AP - An elephant calf that was believed to have died during a nine-day labor is feeding itself and has earned the nickname “Mr. Shuffles” since learning to stand, Taronga Zoo officials said Thursday.
Time.com - A landmark court ruling has opened the way for women to seek greater protection through a new law being debated in parliament
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
McClatchy 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.
The 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.
Reuters - 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.
OneWorld.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.
AFP - Bangladesh has blocked 1.5 million mobile numbers and tightened regulations for buying and selling SIM cards following a spike in cellphone-related crime, an official said Thursday.
AFP - More than 100 firefighters and 20 fire engines were tackling a blaze at a restaurant in east London on Thursday, though no casualties have been reported.
AP - Global airlines are undergoing a surprisingly strong recovery with Asian and Latin American carriers leading the way, the leading industry group said Thursday, halving its loss forecast for 2010 to $2.8 billion.
