Daily Star Lebanon Israel approves new settler homes as Biden talks peace | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | Gavin Rabinowitz | Agence France Presse | OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel on Tuesday approved the construction of 1,600 new sett... (photo: AP / Sebastian Scheiner)
The Boston Globe Kicking the obesity epidemic | While Michelle Obama is campaigning against childhood obesity, there's Charles Barkley on TV hawking Taco Bell's NBA Five Buck Box. The extra-large former basketball All-Star raps about the box's cr... (photo: WN / Yolanda)
Khaleej Times A Visit to Oxford Islamic Centre Recently, I was taken on a tour of the sprawling future home of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies now under construction on the grounds of Magdalen College. | Senior fellow Dr. Hasan Abedin illust... (photo: Creative Commons / Unfocused) FutureIslamicMuslimOxfordPhotos
The New York Times China and India Join Climate Accord | WASHINGTON — China and India formally agreed to join the international climate change agreement reached last December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign up. | The two countrie... (photo: AP / Heribert Proepper) ChinaClimate ChangeIndiaPhotosUN
The New York Times Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks | PARIS — The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday, lending momentum to efforts to protect the fish ... (photo: GFDL) ConservationMaldivesPhotosUNWildlife
The New York Times Euro Unity? It's Germany That Matters | PARIS — Ten years after the euro, it’s still all about Germany, which isn’t the way it was supposed to be. | In the run-up to the common currency&rsqu... (photo: AP / Daniel Roland) EuroFinanceGermanyParisPhotos
The New York Times Japan Drops Denial of Cold War 'Treaties' | TOKYO — Japan ended decades of denials on Tuesday by confirming the existence of secret cold-war-era agreements with Washington that, among other things, had allo... (photo: U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau ) DefenceJapanNuclearPhotosUS