http://www.newslookup.com/ Compilation of lead headlines scraped from: BBC, CBS, CNN, CBC, Deutsche Welle, Euronews, FOXNews and Reuters. en Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:00:18 -0500 5 http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/09/haiti-memorial-un.html An emotional Secretary General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute Tuesday in New York to the 101 United Nations workers who were killed in the Haiti earthquake, the single greatest loss for the world body in its 64-year history. more Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:40:00 -0500 CBC Lead Headline http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/09/letterman-case.html A TV producer has pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny for trying to extort $2 million from David Letterman over the comedian's sexual affairs. more Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:40:00 -0500 CBC Lead Headline http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/09/governor-general-haiti-visit.html Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean ended her two-day tour of Haiti with a visit to Jacmel on Tuesday, bringing a message of hope to the shattered city. more Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:40:00 -0500 CBC Lead Headline http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8558850.stm US Vice-President Joe Biden condemns Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes for ultra-Orthodox Jews in East Jerusalem. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:10:00 -0500 BBC Lead Headline http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/10/2841328.htm?section=world Israel undermining peace talks: Biden By Middle East correspondent Anne Barker, staff Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:20:00 -0500 ABC Australia - World Lead http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/09/india-women-legislature.html India's upper house of parliament voted overwhelmingly Tuesday for a historic bill that would reserve one-third of legislative seats for women, despite a boycott by socialist lawmakers. more Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:20:00 -0500 CBC Lead Headline http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/09/nafta-us-pullout-ministers-vanloan-flaherty.html Fresh off a recent skirmish over "Buy American," some Canadian cabinet ministers are expressing confidence that a new protectionist push from some U.S. politicians won't succeed. more Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0500 CBC Lead Headline http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/09/cyprus-grave.html Three months after it was stolen, the corpse of Cyprus's former president has been found reburied in another grave. The country's justice minister says the remains of Tassos Papadopoulos had been held for ransom. more Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:50:00 -0500 CBC Lead Headline http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8558347.stm Israel approves the building of 1,600 new homes in east Jerusalem, a move that threatens to overshadow the US vice-president's visit. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:30:00 -0500 BBC Lead Headline http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/09/china-car-sales.html China's passenger car sales in February climbed 55 per cent from a year earlier, despite a long national holiday, on strong demand for smaller cars and sport utility vehicles, an industry group reportes. more Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:30:00 -0500 CBC Lead Headline http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/09/arrest-cartoons-mohammed.html Police in Ireland have arrested seven people over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog. more Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:20:00 -0500 CBC Lead Headline http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/09/nigeria-massacre-probe.html International officials called on Nigeria on Tuesday to investigate the deaths of hundreds of unarmed civilians over the weekend in the latest incident of sectarian violence in the region. more Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:10:00 -0500 CBC Lead Headline http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/09/tech-sweden-shipwrecks.html A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany, Swedish experts say. more Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:10:00 -0500 CBC Lead Headline http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/09/us-same-sex-dc.html About 150 same-sex couples in Washington, D.C., who applied for marriage licences will be able to pick them up on Tuesday, the first day same-sex couples can tie the knot in the U.S. capital. more Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:50:00 -0500 CBC Lead Headline http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/09/us-ohio-shooting.html One person is dead and two others are injured following a shooting early Tuesday morning on the Ohio State University campus, authorities say. more Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0500 CBC Lead Headline http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/09/california-prius-freeway.html A California Highway Patrol officer helped bring a runaway Toyota Prius travelling 151 kilometres an hour to a safe stop on Monday after the car's accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway. more Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:40:00 -0500 CBC Lead Headline http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/09/israel-biden-visit.html Israelis and Palestinians face a "moment of real opportunity" to make peace after agreeing to resume American-brokered talks, U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden said Tuesday as he launched the highest-level visit by an Obama administration official to Israel. more Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0500 CBC Lead Headline http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/09/indonesia-raids-dulmatin.html Indonesian anti-terror police hunting a mastermind of the country's worst terror attack say they've killed three suspects in the capital city of Jakarta. more Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0500 CBC Lead Headline http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/09/2841241.htm?section=world Chickenpox threatens Merak asylum seekers By Sarah Dingle Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:30:00 -0500 ABC Australia - World Lead http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/09/2840124.htm?section=world Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has arrived in Australia for a three-day visit. More Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:20:00 -0500 ABC Australia - World Lead