International Headline News

Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:02:08 -0400
>TOP STORIES as of 0800 HKT -- 17 March, 2010

> CLINTON: THERE'S NO CRISIS BETWEEN U.S. AND ISRAEL
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dismisses the view that
relations between America and Israel are in crisis after a row
between the two countries over settlements.

> MEXICAN PRESIDENT VISITS CIUDAD JUAREZ
Mexican President Felipe Calderon made his third visit in a
little more than a month Tuesday to the troubled border city of
Juarez, where three people associated with the U.S. Consulate
were killed over the weekend.

> KILLED COUPLE IN MEXICO WERE EXPECTING
Lesley Enriquez went to a birthday party and brought her husband
and baby daughter along. After the food and cake and singing and
children's games were done, the family piled into the car and
headed home.

> IRISH CARDINAL ACCUSED OVER ABUSE PROBE
Ireland's top Catholic cardinal faces growing outrage over his
role in investigating one of the country's most notorious
child-abusing priests.

> U.S. RIGHT RALLY AGAINST HEALTH BILL
Conservative activists tried to put the brakes on health care
reform Tuesday, holding rallies on Capitol Hill intended to sway
wavering Democrats days before a final expected House of
Representatives vote on a sweeping $875 billion measure.

> TIGER WOODS TO PLAY IN U.S. MASTERS
Tiger Woods says he will play at the U.S. Masters in April after
being sidelined from golf by a sex scandal. He also said he
still has "work to do" in his personal life.

> THAI 'RED SHIRTS' GIVE BLOOD FOR PROTEST
Thai protesters plan to douse government offices in hundreds of
liters of their own blood unless Prime Minister Abhisit
Vejjajiva heeds their call for fresh elections.

> OPRAH DEFAMATION SUIT SET FOR TRIAL
A jury will decide whether Oprah Winfrey defamed the former
headmistress of her South African girls school when talking
about an abuse scandal in 2007, a federal judge ruled.

BUSINESS
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> JACKSON ESTATE SIGNS $250M RECORD DEAL
The administrators of Michael Jackson's estate and Sony Music
Entertainment have reached a recording deal valued at as much as
$250 million, according to published reports.

> TOYOTA QUESTIONS RUNAWAY PRIUS STORY
Toyota challenges the story of a Californian driver who claimed
the accelerator of his Prius stuck, causing the car to speed out
of control. The Japanese carmaker says the account is at odds
with the findings of an investigation.

> WHAT'S BEEN LOST IN TOYOTA CRISIS?
Consumer Reports auto editor Rik Paul says some facts have been
lost in the media firestorm, but the added focus on auto safety
is a good thing.