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• Prince William arrives in quake-hit Christchurch (AFP)
• Cameron tells Bahrain king: reform, not repression (AFP)
• G7 to discuss Japan on Thursday as yen soars (Reuters)
• Govt urges nationals to leave Bahrain (AFP)
• Wasteful Chelsea move into Champions League quarters (AFP)
• Ex-Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif in hospital (AP)
• EU police arrest 9 Kosovo war crimes suspects (AP)
• Health fund launches panel to reassure donors (AP)
• Ireland's new leader feted in US for St Pat's Day (AP)
• London denies red tape blocked rescuers' Japan mission (AFP)
• UN nuclear agency chief to travel to Japan (AP)
• Pope marks Italy's 150th with conciliatory message (AP)
• UK town gets royal title for honoring war dead (AP)
• EU proposes rules on international marriages (AP)
• Berlusconi: I'm too old for so much sex (AP)
• Russians fear radiation from Japan (AP)
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• Police say international pedophile ring smashed (AP)
• Royal wedding: charitable gifts, not presents (AP)
• Latvians honor Waffen SS fighters (AP)

Prince William arrives in quake-hit Christchurch (AFP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT AFP - Prince William arrived in earthquake-devastated Christchurch on Thursday, the first stop on a tour of disaster-stricken areas of New Zealand and Australia.

Cameron tells Bahrain king: reform, not repression (AFP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 04:18 PM PDT AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron has urged the king of Bahrain to respond to anti-regime protests with "reform, not repression", his spokesman said Wednesday.

G7 to discuss Japan on Thursday as yen soars (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 04:12 PM PDT Reuters - The Group of Seven rich nations will discuss on Thursday possible steps to calm volatile financial markets roiled by fears about the deepening crisis in Japan.

Govt urges nationals to leave Bahrain (AFP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PDT AFP - The government urged any nationals still in Bahrain to leave the country under their own steam on Thursday, but promised to help anyone who could not get hold of a flight ticket.

Wasteful Chelsea move into Champions League quarters (AFP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 03:30 PM PDT AFP - Chelsea booked their place in the Champions League quarter-finals despite wasting a host of chances in Wednesday's 0-0 draw against Copenhagen in the last 16 second leg match at Stamford Bridge.

Ex-Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif in hospital (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 03:28 PM PDT AP - Nawaz Sharif, leader of Pakistan's largest opposition party, is being treated at a London hospital for heart problems, a spokesman for his political party said Wednesday .

EU police arrest 9 Kosovo war crimes suspects (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 02:34 PM PDT AP - A senior Kosovo politician and former rebel leader was indicted by an EU prosecutor for allegedly executing and torturing Serb prisoners of war during the 1998-99 war, according to a copy of the indictment obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Health fund launches panel to reassure donors (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 01:40 PM PDT AP - A global health fund besieged by criticism after finding its grant money was being used corruptly has turned to an ex-president of Botswana and a former high-ranking U.S. Republican to reassure its donors.

Ireland's new leader feted in US for St Pat's Day (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 01:16 PM PDT AP - The newly elected leader of debt-crippled Ireland arrived Wednesday in the United States on an annual mission to capitalize on St. Patrick's Day — and declared his homeland traumatized but determined to recover.

London denies red tape blocked rescuers' Japan mission (AFP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 01:01 PM PDT AFP - British rescuers hoping to help with the disaster effort in Japan said Wednesday they had been forced to return home after the British embassy in Tokyo denied them the necessary paperwork.

UN nuclear agency chief to travel to Japan (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 12:01 PM PDT AP - As emergency crews prepared Wednesday to return to Japan's tsunami-scarred reactors, U.N. nuclear agency chief Yukiya Amano spoke of a "very serious" situation and said he planned to leave for Tokyo within a day.

Pope marks Italy's 150th with conciliatory message (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 11:48 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday marked Italy's 150th birthday by praising the role Christianity played in forging its national identity — even though Italy's unification spelled the end of the papal states.

UK town gets royal title for honoring war dead (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 11:26 AM PDT AP - A town famous for honoring dead British soldiers as they are repatriated from Afghanistan will gain the rare honor of receiving a royal title, Britain's prime minister said Wednesday.

EU proposes rules on international marriages (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 11:00 AM PDT AP - Sometimes it's not just a question of who gets the house and who gets the dog, but of which country's courts get to decide.

Berlusconi: I'm too old for so much sex (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 10:25 AM PDT AP - Premier Silvio Berlusconi has sat down with the enemy, telling an opposition newspaper that he is too old to have had all the sexual encounters he is accused of by Italian prosecutors.

Russians fear radiation from Japan (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 09:43 AM PDT AP - Widespread fear that Japan's nuclear crisis could send radioactive fallout Russia's way is proving a nightmare to public officials in the Pacific regions, but a bonanza for merchants selling everything from face masks and iodine to vodka and wine.

(AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 08:55 AM PDT AP - IAEA's secretary-general says he plans to go to Japan as early as Thursday.

Police say international pedophile ring smashed (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 08:36 AM PDT AP - Police said Wednesday they have smashed a huge international pedophile ring, rescuing 230 children from abuse and arresting 184 suspects — including teachers and police officers.

Royal wedding: charitable gifts, not presents (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 08:23 AM PDT AP - What to get the couple who has everything? How about a donation to a rhino sanctuary — or an offer of help for earthquake victims in New Zealand.

Latvians honor Waffen SS fighters (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 06:20 AM PDT AP - More than 1,000 people paid tribute Wednesday to Latvians who fought on the side of Nazi Germany in Waffen SS detachments during World War II.

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