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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Maryland Leader.com http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/10/id/2411cd3571b4f088/ en-us Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:18:32 -0400 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:18:32 -0400 30 President Alvaro Colom of Guatemala has had to declare a state of emergency after fourteen people died on the weekend due to heavy rains which caused landslides. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681170/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:20:11 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681170/cs/1/ Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has announced peace talks through the formation of a council involving the Taliban. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681169/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:17:55 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681169/cs/1/ The Iranian woman who had been sentenced to death by stoning, will now be flogged for immodesty after the Times newspaper in London published a picture of a woman without a headscarf. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681168/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:15:27 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681168/cs/1/ Israeli aircraft have been striking at smuggling tunnels in southern Gaza. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681167/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:11:21 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681167/cs/1/ A senior Iranian cleric, Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, has made claims that the Nazi Holocaust of Jews during World War II is simply a "new superstition for the West." http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681002/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:25:50 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681002/cs/1/ The Craigslist adult site has been taken from one of the most used sections of its website. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681001/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:24:05 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681001/cs/1/ Former hurricane Earl finally made landfall on the weekend, ending up in Canada’s Nova Scotia province. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681000/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:22:41 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681000/cs/1/ The International Cricket Council has refused to comment on the report in London’s News of the World, that four Pakistani players have been involved in a match fixing scam. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680999/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:20:31 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680999/cs/1/ In the US, oil billionaires David and Charles Koch have decided to try to end California’s global warming law with a large money contribution. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680998/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:16:30 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680998/cs/1/ Ten people were killed and dozens of others were wounded in two suicide blasts in the Iraqi capital Sunday, Xinhua reported. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681200/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:50:05 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681200/cs/1/ Amid growing India bashing by Nepal's opposition Maoist party and a section of the Nepali media, India's Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood Sunday met caretaker Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal ahead of the failed sixth round of the prime ministerial election. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681195/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:20:03 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681195/cs/1/ India's spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Israel's Mossad, through their 'strong network in Afghanisatan', were behind the suicide attack on a Shia procession in Quetta that killed 73, an editorial in a Pakistani paper said Sunday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681192/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:20:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681192/cs/1/ A group of US apparel and footwear importers and some lawmakers have protested the 'repression' of garment workers in Bangladesh who are rallying for a further wage increase. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681190/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:50:04 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681190/cs/1/ A lecturer at a university in Australia offered pass marks to three Chinese women students in exchange for sex, a commission has said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681189/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:50:03 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681189/cs/1/ An idol from a 5,000-year-old temple in Kerala is drawing huge crowds in Singapore. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681165/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:10:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681165/cs/1/ Powerful antibiotic molecules, present in cockroach and locust tissues, could counter MRSA and E.coli bugs. MRSA isa bacterium responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections in humans. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681159/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:50:06 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681159/cs/1/ Shops and offices in the centre of Christchurch will be closed through Monday after engineers ruled it too dangerous to allow people back into the area following a 7.1-magnitude quake. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681157/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:50:05 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681157/cs/1/ An active ingredient from a brown seaweed, off the coast of Brittany, may help kill pimples and oily skin. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681155/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:50:04 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681155/cs/1/ A total of 557 swine flu cases have been detected in B Bangladesh this year. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681156/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:50:04 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681156/cs/1/ Dodo, an extinct flightless bird that existed in the forests of Mauritius, was last seen in Oxford in Britain, claims a new book. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681154/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:50:03 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681154/cs/1/ Mothers who want a baby girl should avoid salt and potassium rich diets, says a recent study. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681153/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:50:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681153/cs/1/ A 40-year-old Briton has been jailed for writing a blog on the imaginary rape and murder of an author who he has been harassing for two years. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681126/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:10:04 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681126/cs/1/ A mid-air collision between two light aircraft taking part in a competition in Britain killed two people. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681123/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:10:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681123/cs/1/ A Hindu group in Malaysia wants a compulsory pre-marriage course for the community to reinforce family values and fight problems like divorce and single motherhood. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681119/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:50:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681119/cs/1/ Malaria could be a thing of the past, thanks to a powerful new pill in the offing. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681101/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:20:03 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681101/cs/1/ The BBC spent an astounding 18.2 million pounds in 2008-09 on taxis and hired cars, with the daily expenditure coming to almost 50,000 pounds, a media report said Sunday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681100/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:20:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681100/cs/1/ Survivors of cancer during childhood remain at risk of developing the disease again, and need to have a 'good follow-up health care', Australian scientists have said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681098/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:40:01 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681098/cs/1/ People caught in the throes of divorce reveal how they cope with it -- not by what they say but how they say it. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681096/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:30:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681096/cs/1/ Scientists have created the first true image of William Shakespeare -- with help from the latest 3D computer technology. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681094/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:30:01 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681094/cs/1/ Hollywood action star Sylvester Stallone is trying to convince his actor friend Bruce Willis to play a villain in the second instalment of 'The Expendables'. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681085/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:10:05 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681085/cs/1/ Close on the heels of the spot-fixing row involving Pakistanis, a leading Sri Lankan player is under the International Cricket Council (ICC) scanner after his colleagues reported his proximity with a man they believe is an illegal bookie. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681084/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:10:04 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681084/cs/1/ Use of narcotics like ecstasy, ice and speed for a long time leads to brain damage, a study by Australian doctors has said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681082/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:10:03 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681082/cs/1/ Singer Amy Winehouse has reportedly broken up with boyfriend Reg Traviss. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681081/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:10:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681081/cs/1/ A rapid increase of wealth in the past three decades has made Chinese people arrogant, they are no longer modest and talk with contempt about others, a social scientist has said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681079/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:50:09 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681079/cs/1/ Actor Taylor Lautner has donated the money he won in a legal battle with a trailer company to a charity. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681078/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:50:07 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681078/cs/1/ Five-time champion Roger Federer put the seal of approval on his first week at the US Open tennis as the second seed reached the fourth round 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in a wind-swept victory Saturday over Paul-Henri Mathieu. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681076/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:50:06 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681076/cs/1/ Australian men are now becoming 'too soft' and have 'ditched their manhood to become metrosexuals'. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681057/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:10:03 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681057/cs/1/ Actor Robert Pattinson is reportedly jealous of his girlfriend Kristen Stewart's male co-star. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681056/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:10:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681056/cs/1/ Scientists have caught up with lizards about to abandon egg-laying for live births in an evolutionary leap. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681054/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:00:01 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681054/cs/1/ In a historic gesture for the 250,000-strong Sikh community in California, the state assembly has passed a resolution declaring November as 'California Sikh American Awareness and Appreciation Month.' http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681043/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:40:03 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681043/cs/1/ Two German women were caught trying to wheel in the corpse of a relative on board an aircraft in Britain. The airport authorities got suspicious about the inert figure, face hidden behind sunglasses, on the wheelchair and decided to check the pulse, officials said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681034/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:20:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681034/cs/1/ South African President Jacob Zuma, 68, is to become a father for the 22nd time as his fiancee is expecting a child early next year. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681029/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:00:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681029/cs/1/ Pakistan Test batsman Yasir Hameed reportedly told a British tabloid that his teammates have been fixing 'almost every match' and that he himself had refused bribes. However, he later denied his statements. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681019/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:10:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681019/cs/1/ Over 5,000 people have been evacuated in Mexico's southern state of Tabasco as torrential rains caused two rivers to overflow their banks. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681018/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:00:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681018/cs/1/ Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has advised her now defunct political party to sue the ruling junta for forcing its dissolution, opposition sources said Sunday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681014/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:20:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681014/cs/1/ A passenger bus was buried in a mudslide triggered by torrential rains in Guatemala, killing at least eight people and injuring 25. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681013/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:01 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681013/cs/1/ China's top 500 research and development firms have got 169,000 patents for their innovations in 2010, up 13.3 percent from last year, the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC) has said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681010/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:10:01 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681010/cs/1/ Security forces have arrested 14 suspected members of the terrorist network Al Qaeda in a massive crackdown on the group in the restive southern town of Loudar, the Interior Ministry said early Sunday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681003/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:40:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/681003/cs/1/ Scientists have discovered why women are more likely to suffer from miscarriages and infertility problems if they try to have babies later in life. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680997/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:40:01 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680997/cs/1/ Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown has shrugged off rumours about rifts in her marriage by posting a picture of her with husband Stephen Belafonte on Twitter. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680996/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:40:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680996/cs/1/ At least two soldiers and two separatists have been killed in clashes in the southern Yemeni provinces of Lahej and Abyan, security sources said Saturday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680995/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:30:01 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680995/cs/1/ Pregnant Celine Dion has proved she is in good health as she posed with her family for a French magazine- 7 Jours, following reports about her hospitalisation. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680994/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:20:01 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680994/cs/1/ Hollywood actress Kate Winslet turns adviser to co-star Evan Rachel Wood on sets of their new film 'Mildred Pierce'. Winslet gave tips to Woods on how to face the camera while filming a nude scene. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680993/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:40:01 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680993/cs/1/ A US unmanned aircraft fired two missiles into Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border Saturday, killing seven militants, a Pakistani security official said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680992/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:20:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680992/cs/1/ Blackcurrants have been used for centuries to treat tiredness, arthritis, kidney stones, gout and lung problems but studies have now revealed that the juice can help prevent aches and strains during exercise. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680980/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:30:01 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680980/cs/1/ Ever wondered why you struggle to get yourself to the gym? Well, the answer may lie in your genes. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680979/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:20:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680979/cs/1/ Pakistan's High Commissioner to Britain, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, has again attacked the International Cricket Council (ICC) even as the tainted trio -- captain Salman Butt and pacers Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Aamer -- reportedly admitted before the Scotland Yard inquiry that the British currency recovered from their hotel rooms was given to them by bookie Mazhar Majeed. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680967/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:30:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680967/cs/1/ Vowing to put the betting scandal behind them, England and Pakistan cricket captains Saturday said their teams will give their best in the opening Twenty20 International here Sunday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680966/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:20:06 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680966/cs/1/ Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian admits she gets carried away with excitement while tucking into her favourite food. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680964/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:20:04 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680964/cs/1/ Singer Lady GaGa is reportedly training to become a minister in order to perform marriages for her gay fans. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680962/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:20:03 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680962/cs/1/ The Indian football team suffered a 0-1 loss against Thailand in an international friendly played at the Yamaha Stadium here Saturday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680960/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:20:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680960/cs/1/ Pakistan cricket Saturday called up seven-foot tall fast bowler Mohammad Irfan and batsman Asad Shafiq as replacements for the suspended trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif ahead of the T20 and One-day internationals against England starting Friday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680955/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:10:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680955/cs/1/ Peter Andre's chest infection has caused worry for his management as the singer is unable to record for his new album which is scheduled to release in October. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680956/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:10:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680956/cs/1/ UAE's trade surplus with India rose to 2.2 billion dirhams ($599 million) in the first quarter of 2010 from a deficit of 7.3 billion dirhams in the corresponding period last year, the foreign trade ministry said in a report. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680951/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:50:06 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680951/cs/1/ Palestinian militants fired a rocket Saturday from the Gaza Strip into Israel, the first such attack since direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) resumed two days ago. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680949/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:50:05 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680949/cs/1/ The United Arab Emirates has become the world's 4th best country in 2010 in terms of reliability of police services, an international report said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680943/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:50:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680943/cs/1/ Singer Katy Perry is planning to become a British citizen after she marries funnyman Russell Brand. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680934/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:00:03 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680934/cs/1/ A UN fact-finding mission left Jordan Saturday, prominent Jordanian unionist Wael Saqqa said, following a five-day investigation into a fatal Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in the Mediterranean May 31. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680932/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:00:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680932/cs/1/ Police Saturday arrested a member of the country's military in southern Iraq, on suspicion of being behind car bombings that killed and injured dozens of people last month. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680929/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:50:02 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680929/cs/1/ Former British prime minister Tony Blair was Saturday pelted with eggs and shoes as the first public signing session to promote his memoirs in the Irish capital Dublin turned violent. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680921/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:20:03 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/680921/cs/1/ The powerful earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the New Zealand city of Christchurch also ripped a new fault line in the Earth's surface, a geologist said S... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392825/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:41:13 -0400 Globe and Mail http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392825/ VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican is raising the possibility of a diplomatic effort to try to spare the life of an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned for adultery.In its first public statement on the cas... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392950/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:30:18 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392950/ LONDON -- The former head of the British Army has accused former prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of forcing the military to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan without adequate funding.Gen. Ric... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392951/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:30:15 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392951/ MOSCOW -- A Russian news agency is reporting that three ancient icons, one of which contained relics of Russia's most venerated saint, have been stolen.RIA Novosti said Sunday that clerics at the St.... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392952/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:30:12 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392952/ PARIS -- President Nicolas Sarkozy's chief of staff says two French journalists held hostage in Afghanistan are "in good health" and that negotiations toward their release will resume.Elysee Palace s... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392904/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:30:09 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392904/ This undated photo shows Kosuke Tsuneoka, a Japanese journalist and veteran of war zones. The Japanese journalist who was abducted by apparent Taliban militants in Afghanistan five months ago has been... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392953/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:30:07 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392953/ A British soldier from The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said.The solider was serving as ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392959/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:24:26 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392959/ The Basque separatist militant group Eta has declared a ceasefire in a video statement.The video showed three masked militants making a statement in Basque. The statement appeared on Basque newspaper ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392960/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:24:23 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392960/ Robert Webster, chairman of the Department of Virology and Molecular Biology at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., attends the Options for the Control of Influenza conference in ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392954/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:03:54 -0400 MSNBC http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392954/ JetBlue spokeswoman Jenny Dervin told CNN on Saturday that Steven Slater no longer works for the airline. She said that the separation occurred last week, but declined to elaborate how Slater and the ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392698/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:00:58 -0400 CNN http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392698/ (CNN) -- South Korea and the United States postponed joint anti-submarine military exercises due to an approaching tropical storm, U.S. Forces Korea said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392700/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:00:56 -0400 CNN http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392700/ Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- An American aid worker died from a gunshot wound suffered in the southern African nation of Lesotho, the Peace Corps said in a statement. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392701/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:00:51 -0400 CNN http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392701/ State Emergency Service (SES) official Tim Wiebusch said authorities were bracing for the flow-on effect over the coming days. "Our state is very wet. We are seeing flood levels that we haven't seen ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392853/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:52:42 -0400 Sky News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392853/ Plans are being drawn up to introduce the cards - based on London's Oyster scheme - for buses trains and trams "within a few years", said Transport Minister Norman Baker. The aim is to encourage peop... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392806/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:52:40 -0400 Sky News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392806/ Wayne Rooney is expected to fly with the rest of the England squad to Switzerland, despite allegations about his private life appearing in several Sunday newspapers. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392957/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:52:40 -0400 Sky News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392957/ Dear Dr Mander,I am a middle aged man with a large newspaper website to fill. Despite my best efforts, there's always a little gap that's not quite covered.Can you knock off an occasional 500 words to... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392948/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:37:46 -0400 The Guardian http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38392948/ BAGHDAD -- A suicide car bomb targeting the Baghdad military headquarters exploded Sunday killing two soldiers and wounding eight bystanders, the Iraqi military said.Spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Mou... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391801/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:33:50 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391801/ DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The UPS cargo plane that crashed in Dubai shortly after takeoff Friday had smoke in the cockpit and was struggling to maintain altitude before the accident, Emirati inv... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391802/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:33:47 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391802/ Israeli aircraft have bombed three Gaza smuggling tunnels, killing two Palestinians and wounding a third, Hamas officials said.Two more Palestinians are missing following the airstrikes late on Saturd... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391806/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:28:17 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391806/ WASHINGTON : The Macondo well, which spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been secured and no longer constitutes "a threat," a senior US official said. "I'... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391570/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:18:42 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391570/ At least 18 people were killed in Guatemala yesterday, including a dozen on a bus that was buried in a landslide, as heavy rains lashed the Central American nation and southern Mexico. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391809/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:11:41 -0400 One News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391809/ Israeli aircraft have bombed three Gaza smuggling tunnels, killing two Palestinians and wounding a third, Hamas officials said.Two more Palestinians are missing following the airstrikes late on Saturd... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391798/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:06:13 -0400 Belfast Telegraph http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391798/ At least 18 people were killed in Guatemala yesterday, including a dozen on a bus that was buried in a landslide, as heavy rains lashed the Central American nation and southern Mexico. A doze... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391561/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:05:04 -0400 The Independent http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391561/ The ruptured well which pumped almost five million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico has been secured and no longer constitutes a threat, it has been confirmed. A new valve known as a bl... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391564/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:04:56 -0400 The Independent http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391564/ Five soldiers have been killed and about 40 wounded in a suicide car-bomb attack on a Russian base, officials in Russia's violence-plagued republic of Dagestan said today. A spokesman for the... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391563/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:04:49 -0400 The Independent http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391563/ The Uruguayan rugby players whose plane crashed in the Andes Mountains 38 years ago inspired the movie "Alive." On Saturday, four of them shared a message with the 33 miners who have been tr... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391576/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:03:41 -0400 CNN http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391576/ New York-based AOL said Tuesday that Rally Up's mobile applications will add to its consumer applications unit. The company will join AOL in its new office in Palo Alto, Calif. Rally Up will work with... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391803/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:50:16 -0400 Associated Press http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391803/ MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' national police chief took the blame for the botched bus hijacking rescue attempt last week that killed eight Hong Kong tourists at a Manila park, announcing his de... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391650/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:47:46 -0400 Reuters http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391650/ Belgium’s king Albert II has appointed two new negotiators in an effort to try to form a government between the country’s Dutch and French-speaking fractions. The plan C brings together t... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391805/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:39:54 -0400 Euro News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38391805/ ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sarah Palin can take down the fence. Palin's neighbor of three months on Wasilla's Lake Lucille, author Joe McGinniss, is packing his bags and notebooks and leaving Sunday for his... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38390364/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:44:07 -0400 Philadelphia Inquirer http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/38390364/