of five years, before they married in 2009. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611111/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:20:01 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611111/cs/1/ French President Nicolas Sarkozy has asked his wife Carla Bruni to end a holiday with her lover in Thailand and return home, a news report said. Sarkozy is also travelling to Britain on Friday without his spouse. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611107/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611107/cs/1/ Iran has started production of new medium-range surface-to-air missiles with the aim of upgrading its air defence systems. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611108/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611108/cs/1/ Eleven Siberian tigers have died of malnutrition at a zoo in China in the past three months, a wild life official said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611093/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611093/cs/1/ Pop diva Madonna has announced to launch a range of clothes. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611078/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611078/cs/1/ Uma Thurman might not have imagined such a reaction from the audiences. Her latest movie 'Motherhood,' which flopped in the US, fetched only one viewer in London. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611079/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611079/cs/1/ 'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson is auctioning some of his movie costumes for charity. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611076/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:20:01 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611076/cs/1/ Late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith's life story is being made into an opera. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611075/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611075/cs/1/ A strong quake shook Chile Thursday, just minutes before the start of the inaugural ceremony of incoming President Sebastian Pinera. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611073/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611073/cs/1/ At least 30 people were killed and 83 injured Thursday as fierce fighting continued between government forces backed by African Union peacekeeping troops and Islamist insurgents in the Somalian capital. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611059/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611059/cs/1/ Pakistan Thursday sacked its hockey team officials and dissolved the national selection committee after the four times champions had their worst ever finish in the World Cup. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611051/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611051/cs/1/ Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham is said to have been shocked and upset at the death of her one time boyfriend, actor Corey Haim. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611049/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611049/cs/1/ The European Union is set to achieve its self-imposed target of deriving at least 20 per cent of its energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020, the bloc's executive said Thursday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611047/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611047/cs/1/ UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has announced an independent review of its Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that faced flak due to some wrong predictions in a report on the impact of global warming. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611042/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:30:03 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611042/cs/1/ Singer-actress Jessica, who recently refused to accept an apology from ex-boyfriend John Mayer over comments he made about her sex skills, admits she still cares for the musician. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611028/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611028/cs/1/ Singer Cheryl Cole has started house-hunting after confirming her spit from soccer husband Ashley Cole. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611029/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611029/cs/1/ Sri Lanka's former army chief, General Sarath Fonseka, arrested after losing the country's January presidential contest, will face court martial next week, it was announced Thursday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611016/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611016/cs/1/ Saying that 'very serious crimes' with which Pakistan born terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana is charged give him a motive to flee, a US court has again turned down his bail plea. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611009/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611009/cs/1/ President Barack Obama has delegated his authority to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to send mandatory certifications regarding the landmark India-US civil nuclear deal to the US Congress after every six months. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611005/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/611005/cs/1/ Pakistani terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is a dangerous group having global agenda, an anti-terrorism official of the European Union has said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610989/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:17 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610989/cs/1/ Five civilians, including four children, were killed Thursday by a roadside bomb in north-eastern Afghanistan, officials said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610986/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:16 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610986/cs/1/ China Thursday accused the Dalai Lama of showing 'his nature of separating the nation' in a speech to mark the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610978/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:15 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610978/cs/1/ More than 100 firefighters were tackling a blaze in a four-storey building in east London Thursday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610972/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:13 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610972/cs/1/ Natalie Mejia, a member of US band Girlicious, has been arrested after drugs were found in her purse, police told The Los Angeles Times. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610961/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:10 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610961/cs/1/ Malaysia's High Court Thursday granted a Hindu woman custody of her child after a bitter court battle with her estranged Muslim husband, who converted their children to Islam and then took possession of them. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610948/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:07 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610948/cs/1/ Four months after Nepal came under fire from animal lovers worldwide for holding the biggest animal sacrifice fair in its southern plains, hundreds of people are now flocking to the west to participate in a festival to drink yak's blood. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610942/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:05 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610942/cs/1/ A number of schools in the US were closed down on Wednesday after posted on a social networking site. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610883/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:33:44 -0500 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610883/cs/1/ A British boy who was kidnapped in Pakistan has been recovered and two people have been arrested, media reports said Thursday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610796/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:00:10 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610796/cs/1/ Actor Charlie Sheen will return to the sets of comedy show 'Two and a Half Men' after he completes his stint in rehab for a cocaine and alcohol problem. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610793/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:00:09 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610793/cs/1/ Pop diva Lady Gaga, known for her weird dressing style, has vowed never to be seen in whacky clothes after a disastrous experience on a recent flight. The singer had to be undressed by cabin staff on a flight from Britain to the US after her legs began to swell due to her odd outfit. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610791/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:00:08 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610791/cs/1/ Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promised 24-hour access for Bangladeshis living in the Dahagram and Angarpota enclaves located within Indian territory. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610792/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:00:08 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610792/cs/1/ Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt has been roped in to play a hooker with a heart of gold in a new TV movie. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610786/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:00:06 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610786/cs/1/ 'Mean Girls' girl star Lindsay Lohan has confirmed that she is no longer working with fashion house Emanuel Ungaro. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610787/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:00:06 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610787/cs/1/ A 60-year-old woman who helped police nab burglars at her home in New Zealand said that she was furious like a mother angry at her child on seeing the thieves, a media report said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610783/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:00:05 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610783/cs/1/ Troubled singer Amy Winehouse plans to remarry her former husband Blake Fielder-Civil in Las Vegas. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610779/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:00:04 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610779/cs/1/ Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson says he looks for roles that will help him with his life and that is why he agreed to do the movie 'Remember Me'. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610782/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:00:04 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610782/cs/1/ It looked like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's horror classic 'The Birds' when over a hundred dead birds fell in the garden of a British home, a media report said Thursday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610775/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610775/cs/1/ A United Nations report, which is still to be released, has found that up to half the food aid in Somalia is diverted to corrupt contractors, local UN workers and Islamic militants. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610884/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:37:46 -0500 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610884/cs/1/ Federal prosecutors in the US have charged the owner of a California restaurant over alleged sales of whale meat, which was labelled sushi. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610745/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:04:47 -0500 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/610745/cs/1/ CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Gunmen burst into a wake in the border city of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday and opened fire, killing 5 young men and wounding five others, including a 10-year-old girl. ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051332/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:20:58 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051332/ BEIJING — Aid groups working in China said Friday they feel threatened by new requirements that make it harder to accept overseas donations, and said the central government appeared wary of thei... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051331/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:20:57 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051331/ TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan's justice minister has resigned after her public stance against the death penalty failed to win popular backing. The decision by Wang Ching-feng - announced by the C... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051333/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:20:53 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051333/ laura.rivera@newsday.com The Hempstead Village fire chief Thursday said he won't step aside despite facing charges that he and another man stopped and frisked the stepson of a village trustee at gunp... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051357/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:16:32 -0500 Newsday http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051357/ TULSA, Okla. -- Jeremy Williams scored 17 points, Randy Culpepper added 10 and No. 25 UTEP beat Central Florida 76-54 in the Conference USA tournament quarterfinals Thursday night for its 15th straig... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051346/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:14:41 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051346/ CLEVELAND -- Kenny Hayes scored 27 points and Miami (Ohio) defeated Buffalo 73-59 on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference tournament.Fourth-seeded Miami (14-17) meets Oh... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051345/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:14:39 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051345/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- LaceDarius Dunn, benched with three quick fouls in the first half, rebounded with 17 of his 19 points after intermission and No. 21 Baylor made it three in a row over Texas this s... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051347/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:14:37 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051347/ WHISTLER, British Columbia -- Brian McKeever is turning his focus to another Paralympic Games less than two weeks after having his Olympic dreams dashed.It's the only way for McKeever to move past th... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051348/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:14:34 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051348/ NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Trey Thompkins had 23 points and 14 rebounds, and Georgia beat Arkansas 77-64 in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Thursday night.Travis Leslie scored... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051350/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:14:34 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051350/ NEW YORK -- An NFL panel found that certain serious knee and ankle injuries happen more often in games played on the most popular brand of artificial turf than on grass.The league's Injury and Safety... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051349/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:14:30 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051349/ NEW YORK -- Da'Sean Butler took an inbounds pass and banked in a 3-pointer from the head of the key at the buzzer to give No. 7 West Virginia a 54-51 victory over Cincinnati on Thursday night in the ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051352/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:14:27 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051352/ YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's military regime unveiled on Friday the last of its election laws, which detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has described as unjust and repressive.The laws bar th... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051354/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:14:20 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051354/ In this publicity image released by Fox, the 12 male finalists for the ninth season of the reality singing competetion, "American Idol," front row from left, Andrew Garcia, John Park, Tyler Grady, Joe... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051285/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:14:18 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051285/ NEW YORK -- Madonna doesn't think a wife should withhold sex from a sloppy husband.But she believes a wife should dispose of her late husband's prosthetic leg to spare the feelings of the wife's curr... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051355/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:14:16 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051355/ A US federal appeals court has upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on US currency, rejecting arguments that the phrases violate the separation of ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051363/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:10:38 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051363/ Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked a US appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct. In an extr... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051366/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:10:34 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051366/ The World Trade Center twin towers Thousands of workers who suffered health problems after the September 11 attacks in 2001 have reached a settlement worth up to $657.5 million with an insurer repre... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051304/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:20 -0500 One News http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051304/ The island nation of the Maldives, confronted by rising oceans and a landscape that is just a few feet above sea level, is poised to build a floating golf course and convention centre in what could ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051338/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:56:59 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051338/ Violent street clashes erupted in Athens yesterday as tens of thousands demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government's austerity measures. Hundreds of masked a... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051339/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:56:56 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051339/ Fred Preston, 70, was involved in a shootout with an OPP officer who died on March 8, 2010. OPP Constable Vu Pham was shot and killed after pulling over a vehicle in a rural area northwest of London http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051356/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:54:12 -0500 National Post http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051356/ This was box office: the first prosecutions under the criminal law since the expenses scandal broke last year. And exactly eight weeks before the expected general election date of May 6. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051358/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:52:48 -0500 Sky News http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051358/ Angry neighbours have criticised the authorities for failing to stop the "hoodies" from harassing Mr Askew's family. "This has been going on for about 10 years," said Avona Davies, a 49-year-old shop... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051359/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:52:48 -0500 Sky News http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051359/ DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Toyota Motor Corp's U.S. sales in early March, as U.S. regulators weighed new auto safety measures. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051024/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:48:48 -0500 Reuters http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33051024/ MORE than 10,000 people who worked in the toxic chaos of New York's Ground Zero after 9/11 could receive compensation totalling $US657 million for health problems under a settlement reached today... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33050970/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:47:24 -0500 The Australian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33050970/ Dr. Philip Berger, second from left, and Sister Christa Mary Jones, part of the Ontario Hospital Association team working at Leribe Hospital in Lesotho in southern Africa, flank their colleague Dr. Li... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33049337/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:54:28 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33049337/ FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2010, file photo released by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, captain Peter Bethune poses onboard the MV Steve Irwin, in the Southern Ocean. Japan's coast guard says it h... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33049236/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:51:55 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33049236/ the earthquake , she is a rare repository of this country’s history and culture, but she said she considered her memories as much a painful burden as a proud legacy. No strangers to hardship, e... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33048996/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:49:03 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/33048996/