World - Seattle Post I. - 2010-03-14 05:52:04.

At least 3 snowmobilers dead in Canadian avalanche

REVELSTOKE, British Columbia -- An avalanche struck a rally of up to 200 snowmobilers in Canada's Rocky Mountains on Saturday, killing at least three people and leaving an unknown number missing, police said.

 

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World - Seattle Post I. - 2010-03-14 05:52:04.

China alleges diplomatic snub at Copenhagen summit

BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said he was snubbed at last year's Copenhagen climate change conference and fired back Sunday at critics who accuse China of arrogance.

 

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Venezuela's Chavez: Internet should be regulated

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet on Saturday while demanding authorities crack down on a critical news Web site that he accused of spreading false information.

 

World - Los Angeles Times.

How Dubai unraveled a homicide, frame by frame

A mix of old-fashioned legwork and high-tech razzle-dazzle, scouring hundreds of hours of surveillance videos, helped police home in on suspects in a Hamas man's slaying, blamed on Israel's Mossad.

Lacking witnesses but blessed with hundreds of hours of video, the cops and spooks worked the case of the slain weapons smuggler like a movie in reverse.


 

World - Los Angeles Times.

China's elephants jostle for a little room

The country only has 300 wild elephants left, squashed into a patchwork of ever-smaller spaces. A wildlife park, and programs to help villagers view them more kindly, may help stave off extinction.

The love between man and elephant does not come easily.


World - Los Angeles Times.

In Beijing, the people's circus is underway

Inside the Great Hall, the People's Congress may be a legislative yawn-fest, but outside, paparazzi chase stars, the well-off compare couture and shiny luxury cars line the lots.

Inside the Great Hall of the People, it's all canned speeches and stilted words of praise for the Chinese Communist Party. Yes, it's the annual National People's Congress. Yawn.


 

 

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