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World Edition Headlines [ Auto updated [1] minute ago ] History of Lead International TV News Headlines Pentagon shooter had mental illnessCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 23:30 ESTThe man who opened fire in front of the Pentagon Thursday had a history of mental illness and had become so erratic that his parents reached out to local authorities weeks ago with a warning that he was unstable and might have a gun, police said Friday. more Jaycee Dugard releases videos of life after kidnappingCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 18:50 ESTCalifornia kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard appeared on television Friday, her first TV appearance since she was rescued last August from her 18-year ordeal as a captive in a backyard compound in Antioch, Calif. more US will not adopt 'genocide' billBBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 17:50 ESTThe White House vows to block a bill that sparked Turkish anger by refering to the World War I "genocide" of Armenians. Charest meets with Haitian PMCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 17:10 ESTQuebec Premier Jean Charest met with Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive in Montreal on Friday. more NATO adopts new rules for Afghan night raidsCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 16:40 ESTNATO's commander in Afghanistan says foreign troops can no longer conduct nighttime military operations unless Afghan security forces are present. more GM to reinstate 600 dealershipsCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 16:40 ESTGeneral Motors Co. will reinstate more than half the dealerships it targeted to drop from its network. more Iraqis living abroad start votingCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 14:30 ESTIraqis living abroad began casting ballots in their homeland's crucial parliamentary elections Friday, a constituency Iraq's Sunni Arab minority hopes will boost its showing. more Record floods hit Australia's outback townsCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 13:30 ESTFloodwaters continued to wreak havoc in the outback towns of Australia's Queensland state on Friday, as heavy rains following a prolonged drought swelled rivers to record high levels. more Athens erupts as Greek austerity plan passesCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 13:10 ESTThe Greek parliament approved new spending cuts and taxes Friday aimed at defusing the country's debt crisis, while protesters fought with police in the streets of Athens. more McQueen wins fashion design award posthumouslyCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:00 ESTFashion designer Alexander McQueen, who died last month at the age of 40, has won an award for his 2010 spring and summer collection. more Toyota president rallies workers to new startCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:30 ESTToyota president Akio Toyoda urged thousands of his employees Friday to work toward a new start and win back customer trust following safety lapses that have battered the world's biggest carmaker. more Palin pitches Alaska reality seriesCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:30 ESTFormer Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is pitching a reality series on Alaska to television networks. more China pledges to reduce gap between rich, poorCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:10 ESTChina's premier says the government will do more to spur growth of the world's third-largest economy, share the wealth to narrow the gap between rich and poor and boost development in restive regions. more Several die in bus crash near PhoenixCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 09:30 ESTRescuers are breaking out windows of a bus Friday to get to victims after a crash on a highway south of Phoenix, Ariz. more U.S. jobless rate holds at 9.7%CBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 09:20 ESTThe U.S. economy shed a lower-than-expected 36,000 jobs last month, leaving the unemployment rate at 9.7 per cent, the U.S. Labour Department reported Friday. more Daiso fined $2M over lead-laden toysCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 08:40 ESTThe U.S. subsidiaries of Japanese retailer Daiso have been fined $2 million US after accusations they imported lead-tainted toys and other dangerous children's products. more Turkey warns U.S. against genocide voteCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 07:50 ESTTurkey's foreign minister has warned the Obama administration of negative diplomatic consequences if it does not do more to block a U.S. resolution branding the World War I-era killing of Armenians as genocide. more Chile lowers quake death tollCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 07:00 ESTChile has revised the number of people thought to have died in last weekend's earthquake down to 279, backing away from earlier estimates that put the death toll at 802. more Iraq war was right, says BrownABC Australia - World Lead | Fri Mar 05, 2010 05:50 ESTBritain's backing for the US-led invasion of Iraq was "the right decision," British prime minister Gordon Brown has told an inquiry into the conflict. More Brown to testify at U.K. Iraq inquiryCBC Lead Headline | Fri Mar 05, 2010 05:40 ESTBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown is scheduled to give evidence Friday at a public inquiry that's looking into Britain's role in he Iraq war. more |
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