International Headlines

Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:02:07 -0400
>TOP STORIES as of 0800 HKT -- 22 March, 2010

> U.S. HEALTH CARE BILL LATEST: HOUSE DEBATE UNDER WAY
The vote to begin the debate on landmark U.S. health care
legislation was 224-206, a good indication that Democrats have
enough votes to pass the landmark measure itself.

> ISRAEL TO U.S.: WE WON'T BACK DOWN
Israel will not back down against U.S. over Israeli plans to
build 1,600 apartments on disputed land in largely Arab East
Jerusalem, PM Benjamin Netanyahu says.

> UNION: BA BOARD MUST HALT STRIKE
A strike by British Airways cabin crew entered its second day
Sunday with the airline insisting it was operating a good
service against union claims of heavy disruption.

> 10 AFGHANS KILLED IN SUICIDE ATTACK
Ten Afghan civilians were killed and seven others were wounded
in a suicide attack Sunday in southern Afghanistan's Helmand
province, a provincial spokesman said.

> NOTE FOUND NEXT TO BODIES IN PAKISTAN
The bullet-riddled bodies of six people were found Sunday in
Pakistan's tribal region, four of them near a letter that
accused them of spying for the United States, two local
government officials said.

> MOSCOW FIRE CHIEF KILLED IN BLAZE
The chief of Moscow's firefighting service died in a blaze that
broke out at a business center in the northern part of the city,
Russian media reported Sunday.

> YOUTHS KILLED IN WEST BANK CLASHES
A second Palestinian teen has died after being shot during
clashes with the Israeli military in the West Bank, medical
officials said Sunday.

> VOLCANO ERUPTS IN SOUTHERN ICELAND
A volcano erupted beneath a glacier in south Iceland, forcing
the evacuation of hundreds of people.

BUSINESS
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> MINISTER: CHINA LIKELY TO SEE TRADE DEFICIT
China is likely to see a trade deficit in March, the country's
commerce minister said in Beijing Sunday.

> GM DAEWOO TO RECALL VEHICLES
The local unit of General Motors Co. in South Korea will recall
some sport utility vehicles and sedans because of problems with
the steering wheel and fuel hoses, local media said Sunday.

> STRIKE-HIT BA CANCELS HALF OF FLIGHTS
British Airways was operating roughly half its flights despite a
three-day strike by cabin crew.