Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Pope: Enough with slaughters in Iraq AP - 39 minutes ago

  VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI issued one of his strongest appeals for peace in Iraq on Sunday, days after the body of the kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop was found near the northern city of Mosul.

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  Islamabad on alert after deadly blast AP - 33 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's capital was on high alert Sunday and embassies reviewed security measures after a bomb struck an Italian restaurant crowded with foreigners, killing a Turkish aid worker and wounding at least 12 other people.

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  Official: 4 Belgians freed in Guatemala AP - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

  PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala - Four Belgian tourists held hostage by protesting farmers were released late Saturday after security forces in boats and helicopters located the group in Guatemala's eastern jungle, officials said.

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  Hip-Hop grows at South by Southwest AP - 52 minutes ago

  AUSTIN, Texas - South by Southwest has always been known as a music festival that flourishes with indie-rock bands, singer-songwriter types, classic blues players, metal acts and even some country artists. But hip-hop? Not so much.

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  Georgia gets second SEC upset in 1 day AP - 30 minutes ago

  ATLANTA - No one thought Georgia could win two SEC tournament games in one day. Then again, no one asked Georgia seniors Sundiata Gaines and Dave Bliss.

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  Tibetan riots spread Reuters - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Rioting erupted in a province neighboring Tibet on Sunday, two days after ugly street protests by Tibetans against Chinese rule in Lhasa that the contested region's government-in-exile said had killed 80 people.

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  John McCain arrives in Iraq Reuters - 58 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain arrived in Baghdad on Sunday to assess improved security in Iraq attributed to a build-up of 30,000 extra U.S. troops of which he has been a strong supporter.

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  Missiles hit Pakistan's Waziristan, 7 militants killed Reuters - 30 minutes ago

  WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Up to three missiles struck a house in a Pakistani region known as a safe haven for al Qaeda and Taliban militants on Sunday, killing seven militants and wounding several, a Pakistani military official and residents said.

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  Crane falls and crushes building in NYC, four dead Reuters - Sat Mar 15, 6:39 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A giant crane fell and crushed a residential building in Manhattan on Saturday, killing four construction workers and injuring more than 10 other people, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

• U.S. army names soldier shot dead by German police Reuters - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

  BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.S. army has named Jeremiah W. Carmack as the soldier stationed in southern Germany who was shot dead by police last week.

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  Clinton, Obama clash despite plan to talk issues Reuters - Sat Mar 15, 5:46 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama clashed on Saturday over his ties to an indicted Chicago businessman and her tax records, despite their agreement two days earlier on the need to focus on issues.

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  Two dead as fresh storms spawn tornado near Atlanta Reuters - Sat Mar 15, 9:27 PM ET

  ATLANTA (Reuters) - A tornado in northwest Georgia killed two people and left others seriously injured on Saturday, one day after a twister battered Atlanta's downtown, officials said.

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  G20 backs climate fight, argues over industry caps Reuters - Sun Mar 16, 2:24 AM ET

  MAKUHARI, Japan (Reuters) - A grouping of the world's top greenhouse gas emitters on Sunday backed U.N.-led efforts to forge a global pact to fight climate change but disagreed on a sectoral approach to curb emissions from industry.

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  Tibet protests spread in China, Dalai Lama condemns 'rule of terror' AFP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - Police opened fire on Tibetan protesters as anti-Chinese rallies spread outside of Lhasa on Sunday, a witness and activists said, amid warnings from the Dalai Lama of a "rule of terror" in his homeland.

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  Iran conservatives dominate parliament vote AFP - 57 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's conservatives were set Sunday to win two-thirds of the seats in parliament after dominating legislative elections, despite a respectable showing by reformists who suffered heavy pre-vote vetoes.

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  Rescue workers resume search for victims of Albania's blast AFP - 7 minutes ago

  GERDEC, Albania (AFP) - Rescue workers on Sunday resumed the search for victims of a series of powerful blasts at an army depot housing communist-era munitions near Tirana, as the disaster toll rose to seven dead and over 200 injured.

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  UN warns climate change melting glaciers at alarming rate AFP - Sun Mar 16, 5:04 AM ET

  ZURICH (AFP) - The world's glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, the UN said Sunday, calling for immediate action to prevent further constraints on water resources for large populations.

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  Spacewalkers attach Canadian robot's mechanical arms AFP - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Two US astronauts, working outside the International Space Station early Sunday, attached mechanical arms to a Canadian-made robot, enabling it to take over human tasks and reducing the need for future risky spacewalks.

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  Dollar's plunge pushes eurozone past US, Goldman Sachs says AFP - Sun Mar 16, 1:11 AM ET

  FRANKFURT (AFP) - The dollar's plunge has made the eurozone the world's biggest economy by one measure and has underscored shifts that are reorienting the 15-nation bloc towards Asia, Russia and oil-rich Gulf states, analysts say.

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  Alitalia board approves cheap Air France-KLM takeover deal AFP - Sun Mar 16, 5:17 AM ET

  ROME (AFP) - The board of Alitalia after a marathon meeting approved early Sunday a formal takeover offer put forward by Air France-KLM, placing a very low value on the struggling Italian flag carrier.

Most Popular Top Stories

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  China gives Tibetan protesters surrender ultimatum Reuters - Sat Mar 15, 2:28 PM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China gave Tibetan independence protesters an ultimatum to surrender on Saturday after riots in Lhasa which killed at least 10 people in the worst unrest in the region for two decades.

• Crane falls and crushes building in NYC, four dead Reuters - Sat Mar 15, 6:39 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A giant crane fell and crushed a residential building in Manhattan on Saturday, killing four construction workers and injuring more than 10 other people, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

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  Weak dollar costs U.S. economy its world No. 1 spot Reuters - Fri Mar 14, 11:10 AM ET

  PARIS (Reuters) - The U.S. economy lost the title of "world's biggest" to the euro zone this week as the value of the dollar slumped in currency markets.

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  Fed comes to Bear Stearns' rescue Reuters - Sat Mar 15, 4:09 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bear Stearns, slammed by a sudden cash crunch, hammered out an emergency funding deal with the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase, intensifying fears the global credit crisis will claim more victims and driving Bear's shares down by as much as half.

• Does space belt need traffic control? The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Mar 14, 4:00 AM ET

  The way Kirk Shireman describes it, the International Space Station is fast becoming the O'Hare International Airport of low Earth orbit.