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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 Feb 2012 16:46:16 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:46:16 -0500 30 Iran will strike back at any location from where attacks against it are mounted, Fars news agency quoted a senior military commander as saying Sunday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251231/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251231/cs/1/ Tens of thousands of people have attended a mass rally in Iraq to cheer the cessation of US troop movements in the country. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203241418/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:39:52 -0500 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203241418/cs/1/ Police in Washington have closed down a large camping area containing members of the "Occupy" movement. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203241416/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:15:39 -0500 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203241416/cs/1/ A conspicuous show of support has been made for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203241417/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:26:48 -0500 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203241417/cs/1/ Mexican police have arrested Jose Antonio Torres Marrufo, who is alleged to have masterminded drug exportation and murders. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203241420/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:59:10 -0500 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203241420/cs/1/ Leaders of the Roman Catholic church in Rome are gathering to attend a conference on sexual abuse of minors within the Church. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203241419/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:46:50 -0500 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203241419/cs/1/ American comedian Joan Rivers claims she has had a total of 739 surgical procedures. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203256398/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203256398/cs/1/ About 400 protesters threw objects and tried to storm the Syrian consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul Sunday, Xinhua reported. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203256397/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203256397/cs/1/ Dozens of Syrian protesters stormed the Russian embassy in Libyan capital Tripoli Sunday, a day after Russia and China blocked a UN resolution on the Syrian crisis. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255294/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255294/cs/1/ British singer Jessie J says that she will snog pop stars Rihanna and Ed Sheeran if she wins three Brit awards. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255293/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255293/cs/1/ The Abu Dhabi International Airport Sunday launched an online auction for 60 tickets to 30 destinations. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203254076/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:40:07 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203254076/cs/1/ The UAE and Romania have held discussions on boosting cooperation in the education sector. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203254075/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:40:05 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203254075/cs/1/ Demi Moore has checked into a rehab in the US. The actress was hospitalised last week as she was suffering from seizures. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203254074/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:40:04 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203254074/cs/1/ An autistic woman was banned from having sexual intercourse on the ground that she lacks the mental capacity to consent to the act, the Daily Mail reported. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203254072/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203254072/cs/1/ Then US president John F. Kenendy took the virginity of a White House intern in a side room a few feet away from where staffers were drinking at an after-work party, the Daily Mail Sunday quoted a new http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203252950/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:50:07 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203252950/cs/1/ Drinking two large glasses of wine or two strong pints of beer a day triples the risk of developing mouth cancer, Daily Mail reported Sunday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203252946/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:50:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203252946/cs/1/ An Austrian skydiver will try to break the sound barrier during a free fall from a balloon on the edge of space later this year, The Telegraph reported Sunday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251723/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:50:05 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251723/cs/1/ Heavy overnight snow in Britain severely disrupted road, rail and air travel Sunday, The Telegraph reported. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251230/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251230/cs/1/ At least four people were killed and six injured after an avalanche hit some villages in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, Xinhua reported Sunday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251228/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:05 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251228/cs/1/ China will considerably increase spending on health services in the Tibet region, an official said Sunday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251227/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:04 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251227/cs/1/ The British government may soon formulate a law laying down "substantial" jail terms for stalkers. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251224/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251224/cs/1/ Malaysia will loan $3 billion to Bangladesh to construct a river bridge, a minister said Sunday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251223/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251223/cs/1/ Over 6,000 individuals have applied for joining NASA's Astronaut Corps, twice as many as the US space agency usually receives, NASA said Sunday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251219/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251219/cs/1/ A British survey has found one in eight people claiming to have visited ancient wonders of the world that turned non-existent centuries ago! http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251217/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:01 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203251217/cs/1/ A man who shot dead three people in eastern China Sunday has been arrested, police said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250229/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:10:05 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250229/cs/1/ China will launch its next generation Long March carrier rockets in the next five years, an expert said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250227/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250227/cs/1/ India' joy at winning their first match on the Australian tour was short-lived as they slumped to a 65-run defeat against the hosts in the tri-series opener Sunday. India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250223/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:00:10 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250223/cs/1/ Many agitated parents in Britain have decided to boycott one of country's biggest retailers for selling a garment that jokes about child abduction. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250220/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:00:05 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250220/cs/1/ Pakistan has lost Rs.8,500 billion ($94 billion) in corruption, tax evasion and bad governance during the rule of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, graft watchdog Transparency International Pakistan http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250218/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250218/cs/1/ FC Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola received good news Sunday over the knee injury suffered by midfielder Sergio Busquets. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250204/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:50:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203250204/cs/1/ Police in China's Shanghai city is on the lookout for three notorious teenagers suspected of having brutally killed 10 stray cats during the weeklong Spring Festival holiday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248512/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:30:22 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248512/cs/1/ English football club Nottingham Forest's owner Nigel Doughty, who stepped down as the club's chairman in October, was found dead at his home in Lincolnshire. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248510/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:30:18 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248510/cs/1/ Using a new technique, Layered Voice Analysis, can decipher whether CEOs are lying or not, a study reveals. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248507/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:30:14 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248507/cs/1/ India has voted for an Arab and Western-backed UN resolution denouncing the violent crackdown in Syria and calling for a democratic transition, but Russia and China vetoed it, saying it amounted to ad http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248501/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:10:07 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248501/cs/1/ People in China appear to have developed a special craving for Swiss watches, to go by their record sales. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248488/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:20:06 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248488/cs/1/ An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale was felt some 70 km from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, the US Geological Survey reported Sunday. There were no reports of any casualties or damage http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248485/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203248485/cs/1/ A cold wave will sweep China nationwide from Sunday evening to Tuesday, bringing gale winds and plunging temperatures in most parts of the country, the meteorological authorities warned Sunday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247400/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:20:05 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247400/cs/1/ Two brothers in a Pakistani village shot dead their wives, who were sisters, police said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247398/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247398/cs/1/ Attacking fifties by Matthew Wade and David Hussey helped Australia set a daunting 217-run target against India in the ODI tri-series opener here Sunday, following heavy rain which reduced the match t http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247395/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247395/cs/1/ India has voted for an Arab and Western-backed UN resolution denouncing the violent crackdown in Syria, but Russia and China vetoed it saying it amounted to advocating a regime change. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247388/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:04 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247388/cs/1/ People who suffer a traumatic experience often don't talk about it, and many forget it over time. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247386/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247386/cs/1/ Bayern Munich were held to a 1-1 draw by Hamburg and slipped to second position in the German Bundesliga. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247381/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:40:07 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247381/cs/1/ FC Barcelona remained seven points behind Real Madrid in the Spanish Primera Liga after a 2-1 win at home to Real Sociedad. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247380/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:40:06 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247380/cs/1/ At least seven people, including five police officers, were killed and 19 injured Sunday in a car bomb attack on the police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, BBC reported. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247379/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:40:04 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247379/cs/1/ Russia will build a reliable aerospace defence system to effectively counter NATO missile threats, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Sunday. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247376/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203247376/cs/1/ Most of the life forms wiped out in an event known as the Great Dying, 250 million years ago, came slowly from thousands of centuries of volcanic activity. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203246362/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:02:06 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203246362/cs/1/ The last rites of Bollywood filmmaker Raj Kanwar were performed here Sunday and his family and a few B-town celebrities came to bid him a final farewell at the Oshiwara cremation ground, close to his http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203246356/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203246356/cs/1/ Increased exposure to sunlight may help protect children from the risk of both food allergies and eczema, a study reveals. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245967/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:50:11 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245967/cs/1/ Actress Reese Witherspoon has successfully maintained a healthy relationship with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe just for the sake of their two children. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245965/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:50:09 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245965/cs/1/ Prince Harry and soccer star David Beckham enjoyed an evening at the exclusive Arts Club here. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245963/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:50:05 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245963/cs/1/ London, Feb 5(IANS) Actress Liv Tyler, who divorced Roystone Langton in 2008, says is learning how to get through life based on her good and bad experiences. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245962/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:50:04 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245962/cs/1/ Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has been ruled out of the One-day tri-series with a broken toe, sidelining him for around four to six weeks. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245958/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245958/cs/1/ Veteran British actor Gary Oldman finds his spy character from the movie "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" more interesting than James Bond. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245948/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:00:06 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245948/cs/1/ Arid conditions on Mars for more than 600 million years may have been too hostile for any life to survive on its surface http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245945/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245945/cs/1/ Bangladesh will tell the world about the genocide of its three million people and mass atrocities on 200,000 women and children perpetrated by Pakistani forces during the 1971 liberation war, a Bangla http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245943/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245943/cs/1/ As around 8,000 chickens have died of bird flu , or H5N1 virus in the Nepal's Sunsari district in last few days, more traces of the virus have been found in the region, Xinhua reported. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245941/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:50:08 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245941/cs/1/ Plasma zaps can decontaminate uncooked poultry, a major source of outbeaks of foodborne illness caused by harmful bugs. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245937/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245937/cs/1/ Heart failure may also linked to loss of cerebral grey matter and impaired cognitive functions -- which involves all aspects of perception, thinking, reasoning and remembering, a study reveals. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245935/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245935/cs/1/ As many as 10 people died when a boat carrying about 60 Dominican migrants capsized off the country's eastern coast, an official said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245934/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245934/cs/1/ Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will visit Qatar, from where Pakistan hopes to import liquefied natural gas (LNG). http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245928/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:30:25 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245928/cs/1/ Chinese will soon be taught in schools across Pakistan, said a minister. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245921/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:30:19 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245921/cs/1/ Hundreds of tourists were stuck in their vehicles as heavy snowfall blanketed Murree, a hill station near here. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245918/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:30:16 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245918/cs/1/ With major Indian interests in Nigeria in the areas of trade and investment, the west African country's huge economic potential continues to be a big draw for Indians despite recent terror attacks, on http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245911/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:30:10 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245911/cs/1/ State-controlled energy giant Petrobras announced the discovery of an oil and natural gas accumulation in the Solimoes basin of Brazil's Amazon region. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245909/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:30:07 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245909/cs/1/ The Brazilian city of Salvador registered a total of 29 homicides over a 30-hour span, amid a crime wave caused by a police strike, officials said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245906/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:30:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203245906/cs/1/ Former Cuban President Fidel Castro presented a two-volume memoir at a public ceremony in Havana, where he referred to the mistake of believing that with socialism all economic problems are solved, of http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203244612/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203244612/cs/1/ Islamabad, Feb5 (IANS) A Pakistani daily described a train that left on time and reached 15 minutes early at its destination as a "wonder of wonders". http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203244610/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203244610/cs/1/ A rocket slammed into the house of a journalist in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal region, injuring two children. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203244608/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203244608/cs/1/ Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney coasted to a sweeping victory in Nevada caucuses, his second consecutive win in the Republican nomination contests for the right to challenge President Barack http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203244598/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:50:05 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203244598/cs/1/ Versatile US actor Ben Gazzara died in a New York hospital of pancreatic cancer, The New York Times said. He was 81. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203244596/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203244596/cs/1/ Over 500 million Indians will need new homes in almost a decade, close to the needs of China, North America and Western Europe put together, as the government and urban local bodies focus more on cons http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203243197/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203243197/cs/1/ Diana Sanchez Barrios, the first transsexual woman to seek a seat in Mexico City's municipal assembly, says she is confident of winning. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203243120/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:50:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203243120/cs/1/ Attacks on Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) have increased rapidly in South Africa over the past one year partly due to poor policing, a report said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203243119/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203243119/cs/1/ A woman suicide bomber from Moscow has been arrested in Grozny, capital of Russia's Chechnya region, an official said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203241423/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:10:04 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203241423/cs/1/ Iran's high legislative body, the Guardian Council, has approved more than 3,000 candidates for the parliament elections, Press TV reported. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203241422/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203241422/cs/1/ US President Barack Obama has called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop the killings in the country and step aside for a democratic transition in the Middle East nation. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203241421/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203241421/cs/1/ China Saturday voiced its regret that Russia's proposal on a Syria draft resolution was not taken into account by the other members of the UN Security Council. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203239904/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203239904/cs/1/ A mayor of a Philippines town was Saturday shot at by motorcycle-borne gunmen, police said. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203239902/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:30:07 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203239902/cs/1/ Actor Daniel Radcliffe endured an awkward moment during a TV interview when a woman fan got down on one knee and asked him to marry her. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203239900/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:30:03 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203239900/cs/1/ Actor Michael Fassbender has said he struggles to maintain relationships because he always puts his career first. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203237579/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203237579/cs/1/ Singer Katy Perry has found support in her ex-boyfriend after her marriage broke down. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203236875/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203236875/cs/1/ A Chicago college is offering a class on the Occupy movement.Thirty-two undergraduate students are enrolled at Roosevelt University's "Occupy Everywhere" class. It's a political ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255503/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:29:25 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255503/ Finnish presidential candidates Sauli Niinisto (L) of the centre-right National Coalition party and Pekka Haavisto of the Green Party prepare for a television debate at the Finnish broadcast company ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255504/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:29:21 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255504/ International Monetary Fund envoy to Romania Jeffrey Franks gestures during a news conference in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) - ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255489/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:26:56 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255489/ Finnish Presidential candidates Sauli Niinist, centre left, and Pekka Haavisto, centre right, arrive for a televised political debate at the Finnish broadcast company YLE in Helsinki, Finland, ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255488/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:26:53 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255488/ Feb. 5 Giants fans have set up a swelling outpost at the Marriott hotel where the team is staying. Around 50 fans are stationed at Champions, an outdoor bar connected to the hotel, and have been ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255516/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:23:31 -0500 Newsday http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255516/ BOSTON -- Kevin Garnett matched his season-high with 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Boston Celtics to their fourth straight win, 98-80 over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday.Paul ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255509/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:21:54 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255509/ ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Ryan Villopoto became the first Supercross rider of the season with two victories, winning Saturday night's main event.The Monster Energy Kawasaki rider from Poulsbo, Wash., ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255510/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:21:52 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255510/ CAIRO -- Ignoring a U.S. threat to cut off aid, Egypt on Sunday referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal court on accusations they illegally used ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255511/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:21:50 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255511/ SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Bosnia used helicopters on Sunday to evacuate the sick and deliver food to thousands of people left stranded by its heaviest snowfall ever, while Pope Benedict XVI ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255512/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:21:47 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255512/ Death toll hits 217 in Syria shelling attack Western and Arab countries responded with outrage after Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have backed an Arab plan ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255524/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:06:56 -0500 One News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255524/ MOSCOW – There was no risk of a radiation leak after a fire broke out at a Moscow nuclear research centre housing a non-operational 60-year-old atomic reactor on Sunday, said officials, but ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255380/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:02:13 -0500 National Post http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255380/ Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called a byelection for former NDP leader Jack Layton's riding of Toronto-Danforth. The byelection will take place on March 12. Craig Scott, a 49-year-old ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255515/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:02:09 -0500 National Post http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255515/ Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (L) is kissed on the forehead by his son Alaa in the courtroom during his trial at the police academy in Cairo, in this still image taken from video, August ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255474/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:55:56 -0500 Reuters http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255474/ After 12 hours of talks with EU, IMF and European Central Bank officials, Greek finance minister Evangelos Venizelos said crucial issues remained unresolved. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255505/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:53:16 -0500 The Guardian http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255505/ Syrian forces persisted with one of the deadliest attacks of the 11-month uprising on Sunday, pounding parts of Homs even as residents combed through rubble looking for victims of a sustained ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255506/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:53:14 -0500 The Guardian http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255506/ Saul Niinisto, who was finance minister when Finland joined the euro, is hugged by his wife as early results are announced in Helsinki. Photograph: Markku ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255333/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:53:11 -0500 The Guardian http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255333/ For a newspaper, there are few more difficult subjects to tackle than race. When a story itself revolves around a situation where some degree of prejudice is historically embedded, nature ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255507/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:53:07 -0500 The Guardian http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203255507/