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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sacramento Sun.com http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/b8de8e630faf3631/ en-us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:39:58 -0500 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:39:58 -0500 30 JERUSALEM - Israel has slammed the peace accord between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah to form a new unity government in the West Bank and Gaza, saying that peace and Hamas "do not go hand http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305970/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:04:18 -0500 Sacramento Sun.com http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305970/cs/1/ MANILA - At least 48 people have been killed and scores are missing in the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the heavily populated island provinces of Negros and Cebu in the central Philippines Mon http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305963/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:02:45 -0500 Sacramento Sun.com http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305963/cs/1/ Maldives - President Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives' first democratically elected head of state, resigned Tuesday after weeks of public protests over his order to arrest a senior judge Abdulla Mohamed, who http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305969/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:54:44 -0500 Sacramento Sun.com http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305969/cs/1/ WASHINGTON - The US has partially waived off sanctions against Myanmar following a series of political reforms in the formerly military ruled South East Asian nation. http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305968/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:11 -0500 Sacramento Sun.com http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305968/cs/1/ BEIRUT - At least 21 civilians and four soldiers were reported killed Tuesday in an escalated violence across Syria with government forces renewing their assault on Homs, while visiting Russian foreig http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305966/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:41:52 -0500 Sacramento Sun.com http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305966/cs/1/ The Obama administration is urging a group of Iranian dissidents living in northeastern Iraq to make a decision about moving to a new transit center near Baghdad as part of a U.N.-backed process of re http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203312791/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:16:01 -0500 VoA - Middle East http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203312791/cs/1/ With Russia and China blocking a U.N. resolution condemning the crackdown on protests in Syria, the prospects for a quick end to the conflict seem bleak. President Bashar al-Assad can also rely on sup http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203312763/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:15:34 -0500 VoA - News http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203312763/cs/1/ An international campaigner for democracy in Syria on Tuesday accused the West of being hasty in calling for a regime change in turmoil-stricken Syria. http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203299721/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:30:03 -0500 ANI http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203299721/cs/1/ India opener Virender Sehwag said Tuesday the team will be rotating opening batsmen and in Wednesday's second ODI against Sri Lanka he would be replacing Sachin Tendulkar or Gautam Gambhir. Sehwag sai http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203299717/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:20:05 -0500 IANS http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203299717/cs/1/ Mohammad Waheed Hassan, who was sworn in president Tuesday after Mohamed Nasheed quit following street protests, is an educationist who has served in the UN and is the country's first TV anchor. He is http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203299698/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00:13 -0500 IANS http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203299698/cs/1/ Tamara Ecclestone looked stunning in a black dress as she walked the red carpet at the Laureus World Sports Awards in London. http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203298534/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:12:45 -0500 ANI http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203298534/cs/1/ Easterners really do look at the world differently to Westerners, researchers say. http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203298520/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:12:24 -0500 ANI http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203298520/cs/1/ Italian football giants AC Milan will see their striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic sidelined in the clash against league leaders Juventus Feb 25 as the Swedish international has been handed a three-match ban. http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203295562/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203295562/cs/1/ Spanish La Liga football club Sevilla has sacked coach Marcelino Garcia after the team's poor run which has seen them slip from contenders for a place in Europe to a struggling outfit in the league. http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203295549/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:40:07 -0500 IANS http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203295549/cs/1/ The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has scaled down its forecast for China's 2012 economic growth from nine percent to 8.25 percent and warned that exports would be a significant drag on expansion i http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203294439/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:30:03 -0500 ANI http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203294439/cs/1/ Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf has said the team needs a qualified head coach to win the World Cup. http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203293390/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:00:39 -0500 ANI http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203293390/cs/1/ Pakistan has narrowed the gap with the top four sides in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Championship table after beating the world number-one team, England by 3-0 in the three-Test serie http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203293383/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:00:34 -0500 ANI http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203293383/cs/1/ Europe continues to battle the intense cold and heavy snowfall and it is expected that the weather will stay the same till the end of the week. http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203291193/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:10:14 -0500 ANI http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203291193/cs/1/ World No 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic was crowned the world sportsman of the year at the Laureus Awards in London. http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203291192/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:10:07 -0500 ANI http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203291192/cs/1/ Former Australian captain Steve Waugh has backed masterblaster Sachin Tendulkar to break the 'Don Bradman jinx' and score his hundredth international ton. http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203291190/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:10:03 -0500 ANI http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203291190/cs/1/ Pakistan has assured Iran that it would implement, on a fast track basis, multi-billion-dollar gas and electricity import projects, despite international sanctions and concerns over the latter's nucle http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203291186/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:50:07 -0500 ANI http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203291186/cs/1/ It may come as a rude shock, but Facebook users should not feel surprised if tomorrow they come across their photos existing in the web world despite having deleted them personally long ago. http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203291162/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:40:07 -0500 IANS http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203291162/cs/1/ A new United Nations report shows that almost 2,000 communities across Africa abandoned female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) last year, prompting calls for a renewed global push to end this harmf http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203286218/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:17:09 -0500 U.N. - Women, Children, and Population http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203286218/cs/1/ A lack of job opportunities, inadequate education, vulnerable working conditions and insufficient government investment are some of the main concerns of young people around the world, according to a U http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203286217/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:17:03 -0500 U.N. - Economic Development http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203286217/cs/1/ Although the Asia-Pacific region has witnessed widespread gains in combating the spread of HIV, experts at a United Nations meeting were told today that the epidemic is still outpacing the region's ef http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203286216/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:15:48 -0500 U.N. - Asia Pacific http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203286216/cs/1/ Russia and China are defending their veto of a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have endorsed an Arab League plan for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to transfer power to a deput http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203285275/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:15:43 -0500 VoA - Asia http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203285275/cs/1/ Russia remains a 'friend of the Arab world' even though its veto on a United Nations Security Council resolution has been misunderstood by some Arab countries, Ambassador Vitaly Churkin ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306840/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:25:31 -0500 Ya Libnan http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306840/ Thorsten Heins, who took over from RIM's long-time co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie in a dramatic management shakeup in late January, made his first keynote speech to a BlackBerry ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308527/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:19:07 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308527/ PHOENIX, Arizona, February 7. THE end of 2011 featured a spate of strong meets taking place in the United States, all of which are recapped in the February issue of Swimming World ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306819/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:17:05 -0500 Swimming World http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306819/ BERLIN -; A German court has rejected the claim of two Jewish women for extra pension payments for work they did under the Nazis in ghettos. The Federal Social Affairs Court in Kassel ruling ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308535/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:48 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308535/ LONDON -; British lawmakers from across the political spectrum voiced anger Tuesday at a court decision to release an imprisoned extremist cleric, saying the man described as one of Europe's ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308536/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:46 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308536/ People gather around a minibus struck in an apparent explosion as it sits near a highway overpass in Kaduna, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Two explosions struck Tuesday near army and air force ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308537/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:43 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308537/ The needle used to sedate Adolph Eichmann is part of the display in the "Operation Finale" exhibit, revealing the story behind the Mossad spy agency's most legendary operation ever, ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308539/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:41 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308539/ ALGIERS, Algeria -; Algeria will witness a "social explosion" if the May legislative election is marred by fraud, an Islamist leader warned Tuesday. The published comments from ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308538/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:37 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308538/ DAKAR, Senegal -; Thousands of people have marched in Senegal's capital to call for the departure of aging President Abdoulaye Wade. The marchers included international pop star Youssou ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308541/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:35 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308541/ PARIS -; The French parliament erupted in an uproar Tuesday after a lawmaker accused the interior minister of flirting with Nazi ideology. Socialist lawmaker Serge Letchimy from Martinique ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308540/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:32 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308540/ Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, right, as the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, center, looks on, after signing an agreement ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203307970/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:29 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203307970/ BEIJING -; Twenty-nine Chinese workers abducted by rebels in Sudan more than a week ago have been released and flown to Kenya by the Red Cross, the group said Tuesday. The rebels attacked a road ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308542/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:26 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308542/ Nepalese watch a grass fire close to the runway of Nepal's international airport in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. The grass fire has closed Nepal's only international airport and ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308543/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:23 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308543/ LAGOS, Nigeria -; Bomb blasts struck Tuesday near army and air force bases on the outskirts of the central Nigerian city at the heart of riots last year that killed hundreds, officials said. The ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308544/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:20 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308544/ VATICAN CITY -; The Vatican is confirming that Pope Benedict XVI may travel to Lebanon later this year. The top Roman Catholic official in the Holy Land, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal, said Tuesday ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308545/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:17 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308545/ LONDON -; Florence Green, Britain's last veteran of World War I, has died at the age of 110. Briar House Care Home in Kings Lynn, England, says Green died Saturday. Born Florence ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308546/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:14 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308546/ February 7, 2012 WASHINGTON -- The Constitution has seen better days. Sure, it is the nation's founding document and sacred text. And it is the oldest written national constitution still in ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306880/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:10:23 -0500 Prison Planet http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306880/ Beijing, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) The Vice President of China, Xi Jinping, is to pay an official visit next week to the US from Feb. 13th, the first stop in a tour through Feb 22nd that takes him to ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308581/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:08 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308581/ Beijing, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) The Guinness World Record was set in China for the world's longest parade float, with a 791.5-meter parade float in the shape of a dragon, created in Gutian ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306846/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:04 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306846/ Tehran, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Ali Larijani, president of the Iranian Majlis (parliament), announced on Tuesday that it is ready to pass a bill that would stop oil exports to Europe, in response to ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308580/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:02 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308580/ assistant secretary of defense, U.S. Department of Defense Craig Schneider, co-organizer, The Welcome Home the Heroes Parade Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, Rice ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308579/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:07:27 -0500 NPR http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308579/ Students at Azerbaijan`s Qafqaz, Odlar Yurdu and State Economic University have attended meetings as part of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) funded by U.S. Department of State. ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308608/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:07:04 -0500 News.Az http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308608/ The Alpine skiing venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics is about to get its first big test with the likes of Lindsey Vonn and Aksel Lund Svindal leading the World Cup circuit to the Rosa Khutor resort ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306847/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:04:44 -0500 MSNBC http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306847/ Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world's premier platinum ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306861/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:01:12 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306861/ Warsaw - Dozens more people were killed on Tuesday across Europe, with the three-week death toll crossing 450 and the frosty spell expected to ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306032/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:56:08 -0500 IOL http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306032/ FILE - In this July 13, 2011, file photo, actress Roseanne Barr attends a special screening of 'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan' hosted by the Cinema Society at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306034/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:57 -0500 IOL http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306034/ DUBAI - Gulf Arab countries announced on Tuesday they were recalling their ambassadors from Damascus and expelling Syrian envoys in response to worsening violence in ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306035/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:51 -0500 IOL http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306035/ MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the top security agency on Tuesday to crack down on Islamist insurgents to prevent any attacks ahead of a March presidential election, which Prime ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306036/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:47 -0500 IOL http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306036/ This year the photographers were asked to see the world as a haiku poet does: to create one image capturing a 'fleeting moment' or 'the decisive moment'. The winning picture is ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306859/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:53:50 -0500 The Guardian http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306859/ Authorities employed explosives, icebreakers and tractors yesterday in the battle to overcome Europe's big freeze, as dozens more died of hypothermia and tens of thousands remain cut off by ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308607/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:41 -0500 Global Times http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308607/ (Newport, Oregon) – If you've ever wondered what parts of the Oregon coast looked like from space, a new imaging system called HICO – for Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308570/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:49:27 -0500 Beach Connection http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308570/ BAGHDAD (AP) — Ministers from Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc ended their boycott of the Cabinet on Tuesday, a move that could restore some stability to the war-ravaged nation that has been ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308571/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:49:08 -0500 Fox 23 http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308571/ Jim Speros, EVP and CMO of Fidelity Investments, had a ringside seat at the dawning of the digital advertising revolution when he lead communications ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306855/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:48:46 -0500 Forbes http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306855/ (Manzanita, Oregon) – It's the middle of the night on the north coast, and not a creature was stirring. Except me, and a handful of truckers doing test runs of new vehicles, as they do at ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306820/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:47:15 -0500 Beach Connection http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306820/ OregonTravelDaily.com , much is ado about traveling around the world and in Oregon, with some items of particular interest to foodies in the Portland ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306821/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:46:35 -0500 Beach Connection http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306821/ (Cannon Beach, Oregon) - Ornate and intricate sculptures made of sand will be the center of celebration in Cannon Beach, with the 45th Annual Sandcastle day Festival taking over the town on June ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306822/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:42:25 -0500 Beach Connection http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306822/ The avocado industry is testing technology to prevent fruit ripening in transit that it hopes will open up markets in Europe. Two thousand trays of fruit were exported to France in December packed ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306837/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:40:10 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306837/ Covering World Travel and the Oregon coast: Astoria, Seaside, Cannon Beach, Manzanita, Nehalem, Wheeler, Rockaway, Garibaldi, Tillamook, Oceanside, Pacific City, Lincoln City, Depoe Bay, Newport, ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306823/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:39:26 -0500 Beach Connection http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306823/ SAO PAULO--The Brazilian government privatized operations at three of the nation's main airports on Monday, awarding US$14 billion in contracts to three consortiums that will expand and run ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306828/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:36:03 -0500 The China Post http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306828/ GOLDEN, Colorado: Republican White House hopefuls vying in three presidential votes were unlikely on Tuesday to knock Mitt Romney off his front-runner perch, despite a surge from conservative rival ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306014/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:35:19 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306014/ WASHINGTON: Senior Republican senator John McCain urged the United States Tuesday to consider arming the opposition fighting the forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad."We should ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306013/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:35:15 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306013/ BELGRADE: Authorities used everything from ice-breaking explosives to tractors on Tuesday to overcome Europe's big freeze, as dozens more died of hypothermia and tens of thousands remained cut ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306015/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:35:13 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306015/ WAITING times for CT scans have been erased and Cairns patients are benefiting from lower doses of radiation with a $1.45 million investment in the world's most superior ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306885/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:34:48 -0500 Cairns.com.au http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306885/ The union representing professional soccer players said Tuesday its members are mistreated financially by clubs in Eastern Europe, which can lead to the greater risk of ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308523/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:30:00 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308523/ Europe freeze kills 89, fears rise over Russian gas Heavy snowfall across eastern Europe cut off hundreds of villages today and rescue teams struggled to evacuate people in southern Bulgaria where ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308588/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:25:46 -0500 One News http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308588/ British traveler and worldwide air miles record-holder, Fred Finn, told RT how the Ukrainian capital Kiev managed to win his heart once and for ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306883/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:23:03 -0500 RT http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306883/ A court has refused to lift the house arrest on the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off a Tuscan island last month.The court in Florence also rejected a request from ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308585/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:17:32 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308585/ The Government has given a sceptical response to claims that Syrian president Bashar Assad is ready to end bloodshed and stage a referendum on a new constitution.During a visit to Damascus, Russian ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308586/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:17:29 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308586/ Lawyers for Proposition 8 sponsors and for two couples who sued to overturn the ban have said they would appeal to the Supreme Court if they did not receive a favourable ruling. (Eric ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308568/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:15:57 -0500 CBC News http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308568/ NASA astronaut class member Mark Vande Hei and navy instructor Victor Mower conduct water survival training at Naval Air Station Pensacola in ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308569/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:15:54 -0500 CBC News http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308569/ A 17-year-old from P.E.I. is on his way to two world championships this year: a youth biathlon competition later this month, and a piping event in August. Carsen Campbell of Bedeque, east of ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306763/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:15:38 -0500 CBC News http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306763/ In a measure of the depth of the tensions, an Egyptian government delegation abruptly canceled meetings in Washington with US lawmakers set for Monday and Tuesday, after angry American officials ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305983/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:15:27 -0500 USA Today http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305983/ It's Valentine's Day next week, and just in time, chef Eric Akis offers a romantic dinner for two that can be whipped up in minutes. You'll find the recipes in Wednesday's ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306851/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:14:09 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306851/ BELGRADE -- Authorities used explosives, icebreakers and tractors Tuesday in the battle to overcome Europe's big freeze, as dozens more died of hypothermia and tens of thousands remained cut ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308531/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:11:39 -0500 National Post http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308531/ The 2-1 decision, a victory for challengers of Proposition 8 yet narrowly crafted, is the latest in a years-long saga playing out in California but reverberating nationwide. The case appears headed ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305985/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:11:04 -0500 USA Today http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305985/ The infections could mean they are suffering from pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome, a disorder defined only about 15 years ago, according to Dr Rosario Trifiletti, who made his announcement ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305987/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:43 -0500 USA Today http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305987/ Jacob Jock was selected for the jury in a car-wreck case in December and told the usual prohibitions. But when the judge learned Jock looked up the female defendant on Facebook and sent her a friend ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305984/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:58:50 -0500 USA Today http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305984/ Mark Zuckerberg writes in the company’s IPO filing . It also wasn’t created to be a part of the mobile web. Facebook may be the last great company of the desktop age. It’s beaten ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306813/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:56:36 -0500 Wired News http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306813/ U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the House Budget committee hearing on the state of the Economy on Capitol Hill in Washington February 2, ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203307169/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:54:35 -0500 Reuters http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203307169/ BAGHDAD - Less than two months after American troops left, the State Department is preparing to slash by as much as half the enormous diplomatic presence it had planned for Iraq, a sharp sign of ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308593/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:53:46 -0500 New York Times http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308593/ Iraq ’s Sunni ministers returned to the cabinet on Tuesday, an incremental step that eases the tensions of the country’s political crisis but does not end it, and sets the stage for a ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308594/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:53:42 -0500 New York Times http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308594/ GLOBAL mining giant Xstrata has agreed to an all-share marriage with commodities trader Glencore to create a $US90 billion global entity in what will be the world's biggest merger in the ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306833/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:52:26 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306833/ SWOLLEN rivers in Bulgaria and Greece have burst their banks, leaving dozens of homes underwater, as Bulgarian officials declared a day of mourning for eight people confirmed killed after a dam ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308573/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:52:24 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308573/ The national average temperature in January was 36.3 degrees F, which is 5.5 degrees F above the long-term average and the warmest since 2006, according to the National Climatic Data Center. The ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305986/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:51:29 -0500 USA Today http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203305986/ Speaking at BlackBerry DevCon in Europe RIM's Vice President for Developer Relations, Alec Saunders, had some interesting things to say about the BlackBerry App World. Saying that he wanted to ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306857/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:47:06 -0500 Web Pro News http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306857/ ROME (Reuters) - An Irish victim of clerical abuse said Tuesday that Catholic Church guidelines on how to root out pedophile priests and protect children needed to be backed up by penalties for ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308533/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:44:17 -0500 Reuters http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308533/ New York Times . "Among the world's democracies, constitutional similarity to the United States has clearly gone into free fall. Over the 1960s and 1970s, democratic constitutions as a ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306871/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:43:58 -0500 Political Wire http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306871/ Just two weeks after her mother Kyoko passed away at 48 on Dec. 9, Mao laced up the boots again and showed the heart of a true champion in winning her fifth national title with an inspiring effort ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306779/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:43:01 -0500 Japan Times http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306779/ | Feb 07, 2012 11:09 AM EDT The deadly winter that has hit Europe and continued over the weeks has affected the normal life of people. As per a report by AFP, the death toll has reached 300, as of ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308609/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:42:12 -0500 IBTimes http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203308609/ On the heels of Super Bowl 2012 halftime show, which was viewed by a record-setting 114 million people, Madonna has announced plans and details of an upcoming 2012 world tour. According to ... http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306882/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:41:57 -0500 IBTimes http://story.sacramentosun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203306882/