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Friday March 12, 2010 Updated 3:37 PM PST
UBS says IRS has 20 Swiss banks in its sights
Embattled UBS AG has warned that Switzerland's financial industry is at risk unless lawmakers approve a tax treaty with the United States, and that other Swiss banks may be next to face pressure from U.S. regulators.
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PhotosHalt ivory sales to save elephants, experts say
Elephant experts from around the world are joining a University of Washington scientist in calling for a moratorium on legal ivory sales, to protect elephants from being slaughtered for their tusks.
Sweden labels mass killing of Armenians genocide
Sweden's parliament narrowly approved a resolution Thursday recognizing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey as genocide, prompting the Turkish government to recall its ambassador in protest.
Pope under fire for transfer, letter on sex abuse
(03-12) 15:24 PST VATICAN CITY, (AP) -- Germany's sex abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese...
AP 3.12.10 3:24 PM
Twin suicide bombs kill 43 in Pakistani city
(03-12) 15:24 PST LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Two suicide bombers killed 43 people in near-simultaneous blasts Friday, the fourth major...
AP 3.12.10 3:24 PM
Peru says Machu Picchu service back soon
(03-12) 15:17 PST LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Peruvian officials say they expect train service to the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu will be...
AP 3.12.10 3:17 PM
Clinton urges new fight for women's equality
(03-12) 15:15 PST UNITED NATIONS, (AP) -- Fifteen years after electrifying a U.N. conference in Beijing with a call for women's...
AP 3.12.10 3:15 PM
2 months after Haiti quake, housing still elusive
(03-12) 15:13 PST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Trash and sewage are piling up at the squalid tent camps that hundreds of thousands...
AP 3.12.10 3:13 PM
Brazilian judge awards $1M in Air France suit
(03-12) 15:07 PST SAO PAULO, (AP) -- A Brazilian judge has ordered Air France to pay the equivalent of more than $1 million in damages...
AP 3.12.10 3:07 PM
Haiti judge: New charge for US missionary leader
(03-12) 12:53 PST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The last of 10 American missionaries detained in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping is...
AP 3.12.10 12:53 PM
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