http://www.tolerance.ca/Rubrique.aspx?ID=32&L=en 24 Hour World News Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:15:11 -0500 2010 Tolerance.ca en-ca http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76596&L=en BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was locked in a tight contest with rival Iyad Allawi to keep his job, as results from Iraq's elections were set to flow in on Friday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:36:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76593&L=en NEW DELHI - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was to seal a series of multi-billion dollar arms deals Friday during a visit to India aimed at boosting ties with Moscow's old Cold War ally. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:42:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76552&L=en JOS, Nigeria - Dressed in black and carrying wooden crosses, thousands of women marched Thursday in Nigerian city of Jos to express grief at a new bout of sectarian carnage and anger at the failure to stop it. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:06:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76573&L=en HAVANA - Cuban dissident hunger striker Guillermo Farinas was in critical condition Thursday after losing consciousness in his third week of fasting, said a spokeswoman for the hospital where he was being treated. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:14:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76549&L=en VALPARAISO, Chile - Strong aftershocks and a tsunami alert rocked Chile and rattled nerves Thursday as rightwing billionaire Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as the new president of the quake-hit nation. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:06:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76553&L=en PORT-AU-PRINCE - The first kidnappings of aid workers in Haiti jolted the thousands-strong foreign relief operation in the quake-torn nation Thursday, adding to the staggering challenges it faces two months after the country's deadly disaster. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:30:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76463&L=en TEL AVIV - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly apologised Thursday to US Vice President Joe Biden, hoping to defuse a row over settlements that appeared to scuttle indirect peace talks with the Palestinians. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:32:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76558&L=en WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday accused China and Iran of increasing human rights abuses as it raised the alarm about growing anti-Semitism worldwide and discrimination of Muslims in Europe. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:08:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76540&L=en BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was in a tight contest to keep his job as he vied with ex-premier Iyad Allawi, initial election results from four of the country's 18 provinces showed Thursday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:36:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76572&L=en ABU DHABI - Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have signalled a willingness to press China to support tough new sanctions on Iran, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:11:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76521&L=en ATHENS - Greek police clashed with hooded youths on Thursday as thousands demonstrated against austerity measures aiming to end a crippling debt crisis and the country was gripped by a new general strike. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:51:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76557&L=en MOGADISHU - Somali government forces backed by African Union troops raided Islamist rebel positions in Mogadishu Thursday, sparking a heavy fire exchange which killed more than 20 civilians and injured scores. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:45:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76551&L=en WASHINGTON - China's human rights record worsened last year as authorities increased harassment of activists and repression in the Xinjiang region, the US State Department said Thursday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:16:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76506&L=en KIEV - Ukraine's new President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday tightened his grip on power as one of his closest allies became prime minister and his party formed a government coalition. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:46:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76531&L=en VALPARAISO, Chile - A powerful 7.2 magnitude aftershock and four smaller ones rocked central Chile Thursday, prompting a tsunami warning minutes before Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as the new president. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:59:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76522&L=en STOCKHOLM - A Stockholm court Thursday allowed the extradition to Poland of Swedish former neo-Nazi leader Anders Hoegstroem to face trial for the theft of a sign from the one-time Auschwitz death camp, a prosecutor said. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:17:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76538&L=en VALPARAISO, Chile - Rightwing billionaire businessman Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as the new president of Chile Thursday as three strong aftershocks rocked the quake-hit nation. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:23:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76525&L=en HARARE - The Red Cross on Thursday said at least 2.17 million Zimbabweans need food aid and the figures are set to rise because of an expected poor harvest this year. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:48:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76520&L=en BAGHDAD - Iraqis were set to get a glimpse of the country's new political landscape on Thursday when first official results from weekend elections are released. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:03:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76480&L=en SANAA - Three south Yemeni independence activists were killed and five wounded Thursday as demonstrations in southern towns sparked clashes with police and sympathy rallies in the north against the crackdown. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:16:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76496&L=en YANGON - Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday called on Myanmar's people to give a united response to an "unjust" election law, her lawyer Nyan Win told AFP. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:53:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76516&L=en MOGADISHU - More than 20 civilians were killed on Thursday in a second day of intense fighting between Somali government troops and insurgent forces in the capital Mogadishu, a medical source said. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:45:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76512&L=en LONDON - Former Bosnian leader Ejup Ganic is to be released on bail, although on stringent conditions, after his arrest on war crimes charges last week, the High Court in London ruled on Thursday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:31:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76483&L=en KIEV - The party of Ukraine's new President Viktor Yanukovych has formed a majority coalition in parliament which will now appoint a government, the speaker announced Thursday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:29:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=76484&L=en BEIJING - Chinese security forces have stepped up a crackdown in Tibet's capital Lhasa, two years after protests marking a failed 1959 uprising erupted in deadly violence, the police and reports said Thursday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:03:00 GMT 24 Hour World News - © 2010 AFP