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Today's World News: Death toll from Moscow subway blasts rises to 39 SKorean president orders military on alert No communication from 153 trapped in China mine Mixed reaction to Myanmar opposition party boycott Cardinal accuses Hugo Chavez of persecuting foes Moscow Bombings: Islamist Rebels Behind Deadly Blasts? Berlusconi scores political victory in local vote Hamas seizes $270,000 in frozen funds from bank Nuns face guns, impunity in trying to save Amazon ElBaradei takes Egypt reform campaign to the street Rio trial raises concerns for foreign firms: Australia Conservatives rebuff call to freeze tax cuts Mining titan BHP in landmark iron ore pricing move Iraqi commission moves to disqualify winning candidates Beyond Haiti relief, UN looks at building outside Port-au-Prince British Report: U.S.-U.K. 'Special Relationship' Is Over Somali IDP Situation 'At Its Worst' as Aid Runs Out Death toll from Moscow subway blasts rises to 39 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:21 pm PDT AP - A woman has died in a clinic from wounds suffered in the double suicide bombing of the Moscow subway, officials said Tuesday, raising the death toll to 39 as the country entered a day of mourning. Full Story Top SKorean president orders military on alert Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:24 pm PDT AP - South Korea's president ordered the military on alert Tuesday for any moves by rival North Korea after the defense minister said last week's explosion and sinking of a South Korean ship may have been caused by a North Korean mine. Full Story Top No communication from 153 trapped in China mine Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:44 pm PDT AP - Anxious relatives of 153 workers trapped in a flooded mine in northern China milled helplessly above ground Tuesday, demanding action and answers as rescue efforts stretched into the third day with no communication from those stuck deep underground. Full Story Top Mixed reaction to Myanmar opposition party boycott Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:41 pm PDT AP - Many residents of Myanmar's largest city Tuesday greeted a decision by the party of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi to boycott elections with rousing approval but others blamed it for leaving them with little choice in the military-organized balloting. Full Story Top Cardinal accuses Hugo Chavez of persecuting foes Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:08 pm PDT AP - The leader of Venezuela's Roman Catholic Church accused the government of President Hugo Chavez on Monday of using judges and prosecutors to punish political adversaries. Full Story Top Moscow Bombings: Islamist Rebels Behind Deadly Blasts? Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:00 pm PDT Time.com - Coordinated suicide bombings on Moscow's subway system killed at least 38 people on Monday -- an attack officials blamed on Islamic insurgents in the troubled Caucasus Full Story Top Berlusconi scores political victory in local vote Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:55 pm PDT AP - Final returns show that Premier Silvio Berlusconi's coalition made a strong showing in regional elections across Italy, winning crucial races and snatching four regions from the opposition. Full Story Top Hamas seizes $270,000 in frozen funds from bank Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:40 pm PDT AP - Hamas seized $270,000 from a Gaza bank on Monday that had been frozen by the Palestinian government in the West Bank, sparking new feuding between the Gaza militants and their Western-backed rivals. Full Story Top Nuns face guns, impunity in trying to save Amazon Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:03 pm PDT AP - The gunmen arrived in the Amazon dusk, circling the house where Sister Leonora was hiding, rifles and pistols poking out the windows of three muddy pickup trucks. Full Story Top ElBaradei takes Egypt reform campaign to the street Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:31 pm PDT AFP - Egypt's most high-profile dissident, former UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei, has taken his reformist campaign to the street with a whirlwind of encounters with Muslim worshippers, Christian activists and film stars. Full Story Top Rio trial raises concerns for foreign firms: Australia Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:53 pm PDT AFP - Australia warned on Tuesday that China's handling of a corruption trial for four Rio Tinto workers had raised serious questions for foreign firms doing business with the emerging power. Full Story Top Conservatives rebuff call to freeze tax cuts Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:32 pm PDT Reuters - Canada's Conservative government said on Monday it will go ahead with planned corporate tax cuts, rebuffing an opposition Liberal call to shelve the tax cuts for the time being. Full Story Top Mining titan BHP in landmark iron ore pricing move Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:48 pm PDT AFP - Global mining giant BHP Billiton Tuesday said it would now sell iron ore to most Asian steel mills on a short-term basis, scrapping an annual pricing model that provoked acute tensions with China. Full Story Top Iraqi commission moves to disqualify winning candidates Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:01 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD _ Six winning candidates in Iraq's parliamentary elections will be stripped of their votes and lose their seats _ which would cost secular politician Ayad Allawi's bloc its narrow victory _ if a federal court upholds a broad purge of candidates who are suspected of past involvement with the late dictator Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath Party, Iraqi officials said Monday. Full Story Top Beyond Haiti relief, UN looks at building outside Port-au-Prince Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:30 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - When the international community comes together Wednesday to pledge money to help Haiti relief efforts, high on the agenda will be immediate needs, such as a push to get people into adequate housing as the rainy season nears. Full Story Top British Report: U.S.-U.K. 'Special Relationship' Is Over Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:00 pm PDT Time.com - A new report by British MPs says London should stop overplaying its ties with America Full Story Top Somali IDP Situation 'At Its Worst' as Aid Runs Out Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:21 am PDT OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, 29 March 2010 (IRIN) - As more aid groups pull out of camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) and more people flee Mogadishu to escape the violence, the plight of IDPs is at its most extreme, says a doctor-turned-relief-worker in Mogadishu. Full Story Top

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