Pakistan's Acid-Attack Victims Fight Back (Time.com)
March 11th, 2010->
Time.com - A landmark court ruling has opened the way for women to seek greater protection through a new law being debated in parliament
Is Hong Kong Getting Any Closer to Real Democracy? (Time.com)
March 11th, 2010->
Time.com - Hong Kong’s mini-constitution under China promises eventual democracy for the city state, but little progress has been made over the past decade, despite mounting pressure from pro-democratic parties
Israeli settlement plans give Obama little room to maneuver (McClatchy Newspapers)
March 11th, 2010McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — President Barack Obama faces what may be the biggest test to date of his credibility in the Middle East after Israel greeted Vice President Joe Biden’s with an announcement that it will construct 1,600 new homes in disputed East Jerusalem, diplomats and analysts said Wednesday.
Lebanon resumes defense talks on Hezbollah's military wing (The Christian Science Monitor)
March 11th, 2010The Christian Science Monitor - Lebanonâ??s top politicians have resumed a series of round-table discussions to devise a national defense strategy, at the heart of which is finding a compromise over the militant Shiite Hezbollahâ??s powerful military wing.
Canada Parliament eats seal to defy "ignorant" EU (Reuters)
March 11th, 2010Reuters - Canadian parliamentarians tucked into a meal of seal meat on Wednesday to defy both animal right activists and the European Union, which has banned imports of seal products.
Nigeria: More Mass Graves Dug in Jos (OneWorld.net)
March 11th, 2010OneWorld.net - ABUJA,
Mar 8 (IRIN) - Hundreds of people in the city of Jos, 350km
northeast of Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, have been buried in mass graves
after machete-wielding intruders attacked residents at 3 a.m. (local
time) on 7 March.





