Yahoo! News: World News

• Climate Change: In Canada, No News Is Bad News (OneWorld.net)
  OneWorld.net - UXBRIDGE, Mar 16 (IPS) - Canada's climate researchers are being muzzled, their funding slashed, research stations closed, findings ignored and advice on the critical issue of the century unsought by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government, according to a 40-page report by a coalition of 60 non-governmental organisations.
  
  
• US suspect in Mumbai siege, Danish plot to plead guilty (AFP)
  

  AFP - The charismatic Chicago man accused of scouting out the deadly 2008 Mumbai siege and a plot to kill a Danish cartoonist plans to plead guilty to terrorism charges, his lawyer said Tuesday.

  
  
  
  
• CORRECTED: Russian prosecutors say priest's killer slain (Reuters)
  

  Reuters - Prosecutors claimed on Tuesday to have solved the high-profile slaying of a Russian Orthodox priest in Moscow, saying a man shot dead by police in the Dagestan province was carrying the gun used to kill the priest.

  
  
  
  
• UN assessor: Haiti needs $11.5 billion to rebuild (AP)
  AP - The U.N. regional assessor for natural disasters says Haiti needs $11.5 billion over three years to rebuild and transform the hemisphere's poorest nation after its catastrophic earthquake.
  
  
• Clinton to visit Moscow amid strained U.S.-Russia relations (Time.com)
  

  Time.com - The Obama Administration had high hopes for wiping the slate clean with Russia and starting anew. But Washington still has a ways to go to gain Moscow's trust

  
  
  
  
• In Iran, a Street Demonstration That Both Sides Stay Away From (Time.com)
  Time.com - The mullahs hate the holiday and opposition leaders don't dare touch it, but the Persian New Year has Iranians ignoring orders and taking to the streets -- with fire
  
  
• FBI: No evidence Mexico hit men targeted Americans (AP)
  

  AP - Confused hit men may have gone to the wrong party, the FBI said Tuesday as it cast doubt on fears that the slaying of three people with ties to the U.S. consulate shows that Mexican drug cartels have launched an offensive against U.S. government employees.

  
  
  
  
• Challenger overtakes Iraq PM in overall vote count (AP)
  

  AP - A secular coalition challenging the Iraqi prime minister in the country's historic parliamentary elections has narrowly pulled ahead for the first time in the overall vote count, although it still trails in the crucial province-by-province count.

  
  
  
  
• Why Iran smiles on Jerusalem clashes (The Christian Science Monitor)
  The Christian Science Monitor - Iran is closely watching the unfolding crisis between Israel and the United States over Israeli settlements – and Jerusalem clashes with Palestinians that injured more than 100 today – for ways to rejuvenate its diminished influence in the Middle East.
  
  
• German bishop surprised at number of abuse cases (AP)
  

  AP - The Roman Catholic bishops in Pope Benedict XVI's native Bavaria sought Tuesday to deal with a sexual abuse scandal whose ever-widening scope has left church leaders baffled.

  
  
  
  
• New Colombian party linked to right-wing gangs (AP)
  AP - A new party accused of ties to far-right criminal bands has emerged as a surprising force in Colombian politics, adding to worries that President Alvaro Uribe has failed to weaken drug-funded paramilitaries in the provinces.
  
  
• U.S. official cancels Israel trip as Jerusalem clashes erupt (AP)
  

  AP - Hundreds of Palestinians in east Jerusalem set tires and garbage bins ablaze on Tuesday and hurled rocks at Israeli riot police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. The heaviest clashes in months broke out as an American envoy abruptly canceled a visit, deepening a U.S.-Israeli diplomatic feud.

  
  
  
  
• Slow progress in Iraq vote count fuels suspicions (McClatchy Newspapers)
  McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraq's embattled election commission announced Tuesday that 79 percent of the votes from parliamentary elections have been counted, a breakthrough for a process so slow that it's raised suspicions of fraud. The close race got even closer as a secular rival edged nearer to Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki's coalition.
  
  
• Canada transport watchdog raises safety concerns (Reuters)
  Reuters - Canada needs to do more to resolve safety issues on its airlines, railways and in the marine industry, the country's transportation safety watchdog said on Tuesday.
  
  
• Nigerian leader orders fast-tracking of amnesty deal (AFP)
  

  AFP - Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday ordered the implementation of an amnesty deal for ex-rebels to be sped up, his spokesman said a day after deadly blasts in the restive Niger Delta.

  
  
  
  
• West Bank street named for dead US activist (AP)
  AP - Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday named a street after a U.S. activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in a 2003 protest against house demolitions in Gaza.
  
  
• Australia says China ties 'back on track' (AFP)
  

  AFP - Relations with China are "back on track", Australia said Tuesday, adding it was optimistic Beijing would behave as a "responsible stakeholder" in global harmony as its power grew.