Famous Birthdays, Deaths, and Historical Events on March 9
German mapmaker Matthias Ringmann named the American continent in his honor. 1788 - Connecticut became the 5th state of America.
Cyprus arrests 3 over theft of late president's body
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Neither Labour nor the Lib Dems are prepared to guarantee the ring-fenced science budget
When William Waldegrave cleared his desk as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 1997, he left a short note for his successor.
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North Korea has recently created an army division in charge of n

ewly developed intermediate-range missiles capable of striking U.S. forces in Japan and Guam, a South Korean news agency said Tuesday.
Gwynne Dyer: Doha CITES conference is only hope to save bluefin tuna
Everybody in the business knows that the Atlantic population of bluefin tuna is in worse trouble than the Pacific population, but how much worse? Well, here's one measure: Stanford University's Tag-a-Giant program is now paying $1,000 per tag to fishermen in the Atlantic and Mediterranean who return the tags after they have caught the tuna, whereas ...
Hopes of rate cut as economy faces dangers
Hopes of a cut in interest rates before Christmas were boosted yesterday as a key member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee said that the toll from recent financial turmoil had intensified the dangers facing the economy.
Cyprus police say found corpse could be exleader
Spokesman Michalis Katsounotos said a tip-off led police to the corpse late Monday.
Jazeera Airways launches 'Don't miss out for summer'
Kuwait: 1 hour, 10 minutes ago Jazeera Airways, the Middle East's regional carrier, is launching its biggest ever sale:: 'Don't miss out for summer', as the airline prepares to launch a range of exciting destinations for the summer season.
Ultimate Frisbee catching on in Kingdom
A female player for the Blue team throws during a game against the Greens Sunday.
On this day - March 8
Today is Monday, March 8, the 67th day of 2010. There are 298 days left in the year.
Tips and deals of the week: 07/03/2010
Call 020-7631 4115 from 10am this Wednesday More pictures 10 for a hotel in London The Academy is celebrating its 10th birthday by releasing 10 rooms at 10 for a night's B&B on 10 October.
Lessons of History: The Question of Armenian Genocide
Date : Sun, 7 Mar 2010 12:14:52 PST Hellenic News of America March 6 2010 Lessons of History: The Question of Armenian Genocide The Congressional Committee of Foreign Affairs voted recently for the recognition of the Armenian massacres, perpetrated by the Ottoman Turks during the First World War, as genocide.
UAE researchers visit French scientific vessel
WAM Abu Dhabi, 7th March. 2010 -- Experts and researchers from the Marine Research Centre , Ministry of Environment and Water, paid an orientation visit to the French scientific vessel Tara which is docking at the

Abu Dhabi seaport en route to Oman and Pakistan.
Charles Veley who is attempting to visit all 871 countries of the worl
Life for Charles Veley really is one long holiday. So far it has lasted 11 years and cost him 1.5million. The father-of-three now holds the world record for travelling to the most destinations - that's 814 of the 873 countries, islands, federations, republics, war zones and rebel states on the globe.
Children with special needs can learn the most used language on earth:Mandarin
By using the Kingka game , a matching and memory game, kids with special needs can learn the most used language on earth: Mandarin Chinese.
Winner of Finnish Oscar opens EU festival
From the outside, it looks as if Janne and Katri Saari have everything. They own their own home, don't have any debts and go to the kinds of parties held in houses full of glass and wood that appear in Architectural Digest.
Freedom just another word for nothing left to lose
The Freedom Investment Club, after raising $50 million from about 2,000 members and then losing most of it on ill-fated Alberta real estate ventures, has closed its office in downtown Vancouver and left no forwarding address or contact numbers.
Mexico defenders appeal successfully for offside as New Zealand's Rory Fallon scores in vain
AFTER sticking to their guns and insisting that Rory Fallon travelled all the way to California just to play in a friendly match, New Zealand declined to put the Plymouth Argyle striker in their starting line-up for Wednesday night's encounter with Mexico.
Mariner refusing to rule Fallon out of contention
STRIKER Rory Fallon has not been ruled out by head coach Paul Mariner of playing for Argyle in their Championship clash with Preston North End at Home Park tomorrow.