Shock and Awe

Iran summons German ambassador over separatist leader row (People’s Daily)

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:43:35 +0000

Iranian Foreign Ministry Wednesday summoned German ambassador in Tehran Bernd Erbel to express Iran’s protest over the leader of separatist Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), the official IRNA news agency reported.

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Iran summons German ambassador over separatist leader row (People’s Daily)

Contractor found dead (The New Sabah Times)

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:54:37 +0000

LAHAD DATU : A contractor was found dead and police believed he was hit with a hard object. Lim Kim Loong, 41, was found lying in a pool of blood in his house at about 7.55pm on Tuesday.

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Contractor found dead (The New Sabah Times)

Corey Haim prolonged tragic Hollywood tradition (AP via Yahoo! News)

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:56:48 +0000

Corey Haim’s story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.

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Corey Haim prolonged tragic Hollywood tradition (AP via Yahoo! News)

Police identify man found dead of gunshot wounds in Riverside (The Kansas City Star)

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:17:25 +0000

Police identified the man found dead with apparent gunshot wounds inside a Riverside apartment as Hassan Abbas, 32. Abbas, who was from the Sudan, was a student at Metropolitan Community College–Maple Woods, according to police.

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Police identify man found dead of gunshot wounds in Riverside (The Kansas City Star)

Did Corey Haim Pull a Brittany Murphy? (E! Online)

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:36:48 +0000

At first blush, Corey Haim’s death is starting to sound a lot like Brittany Murphy’s. Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter confirms that the ’80s teen…

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Did Corey Haim Pull a Brittany Murphy? (E! Online)

Dead puppies found dumped in Hawkins County creek (Bristol Herald Courier)

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:01:04 +0000

The Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a possible case of animal cruelty after two men found a half dozen dead puppies in a creek.

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Dead puppies found dumped in Hawkins County creek (Bristol Herald Courier)

Obama renews backing of earthquake-stricken Haiti (AP via Yahoo! News)

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:57:02 +0000

President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America’s commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed.

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Obama renews backing of earthquake-stricken Haiti (Washington Post)

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:36:58 +0000

President Obama pledged enduring U.S.

Hundreds protest Israeli military chief in N.Y. (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:19:35 +0000

Hundreds of protesters marched in front of a New York City hotel where the Israeli military’s chief of staff was speaking at a dinner.

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Hundreds protest Israeli military chief in N.Y. (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)

Earthquake hits northern Kosovo, knocks out power (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:50:10 +0000

Serbian seismologists say an earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale has shaken northern Kosovo, causing brief power outages in some places. There were no immediate reports of damages.