International Headline News

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:02:04 -0500
>TOP STORIES as of 0900 HKT -- 11 March, 2010

> RUSSIAN TYCOON WINS POISON LIBEL CASE
Boris Berezovsky wins his UK libel case against a Russian
broadcaster which claimed the Russian oligarch was behind the
poisoning of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko.

> BIDEN SLAMS ISRAELI SETTLEMENT MOVE
The United States will hold both Israel and the Palestinians
responsible for any steps that make peace between them more
difficult, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.

> FURY OVER ISRAEL 'BULLDOZER DEATH'
The parents of a U.S. woman who was killed as she tried to stop
a bulldozer from crushing homes in Gaza are taking Israel's
defense ministry to court.

> POLICE: 'JIHAD JANE' TRIED SUICIDE IN '05
Colleen LaRose, the Pennsylvania woman indicted for allegedly
conspiring to support terrorists and kill a person in a foreign
country, attempted to commit suicide in 2005, according to a
police report filed at the time.

> WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES TO SLAM INSURERS
President Obama is turning up the heat on private health
insurers again, taking his increasingly populist health care
overhaul pitch on the road to Missouri.

> 'LOST BOYS' STAR COREY HAIM DIES AT 38
Former 1980s teen movie actor and heartthrob Corey Haim died
early Wednesday, authorities said.

BUSINESS
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> 'ISLAMIC RULES SAVED US FROM RECESSION'
Bahrain's finance minister said adherence to strict Islamic
rules helped his country escape the worst of the global
recession.

> BRAZIL ANNOUNCES NEAR-RECORD HARVEST
Brazil will have its second-best harvest in the nation's history
this year, the government said.

> MEXICO: ALLOW CROSS-BORDER TRUCKING
Mexico asked the United States to move forward with creating a
proposal to end a ban on cross-border trucking in violation of
the North American Free Trade Agreement.