Barack Obama boards Air Force One bound for Israel. Photograph: Jason Reed ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/20/barack-obama-visits-israel
Barack Obama landed at Tel Aviv airport on Wednesday for a three-day visit to Israel and Palestine that the White House - anxious to set low-to-zero expectations of tangible outcomes - has billed primarily as a listening exercise.
Cyprus seeks Russian rescue, EU threatens cutoff
http://business.time.com/2013/03/19/cyprus-banking-crisis-will-russia-ride-to-the-rescue/
By Michele Kambas and Lidia Kelly. NICOSIA/MOSCOW | Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:58am EDT. NICOSIA/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Cyprus pleaded for a new loan from Russia on Wednesday to avert a financial meltdown, after the island's parliament rejected the ...
Leaked budget details show beer duty cut and fuel tax rise scrapped
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/budget/9942835/Leaked-budget-details-show-beer-duty-cut-and-fuel-tax-rise-scrapped.html
Budget 2013: full coverage. Budget 2013 live. Before George Osborne stood up in Parliament today, a leaked report showed the Chancellor will admit the economy is likely to grow half as much as expected.
Al Qaeda beheads French 'spy'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mali/9941848/Al-Qaeda-beheads-French-spy.html
A man claiming to be a spokesman for Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, AQIM, told Mauritania's ANI news agency late last night that Philippe Verdon had been executed on March 10 "in response to France's intervention in Northern Mali".
Malala Yousafzai returns to school as she recovers from Taliban shooting
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/20/malala-yousafzai-returns-school-she-recovers-talib/
The teenage Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by a Taliban member for advocating education for females is now back in school.
Chennai students push out political parties
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/XaEYkZ1U4VCqKhJkglSiuI/Protests-over-Sri-Lankan-Tamils-issue-continue-in-Tamil-Nadu.html
CHENNAI: With the clamour for justice for Sri Lankan Tamils getting louder, the student's community made it clear that no party can use them as a platform for political mileage.
US, Afghans Reach Deal on Wardak Troop Pullout
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-afghans-reach-deal-wardak-troop-pullout-18769443
The U.S. military and the Afghan government reached a deal Wednesday on a gradual pullout of American special forces and their Afghan counterparts from a contentious eastern province, officials said.
Nine bodies recovered from Nigerian boat mishap
http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/03/19/boat-with-166-passengers-sinks-in-calabar/
A total of nine dead bodies were recovered as of Tuesday night from a boat mishap which occurred in the remote town of Oron in southeast Nigeria's Cross River State, according to Yushau Shuaib, spokesperson of the National Emergency Management ...
Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman dies
http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/3-day-state-mourning-for-zillur/
Mohammad Shafiul Alam, a secretary with the presidential office, confirmed the news to Xinhua, saying "the ailing president breathed his last at 4:47 p.m.
Jordan's King Finds Fault With Everyone Concerned
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/world/middleeast/king-abdullah-of-jordan-has-criticism-for-all-concerned.html
CAIRO - King Abdullah II of Jordan leads one of the smallest, poorest and most vulnerable Arab nations. But that does not stop him from looking down on many of those around him, including the leaders of Egypt, Turkey and Syria, as well as members of his ...
Artist David Hockney's Assistant Died, and, Yes, There's a British Mystery
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/03/david-hockney-assistant-died-british-mystery/63317/
Dominic Elliott, the 23-year-old personal assistant to David Hockney - arguably Britain's greatest living artist - is dead. He was taken from Hockney's home on Sunday morning to Scarborough General hospital, where he later died, and authorities have ...
Royal baby on board: Live updates as Kate Middleton joins Queen to mark 150 ...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/live-kate-middleton-joins-queen-1774369
The Duchess of Cambridge may have got off to a bumpy start with her pregnancy but she really is blooming now. Kate is sticking to her usual formal style of a smart tailored coat over a dress with an elegant black hat.
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