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Egypt cancels unveiling of restored synagogue (AP)
AP - Egypt has canceled the inauguration of a restored synagogue citing the Israeli oppression of Muslims in the occupied territories as well as excesses by Jews during an earlier ceremony at the synagogue.


Protesters surge into Bangkok, demand new election (AP)
Supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra pose with his photo during a protest on Sunday, March 14, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Leaders of tens of thousands of protesters who swarmed into Bangkok from Thailand's rural areas Sunday threatened mass street demonstrations if the government didn't respond to their demand for a dissolution of Parliament within 24 hours. (AP Photo/Toon Akkanibut)AP - Tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters rallied in Thailand's capital Sunday to press their demand that the government dissolve Parliament or face massive demonstrations at key sites in the city.



Iran temporarily releases Iranian-American scholar (AP)
Logo of the Iranian reformist party, the Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF). An Iranian court has sentenced a top female reformist arrested after last year's election dispute to three years in jail for plotting to harm national security, her lawyer has said. Azar Mansouri is a senior lader in the IIPF.(afp.com)AP - Iran has temporarily released an Iranian-American scholar serving prison time on an espionage conviction so he can spend the Iranian New Year holiday with his family, officials said Sunday.



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China PM defends assertive trade, foreign policy (AP)
China vowed Sunday to remain alert to any renewed signs of economic crisis and forcefully defended its currency, trade and more assertive foreign policies as helping global rebalancing, not undermining it.


China promises steps to boost imports (AP)
China's premier promised Sunday to increase imports to promote trade and appealed to other nations to oppose what he said was rising global protectionism.


China wants US reassurance over dollar (AP)
China's premier expressed concern about the U.S. dollar and called on Washington on Sunday to take "concrete steps" to reassure Beijing about the safety of its huge Treasury bond holdings.


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China PM defends assertive trade, foreign policy (AP)
** CORRECTS TO SAY DURING INSTEAD OF AFTER THE CONFERENCE ** China's Premier Wen Jiabao gestures during his annual news conference following the closing session of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China, Sunday, March 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - China vowed Sunday to remain alert to any renewed signs of economic crisis and forcefully defended its currency, trade and more assertive foreign policies as helping global rebalancing, not undermining it.



APNewsBreak: Probe questions runaway Prius story (AP)
FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - A memo drafted for a congressional panel says that investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government were unable to make a Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on a California freeway, casting doubt on the driver's story.



Premier: China's yuan to remain `basically stable' (AP)
Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, is greeted by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao after the closing of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sunday, March 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China's premier rejected foreign pressure over its exchange rate controls and said Sunday the Chinese currency will be kept "basically stable."



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Venezuela's Chavez: Internet should be regulated (AP)
In this image released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, checks a Chinese-made military plane during a ceremony at a military base in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Saturday, March. 13, 2010. Venezuela received its first shipment of six Chinese-made military planes, and Chavez said his government aims to buy 40 in all. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet on Saturday while demanding authorities crack down on a critical news Web site that he accused of spreading false information.



Innovation on display at Games Conference (AP)
In this undated image released by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony's new motion controller is shown. The Japanese maker of the PlayStation 3 unveiled Thursday, March 10, 2010, its highly anticipated motion controlling system, as it takes aim at Nintendo's dominance in the gaming sector. Used with the existing PlayStation Eye camera, the new wireless motion controller can track players' body movements. The controller, in turn, has on its end a light-emitting orb that is recognized by the camera. (AP Photo/Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)AP - Motion controls and social gaming were the hot topics at this week's Game Developers Conference, the annual convention of game designers, programmers and executives.



Apple gives chief operating officer $5M bonus (AP)
FILE - In this June 8, 2009 file photo, Apple interim CEO and Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook smiles before the start of the the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Apple Inc. is giving its chief operating officer a $5 million bonus for 'outstanding performance' running the company while CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave.  Timothy Cook will also receive 75,000 restricted stock units scheduled to vest in 2011 and 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Apple Inc. is giving its chief operating officer a $5 million bonus for "outstanding performance" running the company while CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave.



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AP Exclusive: Pentagon gun was from Tenn. police (AP)
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2007 file photo, Miami police chief John Timoney speaks during a news conference.  Law enforcement officials say two guns used in high-profile attacks, one at the Pentagon, and another from the fatal January shooting of an officer at a Las Vegas courthouse, both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tennessee. (AP Photo/David Adame, File)AP - Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn.



APNewsBreak: Probe questions runaway Prius story (AP)
FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - A memo drafted for a congressional panel says that investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government were unable to make a Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on a California freeway, casting doubt on the driver's story.



US mom: Daughter held in Ireland 'lost her mind' (AP)
Christine Mott, 58, cries as she talks about her daughter Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, at her home in Leadville, Colo., on Saturday, March 13, 2010. Paulin-Ramirez was the second American arrested in a plot to kill the Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks over a 2007 sketch depicting the head of the Prophet Muhammad on a dog's body.   (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)AP - Before her daughter disappeared last fall, Christine Mott recalls that the 31-year-old who had been held in connection with an alleged assassination plot announced she had converted to Islam and told her family they'd go to hell if they didn't follow in her steps.