[World] Tough love from the President who wants to 'throw Israel under a bus'

Tough love from the President who wants to 'throw Israel under a bus'
http://www.haaretz.com/news/obama-visits-israel/tough-love-from-the-president-who-wants-to-throw-israel-under-a-bus.premium-1.511213
Obama's challenge to Israel's conventional wisdom was coated in support and sympathy. After this visit, it will be much harder for Obama's rivals to claim that he has Israel's worst interests at heart.

Pro-Assad Cleric Killed in Blast in Damascus
http://www.smh.com.au/world/proassad-cleric-killed-in-mosque-blast-20130322-2gjvr.html
BEIRUT, Lebanon - A large explosion killed at least 42 people inside a central Damascus mosque on Thursday, including the top Sunni cleric in Syria, one of the major remaining Sunni supporters of President Bashar al-Assad's embattled government in the ...

Chris Bowen quits after failed leadership coup, Julia Gillard says more may go
http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=856742
LABOR'S aborted leadership coup has claimed another victim, with Rudd supporter Chris Bowen falling on his sword today and announcing his resignation from cabinet.

France's Sarkozy investigated in party-funding affair
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/03/21/wrd-france-sarkozy-campaign-donations-loreal-investigation.html
By Claude Canellas. BORDEAUX, France | Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:39pm EDT. BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy was placed under formal investigation on Thursday for "abuse of weakness" in a 2007 party funding case ...

Bill on Crime Against Women Passes in India
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/fqcRgnlZPWbmjfozDjBHMK/Parliament-passes-antirape-bill.html
NEW DELHI - India's Parliament passed a comprehensive bill on Thursday to impose stronger penalties on men who attack women and to criminalize offenses like stalking and voyeurism.

Italian Marines Return to India in Bid to End Diplomatic Rift
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/marines-coming-backto-face-trial-in-india/article4535116.ece
Two Italian marines charged with killing fishermen will return to India to stand trial in a bid to defuse a diplomatic rift between the two countries over the case.

China's new leader to meet Russia's Putin on first foreign trip
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-03/21/c_132252271.htm
By Thomas Grove. MOSCOW | Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:03am GMT. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Decorated with Chinese paintings and red silk armchairs, a huge business complex on the edge of Moscow is the kind of enterprise China's new leader Xi Jinping wants to ...

Raid on Stalin: Probe lead came in 2008, says CBI
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/cbi-raids-stalin-who-says-it-s-political-vendetta-345394
NEW DELHI: The CBI searches that set off a political storm were part of an intelligence gathering operation that began in March, 2008, involving Alex Joseph, an importer who was initially suspected to have brought in 12 vehicles in violation of rules.

The Budget: Conservatives stick to deficit-cutting strategy
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/federalbudget/2013/03/21/federal_budget_2013_conservatives_stick_to_deficitcutting_strategy.html
OTTAWAâ€"The Harper Conservatives stuck to their frugal, deficit-reduction mantra in a bargain basement federal budget that keeps the cash flowing for urban renewal projects but looks to corporate Canada to refurbish the struggling economy and get more ...

police helicopters crash
http://www.google.com/hostednews/getty/article/ALeqM5j8quZCyuDEtbyg8VcW2_lqV5DO9Q?docId=164224248
Berlin (CNN) -- A helicopter pilot died after two police helicopters crashed at Berlin's Olympic Stadium in Germany on Thursday, police said.

'Endless wreckage' on Edmonton-area highways, hospitals treat about 100 ...
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/canada/Endless+wreckage+Edmonton+area+highways+hospitals+treat+about+people+injured+snow+related+crashes/8131294/story.html
A pickup truck is sandwiched between two vehicles during a multi-vehicle crash in snowy conditions on Highway 2 south of Edmonton.

Scotland to vote on independence in 2014
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/scotland-to-vote-on-independence-in-2014/article10108251/
First Minister Alex Salmond has set a historical vote in motion, kicking off a referendum on Scottish independence by setting a date and promising to campaign hard for the “Yes” side.

Thatcher papers show Falklands doubts in heart of Downing Street
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/mar/22/thatcher-papers-show-falklands-doubts
Some of Margaret Thatcher's closest policy advisers voiced strong concerns that the Falklands Islands were not worth the fight, from the earliest days of the campaign, according to the latest release of files from the former Conservative prime minister's ...